Rock en Espanol Flashcards
Definition of Rock
Rock (broadly defined:rock, punk metal, rap, hip-hop, even pop)
With other musical influences ( Mexican, Afro-caribbean)
Original songs
Written and sung in spanish
Refritos (1950’s-early 60’s)
Urban growth
Cosmopolitanism
Youth culture and generational break
Twice fried? : closed national market no imports
All covers (1) and in spanish (2): refritos
Entertainment industry: Films, tv shows, records
Locos del Ritmo, rebeldes del rock
Teen tops was another group: popotitos
Fusiles (mid 60’s)
Slang for plagiarism
British invasion ( beatles, rolling stones)
People could buy but no one was touring: Imports but no tours
Covering foreign son groups to perfection: fusil
They were featured in radios, competition
Groups: Los Dug-Dug’s, Javier Batiz “ stand by me” and the Finks
La Onda (Late 60’s-early 70’s)
Mexican counterculture
Student unrest, political protest
International youth movement
Jipis (hippies), drugs, sexual freedom, long hair, Marina Sabina (mushrooms)
Urban middle- class youth
La onda: The groove
Original compositions but in english
Some recordings
Public performances (clubs rockotitlan, hip 70)
Some radio
Three souls in my mind, Tinta Blanca
La Revolucion de Emiliano Zapata, “Nasty Sex” Avandaro Rock Festival 1971
Cultural landmark avandaro
September 11, 1971
Rock Festival, small town
Massive attendance
drugs , nudity
Bad Organization, rained
Political landmark
1968: student movement
October 2: massacre at Tlatelolco (mexico city)
Political incarceration
Political repression
1970-71 further confrontations between government and students, more incarceration
Subsequent repression
Rock as mass culture: across social class
Political and cultural repression
Government: No broadcasts, no recordings no live performances
Hoyos fonequis (1970’s early 80s)
Rock went underground into hoyos fonquis: Funky holes
Unsafe, violent, illegal clubs, disenfranchised youth (gangs)
Most rock groups disbanded
Survived : Three Souls to el Tri
Large working class following
5 Rock en tu Idioma: rock en espanol
Mid 80’s
Come back of national groups
Original music, in spanish
Rock en espanol; Issues addressed
Social criticism- Left wing politics
They addressed the harshness of urban life, urban decay
Anti-establishment stance: curse words, Slang
Migration within and out of mexico
Damage to the environment
Consciousness of Mexico’s musical history and traditions: eclecticism
Of course, LOVE
Examples : El Tri: Abuso de autoridad
Love
“ eres, cafe tacuba
“En el muelle’
Social criticism: Urban Life
Cafe tacuba, chilanga banda
Slumming slang with rhymes, witty rhymes, “ch” sound
Chilango born in mexico city
Social issues migration
To mexico city
Or to the united states
Maná: “Pobre juan”: man who charges a price to help immigrants cross the boarders
Control machete: “ humanos Mexicanos’
Rock en espanol
Musical traditions: reference, emulation and critique of
Bolero
Son huasteco
Son jarocho
Musica nortena
Dominican merengue
Cumbia
Ect
