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La Cucaracha (Spanish pronunciation: [la kukaˈɾatʃa], "The Cockroach") is a popular folk song about a cockroach who cannot walk. The song's origins are Spanish , [ 1 ] but it became popular in the 1910s during the Mexican Revolution . [ 2 ]
While eating, A.B. observed a dilapidated vehicle and proclaimed his desire to compose a song inspired by it. He asked Ojeda for the Spanish translation of "broken-down car," which Ojeda provided as "carcacha". A.B. was initially uncertain about the thematic direction he would pursue with the composition. [1]
Another kind of revolutionary songs are folk songs that become popular or change lyrics during revolutions or civil wars. Typical examples, the Mexican song "La Cucaracha" and the Russian song "Yablochko" (Little Apple) have humorous (often darkly humorous) lyrics that come in easily remembered stanzas and vary highly from singer to singer.
"No Tengo Dinero" (in English: "I Don't Have Money") is a song by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel, released in 1971 on his debut studio album, El Alma Joven. The song is an original composition by Gabriel. The title track was released as a single in 1971 and is Gabriel's debut single.
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa (Spanish: La Cucaracha) is a 1959 Mexican epic historical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Ismael Rodríguez, inspired by the popular Mexican Revolution corrido "La Cucaracha".
Wouldn't the various lyrics cited that begin with "La cucaracha, la cucaracha" be choruses or refrains rather than verses? I think they're generally repeated in between verses, and are sung to different music from the verses. 140.147.160.78 15:47, 12 June 2007 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza
[2] [3] They later called their genre "electrocumbia" and "technobanda" and likened their rowdy ("reventón") dance music production to Sinaloan rhythm bands with a synthesizer in lieu of brass. [1] The album released on December 16, 2008. [4] Their first single was the title track, "El Sonidito", followed by "Sunguirungui" later in 2009. [1]
Song about the battle of Ciudad Juarez title Toma de Ciudad Juárez. In the Mestizo-Mexican cultural area, the three variants of corrido (romance, revolutionary and modern) are both alive and sung, along with popular sister narrative genres, such as the "valona" of Michoacán state, the "son arribeño" of the Sierra Gorda (Guanajuato, Hidalgo and Querétaro states) and others.