Mermelada Bunch - Comando Borracho

Another riotous drinking anthem from Maracaibo's tropical pop-rockers Mermelada Bunch, "Comando Borracho" is taken from the band's 2002 album "Pum Pum".

Mermelada means jam or marmalade in Spanish and it's an apt name for a band known for their melting-pot mix of different musical influences and styles.

Singers Pipo Ramirez and Leo Colina lead the vocal assault, with Agustin Espina and Armando Hernandez on keyboards and backing vocals, Luis "Toto" Fernandez on guitar, Edmundo "Kiky" Rincon on bass, David Schelsinger on drums, and Juan Paul Hernandez on percussion.

Together they have carved out a niche as one of Venezuela's most exciting stadium bands, with a rapidly growing fan base in Mexico.

The video was shot in Maracaibo by directors Omar Silva and Juan Toledobajo for Bolivar Producciones.

The song finishes with a message that Venezuelan drinkers are well-acquainted with - and happy to express effusively to any new acquaintances after a few jars - namely the old Venezuelan maxim: "borracho no come dulce".

This translates as "drunks don't eat sweet things" and is based on "scientific" evidence that the liver can't cope with two things at the same time.

Put simply, the argument goes, your poor overworked liver can process the aguardiente fire water or the sticky arequipe toffee, but not both.

That's why real borrachos always opt for the chili dips over the cheesecake when they're drinking.

You heard it here.

Comando Borracho

Comando borracho toma los lunes
Comando borracho toma los martes
Comando borracho toma de dia
Comando borracho

Comando borracho te invita a las fiestas
Comando borracho acaba con las fiestas
Comando borracho vomita la mesa
Comando borracho

Comando borracho se lleva los vasos
Comando borracho se duerme en el carro
Comando borracho busca pelea
Comando borracho

Comando borracho baila a la gorda
Comando borracho baila a la fea
Comando borracho la besa a la fuerza
Comando borracho

Quien dijo que el borracho no es hippy?
El comando borracho es asi
Quien dijo que el borracho no era feliz?
El comando borracho es asi (x2)

Co co comando bo bo borracho
Co co comando bo bo borracho
Co co comando bo bo borracho
Co co comando bo bo borracho

Comando borracho le grita a la novia
Comando borracho le grita a la esposa
Comando borracho le grita a la suegra
Comando borracho

Comando borracho no dice mentira
Comando borracho se orina en la cama
Comando borracho besa al amigo
Comando borracho

Comando borracho te pide dinero
Comando borracho se rie de todo
Comando borracho da serenata
Comando borracho

Comando borracho se cree ultraman
Comando borracho se cree superman
Comando borracho se cree batman
Comando borracho

Quien dijo que el borracho no es hippy?
El comando borracho es asi
Quien dijo que el borracho no era feliz?
El comando borracho es asi (x2)

El alcohol me tiene muy bien
El alcohol me tiene feliz
El mundo parece distinto
Sin mi botella de anis