Lorraine Bowen | Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria
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- čas přidán 29. 12. 2009
- Song and video by Lorraine Bowen (credits below)
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Often a gay initiation test, The Yumbo Centre is the ultimate in a kitsch holiday experience! Lorraine was taken to the Yumbo Centre for a holiday in Gran Canaria by her gay pals and had a tremendous time in the concrete jungle! This has to be the weirdest place on earth for a holiday! Anyway - as always she took her camcorder and video-ed the experience in her unique style, wrote a song round it and made it into one of her fabulous musical travelogues!
ENJOY the tacky rhymes! Credits - Ty Jeffries, Tarquin Thompson and David Greig for extra poetic rhymes and Alasdair Sheard for the bass voice in the choruses
Lorraine will perform this at your private party, club or festival! Do get in touch and get your friends dancing round the room in glee! - Hudba
As regular visitors for over 20 years we have seen a lot of changes, not all for the best. However this song captures the atmosphere of the Yumbo at night. Lorraine is a comedy genius and this song always features on my iPod when I'm on Gran Canaria. Congratulations on getting to the semi-finals on Britain's Got Talent 2015. Even if the The Queen doesn't get to see you, you know there are plenty more queens that love you! X
I agree. The lyrics are so accurate. Even so, I love the place...
Still one of the best songs that was ever made on the earth ever!!!! xxxxxxxx
I enjoyed that lol. Definitely would like to go there and enjoy the company and atmosphere.
Just found you on You Tube Lorraine, I love this song so much. YOu had me laughing so much I nearly fell off my swivel chair. Love the goner-air ria line!!!!!!!!! Thank you. You are a real tonic.
Thank you Mike! I love your comments! X
Lorraine you got it spot on! Everything is tacky in the Yumbo - and that's why we love it! We have been going there for the last 17 years and I can't wait to go again and listen to this track on my mp3 player as I walk around. Thank you, Hugs! Dolly
We agree the video needs updating for 2015! Here now and most of the places exist however the high quality table cloth largest selection doesn't sell any table cloths! It was like a Lorraine Bowen eye spy finding the sights
I really wish I had seen you perform your hit record ""Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria"" at the centre itself... you could make a fortune touting for tips if you performed in the summer months. The song is just so fitting for the centre and non-offensive with great humour its a defo Classic
Can we get a remix for 2020 🥳
Know anyone who can help? xxx
Sadly no..but here I am in 2023 still listening & laughing..it's a classic!
had some great times there xx
Wicked song! I bought this on iTunes the minute I heard it a few years ago.
You put a big smile on my face! So glad that the Yumbo Centre has a theme song as fun as it is. Cheers!
Just got back this morn hilarious place...!!
It was so fantastic to see you get through to the semi finals Lorraine.
We had to watch the recording as we were in Gran Canaria at the time.
Hope to see you on stage at GC pride next year! Lol xxx
I love the yumbo best place on earth great video!!
I'll certainly do my best to, Lorraine. xxx
I soo love this. Thanks for this and the radio 4 stuff :-)
Thank you Paul! A pleasure - but I need to update it in 2015 so a new trip to the Yumbo is needed!
Hey Lorraine - heading off there on Monday with a Yumbo virgin in tow. Where's the updated video? Lol
I'm sure you're busy and hopefully producing a few more new songs and videos for your fans :)
Xxx
Great song! Lyrics are sooo true! Does anyone know which song from the 50's it sounds like?? The tune is so familiar... ;-)))
Spot on! Brilliant video
The song cracks me up! Amazing!
@milliondollarKO His name is Nik - He used to bus tables in Ricky's Bar on the ground floor. Lovely guy.
Another brilliant new song !! LOVE IT!!
omg, you have to have been there to appreciate how funny this is!, amazing!
Love it :)
Yumbo Centre, a shopping center made in with the freedom.
LoL this is a classic
Ha just came back from there yet again for pride, swear I recognise the chap at 1.47
Funny video and song....spot on, as you Brittish say, right? ;-)
this pretty much sums it up 😂😂😂
i have now apologised to Lorraine, she has accepted my apology...
Big kudos for the mention of Lady Gaga!! Fab video, and I've actually been there, though I don't remember half that stuff happening when I was there! I probably went on a Sunday!
LOL!!! So true...and thats why us girls go back for more!!!
superb, just come back from a week from hell! , " we asked for a gallery to go to" they laughed, oh they laughed. !
Oh my, you are so great! you're officially my new role model and when i grow up i want to be just like you. just so you'll know, the person i looked up to before was carmen miranda.
@dollyknockers O I c, that could b y then lol, Ricky's bar is ace!! u defo beat me I have only been to playa del ingles twice, maybe 1 day I will catch u up :D
Love it! So tragically true! lol!
omg so so funny :) me n partner off there in 15 days not counting or anything lol love the song love the vid :)
Lovely song Lorraine + very funny! Although straight I took a trip to the Yumbo one evening whilst in GC...... erm...yeah, certainly an eye opener!
Great job sweet, keep it up!
Hahaha!
dont she look like "Olive from Off the Buses".!!! ;) lol
If the world was like the YUMBO it would not be a bad place to live in its not perfect but its better than the crap world we live in 2015
1:20 lots of bears!
i wonder if the shirley bassey drag queen is still there screaming londontown londontown
Muscle Marias! Looks like hell on Earth but I'm sure it's delightful really. Maybe.
@gutlover33uk
Got to say I'm gay and i think it's funny, Im not offended in any way. The tune is a bit on the tacky side, just like the rest of the Yumbo centre really.
I think it.s good that we have this forum so that unimportant Queens ,just like meself can stand on our big pink soapbox and winge on endlessly about subjects so unimportant that they will fade away into the bowels of time un-noticed, hope nobody's offended by my outburst of free speech
Dieser Song und das Video erwecken Erinnerungen an die Tage im Januar 2015 - Sonne satt, alles blüht ohne Ende und dazu die spanische Musik mit immer zum Feiern aufgelegten Spaniern - da wird sehr schnell eine lange Nacht daraus ... !! Aber das Leben ist kurz und die Zeit, welche man zur Verfügung hat, sollte man auch nutzen !! ( Andere Meinungen dazu sind akzeptiert ... !! )
Hi Max Weis! I've translated your post using the great Google translating service but can't decide whether it's a compliment or a criticism! I'm none the wiser! xx
'This song and video awaken memories of the days in January 2015 - tired of the sun, everything blooms and no end to the Spanish music with more to celebrate launched Spaniards - there is a long night of it ... very fast !! But life is short and the time that you have available, you should also use !! (Other opinions on this are accepted ... !!)'
Welch eine Überraschung !! Habe soeben von Lorraine Bowen eine Mail erhalten u. sie freut und bedankt sich, dass mir der Videoclip mit dem "Yumbo Centre - Song" so gut gefällt. Kannst ja mal selbst lesen u. heute Abend habe ich dann auch wieder etwas mehr Zeit für dich !! 😍 🙋 Also bis später ... 👍
Also wer Cran Canaria nicht liebt hat kein Empfinden für die dortige Schönheit und Vielfalt der Natur. Es war jedesmal ein Erlebnis,wenn mich am frühen Morgen frei herumlaufende zahme Pfauen weckten ( natürlich um Futter zu erbetteln ), dazu kamen alle möglichen Vogelarten, welche ich nicht einmal alle dem Namen nach kenne, in einer Palme vor meinem Bungalow gab es Dutzende große und kleine Papageien mit ihrem Geschrei ohne Ende u.s.w. Deshalb ist diese Insel meine zweite Wahlheimat geworden und spätestens im April oder Mai MUSS ICH WIEDER LOS !!!!! ~ 😎 ~
Yes and invite me too! I need to shoot a more up-to-date video!
NOTICE ME LORRAINE
Harry Clarke - absolutely officially noticed! Signed Lorraine Bowen!
Best night ever!!! I SING YOUR SONGS ALL THE TIME ;D
shes lokks like Alan Carr