Los Toreros Muertos
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Los Toreros Muertos was a musical group of the new wave/power pop/punk movement on the Spanish-speaking music scene known as La Movida Madrileña
.
The Spanish singer and humorist Pablo Carbonell and the Argentines Many Mouré and Guillermo Piccolini formed this group in 1985. Their career spanned seven years to its dissolution in 1992.
It produced songs for the public that were marked by an individual and irreverent originality and edgy humor.
Their first single was Yo no me llamo Javier. With the gradual relaxation of mores in Spain in the mid-1980s, there was a perceived explosion of out-of-wedlock births. This song was a barbed commentary written from the viewpoint of a young man named Javier accused of fathering a child. It was one of the songs included on their album 30 años de éxitos (Ariola, 1986). On this album, one can perceive the influence of Madness
and the Mondragón Orchestra. Also among its songs is Mi agüita amarilla (My Little Yellow Water
).
In 1987, they released Por Biafra, its best song being On the Desk which ranks up with any of Madness's delightful song from the horn arrangements to the Music Hall style piano. It was a parody of the English language instruction standard in the Spanish national education system. Another of the songs on this album, Pilar, also received some airplay.
In 1989, they released their third album, Mundo Caracol. In 1992, they released a greatest hits compilation, Cantan en Español, produced by Piccollini. It included Los Toreros Muertos, Mi Agüita Amarilla, Yo no me llamo Javier, Soy un Animal, and 1789.
Along with Hombres G
, Los Rebeldes, and Mecano
, Los Toreros Muertos achieved notable cross-over airplay onto the US military radio stations in Rota (see Naval Station Rota, Spain
), Torrejon (now Madrid-Torrejón Airport), and Zaragoza (now Zaragoza Airport
) that were part of the AFRTS in Europe in the mid-1980s.
La Movida Madrileña
La Movida Madrileña was a countercultural movement that took place mainly in Madrid during the Spanish transition after Francisco Franco's death in 1975...
.
The Spanish singer and humorist Pablo Carbonell and the Argentines Many Mouré and Guillermo Piccolini formed this group in 1985. Their career spanned seven years to its dissolution in 1992.
It produced songs for the public that were marked by an individual and irreverent originality and edgy humor.
Their first single was Yo no me llamo Javier. With the gradual relaxation of mores in Spain in the mid-1980s, there was a perceived explosion of out-of-wedlock births. This song was a barbed commentary written from the viewpoint of a young man named Javier accused of fathering a child. It was one of the songs included on their album 30 años de éxitos (Ariola, 1986). On this album, one can perceive the influence of Madness
Madness (band)
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and the Mondragón Orchestra. Also among its songs is Mi agüita amarilla (My Little Yellow Water
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).
In 1987, they released Por Biafra, its best song being On the Desk which ranks up with any of Madness's delightful song from the horn arrangements to the Music Hall style piano. It was a parody of the English language instruction standard in the Spanish national education system. Another of the songs on this album, Pilar, also received some airplay.
In 1989, they released their third album, Mundo Caracol. In 1992, they released a greatest hits compilation, Cantan en Español, produced by Piccollini. It included Los Toreros Muertos, Mi Agüita Amarilla, Yo no me llamo Javier, Soy un Animal, and 1789.
Along with Hombres G
Hombres G
Hombres G is a Spanish pop rock band, formed in Spain in 1982. They are widely considered one of Spain's most important groups of the late 1980s and 1990s...
, Los Rebeldes, and Mecano
Mecano
Mecano was a Spanish pop band whose debut coincided with La Movida Madrileña , a sociocultural movement that occurred in Madrid, Spain during the 1980s...
, Los Toreros Muertos achieved notable cross-over airplay onto the US military radio stations in Rota (see Naval Station Rota, Spain
Naval Station Rota, Spain
Naval Station Rota is a Spanish naval base commanded by a Spanish Vice Admiral and fully funded by the United States of America. Located in Rota, Spain, and near the Spanish town of El Puerto de Santa María, NavSta Rota is the largest American military community in Spain and houses US Navy...
), Torrejon (now Madrid-Torrejón Airport), and Zaragoza (now Zaragoza Airport
Zaragoza Airport
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) that were part of the AFRTS in Europe in the mid-1980s.