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Qué pasa, Raúl

by Raúl G.

A podcast for learners of Spanish. We use pop songs to learn useful language, grammar and simple phrases. in the process we also get to discover great singer-songwriters, famous in the Hispanic world. This is perfect learning material for both music lovers and students of all levels. For comments, online lessons or just to reach out, contact us at [email protected]

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  1. 49 - Historias del barrio latino: Willie Colón

    Hoy hablamos de “El Gran Varón” (1989), tema escrito por el músico panameño Omar Alfanno y popularizada por Willie Colón, el mítico trombonista, productor y cantante estadounidense, fallecido en marzo de este año en su Nueva York natal. Y en el episodio, además... ¿Por qué decía Willie Colón que...

  2. 48 - Lalo Guerrero y el viejo espíritu chicano

    Hoy hablamos de “El chicano” (1977) del artista mexicano-estadounidense Lalo Guerrero. Y además... El sentimiento de identidad nacional: ¿puede una persona “ser de” dos países a la vez? ¿Quiénes eran los “pachucos”? El bilingüismo mezclado del habla chicana Lalo Guerrero: artista multigénero y...

  3. 47 - Carlos Puebla le canta al Ché

    Hoy hablamos de “Hasta siempre, Comandante” (1965) del grupo cubano Carlos Puebla y los Tradicionales. Y además... Ernesto Ché Guevara: ¿héroe o villano? La famosa foto del Ché: de mártir de la revolución a icono pop La música de Carlos Puebla: crónicas de la nueva Cuba ¿Qué es un cantante y qué…

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  4. 46 - Marta Sánchez y la llamada nocturna

    Hoy hablamos de “Sola (con un desconocido)” del grupo madrileño Olé Olé. Y además... El uso de los pretéritos imperfecto e indefinido para narrar una historia Marta Sánchez: la Marilyn española de los 80 La letra de “Sola”: ¿Creepy? ¿Sexy? ¿Ambas cosas? ¿Hemos perdido la capacidad de disfrutar de...

  5. 45 - Un cuervo llamado Krahe

    Hoy hablamos de “Cuervo Ingenuo” (1986) del artista musical madrileño Javier Krahe. Y además… ¿Qué lenguas hablaban los “indios” en las antiguas películas del oeste? El referéndum de 1986 en España: ¿OTAN sí u OTAN no? ¿Había “cultura de la cancelación” en la España de los 80? 🎧Escucha “Cuervo...

  6. 44 - Dyango, Pimpinela y el tercer hombre

    Hoy hablamos de “Por ese hombre” (1985) del cantante español Dyango y el dúo argentino Pimpinela. Y además... Lucía y Joaquín: el arte de la telenovela musical en 3 minutos ¿Existen todavía solistas de canción melódica del estilo de Dyango? ¿O es un género obsoleto? ¿Son los artistas pop de hoy...

  7. 43 - Karol G & Peso Pluma: oda a la mujer culona

    Hoy hablamos de “Qlona” (2023), un dueto entre la artista de Medellín Karol G y el mexicano Peso Pluma. También analizamos otras cuestiones importantes, tales como: Reguetón Spanish: el guayeteo, el perro, el gateo, el goteo Ivonny Bonita y la culona: arquetipos de la mujer latina El sexo en la...

  8. 42 - Rosalía y los bad hombres

    Hoy hablamos de “La perla” (2025) de la artista española Rosalía. También analizamos otras cuestiones importantes, tales como: ¿Qué es “una perla” en el argot coloquial? ¿Existen otras palabras con un significado similar? ¿Qué es la “canción despecho”? + ejemplos famosos ¿Cuántas maneras hay de...

  9. 41 - En territorio bolero con Bad Bunny

    Hoy hablamos de “TURiSTA” (2025), del músico puertorriqueño Bad Bunny. También analizamos otras cuestiones importantes, tales como: ¿Por qué te da Bad Bunny cuatro meses para aprender español? El español de Puerto Rico y el español de España ¿Cómo suena un bolero clásico sobre la gentrificación?...

  10. Cumplimos 40 y lo celebramos con Kiko Veneno

    Hoy hablamos del tema “Si tú, si yo” (1984) del músico español Kiko Veneno. También analizamos otras cuestiones importantes, tales como: La larga travesía en el desierto de Kiko Veneno ¿Puede una canción sobre violencia doméstica ser divertida? ¿Puede un mueble cama ser un arma arrojadiza? ¿Y un...

  11. 39 - Glutamato Ye-Yé y el abominable hombre de la nevera

    Hoy hablamos de “Hay un hombre en mi nevera” (1982) del grupo madrileño Glutamato Ye-Yé. También analizamos otras cuestiones importantes, tales como: ¿Por qué en la Movida estaba prohibido ser normal? ¿Qué fueron las “hornadas irritantes”? ¿Y quiénes eran los “babosos”? ¿Es lo mismo estar…

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  12. 38 - Este SÍ es un episodio sobre Los Planetas

    Desde el principio, Los Planetas estuvieron influidos por un cierto tipo de sonido, denso y rico en texturas, inspirado por grupos como My Bloody Valentine or Sonic Youth. Atmósferas pesadas, cargadas de electricidad guitarrera, y melodías susurrantes - whispering melodies - que a veces eran...

  13. 37 - Astrud y la minusvalía emocional

    He vuelto es el tema #6 del álbum Performance de Astrud, un dúo barcelonés formado a mediados de los años 90 y en activo hasta 2011. Astrud eran Manolo Martínez (cantante y autor principal de las letras) y Genís Segarra (teclista y programador de ritmos y efectos). Tal como sugiere el título del...

  14. 36 - Aquí, en la isla de Gilligan

    Gilligan’s Island fue una comedia de situación que se emitió por primera vez en Estados Unidos durante los años sesenta. With multiple reruns throughout the subsequent decades, the series has become a well-loved show for a few generations of viewers and something of a pop culture icon. But not…

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  15. 35 - Dimensiones insondables: Franco Battiato

    Franco Battiato fue muchas cosas: un nómada, un explorador, un estudioso de las culturas antiguas o, como él mismo se definió: un “viajero profesional” y un “proletario del espíritu”. El amor por las culturas y tradiciones antiguas es una presencia constante en las letras de Battiato, un italiano...

  16. 34 - Magneto y su rola más pegajosa

    The song Vuela, vuela was released by Mexican boy band Magneto in 1991. It’s still the group’s most remembered song, and the one that propelled them, rocket-like, into international stardom. The song was a version of the French original Voyage, voyage, by the singer Desireless. The French lyrics...

  17. 33 - El Señor Chinarro recuerda su Comunión

    Hoy hablamos del tema Comunión de Señor Chinarro, la banda de rock indie del sevillano Antonio Luque. La canción pertenece a su disco Cal Viva, publicado en abril de este año. As the story goes, Antonio was one day looking at some old family photos and he came across a picture of his First...

  18. 32 - A la chica del Pingüino le gustan los malotes

    Las letras de la formación madrileña Un pingüino en mi ascensor (A Penguin in my Lift) exploran temas y elementos de la vida cotidiana con un tono satírico, mordaz y (como sugiere el nombre de la banda) a menudo con un marcado punto surrealista. Nuestra canción para este episodio es Los malos te...

  19. 31 - El Paraíso Roxy de La Mode

    With Fernando Márquez “el Zurdo” as vocalist, the Spanish band La Mode made only two albums. The first one came out in 1982 and is a masterpiece called El eterno femenino. The album’s title was apparently a quote from Goethe’s Faust. Lofty art references abound in La Mode’s lyrics. El tema número…

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  20. 30 - Elemental, queridos Nins

    Nins fue uno de varios grupos infantiles que tuvieron una gran popularidad en España entre finales de los años 70 y principios de los 80. Otros grupos de este estilo fueron Regaliz, (Liquorice), Botones (Buttons) and, most popular of them all, Parchís (Ludo). Today many probably remember Nins for...

  21. 29 - Halloween y Día de Muertos: la escalofriante historia de Rascayú

    It’s 1942 and it’s a grim time in Spain. An atrocious civil war has ended just three years ago and the country is mired in poverty and misery. En un país en tal situación, una canción sobre cadáveres y esqueletos no parecía tan lejos de la realidad de cada día como nos podría parecer hoy. Aun…

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  22. 28 - Smells like field spirit: Yahritza Y Su Esencia

    Entre la numerosa población mexicana de Yakima Valley en el estado de Washington (EEUU), hay una gran afición general a la música tradicional de su país, lo que se denomina hoy el género regional mexicano. You could say that music is in the air there, a fundamental part of life in the community....

  23. 27 - En el límite de La Frontera

    Nuestra canción para este episodio es del año 1989 y se titula El límite. Es un tema de La frontera, un grupo de rock madrileño de gran éxito en España durante los años noventa. Javier Andreu, Tony Marmota y los otros miembros integrantes del grupo se conocieron a principios de los 80 en la...

  24. 26 - Rocío Dúrcal, la española más mexicana

    Two strangers meet each other by chance and have a passionate affair. At some point the man has to move on, leaving his lover feeling abandoned and wounded, like ‘a cat under the rain’… But she accepts her fate with grace and dignity: both of them knew that it was never meant to last. So goes the...

  25. 25 - ¡Dame un café con leche, mami!

    Today it's all about coffee. How to order it (formally and informally), ways to have it... Plus two epic Cuban smash hits featuring this greatest of all beverages. Just as importantly, in this episode I get to ask you to buy me a coffee. ¡Invítame a un café! I have just opened an account at...

  26. 24 - Susana Estrada se destapa

    In this episode we talk about actions that involve parts of the body and clothes. Putting on clothes, taking off clothes… Especially the latter. Taking off one's clothes became a big trend in mid-to-late 70’s Spain. With dictator Franco finally dead, it was a turbulent time of change as a heady...

  27. 23 - La experiencia religiosa de Enrique Iglesias

    Every once in a while, a pop song comes up that plays around with religious imagery and metaphors. Think Like a Prayer or There Must Be an Angel (Playing with my Heart). In this episode we will learn about one such song: Experiencia religiosa from Enrique Iglesias' eponymous debut album from…

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  28. 22 - Muy punk indeed: el extraño y maravilloso mundo de La Polla Records

    La Polla Records, known by fans simply as La Polla, emerged from Álava, in el País Vasco (the Basque Country) right at the end of the 70’s. In a strictly punk sense, the group were to Spain what the Sex Pistols were to England. The song No somos nada, their 1986 eponymous record's opening track…

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  29. 21 - Dalida: En brazos de la mujer madura

    During the 60’s and 70’s, pop artists would often record their most popular songs in multiple languages. Such was the case with Dalida, an Egypt-born Italian-French singer who became a huge star in France and much of the Middle East throughout the second half of the 20th century. For this type of...

  30. 20 - Paco Ibáñez: Ingeniería de versos y cantares

    Paco Ibáñez en el Olympia was a double album recorded live at the famous Parisian theatre in 1969. It has since become one of Spain’s great classic albums, and a window into a very particular time and place in the country’s recent history. Ibáñez (b. Valencia, 1934), had been banned from…

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  31. 19 - Paloma San Basilio: Dos cabalgan juntos

    Juntos is an uplifting, life-affirming love song. In recent years, the 1982 hit from Madrileña singer Paloma San Basilio has come to be seen as something of a gay anthem, and this has helped to keep the song alive and relevant for new, younger audiences. It is very much a ‘gay’ song in the old...

  32. 18 - Alizzz: Si te acercas, caigo

    Chico conoce a chica. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl stop seeing each other. Boy and girl bump into each other in a club after one year. Timidly, they start chatting and… Well, you guessed. What had to happen, happened. The song is called El encuentro (The encounter), and is track #4 from Tiene que...

  33. 17 - La rapsodia bohemia de Facundo Cabral

    Argentinian singer-songwriter Facundo Cabral was a true bohemian. He was taught to read at fourteen by a Jesuit teacher and met his father at forty-six. These and other experiences - his wife and daughter died on a plane crash - came to shape his outlook on life and his music. His signature song,...

  34. 16 - María Dolores Pradera, Ferrusquilla y la playa de Mazatlán

    José Ángel Espinoza, better known as Ferrusquilla, was a Mexican songwriter and actor. Early in his career he became known as El Hombre de las Mil Voces, for his ability to play multiple characters for radio drama productions and for (allegedly) being able to impersonate God himself! One of...

  35. 15 - Putochinomaricón: El cabreo es una energía

    Brace yourself: it’s Putochinomaricón! And he’s not amused! And he’s using the subjunctive!! “Yo creo que la buena música surge de los intestinos y del odio extremo”, says Chenta Tsai, born in 1990 of Taiwanese parents. ‘I think Good music springs from the guts and from extreme hatred’. Here's…

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  36. 14 - Bunbury: Miénteme, dime que me quieres

    “Yo quería hacer un disco que le gustara a mi madre y a mi padre”, said Bunbury in 1999 while discussing Pequeño, his second solo álbum, released later that year. ‘I wanted to make a record that my mum and my dad would like’. Sure enough, the album became a major departure for Bunbury in that for...

  37. 13 - Gabinete Caligari: Todos los caminos llevan a Soria

    “Todo el mundo sabe que es difícil encontrar en la vida un lugar…” Thus goes the opening line of Camino Soria by Spanish band Gabinete Caligari, the song we’re discussing in this episode. By the river Duero, the town of Soria (North of Madrid, in Castilla la Mancha) becomes here an almost…

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  38. 12 - Walt Disney canta en español

    We’re on a trip to Disneylandia! Today we learn about the dubbings of Disney films for Spanish and Latin American audiences. We then go on to study Lady and the Tramp’s infamous Siamese Cats Song. Listen to Si and Am singing in a suspicious Thai accent, with a genuine Mexican flavour and a touch…

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  39. 11 - El amor según Raphael

    So you still don’t know what being in love is like? Stress no more: Spanish crooner Raphael gives you no less than twelve different definitions of such a state in Estar enamorado (To be in love), a song from 1981 written by the singer’s habitual partner in crime, Manuel Alejandro. Together…

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  40. 10 - Los Nikis: Balada triste de Sing Sing

    In this episode we learn about Los Nikis, an 80’s band from Madrid, and their song from 1986 Diez años en Sing Sing. The song title and chorus reference a classic prison drama from 1932, 20000 Years in Sing Sing, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis. It was not unusual for Spanish bands of that...

  41. 9 - Los Ronaldos: La soledad del astronauta

    In this episode we explore the song Así no se vive bien by Los Ronaldos, one of the most loved rock bands that came out of Spain in the 80’s. Their vocalist Coque Malla is still going strong today as a solo artist. In 2021 he released Soy un astronauta gigante (I am a giant astronaut), a 5-disc...

  42. 8 - David el Gnomo: En el corazón del bosque

    In this episode we explore the opening theme song of David el Gnomo, an animated television series that was hugely popular in Spain during the mid-1980’s. Throughout the episode we learn about David’s domestic life and the wider gnome world. Did you know that gnomes live for several centuries…

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  43. 7 - Derribos Arias: Amor subacuático

    In this episode we discuss Branquias bajo el agua (Gills underwater), a song by the Spanish group Derribos Arias. Ignacio Gasca, better known as simply Poch, was the leader of this band which helped to define the spirit of the Spanish movida in the early 1980's. Poch was by all accounts a…

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  44. 6 - La dama y el canalla: José Alfredo Jiménez y Chavela Vargas

    In this episode we discuss Vámonos, a Mexican ranchera written by José Alfredo Jiménez, one of the greatest and most prolific songwriters of the 20th Century. One of many singers who helped to popularise the song was Chavela Vargas. She was close friends with Jiménez - it is well-known that they...

  45. 5 - Rodrigo Amarante: Vida de Pablo

    Today we're discussing Tuyo, the opening theme of the television series Narcos, which tells the story of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The song, commissioned specifically for the show, was written and performed by Rodrigo Amarante, a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist…

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  46. 4 - Almodóvar y McNamara: Los chicos quieren ser mamás

    In this episode we learn about la Movida, an exciting time of countercultural creativity that took place in Spain during the late 1970's and early 1980's, after nearly forty years of fascist dictatorship. One of the many punk-influenced acts to come out at this time was the duo Almodóvar y...

  47. 3 - La habitación de Antonio Flores

    In this episode we learn about Spanish singer-songwriter Antonio Flores, who achieved commercial success in the mid 90's with his album Cosas Mías ('Stuff of Mine'). Sadly, this masterful work would also be his last: shortly after the album release, Flores went into deep depression, following the...

  48. 2 - Víctor Jara: El amor y el trabajo

    In this episode we discuss a song by Chilean songwriter Víctor Jara, 'Cuando voy al trabajo'. In the 1960's and 1970's, Jara - admired by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and others - became a powerful voice for social change and hope throughout Chile and beyond. His life was to end tragically under the...

  49. 1 - Kiko Veneno no encuentra el cenicero

    In our first episode we learn about Spanish singer-songwriter Kiko Veneno, and explore the language used in his song Me siento en la cama. We will hear some vocabulary related to daily routines and simple sentences in the first person of the present tense. So, a perfect song for beginners! *****...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast for learners of Spanish. We use pop songs to learn useful language, grammar and simple phrases. in the process we also get to discover great singer-songwriters, famous in the Hispanic world. This is perfect learning material for both music lovers and students of all levels. For comments, online lessons or just to reach out, contact us at [email protected]

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Raúl G.

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