Un Pingüino en mi Ascensor
Encyclopedia
Un Pingüino en mi Ascensor (A Penguin in my Elevator in Spanish) is a Spanish
music
band.
The band was formed in the 80s by the attorney
José Luis Moro, the singer and composer
of the songs. Mario Gil (La Mode and Aviador Dro
) produced some of the records, elevating the overall quality of the songs.
The musical style of the compositions is deliberately cheesy and corny, which contrasts with the lyrics, which use black humor, sarcasm
and irony
in a way that it only makes sense in the "everything is valid" creative impulse of La movida in Madrid during the 1980s.
Spain
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music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
band.
The band was formed in the 80s by the attorney
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
José Luis Moro, the singer and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of the songs. Mario Gil (La Mode and Aviador Dro
Aviador Dro
Aviador Dro is an electronic band from Spain that formed in Madrid in 1979 with influences such as Gary Numan, Devo and Kraftwerk. They were part of the Movida Madrileña...
) produced some of the records, elevating the overall quality of the songs.
The musical style of the compositions is deliberately cheesy and corny, which contrasts with the lyrics, which use black humor, sarcasm
Sarcasm
Sarcasm is “a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt.” Though irony and understatement is usually the immediate context, most authorities distinguish sarcasm from irony; however, others argue that sarcasm may or often does involve irony or employs...
and irony
Irony
Irony is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions...
in a way that it only makes sense in the "everything is valid" creative impulse of La movida in Madrid during the 1980s.