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Music - El Relámpago
Just for fun, here is a song by a Lila Downs, a singer from Oaxaca who plays traditional Mexican music with a modern touch. I don’t know much about Lila Downs, except that she seems to be an independent woman in the mold of Frida Kahlo. I can say that I had this song stuck in my head before I had any idea what the lyrics were about, and once I understood the metaphor I liked it even better.
The lyrics for “El Relámpago” are actually missing from all of the song lyrics sites, so these, with their English translation, are the first ones on the net.
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008 at 9 pm
April 29th, 2008 at 3 am
I enjoyed the song a lot, but I was surprised to find that the singer is a female!!! Since she has a strong voice what gave me an impression that the singer is a male!! And there is something interesting about the music of this song, where it looks like the kind of Azerbaijani music. good choice, and I am waiting for more songs.