27 Wednesday Mar 2013
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Came across this artist through a Gaby Moreno pandora station. I’m having a mellow morning so I thought I’d share in case anyone else was looking for something similar ;)
15 Tuesday Jan 2013
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I think I’m a little late jumping on this bandwagon, but Jeff played a couple of these videos for me and I loooooooove!
The Lion’s Roar
You can watch the official video here, but we thought this one was a bit cooler (more cool?).
Emmylou
What have you been listening to lately?
07 Tuesday Aug 2012
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I heard this song on NPR’s Alt Latino, and thought it was a great sound for both Finca’s Music Corner and Discussions on Development. The lyrics focus on the violence of drug cartels in Mexico, with a powerful lyric claiming that the government of Mexico is making money off of the drug cartels. I thought these lyrics were worth with typing out and translating. Enjoy.
Cuanto tiempo va pasar How much time will pass
Para que pueda mejorar So that things will get better
Todos somos víctimas We are all victims
De un estado conquistado Of a conquered state
Por un gobierno involucrado By a government involved
en las ganancias de el narco In the profits of narcotraffic
Es una nación podrida It’s a rotten nation
Con la poblacion herida With the population hurt
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Es Mexico It’s Mexico
Mexico
Interlude
Son los zetas o es el chapo It’s Los Zetas or it’s El Chapo
Tus hijos ya con sicarios Your kids are already hired hit men
Muerdete la lengua Bite your tongue
Que hay treinta muertos en Vera Cruz Because there’s thirty dead in Veracruz
Es todo un placer y orgullo It’s a pleasure and an honor
Saber que el turno es tuyo Knowing that your turn is next
Que quizás mañana That maybe tomorrow
Ya no llegues vivo a tu casa You won’t make it home alive
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Es mexico It’s Mexico
Mexico
Ra, ra, ra
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Es mexico It’s Mexico
Es mexico It’s Mexico
Mexico
Ra, ra, ra
Verde de mota Green for weed
Blanco de coca White for coke
Y rojo tu sangre And red your blood (colors of the Mexican flag)
Estado fallido campeón Failed state champion
Orgullosos patios traseros Proud backyards
Al sonoro rugir del canon At the resounding roar of the cannon
Y se siembre con tus manos la hierba And be planted with your hands the herbs
Al sonoro rugir del canon At the resounding roar of the cannon
Y se siembre con tus manos la hierba And be planted with your hands the herbs
Al sonoro rugir del canon At the resounding roar of the cannon
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
mexico
o
Es mexico
Mexico
The new album is out today. I should give a huge thanks to wikipedia which is chock full of helpful information on a plethora of lyrics from this song.
25 Wednesday Jul 2012
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Some of you know of my odd obsession with small town USA. Especially Robert* since I keep threatening to visit him in Tennessee as soon as he moves back with his fiance (will you leave already so Jeff and I have an excuse to go to Tennessee???).
I can’t tell you where this obsession came from or why it has persisted so long, but I can tell you that this song gets me giddy every time I hear it. I would confess that it even gives me goose bumps some times, but that may be unforgivable.
“Miles and miles of back roads and highways,
Connecting little towns with funny names,
Who’d want to live down there in the middle of nowhere,
They’ve never drove through Indiana,
Met the man who plowed that earth,
Planted that seed, busted his ass for you and me,
Or caught a harvest moon in Kansas,
They’d understand why God made those fly over states…
On the plains of Oklahoma
With a windshield sunset in your eyes
Like a watercolor painted sky
Take a ride across the badlands
Feel that freedom on your face
Breathe in all that open space
Meet a girl from Amarillo
You might even wanna plant your stakes
In those fly over states…”
I want to see the harvest moon in Kansas, and feel that freedom on my face…and breath in all that open space! But until then, the song will have to do…
*I don’t think I’m allowed to mention Robert in a blog without directing you to his twitter account. Follow him.
05 Thursday Jul 2012
Posted in artists, culture, discussion, enrique, entertainment, Guatemala, music, music corner
Given that a lot of stuff happens in Los Angeles and not near my vicinity, there are times I find myself driving back home late at night and need music to keep me awake. During those drives I’ve realized that I need to listen to songs that I can sing along to, otherwise just listening to the song doesn’t do much for me.
For some reason, I’m terrible at remembering lyrics of English songs, but am pretty stellar at remembers lyrics to Spanish songs (or just generally terrible songs from my high school and college days, which I don’t need to revisit). So multiple times this year I have found myself listening to Spanish songs I grew up listening to…and realized I really am sad about how much some of my favorite artists have changed over time.
Example Numero Uno: Shakira
I remember singing lyrics to her songs when I was on a school bus in Guatemala, circa age nine. She was awesome. And her stuff sounded like this:
Or this:
Now it’s more like this:
or this:
I’m not saying I don’t enjoy her newer stuff. It’s catchy and I wouldn’t mind dancing to it, but it doesn’t have the depth in the lyrics that her earlier songs had. (I do really like her short hair, though!)
Ejemplo Numero Dos: Enrique Iglesias
I’ve already confessed this to Jeff, so what’s confessing it to a few dozen more people? I was ridiculously obsessed with Enrique when I was in high school. Like…pictures on my locker obsessed. We’ll leave it at that. His was the first concert I went to, and up until Bright Light Social Hour came around, the only artist I’ve seen in concert multiple times. Here’s the music I fell in love with (and still belt out in the car):
I mean, seriously.
This track sounds pretty dated, but hands down one of my favorites (although this fan made video has plenty of shirtless pictures of him to make up for it):
That whole album actually is pretty awesome, or at least to me.
Noooooow…..
Or….
Mind you, these are also sans mole. I might be one of the five people who wasn’t happy about that.
I’m very happy that both of these artists have achieved the notoriety in mainstream music that I’m sure every artists dreams of. I’m just sad it comes at the price of letting go of the style they originally had (I know, I know…it happens to all, and maybe they have to in order to stay current with pop culture…but I’m allowed to vent either way).
Feel free to leave before and after videos of your favorite artist in a comment :)
15 Friday Jun 2012
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Both of the following songs were on a recent episode of Suites. I wouldn’t particularly recommend the show, unless you’re just looking for something to waste your time with. But I really enjoyed the musical selections for their season premier.
Gotye: Smoke and Mirros
We Are Augustines: Chapel Song
Warning: a lot of kissing, and a long middle finger goodbye at the end.
14 Thursday Jun 2012
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I found a good list of music that I’m slowly making my way through…here’s my first share from it.
27 Friday Apr 2012
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First share from a playlist I discovered yesterday. Hopefully more exciting music to come!
25 Wednesday Apr 2012
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Enjoy!
17 Saturday Mar 2012
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I’ve been catching up on some episodes of The Walking Dead that I missed, and there was an amazing scene with this song in it. Thought I’d share. My favorite parts starts after about 1:23 (it’s a long intro…)
Finca Cielo Azul 