The musical masterpiece for today is “Semilla Negra”, in Marlango’s rendition. Probably you know that the song was first introduced by the popular pop-rock Spanish band of the 80’s, “Radio Futura“. I managed to trace on YouTube their version. Here’s a nice description of Radio Futura’s “Semilla Negra” and what this song brought novel:
“Semilla Negra introduced the first hints of what would soon become their signature contribution: latin rock based on a highly intellectualized basis (frontman Santiago Auserón holds a degree in Philosophy and is known for lenghty answers in flourishing vocabulary) but, notwithstanding, aimed at the streets and addressed to the general populace[…].”
And indeed, as you will surely agree, the lyrics of the song more than justify its characterization above. Another famous rendition of the same song is by the Peruvian rock band “La Liga del Sueño”. You can also listen to their version on YouTube. While both Radio Futura’s and Liga del Sueño’s versions are very good, the one I personally prefer, at the same time the one most different compared to the others, is Marlango’s superlative “Semilla Negra”. Here you can listen to a pure audio clip of it on YouTube, while this one (but lower audio quality) is a clip from a live performance (Semilla Negra starts about 1:30 min in the clip). Since I talked already quite extensively (and will mention them again in the future) about Marlango, and since you might have guessed that I am totally crazy about Leonorcita by now (I confess: so far, I’ve been playing hard-to-get with her; that is, I haven’t contacted or given her much attention, which I certainly hope will lead her to contact me very soon), I’ll just end by wishing you: Enjoy!
