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(Arthur Crudup: That's All Right)
Rock 'n' roll
¿Is it handy?
¿Can you eat it?
¿Can it save the world?
Tell me Maya, why do you like rock 'n' roll?
I like it because
my friends
when I was about 9 years old
would listen to Britney Spears
Spice Girls
and Shakira
And I was obviously attracted to that music
Until I discovered my sister's tapes
Well, I already knew about them but I was moved when
I listened to the Beatles
Eric Clapton
Janis Joplin
Luis Miguel
¡Luis Miguel!
¡Arjona!
Arjona moved me
The taxi song, damn
By the way, that is the original Taxi song
¡By the way!
Forget about "yo la conocí en un taxi"
Arjona's Taxi song
is the original taxi song
Damn
I didn't know that
But the point is
the point is that
for me, that difference and contrast
between my friends that listened to the Spice Girls
and my sister's tapes
that where a whole new world
of sensations and sound
because the music was so explosive
and it had peculiar voices
Now I realize, for example, when I was a kid
and I would listen to the Rolling Stones
for a long time, I didn't know what the lyrics where about
It's when you're 15
that you realize that he really sang about ***
all the time
and you're so happy dancing
¡Brown sugar!
I don't know
It's just really fun music
and that's why it reaches many people
But
it's not always fun
I'm not sure if it's always about having fun
like, "going to the party fun"
or do you think
it's no the type of
¡Yey, super fun!
Obviously
there is obviously more to that
I mean
Believe me that if I listen to Eleanor Rigby
I'm not gonna be like "I'm the happiest guy!"
I think the question is
Can we save rock 'n' roll?
And I think we can
I mean, it's a very
dry answer
But I think we can because
I feel that there are many modern bands
that have proposals
that even have manifestos in some of their songs
and that are talking about many things
and that
rock
or the music, alone
will not change anything
It's like a little grain of sand
that along with a cultural process
will change aesthetic paradigms
and that will make people change
If your thoughts are changed
you change
you're changing
the world is changing, you know
even if it´s very smalll
Right?
I feel that we can still
save rock 'n' roll
with our proposals
And, do you have a proposal?
Yes, obviously
I'm gonna get it right now
Yeah
Let's hope we can save it
and obviously, many will
I mean, I have a lot of musicians friends
that will watch this and say "but man"
Andy, don't lie
I have some
Why do you lie?
I do, ok
ok, I have one musician friend
Tons
You're amazing man
Keep on going!
Ok, but
really, really
I mean
There will be a lot of people that will say
that will watch this and say
well
but rock is a lot of things
and it is made
and there is an independent movement
and there are many musicians that work very hard
to be heard
and yes, all that is true
and we are very grateful for that
However
it's very weird to talk about this beacause
I was going to say that
when rock 'n' roll took over in the 60's
and blah, blah, blah
it came with a lot
of social chaos
But now?
We are living social chaos ourselves
and very *** up ***
and nothing happens
What's going on Maya? What's going on!
I don't know, I think we are in a crisis
Do you want to dance reggaeton?
Obviously, let's go
¡Let's go!
Because we don't want to end in a sad note
Andy and I will recommend
some bands
let's see
Savages
The Brian Jonestown massacre
The other one is
an ecuadorian band
called Los animales lisérgicos
I think they're from Cuenca
I've just listened to one album
I think they're a great band
Los Saicos
they are a band from Perú
the grandfathers of punk
before punk ever existed
Listen to these peruvians
(Los Saicos: Demolición)