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the importance and thoughts of futbol/soccer/football in song -of MARADONA- if you didn't know the importance of the great Diego Maradona to Argentinians--and, I think it is safe to say, many who have seen the man in action--then here are three songs inspired by the man himself. LOS PIOJOS -Marado- this song is akin to a national anthem: it begins with a beautiful spoken introduction, told like a reverent tale about a legendary hero Dicen que escapo de un sueno // They say he escaped from a dream en casi su mejor gambeta // in what was almost his best dribble que ni los suenos respeta // that not even dreams respect tan lleno va de coraje // who goes so full of courage sin demasiado ropaje // without too much clothing y sin ninguna careta // and without a single mask Dicen que escapo este mozo // They say that this young man escaped del sueno de los sin jeta // from the dream of those without (jeta) que a los poderosos reta // that the powerful challenges y ataca a los mas villanos...

a quick list of songs I heard that turn out to be directly inspired by songs from other countries with a different language. THE CLASH "JIMMY JAZZ" I first heard Kortatu's "Jimmy Jazz" from their self-titled album. Kortatu is from Basque Spain, and were active from 1984-1988, during the height of rock radical vasco , a Spanish Basque music movement inspired by The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and The Rolling Stones, among others. Here's The Clash: Here's KORTATU taking on "Jimmy Jazz", with basic word-for-word translation in the images "THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" I actually heard "The Magnificent Seven" years ago, in high school, probably because I was doing a basic search for music from one of my all-time favorite movies "The Magnificent Seven". Later I heard Molotov's "Aguela" and made the connection between the bass of "The Magnificent Seven" and "Aguela". It turns out that Molotov's...

*I will post the original song first, followed by the tribute/remake* a quick list of some of my favorite songs that happen to be remakes or have origins that I love "JUANITO ALIMANA/JULITO MARANA" WILLIE COLON -JUANITO ALIMANA VOLTIO -JULITO MARANA (Puerto Rico; reggaeton; active 2003-present) "DEJENME SI ESTOY LLORANDO" LOS ANGELES NEGROS (Chile; active 1967-present; ballads, romantic, pop) EL GRAN SILENCIO (Mexico; active 1992-present; rock, cumbia, rap, ska) "EL CONDOR PASA" DANIEL ALOMIA ROBLES (Peru; wrote this song in 1913 for the zarzuela ; this video has the music and links to the lyrics, but is not the original original, of course) KOFRE (USA; ska; active about ten years according to their website) "CALLE LUNA, CALLE SOL" WILLIE COLON (USA; salsa; active 1967-present) SOL D'MENTA (Puerto Rico; rock, metal; active 1994-present) "CALAVERAS Y DIABLITOS" LOS FABULOSOS CADILLACS (Argentina; ska, reggae, rock; active 1985-...

*I will post first the tribute/remake version, then the original* a quick list of the songs I heard and loved, then discovered they were remakes of great originals, by country ARGENTINA "YIRA, YIRA" LOS PIOJOS (rock icons in their own right; active 1988-2009) CARLOS GARDEL (national icon, singer, actor b. 1887/1890- d.1935) MEXICO "LOS AGACHADOS" MALDITA VECINDAD Y LOS HIJOS DEL QUINTO PATIO (rock icons, active 1985-present) GERMAN VALDES, or TIN TAN (pachuco era icon, movie star, singer b. 1915- d. 1973) "CALABACITAS TIERNAS" JAGUARES (rock icons, active under this name from 1996-present, before were Caifanes) TIN TAN (from the 1949 movie "Calabacitas Tiernas") VENEZUELA "PERDONEME TIO JUAN" LOS GUARAGUAO (began in 1973 while Ali Primera was still alive; currently active; continuing the torch of Ali Primera and the nueva cancion style) ALI PRIMERA (b. 1941- d. 1985; musician, composer, poet, and activist) ENGLAND (I just like t...

Cumbia comes from Colombia, its roots planted in indigenous as well as African beats. ( 1 , 2 ) This traditional cumbia is played with percussion instruments, and of course with time cumbia, like with other Latin music genres, added such instruments as the accordion, horns, and the electric bass. The way I know how to dance cumbia, to most cumbia styles that developed since its inception, is to its beat that to me is the common denominator between different countries and styles taking up cumbia and adding to their own music. It's 1-2-3-(4), with the 4th beat as a pause, and more commonly discernible by the bass. Here's a how-to for basic steps, then put those moves with these ladies, and that's how I've (seen it) done. Different styles of cumbia: LOS PIBES CHORROS -ANDREA ( cumbia villera from Argentina) (I was going to link to Carlos Tevez dancing/singing cumbia, but as it's a form of torture, I couldn't unleash it on unsuspecting people) ANICETO MOLINA -EL...