CANCIONES DEL DIA [#290]

'vuela, vuela' | magneto

it's been almost fifteen years since i headed of to spain for my two-year lds mission. looking back, i can hardly believe it's been that long. i still have very vivid memories of la madre tierra. i think about spain a lot. i loved that place. i've yet to make it back, but some day i will.

one of the memories i have is of magneto's supremely awesome hit, 'vuela, vuela.' i couldn't go anywhere the summer of 1993 without hearing this song somewhere. the bus, the grocery store, kids singing it on the street. it was un exito tremendo! the other day i looked up the video on youtube, and sure enough, there it was. awesome. it was everything i hoped it would be and more: terrible clothes, terrible hair, terrible choreography, terrible dancing. any time a video begins with the band dancing on top of a building in the middle of the night, you know you're in for a high-quality viewing experience. it's perfect. my favorite part, though, is the guy unleashing some truly ungodly dance moves on the fire escape at the 1:44. seriously. wtf? dood looks like he's having a seizure. so bad it's good. i'm tellin' ya. but in all honestly, i gotta say, i really like the song. cheesy? absolutely. snappy? oh yeah. so check out the video and i think you'll agree:



magnificent.

in addition to magneto, here are some more of spain's favorite sons and daughters:

→ magneto: vuela, vuela | video
→ miguel bose: gota a gota
→ obk: dejame comerte [spain's answer to dm, and not a very good one at that]
→ mikel erentxun: a un minuto de ti | video [the spanish moz]
→ mecano: el 7 de septiembre | video
→ mecano: un ano mas | video

i love all these songs, otherwise i wouldn't put 'em here. maybe you'll dig 'em, too...