The class-war goes boy band

Thanks to the FMLN victory in El Salvador, Ali Primera has finally made an appearance on the blog. We all know how La Cumbiambera loves those family acts, so here are all four of Primera’s oh-so-glamorous sons covering one of his many wonderful songs addressing economic injustice. Te presento a Servando y Florentino con sus hermanos Sandino y JuanSimón.



And here is the original Primera version.



P.S. Like all treasured Latin American songs, “Las Casas de Cartón” has been covered by an array of artists from various countries including Los Guaraguaos of the Primeras' own Venezuela, Javier Alvarez of Spain, and, of course, Mexico’s Los Bukis.

dále, salvadoreño

alí primera sings to el salvador (nicaragua, 1983)...

dále que la marcha es lenta
pero sigue siendo marcha
dále que empujando al sol
se acerca la madrugada

...

dále salvadoreño, dále
que no hay pájaro pequeño, dále
que después de alzar el vuelo, dále
se detenga en su volar...


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go on, the march is slow
but it's still a march
go on, pushing at the sun
brings closer the dawn
...

go on, salvadoreño, go on
there is no little bird
which after it takes flight
stops in mid-air...


alí primera : el sombero azul




gracias, mariana y liliana :)