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#67865 - 01/01/03 09:39 PM Puerta del Sol song??
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I was at puerta del sol last night for new years eve. At around 10pm, there was a guy singing a song on a megaphone. If anyone else heard it, can you tell me what is the name of that song? I've heard it before but I don't remember the tune or the words to it at this point. I'm guessing it's a holiday song. Please help!

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#67866 - 01/04/03 01:55 AM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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I think I've heard the song, but the bigger question is, had the man been drinking, and did he look anything like the maniac in this file photo? laugh
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#67867 - 01/04/03 02:14 AM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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Hardy....Har.....Har. (hehehe.... wink )
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#67868 - 01/04/03 03:06 PM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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Haha, I thought it was MadridMan!

Argh, I guess nobody knows what I'm talking about frown

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#67869 - 01/04/03 11:07 PM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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Seriously, though... The only Puerta del Sol song I know of (in my limited music exposure outside of the classical Spanish composers and a few Hombres G songs...) is "Un año más" by Mecano, which I think is a wonderful song.

I may be a sap at heart though, as it always hearkens me back to my first Nochevieja in Spain, in '88 in Bilbao. Every time I hear the song, I get a little misty-eyed as I long to join the throng in Sol celebrating the coming of "uno más" with all of the other marineros, soldados, solteros y casados...algún día...
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#67870 - 01/04/03 11:51 PM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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Below are the lyrics for Mecano 's "Un Año Más" song. Is it the same which was sung at Puerta del Sol on New Year's Eve??

Un Año Más by Mecano

En la Puerta Sel sol
como el año que fue
otra vez el champán
y la uvas y el alquitrán
de alfombra están

Los petardos que borran sonidos de ayer
y acaloran el ánimo para aceptar
que ya pasó uno más

Y en el reloj de antaño como de año en año
cinco minutos más para la cuenta atrás
hacemos el balance de lo bueno y malo
cinco minutos antes de la cuenta atrás

Marineros, soldados, solteros, casados
amantes, andantes
y alguno que otro cura despistao

Entre gritos y pitos los españolitos
enormes, bajitos hacemos por una vez
algo a la vez

Y en el reloj de antaño como de año en año
Cinco minutos más para la cuenta atrás
Hacemos el balance de lo bueno y malo
Cinco minutos antes de la cuenta atrás

Y aunque para las uvas hay algunos nuevos
a los que ya no están echaremos de menos
y a ver si espabilamos los que estamos vivos
y en el año que viene nos reímos

1, 2, 3 y 4 y empieza otra vez
que la quinta es la una
y la sexta es la dos
y así el siete es tres

Y decimos adiós
y pedimos a Dios
que en el año que viene
a ver si en vez de un millón
pueden ser dos

En la puerta del sol
como el año que fue
otra vez el champán
y las uvas y el alquitrán
de alfombra están
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#67871 - 01/05/03 09:39 AM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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No, it was something else. I heard other people singing along, so it must be a well known song.

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#67872 - 01/05/03 10:06 AM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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I think it was about fish drinking and drinking:
it went something like that:
y beben y beben y vuelven a beber
los peces en el rio...
Is that it? I kind of hummed along too as far as I could remember from my Spanish classes, I can ask my teacher tomorrow for the lyrics if you want! Let me know by e-mail. Anna
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#67873 - 01/05/03 11:44 AM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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Yes Polka! That's it! I looked it up, the song is Los Peces en el Río. Thanks!!!

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#67874 - 01/05/03 08:21 PM Re: Puerta del Sol song??
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Now you have my interested spiked...I'd love to hear this song too. Can you post the lyrics, or where I can find them on the web in this thread?

Thanks y buen an~o nuevo a todos!!

GG
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