I invite you all to list your favorite ten songs in Spanish here. I'd like this thread to be a great compendium of music. So without further ado, here is my rapidly composed list (in no particular order):


1. Donde pongo lo hallado - Silvio Rodriguez
2. Pequeña Serenata Diurna - Silvio Rodriguez
3. Cantares - Joan Manual Serrat
4. Contamíname - Victor Manuel y Ana Belen
5. Te doy una canción - Silvio Rodriguez
6. Si no lo veo, no me lo creo - Celtas Cortos
7. Planetas - Nauta
8. Papá cuéntame otra vez - Ismael Serrano
9. Canario - No me pises que llevo chanclas
10. La puerta de Alcalá - Victor Manuel y Ana Belen

Great idea for a thread, caminante! Here's mine (not complete, but all I can think of now - and in no particular order):

1) Yolanda - Pablo Milanés y Victor Manuel
2) Para Vivir - Pablo Milanés
3) Caminando por la Calle - Gipsy Kings
4) Mi Confianza - Luz
5) El Elefante y la Paloma - Pedro Guerra
6) Daniela - Pedro Guerra
7) The Macarena - Los del Rio ( )

[ 12-05-2001: Message edited by: MadridMan ]

Feel free to disagree, but here are some things I like:
1.) Anything by Mecano (so old, but so good)
2.) Me Gustas Tu - Manu Chau
3.) anything by La Oreja de Van Gogh
4.) Cunado Nadie Me Ve - Alejandro Sanz
5.) Me Ire - Alejandro Sanz

I also own a huge selection of music from the discotecas, which I wouldn't really call quality, but bring me back to many nights of dancing until 5 or 6 a.m.! I guess its just classic!

Great topic, caminante, but it´s extremely difficult to choose!

And here my personal favourites in no special order:

1. ANYTHING by Alejandro Sanz, but if I have to choose one it would be 'Aquello que me diste'
2. Angel - Cristian Castro
3. Cuando los sapos bailen flamenco - Ella baila sola
4. Grita - Jarabe de Palo
5. Olvidarte - Ricardo Arjona
6. Cuéntame al oído - Oreja de Van Gogh
7. A mi ritmo - Ella baila sola
8. Si no te hubieras ido - Marco Antonio Soliz
9. A puro dolor - Son by four
10. Cuando - Ricardo Arjona

[ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: Tia ]

There are so many, it's too hard to choose!...

Anyway, two questions; I guess by other previous posters' choices that they don't necessarily need to be songs from Spain, but sung in Spanish¿?.
And do the Spanish version of foreign songs count?, 'cause I like for instance, one called 'Acuarela' originally, by a singer from Brazil.

Right now I can only think of:

-Mediterraneo, by J.M. Serrat (also Penelope, etc....)
-Eres tu, by Mocedades (I believe it was even a hit in the US in the 70s!)
-A cara o cruz, by Radio Futura (also Escuela de calor)
-Corazon partio, By A. Sanz
-El ramito de violetas, by Cecilia!
-¿Como pudiste hacerme esto a mi? and Bailando, by Alaska
-El dia que me quieras, Esta tarde vi llover, etc,...., by Los panchos and others(I had to throw in some classical 'boleros')


Maybe some of you can check out a song by Mecano, sorry I don't know it's name, maybe El reloj de la Puerta del Sol, or something like that; the lyrics explain how New Year's eve is the one occasion when all 'españolitos' do the same thing at the same time, and it's true! Each year we perform the little "grape-ritual", etc, all at once(I don't know about Canarias, ha,ha!)which is quite amazing

pim

[ 12-12-2001: Message edited by: pim ]

Pim, the song is 'Un año más'.

Tia

P.S. Eres tú is one of my favourites, too!



[ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: Tia ]

Pim - I just said songs in Spanish, so Spanish versions of foreign songs are fine.

Ahi vamos! Drum roll please!

. Branquias Bajo el Agua DERRIBOS ARIAS
. Ay Que Dolor! LOS CHUNGUITOS
. Todo Tiene Su Fin MODULOS
. Abre La Puerta TRIANA
. Cuatro Rosas GABINETE CALIGARI
. Que Hace Una Chica Como Tu...BURNING
. Flamenco LOS BRINCOS
. Chica de Ayer NACHA POP
. Como El Agua CAMARON
. Ataque Preventivo de la URSS POLANSKI y EL ARDOR

This is my list, but not a ranking from 1-10 (and by the way, Un año más is DEFINITELY on the list):

1. Un año más - Mecano
2. Recordarás - Luz Casal
3. Puro teatro - La Lupe
4. Amarga - Duncan Dhu
5. Cosas de la vida - Eros Ramazzotti
6. En algún lugar - Duncan Dhu
7. Hombre al agua - Soda Stéreo
8. Las Nachas - Banda Machos :p (if MM puts in Macarena...I get "Las Nachas")
9. Un hombre lobo en París - La Unión (or "Ella es un volcán" either one...)
10. Soy infeliz - Lola Beltrán

This is the Spanish language list...which differs from the Spain-only list.

Very hard to choose, but here come another ten:
Los rockeros van al Infierno- Barón Rojo
Agradecido- Rosendo
Como el agua - Camarón
Pedro Navaja - Rubén Blades
Burbujas de amor- J.L.Guerra
Si tú te vas - Pata Negra
Dame veneno- Los Chunguitos
Si tú me dices ven - Los Panchos
Clandestino - Manu Chao
Atrapados por el blues de Memphis- Kiko Veneno