Tanto Como Debería

Another not-in-English one.

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posted by micayetoca (11 comments total)

Oh, man, what is going on in your rhythm section? I love it, I want me some!
posted by buriednexttoyou at 7:48 PM on April 10, 2007

Very charming! Like most all of your stuff, this has a very tactile quality which is quite appealing. There's a certain kind of grit in your sound, a nice warm grit. That sounds odd, though, warm grit... I can't quite articulate it right now. Anyway, this is real nice.

Just wondering, what's the vibe of the lyrics, for us gringos?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:44 AM on April 11, 2007

It's a relief to hear good opinions. I don't know why this song doesn't quite "convince" me and I can't judge it objectively. That's why I decided to post it here.

And funny you chose the word "tactile". The "percussion" is actually me beating the sides of a snare drum with my fingernails.

This song started, I kid you not, as a vallenato kind of thing. I never could sing it properly and so it gradually became a more "intimate" thing, though it kept some of the rhythm, though not a vallenato rhythm.

The lyrics, in which I tried to go with the country (campesino) feel, only say:

'In the town square I ran into Jorge Silva, who said:
"I smoke a little, almost none,
and I don't drink as much as I should"

"I used to have a woman of my own,
but she never really had me.
I'm in a lot of pain,
and so much pain is almost none,
I don't cry as much as I should."

Believe me, they don't sound as bad in Spanish.
And now, to finish this Encyclopedic volume on the song, the lyrics in Spanish, with chords!!!!

C________________G
En la plaza me encontré
__D_____________G
A jorgesilva que decía
F_____________C
Fumo poco, casi ná
y no tomo
D_____________G
tanto como debería
F_____________C
Fumo poco, casi ná
y no tomo
D_____________G
tanto como debería


F_____________C
Yo tenía una mujer
_G______________C
Y ella a mi no me tenía
F__________________C
Sufro tanto y tanto es ná
y no lloro
D_____________G
tanto como debería
F__________________C
Sufro tanto y tanto es ná
y no lloro
D_____________G
tanto como debería
posted by micayetoca at 7:04 AM on April 11, 2007

I really agree about the warmth of this. The production reminds me of those songs where Tom Waits records out in a field and you hear roosters in the background. It's just so organic and nice. Very playful and sunny atmosphere to it, nice stuff. The lyrics seem really interesting, too.
posted by edlundart at 10:16 AM on April 11, 2007

C                   G
En la plaza me encontré
  D                G
A jorgesilva que decía
F               C
Fumo poco, casi ná
y no tomo
D              G
tanto como debería
F               C
Fumo poco, casi ná
y no tomo
D              G
tanto como debería


F              C
Yo tenía una mujer
  G                  C
Y ella a mi no me tenía
F                      C
Sufro tanto y tanto es ná
y no lloro
D               G
tanto como debería
F                      C
Sufro tanto y tanto es ná
y no lloro
D               G
tanto como debería

posted by micayetoca at 3:12 PM on April 12, 2007

The comment about being tactile is right on, but I'd like to add organic to the description. Your music seems to have it's own life, which makes it much more than just a listening experience. Very cool man!
posted by snsranch at 3:21 PM on April 12, 2007

Hey thx a lot, snsranch. I hope than by "more than a listening experience" you don't actually mean "torture."

And sorry for the double posting of the lyrics above, I was doing some test to see if we could make the chord appear where it should on top of the lyrics without the underscore I used the first time around.
posted by micayetoca at 3:26 PM on April 12, 2007

You should release an album. Really.
posted by phrontist at 4:07 PM on April 12, 2007

Torture! Hahah! I forgot to thank you for the chords, I can't wait to play along.
posted by snsranch at 4:15 PM on April 12, 2007

edlundart: wow. I'm glad that a song of mine made you think of Tom Waits (for whatever reason). And yeah, that song with the rooster (it's Chocolate Jesus, innit?) blows my mind every time I listen to it. Thx for that.

phrontist: That is awfully nice of you. I think that's actually the nicest compliment I've had here.

And you know, releasing albums would be hard for us, since each member of the band lives in a different country and so we've chosen to "release" our music through our website, for free. (You'll find the songs in the "Canciones" section, I have yet to do the English version of the site)

However, at the end of last year we did this. That link downloads a 64 mega .zip file with 18 songs and a little cover with the track listing on the back. Feel free to download, and I hope you enjoy it if you do.
posted by micayetoca at 4:27 PM on April 12, 2007

More Spanish-language songs, please!
posted by Eideteker at 9:15 AM on May 9, 2007