🎶 ¡Hola! ¡Hola! 🎶
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Dear community, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying this initiative as much as I am 😊.
If there's one thing I love, it's music videos, that is, music that we not only listen to, but also give a face to and something that we remember visually every time the melody plays.
When I made my first post, I realized that I left out a LOT of songs, so I'm grateful for the extension of the contest and am bringing you a second part that's just as good as the first 😉.
I noticed that I like the English songs better because, even though I don't understand them, their energy makes me use my imagination to come up with a story.
In this sense, a video that filled the platforms of my time and that everyone talked about is “You're Beautiful” by James Blunt. The singer (who is a fellow sociologist) admitted in a recent publication that he never thought a video/song about suicide would make him so famous. I didn't understand the message, but I was amazed at how a single shot, with no stage or background, could keep me entertained for so long:
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Wow! That song gives anyone goose bumps when they learn its meaning, but it's not the only one I have. The video below leaves NOTHING TO THE IMAGINATION. Rather, it was shocking to see how these women became true cabaret artists, which even made us see them in a different light and not pigeonhole them into their usual rhythms. As always, Christina stood out among them all, and I'm not going to argue with anyone about that 😊. Here's Lady Marmalade:
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Have you seen it yet? Have you enjoyed it yet? Has it become one of your favorites yet? Well, it's not the last one, so let's keep moving forward with these wonderful videos that platforms of the time, such as MTV, offered us. And speaking of them, there was a band that drove those of us who were rebellious crazy, and we didn't even understand why, but we felt that what they were saying was for us. How intense!😊.
In those days, when there were no translators or anything, and since English was unfamiliar to me, all I did was scream while also enjoying those misunderstood people 🙃, but you can't deny that it's a visual gem; also brought to that stage of death, Evanescence arrived with Bring Me to Life:
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And to conclude these videos in English that struck me with their depth, and then watching the interviews about why they were made, I can't leave out the video collaboration between Dido and Eminem. This particular video is about how we can admire someone, but that shouldn't be a reason to obsess or lose our lives by trying to be something we're not. It was a very controversial topic, but undoubtedly a call to measure our emotions and seek our identity and personality. Its 8-minute duration is well worth watching. Here it is: Stan:
El limbo:
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And now that we've left these tragedies behind, let's move on to something that goes with our language and tropicality. Because there are sad videos, but I like to focus on videos with good vibes and highlight that Caribbean flavor that identifies us.
One video I left out, but this time it has to be included, is EL LIMBO with Daddy Yankee, as it invites us to dance, enjoy ourselves, and remember a game that is a staple at our parties when it comes to dancing and choreography.
The limbo:
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And another video that is more current, and with this I bid you farewell, is a Venezuelan video. I highlight it not only because it was made in our country, with our artists, but also because it speaks of and shows a year or decade that is nostalgic for many. What were you doing in 2000? Where were you in 2000? What do you remember about that decade? Twenty-five years have passed, and we still remember it as if it were yesterday. We refuse to let that memory die, and we even long for a time like that to return.
What stands out about this video is that many of us who like it were in the same position as them: in high school, looking forward to recess, pursuing a passion such as rock music or skateboarding, or trying to appear different to the world. And I want to make it clear that, although it only refers to Caracas, many of us were doing exactly the same thing, like a cult.
A video with many memories in its lyrics and message: Caracas in 2000.
El traductor que usé fue DeepL.
Hasta un próximo encuentro 🎶
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And this has been my latest contribution to this initiative.
I invite my colleague @tonyes and my friend @gledys19 to participate in this wonderful initiative by the @youhive community.
I created the cover, banner, and divider in Banner.
I used DeepL as my translation tool.
Until next time 🎶