I just noticed the lyrics to Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" posted on the AC website...
Was that song actually written about San Pedro, AC?
I don't think so. If you listen to the lyrics closely there is no connection made at all.
Plus I don't believe she ever was on the island. People make the connection because she mentions San Pedro. If you watch her video for the song... her and San Pedro... she's obviously thinking about something other than the town or island.
and how many San Pedro's are there anyway? I can think of a dozen without taxing my damn-back-in-the-office-brain ( No comments big E)
I've always heard that it was about our San Pedro. Even if not, I like to think it is! "Last night I dreamt of San Pedrooooo."
I had the same question and did a search on this topic last year. This quote: "Her song "La Isla Bonita" (1986) was inspired by a visit she made to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize, with her then-husband Sean Penn," appears on several Madonna websites. I never could find anything else to substantiate that she and Penn had been to Belize. The video for the song was filmed at a castle in Spain, but Spain does not fit the "tropical" references in the song, so I still like to believe San Pedro inspired the lyrics.
no, it was not written about San Pedro. You can find readings where she explains where it is written about, another san pedro somewhere else. However, fits san pedro very well.
Interesting. Thanks guys!
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro...?"
OH. I always thought it was "last night I dreamt of some Pedros..." And since "a" is one, "a couple" is two, and "a few" is three, "some" must be at least four...
I've got this great mental image of four guys wearing nametags..."Hello my name is Pedro"... and dancing!
Other
misheard lyrics:
"Last night I dreamt of some bagels"
"Last night I dreamt of some playdough!"
yup there's a ton of them out there.
Last night I dreamt of Brit.....oh that doesn't rhyme. Nevermind.
If you watch the video when she sings "last night..." there appears a man in a robe... he is san pedro... st. peter" the catholic church had a coronary when this came out and denounced it right away.
i have always heard it was written about SP on her visit hear, so i believe it for now.
i heard it was written by jimmy buffet and she chose to sing it.
rumors are rad.
LA ISLA BONITA (Written by Madonna / Pat Leonard / Bruce Gaitsch)
La Isla Bonita
Performed by: Madonna Ciccone
Composed by: Madonna Ciccone
MADONNA - La Isla Bonita Lyrics
[Spoken:]
Como puede ser verdad
[or Como puede ese olvidar]
How could it be true?
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
[Chorus:]
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
The beautiful island
I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
Te dijo te amo
I prayed that the days would last
They went so fast
He told you, "I love you"
[chorus]
I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
[chorus twice]
La la la la la la la
Te dijo te amo
La la la la la la la
El dijo que te ama
He told you, "I love you"
He said he loves you
"Even as she insisted she "dreamt of San Pedro," clearly her heart was on an island other than Belize in "Las Isla Bonita."
Ok, this is getting crazy. I'm calling her tonight in London and putting this to rest.
P.S. Does anyone happen to have her phone number?
I almost went for it except her last name is spelled Ciccione in real life and not ciconni