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Its vitality and flexibility allow original corrido lyrics to be built on non-Mexican musical genres, such as blues and ska, or with non-Spanish lyrics, like the famous song El Paso by Marty Robbins, and corridos composed or translated by Mexican indigenous communities or by the "Chicano" people in the United States, in English or "Spanglish".
"La Adelita" is one of the most famous corridos of the Mexican Revolution. Over the years, it has had many adaptations. Over the years, it has had many adaptations. The ballad was inspired by Adela Velarde Pérez , a Chihuahuense woman who joined the Maderista movement in the early stages of the revolution and fell in love with Madero.
"Jaula de oro" ("Golden cage") is a 1983 corrido or cancion ranchera by Enrique Franco, performed by Los Tigres del Norte on the album Jaula de Oro. The subject of the song is US immigration. [1] [2] Los Tigres del Norte re-recorded the song with Juanes for MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends in 2011. [3]
In May, for the first time ever, two songs from the Mexican Regional genre made their way into the Billboard Hot 100 Top Five: Grupo Frontera's collaboration with Bad Bunny, titled "Un Porciento ...
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] The modern song has been adapted using the Mexican corrido genre. [2]
"Madonna" is a corrido tumbado with romantic lyrics. [4] Titled after American singer Madonna, the song's lyrics revolve around love, with the artists expressing their feelings with verses such as "Le mando dinero a tus papás / Muevo el mundo si es por ti, nomás / Tú eres Madonna en la actualidad / Mi güerita flow rock star".
Mintz, S.; McNeil, S. (eds.), "Gregorio Cortez", Explorations: Songs of Mexican-American Resistance and Cultural Pride, Digital History at the University of Houston, archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Includes the lyrics to the corrido and a translation into English.
In the past year, Mexican singer/songwriter Peso Pluma has gone from an unknown to the second most-streamed Latin artist on Spotify, trailing only Bad Bunny. His trap-infused take on the age-old ...