Spanish language music anyone? (funk, instrumental, reggae, albums, fan)

Pianogirl75 · 03-01-2009, 10:31 AM

I've been around Spanish language music most of my adult life, but most of it is the kind I don't like. Everyone here is into Tejano music. But I found this band recently, it's pretty good: Pena Colectiva Video by MONTE NEGRO - MySpace Video

I also like Merengue, Salsa, and Mexican and South American folk. I've always been a fan of Mana as well.

So, if you know about this type of music, tell me what you like. I want to get into more.

jackhammer · 03-01-2009, 12:24 PM

Their albums are instrumental but I really like Bajofondo Tangoclub:

As for South American music I love the Funk and Reggae that they produce.

Dr_Rez · 12-31-2009, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Their albums are instrumental

The hammer has it right. Forget about the spanish language and pop in some great Spanish guitar. There is nothing more relaxing than listening to an old school acoustic Spanish guitar player serenading you to sleep.

Zaqarbal · 12-31-2009, 02:29 AM

A classic one:

Does anyone like Celtic Rock? There is also Celtic Rock in Spanish.

Celtas Cortos, La senda del tiempo ("The Path of Time"):

TRANSLATION

"Sometimes
you become old suddenly,
without forehead wrinkles
but wanting to die.
When I walk around the streets
everything has the same color.
I feel I miss something,
maybe the love.

I wake up at night
in a big confusion.
This melancholy
is destroying me.
I feel I'm becoming crazy
and I sink into alcohol.
The stars at night
have lost their splendor.

I've searched in the deserts
of the land of pain
and I haven't found an answer
but mirages of illusion.
I've talked to the mountains
of desperation
and their answer was just
my voice's dull echo."

duga · 01-01-2010, 10:16 PM

i don't know if anyone recommended these guys yet, i didn't check...but they are really damn good imo. i like them live best...check out the album sesion futura.

Zaqarbal · 01-02-2010, 04:15 AM

Actually, there are good Spanish-language bands in all genres.

Miranda Warning, the "Spanish Cranberries".

Si empieza a llover ("If it starts to rain"):

Los restos del naufragio ("The Remains of the Shipwreck", as a metaphor for a lost love and its nostalgia):

"(...)

She sits in the room
and talks with her shadow
about the days next to the sea
about the endless nights
about the wish to end
that emptiness

And she will always look for
the remains of that shipwreck
And she will always go back
to the lines of his portrait

She still clings to what he left
She creates her own reality
She avoids the pain
With the ghost that is still there
she walks in the garden
and talks with her shadow

(...)"

But let's see the masters: Héroes del Silencio (literally "Heroes of Silence"). Regarding public and critical success, they are probably the equivalent of U2 in the Spanish-language music.

Maldito Duende ("Cursed Goblin"):

"I've heard that night
is full of magic
and a goblin invites you to dream
and I know that lately
I hardly had rest
and it seems I'm wandering.

Daybreak comes so soon
and I'm so lonely
and I have no regrets about yesterday.
Yes, the starts lights you up
and they serve you as a guide
you feel so strong
that you think
nobody can touch you.

Distances get shorter
hours pass by quickly
and this room doesn't stop shrinking
and so many things to say
so much speak floating around
if only I could escape from this place..."

Mar adentro ("Out to Sea"):

"At last I've found the path
along which my steps will fall
And tonight love waits for me
in your lips

With every look, by God,
memories burned inside of me
But now, finally, I've rejected forever that rotten fruit

I'm in the prison of desire

And even if I should begin digging
the tomb that I know awaits me,
nobody ever saw me cry like this

Grant that a beautiful moment ends,
and that reality take its place:
To swim out to sea,
and to not be able to come back

I'm in the prison of desire,
with you..."

If you want something more cheerful, optimistic and energetic, my recommendation is.... .... ... jump!

Salta ("Jump") was a hit by Argentine-Spanish band Tequila from 1981 (and remastered in 2008). And it really makes you jump like a cat:

"I left home with a smile on my face
Today I've got up really happy
The morning sun brights in my face
A fresh breeze helps me to wake up

The city seems to be my friend
Today is my day and nobody's gonna ruin it
The girls in the corner laugh mischievously
I know what they want and I'm gonna give it to them

I say jump!
Jump with me!
I say jump!
Jump with me!
Jump!
Jump with me!

I go on my way without worries
People pass by and look down on me
But I don't care, it doesn't matter to me
Today I'm happy and I feel like jumping

I say jump!
Jump with me!
I say jump!
Jump with me!
Jump!
Jump with me!
Jump!!

Jump! Jump!

I say jump!
Jump with me!
I say jump!
Jump with me!
I say jump!
Jump with me!

Jump!..."

More jumping? OK: Los Ronaldos. Not the footballers, of course,

though they played in Madrid too.

"(...)

And at nights we'll do the same old thing
Because we like it and it's amusing

(...)"

Did you ever have a friend who was a pain in the ass? Didn't you ever want to call him an I-D-I-O-T ? Listen:

Has anyone mentioned Fito & Fitipaldis? They have had much success recently:

"(...)

I would like to give you
always a little more than what I ask from you.
You know I will dream,
if you're not there, that I wake up with you.

You know that I want more.
I can't live with only five senses.
This sea keeps more and more sunken ships.

You are air, I am paper,
where you go I will go.
If I were left in the dark,
light of madness, come and enlight me.
Someone said once:
'Through the mouth the fish lives'.
And I am saying it,
I am telling you again.

Tell me why you ask
how much I've missed you,
if in every song I write, my sweetheart,
you are the accent.
I don't want a wandering star,
I don't want to see the aurora,
I want to look at your coke-coloured eyes.

You know I will dream,
if you're not there, that I wake up with you.
You know that I want more,
I can't live with only five senses.
This sea keeps more and more sunken ships.

You're not with me whenever I sing to you,
I make songs to be with you,
because I write just as I bleed,
because I bleed everything I write.
I've realized whenever I sing,
that if I don’t sing, I don’t know what I say.
Grief is dancing with Weeping,
and when it wants it will dance with me.
Life lasts only a short while,
and that's what I have to be with you,
to tell you what I never sing,
to sing you what I never say."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Molecules

Spanish is f*cking hot

Hahaha

One more example of it, from the 90's:

"Tell Dad
that I left the town.
Tell the boys
that I'll never return.

I go in a car that I stole last night
from a smart guy who tried to get off with me.
It's a two-seat spyder,
it gets to 200 easy.

Tell Dad
that I left the town.
Tell the boys
that I'll never return.

On the highway, lines dance
like cabaret showgirls.
Road patrols
paint panthers in the hard shoulder.
Burn the skyscrapers,
burn the light poles,
and the fire trucks.
Burn the courthouses,
burn all the bars,
'cause I won't return.

Tell Dad
that I left the town.
Tell the boys
that I'll never return.

Truck drivers hang smiles
on the windshield when they see me.
I am the Princess of the highway
and even the cops kiss my feet.

I want to go very far,
almost, almost right to the end,
where no one gives advice,
passing the border
with a skull
tattooed in the glass.

I go in a car that I stole last night
from a smart guy who tried to get off with me.
I said 'I'm going for cigarettes, honey',
and once inside I hit the gas.
The silly cretin throw me a kiss
through the rear-view mirror.
Now the Moon spends the night
hearing my motor's noise.
Tough guys feel embarrassed
when crossing over my lane.
And in Heaven all the saints
are on my side and pray for me.

Tell Dad
that I left the town.
Tell the boys
that I'll never return..."

(Voy en un coche, Christina y Los Subterráneos, 1992)

**Janszoon** · 03-01-2009, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pianogirl75

I've been around Spanish language music most of my adult life, but most of it is the kind I don't like. Everyone here is into Tejano music. But I found this band recently, it's pretty good: Pena Colectiva Video by MONTE NEGRO - MySpace Video

I also like Merengue, Salsa, and Mexican and South American folk. I've always been a fan of Mana as well.

So, if you know about this type of music, tell me what you like. I want to get into more.

Have you ever checked out Los Fabulosos Cadillacs? They're an Argentine band that started off playing Ska and Reggaeton but eventually evolved into a really interesting hodgepodge of styles. Here's their biggest song, "Matador":

jackhammer · 03-01-2009, 01:38 PM

Of course I forgot Brazilain Octopus too! Have you had a chance to listen to that J?

**Janszoon** · 03-01-2009, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Of course I forgot Brazilain Octopus too! Have you had a chance to listen to that J?

Not yet. I've been on kind of a loud music kick lately and have just been for the right mood to strike.

But wouldn't Brazilain Octopus be a Portuguese language band?

jackhammer · 03-01-2009, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Not yet. I've been on kind of a loud music kick lately and have just been for the right mood to strike.

But wouldn't Brazilain Octopus be a Portuguese language band?

There's no vocals and she did mention South America at the end of the post! i'm just using this post as an excuse to push some bands !

03-01-2009, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pianogirl75 Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 75	Spanish language music anyone? I've been around Spanish language music most of my adult life, but most of it is the kind I don't like. Everyone here is into Tejano music. But I found this band recently, it's pretty good: Pena Colectiva Video by MONTE NEGRO - MySpace Video I also like Merengue, Salsa, and Mexican and South American folk. I've always been a fan of Mana as well. So, if you know about this type of music, tell me what you like. I want to get into more.

03-01-2009, 12:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Their albums are instrumental but I really like Bajofondo Tangoclub: As for South American music I love the Funk and Reggae that they produce. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

03-01-2009, 01:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Of course I forgot Brazilain Octopus too! Have you had a chance to listen to that J? __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-31-2009, 02:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	A classic one: Does anyone like Celtic Rock? There is also Celtic Rock in Spanish. Celtas Cortos, La senda del tiempo ("The Path of Time"): TRANSLATION "Sometimes you become old suddenly, without forehead wrinkles but wanting to die. When I walk around the streets everything has the same color. I feel I miss something, maybe the love. I wake up at night in a big confusion. This melancholy is destroying me. I feel I'm becoming crazy and I sink into alcohol. The stars at night have lost their splendor. I've searched in the deserts of the land of pain and I haven't found an answer but mirages of illusion. I've talked to the mountains of desperation and their answer was just my voice's dull echo."

01-01-2010, 10:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	i don't know if anyone recommended these guys yet, i didn't check...but they are really damn good imo. i like them live best...check out the album sesion futura.