Comments on: El Feo

El Feo

micayetoca — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:32:07 -0800

Traditional Zapoteca song.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:30:26 -0800

que bueno. a mi me gusta tu cancion.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:20:47 -0800

I enjoy, muchly.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:49:08 -0800

Wow, this is awesome. Out of curiosity I had to learn just a bit about the Zapoteca.

Thanks for sharing this. Esto es una belleza.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:16:30 -0800

Hey, I am glad it was so well received. The first bit of the lyrics is in Zapoteco, and the second is in Spanish. The song is called El Feo (the ugly one) and it's basically a guy telling his girl "don't pay attention if they tell you I am feo, I am an ugly guy who loves you with all his heart."
And Zapotecos were one of the four most developed cultures in Mexico. With a complex legal system and their own writing, but I guess this might not be the place for this info. Perhaps it would make a good post on the blue.
Anyways, thx a lot for your comments, they are always well received here.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:06:06 -0800

Lovely!

By: Jofus

Jofus — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:13:27 -0800

It's a lovely arrangement, but I think the vocal performance is the most lovely thing about it.

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:38:31 -0800

This is awesome. I think I found a new genre to add to my musical repertoire..

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:01:32 -0800

Don't know why I didn't think of it before, but you can watch a video of the recording of the song here. Once the page loads, click on the second pink square (left to right) in the second row (top to bottom).