Tag Archives: music

Himno nacional en lenguas indígenas

A veces me da pena pensar que aunque me sé comunicar más o menos en ocho idiomas, todos son de origen europeo. Quisiera aprender aunque sea un poco de náhuatl o maya yucateco, pero probablemente tendrá que esperar a que me retire.

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José José o la banda sonora de los fracasados

El buen Erich Martino en una conversación apuntó cómo los cantantes que son famosos en determinado país  reflejan su cultura usando como ejemplo a José José y David Bowie, dos cantantes de México y Reino Unido que aunque estén a años luz de distancia en género son de la misma edad y empezaron a ser populares casi al mismo tiempo.

A mí desde chico no me gustaban mucho las rolas del Príncipe de la Canción y no entendía por qué hasta que me puse a analizar las letras: ¡son absolutamente deprimentes!

Hoy quiero saborear mi dolor
No pido compasión ni piedad
-El Triste

Y es verdad soy un payaso,
pero qué le voy a hacer,
uno no es lo que quiere,
sino lo que puede ser.
-Payaso

Ahora comparémoslas con uno de los trancazos de Bowie (del cual tampoco soy gran fan, pero simplemente porque no me gusta tanto el glam):

There’s a Starman waiting in the sky
he’s told us not to blow it
’cause he knows it’s all worthwile.
-Starman

Alguien por favor dígame que no somos una cultura que venera al fracaso más que al éxito.  Eso es lo que hay que cambiar.

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Foo Fighters in Helsinki

Great to see the Foo Fighters live again and really glad that I was not the only one in the audience who knew the songs by heart starting from their first album in ’95, as it was last time. Hopefully it won’t be 3 years again before I get so see them perform again.


Foo Fighters in Helsinki

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Chiptune 8-bit bliss

Take impressionable kids playing with Nintendo Entertainment Systems 20 years ago, fast-forward until they become adults and musicians and you’ll get stuff like this (as featured on the Beeb):

#WINNING

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Fatherhood

Yoda: guardian of the pacifiers

The lack of posts lately has a very simple reason: I became a father two weeks ago. Feedings, diapers, sleepless nights, and peaceful moments show I’ve joined what a friend of mine calls “the happy insomniac’s club”. There are plenty of things that have already happened, and an unimaginable amount more in store, but it’s all worth it.

Our music collection has contributed to the mood, with lots of stuff from Cri-Crí, Finnish children’s melodies and classical music, but the little guy seems to also like the heavy rock we used to listen while he was still in the womb.

Even José Alfredo Jiménez seems to have a song for the occasion ;) .

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Gotan Project in Helsinki

We were able to get tickets to the Gotan Project gig in Helsinki on Monday. I saw them live in Brussels in the summer of 2007, so catching up with them 3 years and one album later was really cool.

I was not able to take video of this concert, but you can see a video of 3 years ago (the song is “Mi Confesión”, one of my favourites) below:

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Eläkeläiset vs Los Tigres del Norte

Two music genres separated at birth: humppa & norteña.  Maybe they could collaborate at some point? ;)

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The Muppets meet Queen

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Mexican telenovela in Polish TV

It’s 7 a.m. in Kraków, I turn on the TV and what do I see? A Mexican telenovela called Rebelde, which has spawned its own plastic pop group and of which I’ve written (and bumped into) before.

Scary way to wake up.

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You’ve probably seen this before

But it just gets better after repeated viewing.  And I don’t even like hip hop that much.

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