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Spanish-Language Music that frees you from the mundane expectations of this world


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I'm talkin' Spain, Mexico, Tejas, Central America, Caribbean, South America. We'll include Portuguese and maybe the southern half of Italy. A'ight.

I sang this the other day in a Mexican restaurant in Gardendale Alabama and the waiter from Chiapas kicked in on the chorus:

 

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I had a sort of reunion recently where my first serious high school girlfriend, who I hadn't seen in 30 years, requested this one and then sat down in front of me and just locked eyes with me.  It was a moment, or it was meant to be a moment.  And then about one verse in our non-spanish speaking friend sitting next us just talked and talked all the way through it.  I kept it cool. But inside...we were laughing.  

 

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When she showed up in Honduras with Miami Sound Machine my brother says who, what? I convince him to take me. Hell of a show.

Going into a different style. Group was overlooked. Go to 1:26 for the music. But if you watched things like El Show del Medio Dia, this is what you got. Ole W Vargas gave me a shout out. El primer gringo merenguero.

And their dancing is the shit  Bacon could have learned from them. (I kid, but that was the style)

 

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On 6/14/2024 at 5:14 PM, UTCzech III said:

and used so effectively here

 

especially given the translation

The Spanish lyrics use the image of a migrating swallow to evoke sentiments of longing for the homeland. It became the signature song of the exiled Mexicans

Golondrinas chose my little house in Mexico to build a nest right by the front door. A neighbor brought her tiny daughter around, who was most interested in the plops of dried birdshit underneath. "Son sus popos" the child said. I had been echando popos all my life but that was the day I learned the word.

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I only speak English, but probably 25% of my liked songs on Spotify are non-english. Not surprising that Spotify's automated "DJ" played this as "something I think you'll like".  He was right.

 

No idea what it's about, and don't really want to know. 

 

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1 hour ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

I only speak English, but probably 25% of my liked songs on Spotify are non-english. Not surprising that Spotify's automated "DJ" played this as "something I think you'll like".  He was right.

 

No idea what it's about, and don't really want to know. 

 

It's a great song

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