Talk:El vals del obrero

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Am in the process of making a draft version here prior to including it on the article page - it's a long-term project so please bear with me and/or add liberally of your own .... 83.191.5.215 14:12, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1. "El Gato López" - a street(fighting) cat. He's got twenty brothers in Carabanchel (refers to a working class district of Madrid and also a famous prison). He wears boots and a waistcoat, which together with his way of walking, shows clearly that he isn't a pet - he's a ska cat, a working-class cat. Keep it up! Don't give in, López! (Gato/gata is also a term for people born in Madrid, and López a typical Spanish surname.)

2. "Ñapa Es" - The syllables of the Spanish word for Spain - España - in backwards order. A criticism of Spanish society with its castanets, bullfights - a country with honour! A country with corruption, back-handers and sleaze. What a disappointing demonstration - the only ones who bothered to turn up were the riot squad.

3. "El Vals Del Obrero" - Proud to belong to the proletariat - this is where I belong. We are workers - the Preferential Class. We support this ongoing swindle of democracy. Resist! Revolution!

4. "Revistas Del Corazón" - gossip magazines dealing with the lives of (minor) celebrities while people are dying of starvation and being killed in wars.

5. "Romero El Madero" - about the single-minded brutishness of a (riot) policeman named Romero "the Pig" (as in cop) who one day finds himself getting the boot.

6. "Sectas"

7. "No Te Pares" - Don't stop! I'm off to join the dole queue with granny, the mother-in-law and two kids to feed - I'm a lucky number - number 4 million!

8. "Cannabis"

9. "Insecto Urbano" - the homeless.

10. "Animales De Laboratorio"

11. "La Sesera No Va" - Where's your brains? Oh! Columbus, what have you done? You opened up a continent - gave it religion and massacred its population and now, 500 years later, North America dominates everything with their nuclear weapons, military bases and oil wells - Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Somalia, Iraq ...

12. "Sexo y Religión" - Criticism of the Church's attitude to sex and freedom, and its doctrine that the best remedy against AIDS is virginity. Enjoy life and have a screw while you can! Don't let anyone repress you - rebel against hypocrisy.