Santo is a champion luchador wrestler, a masked super hero, a secret agent, movie star, fashion icon and sex symbol – and Viva Del Santo! is a song about him. Southern Culture on the Skids actually released an entire EP devoted to the star named Santo Swings. This song is mostly musical. It starts with a slow prose describing the exciting life Santo leads, then someone yells "Viva de los Santo" and the song kicks into high gear. It's a rockabilly surf tune full of grito Mexicano, trumpets, a lady cheering "go, go Santo," and a wrestling ring bell. There are few lyrics in this song and those that do exist mix with the beat and the sound effects to create the illusion of a superhero wrestler living life in the fast lane. The other songs on the album do an incomplete job of capturing the spirit of Santo and while they are enjoyable they do not need to be played in my fictional game store.
Viva Del Santo! was released on the album, Santo Swings. Santo Swings was released in 1992 on one label and again in 1996 on a new label.
Vive Del Santo! on Google Play
This video is of the entire 18 minute EP. Viva Del Santo! is the first song played and lasts until the 3:50 mark,
Viva Del Santo! lyrics
This is a song of Santo
By day a famous wrestler
By night a superhero
Protecting the world from the famous bad guys and chicks
Like the Aztec Mummy Man
The Mayan Vampire Women, oh yeah
And you know you can hear him on the back streets of Mexico City
On a cool, cool evening in a small, white, foreign sports car
You know
I'm talking about Santo
That's right, Santo
One more time
I'm talking about Santo
The man
The man
Viva de los Santo!
Arr-aha!
Oyoy!
Go, go
Go , go
Go, go Santo, go
Go Santo
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go Santo, go
Go Santo, go
Viva de los Santo
Arr-aha
Oyoy
Go man, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go Santo, go
Go Santo
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go Santo, go
Go Santo, go
Viva de los Santo
Oyoy
Go Santo, go
Arr-aha
Oyoy
Viva de los Santo
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go Santo, go
Go Santo
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go Santo, go
Viva de los Santo
Arr-aha
Oyoy
Go man, go
You’re the man
He’s the man
Viva de los Santo
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