Rock en espanol para los armenios!

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Hola! I guess if Mike and Boghos can talk about Brazilian music on an Armenian website, then I can talk about Spanish Rock. I find it to be better than a lot of the contemporary English, so called alternative rock. If I have to hear Limp Bizkit or Kid Rock one more time, hetem thalis! Here are some of my recommendations, check it out, you will be pleasantly surprised by very catchy, original rock with a pop beat. Some of it is reminiscent of 80s alternative rock(Cure,Smiths etc), but others are more original:

 

La Ley-This Chilean band keeps getting better with every new album. Their latest "Uno" has some great songs, check out their hit "Aqui"

 

Soda Stereo-from Argentina, their famous song "Persian-Americana" does not mean Persian American, "persiana" in Spanish are window blinds!

 

Mikel Erentxun-as his name might suggest, he is Basque. His sound is reminiscent of Morrisey, but less droning!

 

Mana-Many of you may already be familiar with this most famous Mexican Rock band. Again, I hate to make comparisons, but they have a sound vaguely like The Police.

 

Maldita Vecindad-from Mexican, literally their name means "Cursed Neighborhood."

 

Jaguares-still another Mexican band, have a more mystical sound.

 

So mis amigos armenios, check it out, you may end up becoming a fanatico de rock en espanol.

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I think Mana is great, especially their last album. But it must be said that rock has been really big only in one Latin American country, and that is Brazil. There are or were at least 10 bands with huge follwings, we had Rock in Rio I and II.

 

Argentina had Charly Garcia and his imitators, most of the stuff is really awful. The rest of the continent mostly listened to American or British rock. That is the truth, I have spoken .

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Pilaf jan, Radio Iran has an eclectic show in the evenings, they play jazz, rock, Latin and just about everything else. Yes, I am also into traditional latin music, Carlos Vives is a great Colombian folk/vallenato musician, check him out.

 

Boghos, Yo no estoy de acuerdo contigo sobre el rock en espanol! Se que hablas portugues, pero creo que puedes entender castellano por escrito! Yes, British and American rock is popular in Latin America, but that doesn't mean they don't have some good homegrown bands. Yes there is a lot of crap as well. I hate Charly Garcia and El Tri, as well as Alejandra Guzman. But there is some very innovative rock coming out as well such as Aterciopelados from Colombia, and a whole slew of ska/punk bands. So give it a chance! Also, Brazilian rock isn't rock en espanol LOL! Adeus, ate logo meu amigo!

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Steve,

 

Rock, como fenomeno musical és bastante limitado en Latinoamerica. Pero de ninguna manera quice decir que no hay buena música en otros países que Brasil . No soy sectario, al revés, tengo una colección

bastante amplía de discos. Hasta el momento que empezé a trabajar, mi inversión más importante, después del equipo de música.

 

I have written a message for you in Portuguese as well. It is in the desert island thread.

 

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I'll talk any music! I've been obsessed with records and music since first grade.

 

Besides Jaguares, do they sound Mexican/Latin, or is it standard rock just in Spanish? I like when modern bands blend styles, but if it's just "regular" music in a foreign language it leaves me flat. I've read alot about Rock En Espanol over the last few years, just haven't heard anyway.

 

Are you into the more traditional stuff at all? I picked up Los Super Seven (a Los Lobos side project where they play old songs) and I like that alot. I'm still trying to get all the styles down (Nortenos, Rancheras, Folkloricos, etc.)--there are some I like and some I don't. We now have Spanish cable music channels; I'm hoping those bring me up to speed.

 

I grew up in a Mexican neighborhood (they even filmed parts of El Norte there!)--I think Mexican music is lodged in my subconscious.

 

BTW, I've been meaning to tell you: I finally caught a song on Radio Iran the other evening. At first I thought it was a Spanish song. I thought, "does this channel become Spanish at night???". Anyway, it was weird, sounded like an old Spanish song from the early 60's. One of those cool musical mysteries that I'll romanticize in my mind and never come across again

 

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Dammit Steve, it's all your fault!! I just got home from the record swap meet with a bag full of Mexican records from the 60's and 70's! $3-$4 apiece--ya can't beat that (and some are sealed, too). There's bound to be a nugget or two in the batch.

 

Of course I also picked up the obligatory Armenian and turkish records.

 

Luckily the collecting world hasn't picked up yet on Armenian music. Prices are still cheap. The only problem is dealers don't think to find and sell the stuff. And Mexican records are dirt cheap. Brazilian and Bossa Nova stuff all shot up through the roof. A lot of Japanese collectors come to the California swap meets looking for that stuff.

 

 

So buy those vintage Mexican records while you can.

 

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