Chalino Snachez Corrido about Pancho Villa:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ltXyo7s2fQM
Valentin Elizalde: "Ebrio de Amor" (Love story corrido)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gZjb6AvW2Lw
Narco Corrido about the typical scene of the Mafia, where they try to strike a deal but they end up shooting people anyway.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p-FgII7vHk4
Monday, June 4, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
Week 9 Blog
Week 1: 05-31-2007
QUESTION: You are an ethnomusicologist giving a 2-hour lecture on American music in a foreign country. What artists, music, genres, and concepts would you choose to represent American music and culture? From what era? Would you choose to give an historical overview since Europeans and Africans arrived, or would you choose to cover contemporary music or one type of music (such as Jazz) or music of various ethnic groups such as Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, etc.? Give an outline of your lecture including listening examples you'd play, and the reasons you chose these musics, genres, artists, etc. to represent American music.
Hispanics have been shaping American culture for centuries, especially Latin pop music. It begins in the 19th century with the influence from Vaqueros, the Old West's cowboy culture influenced greatly by the Mexican horsemen as well as Valentino, the movie icon who popularized the Latin lover stereotype and Xavier Cugat and Tito Puente who introduced the Latin rhythm by the 1950s. Latin pop began reaching the public audience with Ritchie Valens and later with Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan. Although it is music of Latin America and Mexico, it has its origins in Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Most of the Pop latino we hear in America is in Spanish or Spanglish. Today more than ever, no single style defines Latin music. This is because music is an expression of ethnicity and ethnic identity among Latino peoples of the United States which is becoming a predominantly large majority of the population in the United States. Latin artists will continue to be major players on the world stage.
A. Why Study Latin Pop?
1. Regardless of the genre, there is a palpable joy at the heart of Latin America's vivacious music.
2. It has influenced the music of American singers without a Hispanic Background.
a. Beyonce's “Irremplazable”, a Spanish version of her “Irreplaceable”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZeR-azXLmuM (I like this one in Spanish, I recommend you watch it)
b. Madonna's "La Isla Bonita"
c. Spice Girls' "Spice up Your Life" with a hint of Latin pop rhythm
d. Some singers who have released such remixes are, besides the ones already mentioned, include Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, and the fresh prince Will Smith.
3. Latin pop is the formal or informal expression of the peoples of Latin America
B. Historical Origins: origins come from Latin America
1. Early 19th century: the Latin lover stereotype with Xavier Cugat
2. 1950’s: Tito Puente introduces the Latin Rhythm
Watch Tito Puente on the Simpson’s: Latin music being showed on popular American T.V. show: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NzRMkBjJ3mI
3. 1980s-90s: Julio Iglesias (Iglesias won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in the 1988 Grammys) and Emilio and Gloria Estefan
Watch one of Cuban born Gloria Estefan’s song that traces her roots back to her native country: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mH0nV2vmBrY
Current: Current Latin pop revolves around younger singers and teen group idols as such as the famous RBD (Rebelde) who also had three season of a Spanish soap opera that aired here and all over Mexico. Other singers include Luis Miguel, Thalia, Chayanne, Enrique Iglesias (Julio Iglesia’s son), and the famous Shakira with her hit “Hips don’t lie”, one of the most famous Latin pop songs.
Get a dose of the famous Latin Pop teen idols, REBELDE (rebels): http://youtube.com/watch?v=njRtLAgKViI and an English song that has aired on the famous station 102.7 Kiis FM: http://youtube.com/watch?v=amgDTRt9z_E
RBD has had a huge impact in Latin American youth.
The 90s also saw the beginnings of pop in Asia. It is known as J-pop, a style of music we studed in class.
5. Latin music has been around a lot longer than rock, pop, country and a lot of other styles of music. It consists of many different styles and tempos, a danceable beat and repetitive structure
C. Types of Latin Pop
1. Salsa, samba, cumbia, nortenas, merengue, tex-mex, tango, reggaeton, regular Spanish pop, and the most recent hip hop
2. Latin Hip Hop: Seeks to rectify the profiling of some of the most important Latino figures in rap. Among those whose voices are heard are Kid Frost the "godfather" or Latin rap’s famous Cypress Hill.
D. Musical Context: Latin pop songs are often emotional or relating to love, a lost one, their native country, and environmental and political issues with artists like Juanes and Mana.
E. Istruments: Wood blocks, cowbells, toms, timbales, bongos, congas, tambourines, piano, synthesizers, guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kits, keyboards, turntable and just vocables.
QUESTION: You are an ethnomusicologist giving a 2-hour lecture on American music in a foreign country. What artists, music, genres, and concepts would you choose to represent American music and culture? From what era? Would you choose to give an historical overview since Europeans and Africans arrived, or would you choose to cover contemporary music or one type of music (such as Jazz) or music of various ethnic groups such as Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, etc.? Give an outline of your lecture including listening examples you'd play, and the reasons you chose these musics, genres, artists, etc. to represent American music.
Hispanics have been shaping American culture for centuries, especially Latin pop music. It begins in the 19th century with the influence from Vaqueros, the Old West's cowboy culture influenced greatly by the Mexican horsemen as well as Valentino, the movie icon who popularized the Latin lover stereotype and Xavier Cugat and Tito Puente who introduced the Latin rhythm by the 1950s. Latin pop began reaching the public audience with Ritchie Valens and later with Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan. Although it is music of Latin America and Mexico, it has its origins in Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Most of the Pop latino we hear in America is in Spanish or Spanglish. Today more than ever, no single style defines Latin music. This is because music is an expression of ethnicity and ethnic identity among Latino peoples of the United States which is becoming a predominantly large majority of the population in the United States. Latin artists will continue to be major players on the world stage.
A. Why Study Latin Pop?
1. Regardless of the genre, there is a palpable joy at the heart of Latin America's vivacious music.
2. It has influenced the music of American singers without a Hispanic Background.
a. Beyonce's “Irremplazable”, a Spanish version of her “Irreplaceable”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZeR-azXLmuM (I like this one in Spanish, I recommend you watch it)
b. Madonna's "La Isla Bonita"
c. Spice Girls' "Spice up Your Life" with a hint of Latin pop rhythm
d. Some singers who have released such remixes are, besides the ones already mentioned, include Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, and the fresh prince Will Smith.
3. Latin pop is the formal or informal expression of the peoples of Latin America
B. Historical Origins: origins come from Latin America
1. Early 19th century: the Latin lover stereotype with Xavier Cugat
2. 1950’s: Tito Puente introduces the Latin Rhythm
Watch Tito Puente on the Simpson’s: Latin music being showed on popular American T.V. show: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NzRMkBjJ3mI
3. 1980s-90s: Julio Iglesias (Iglesias won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in the 1988 Grammys) and Emilio and Gloria Estefan
Watch one of Cuban born Gloria Estefan’s song that traces her roots back to her native country: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mH0nV2vmBrY
Current: Current Latin pop revolves around younger singers and teen group idols as such as the famous RBD (Rebelde) who also had three season of a Spanish soap opera that aired here and all over Mexico. Other singers include Luis Miguel, Thalia, Chayanne, Enrique Iglesias (Julio Iglesia’s son), and the famous Shakira with her hit “Hips don’t lie”, one of the most famous Latin pop songs.
Get a dose of the famous Latin Pop teen idols, REBELDE (rebels): http://youtube.com/watch?v=njRtLAgKViI and an English song that has aired on the famous station 102.7 Kiis FM: http://youtube.com/watch?v=amgDTRt9z_E
RBD has had a huge impact in Latin American youth.
The 90s also saw the beginnings of pop in Asia. It is known as J-pop, a style of music we studed in class.
5. Latin music has been around a lot longer than rock, pop, country and a lot of other styles of music. It consists of many different styles and tempos, a danceable beat and repetitive structure
C. Types of Latin Pop
1. Salsa, samba, cumbia, nortenas, merengue, tex-mex, tango, reggaeton, regular Spanish pop, and the most recent hip hop
2. Latin Hip Hop: Seeks to rectify the profiling of some of the most important Latino figures in rap. Among those whose voices are heard are Kid Frost the "godfather" or Latin rap’s famous Cypress Hill.
D. Musical Context: Latin pop songs are often emotional or relating to love, a lost one, their native country, and environmental and political issues with artists like Juanes and Mana.
E. Istruments: Wood blocks, cowbells, toms, timbales, bongos, congas, tambourines, piano, synthesizers, guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kits, keyboards, turntable and just vocables.
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