September 29, 2024 • 12 mins
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🎸 Ever wondered what the song La Bamba is really saying?
In this episode, we break down the lyrics of La Bamba and other famous songs with Spanish lyrics.
Get ready to learn Spanish through music and have fun while doing it!
🫶 This episode was created with RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. ¡Gracias por las recomendaciones! 😊
The songs featured in this episode are:
🎶 Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash
🎶 La Isla Bonita by Madonna
🎶 La Bamba by Ritchie Valens
🎶 Eres tú by Mocedades
🎶 Tú by Shakira
🎶 Hombre Secreto by The Plugz
🎶 María Landó by Susana Baca
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🎸 Ever wondered what the song La Bamba is really saying?
In this episode, we break down the lyrics of La Bamba and other famous songs with Spanish lyrics.
Get ready to learn Spanish through music and have fun while doing it!
🫶 This episode was created with RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. ¡Gracias por las recomendaciones! 😊
The songs featured in this episode are:
🎶 Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash
🎶 La Isla Bonita by Madonna
🎶 La Bamba by Ritchie Valens
🎶 Eres tú by Mocedades
🎶 Tú by Shakira
🎶 Hombre Secreto by The Plugz
🎶 María Landó by Susana Baca
💌 Want to suggest topics for future episodes? Subscribe to Latin ELE's NEWSLETTER and get our FREE course Spanish Kickstart ⬇️
https://latinele.com/spanish-kickstart/
🎧 Join our Spanish Beginner Supporters Club and get access to 90+ exclusive episodes to boost your español with confidence.
❤️ If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to leave a five-star review and share it with your amigos!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the podcast Bad Friends, the two American hosts were
singing LaBamba in a very big killer way. Bamba is
that how it goes? And what does it really say?
Let's find out the meaning behind this and other famous
songs with Spanish lyrics in this episode of Speaking Spanish
(00:20):
for Beginners. All Guitaro Marco, you're Latino Spanish teacher. In
this episode you learn what some famous songs with Spanish
lyrics actually say. Some are entirely in Spanish, while others
mix English with a bit of Spanish. These songs were
(00:43):
suggested by subscribers to my newsletter Motas Glass Satotos. It's
a great opportunity to pick up new vocabulary from songs
you might already know. Are you ready for this?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yes, sir mamos.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You've probably heard these songs many times, songs with Spanish lyrics,
but maybe you've had no clue what they're saying for
perhaps you've tried to sing along and completely butchered the lyrics. Well,
today's today you learned to sing them correctly and improve
your espanel. Let's get started, Nu metal No. This suggestion
(01:28):
comes from Hans was inspired this episode. Here is his message,
Alla Marco, come on a start kiarosaberqd say should I
stay or should I go? Last Texion and Espanol hans
buena election. That's a banger, and to be honest, I
was surprised to learn that this song has a Spanish section.
(01:51):
I never noticed until you pointed it out. The chorus
of this song goes should I stay should I go?
When I first heard that part, I thought it said
then go forrio for loss what meaning I'm cold in
the eyes, which doesn't make any sense in Espanol. But
(02:15):
after checking the lyrics, it's actually may in frio or losolo.
The verbs are in friar men frio and supplat loso
plo and friar so plat. But that's still confusing. Let
me explain this is a literal translation, so careful with
(02:39):
literal translation. They're trying to say should I cool or
should I blow n friar, which is the verb the
use is to make something cold, and supplat means to
blow air. That's so plat, But neither word fits the
intended meaning of to cool down or blow up, as
(03:02):
in getting angry. So a better translation would have been
cal Marcy to come down cal Marcy and explota to
blow up with anger explotar so in keeping with the
rhythm of the song, it could have been Joe Michlmo
(03:22):
or exploto. But he is a pang song so breaking
the rules is part of the term. No meto does
lai isla Bonita by Madonna. This one is very easy.
La that means beautiful island isla island and bonita beautiful
(03:48):
lai isla bonita. Very simple. Right, Let's look at some
other parts of the songs that are in Spanish. Time Yes,
siesta spelled s a e a said they are sister
means nap. In Spanish we say tomar una sister, to
(04:11):
take a nap, tomar una siesta thomas unna sister Joe avasis.
And then there is tamo. I love how she pronounces
it thea mom. Let's work on a pronunciation for that section.
(04:32):
Feel free to repeat after me, first law and then
at a normous speed the amor normous speed. Now the amo,
and that means I love you. The verb is amar
am a er amar to love a regular verb. Joe Tamo.
(04:56):
My dear listener, BESI I have to say I'm not
into pop music, but listening to this song by Madonna.
Many appreciate the road talent needed in the past to
sing these songs, not like artists today who relate too
much on autotune. I really hate it. No meto tres
(05:18):
la bamba. This was suggested by Laura, who says the
singers lurs all the words. Let's clear up the mystery
of la bamba too quick for you. Let me say
slowly for you. It's bada by lad la bamba, Bada
(05:41):
by lad la bamba, anomous spit baa by lad la bamba.
I don't have the talent of richyvalance. That section means
in order to dance la bamba bada in order to
by lad to dance and LaBamba is the style of
(06:03):
music Bada by lar LaBamba. The next part is too quick.
Here is what it says, say nescita una poka the gracia.
Once again, say nescita una poka the gracia. Adn't Norma's
(06:29):
bit sit down raa. And that section simplements you need
a little bit of grace. That's why if you put
it all together, that part says to dance la bamba
you need a little bit of grace. That's it. Mystery solved,
So tell me dnexito de gracia to dance la bamba
(06:55):
nu metto quatro. This one was suggested by Malissa. This
two by Morcedrades. She heard this song in high school
years ago in the United States. Here is how it goes.
The chorus says, it is two. It's youment like the
(07:19):
water from my fountain. It is two again. El fuego
de miogar the fire in my home. This section gives
us two elements oura water and fuego fire, Awa demifuente
and fuego demogar. And by the way, learning opposites like
(07:45):
awa and fuego is a great way to remember new words.
Numeto sinko tara suggested to by Shakira. This song from
nineteen ninety seven goes like this porcades to missol la
(08:07):
fey conk bibo. Let's focus on the two nasci uses
in this section, Soul and fai soul spelled s a
o l A means san. It is to missle you
are my son, not san as a child, San as
(08:28):
the big star in the sky. El soul and fe
spelled fa a means faith. So Shakira saying you are
my son the faith. I live by a great song
to dedicate to that special Amego latino no meto, says
(08:50):
Dania proposed this next song.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Jamarco para l podcast episode of recal on A Herena
de la pellicular Rippo man Umbre Secreto realizado or groupo
the plux.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
I wasn't familiar with this one. It's from a comedic
film from the eighties. The intro of Ombre Secreto is
very interesting. Who known break biblioso? A man that lives
dangerously lokias is. That's kind of a strange combination. Everything
(09:42):
he does is tasty. Two words you can learn from
this section are peligroso is sabrosso. Peligrosso means dangerous and
sabroso means tasty. Peligrosso is also does this man has
an s t D A fan song to sing En
(10:06):
Espanol Glassistania. Finally New Meadow. Here's some message from Patrice.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Lamaco So Patris the Canada Esperian estaballean du to Korea,
Electronico keer Unnakansian Peruo is popular, Lacansions, Mario Lando the
susan Abaca estat Quez, Bastante facil the intender parau in
(10:35):
a student, come o you la cancion quentala historia una
moureerda sure barusiana ba yes, approxima Patrice marciboku.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
You're right. This is a lovely, easy pay song for learners.
The chorus goes, mariaso maria lando solo travaja. She's using
the verb travajar to work in the third person. Quick
(11:13):
reminder of the conjugation of travajar to travajo to travajas
a ya travaja in this case maria travaja so motas
grassiers patris is not a famous song, but it's a
good one to practice Espanol. And that miss amigos. That's
(11:34):
all for today. Grassias pocultar speaking Spanish for beginners. If
you enjoy this podcast, please share it with your beginner
friend or leave a five star review on your favorite
listening up. Speaking of which, thank you for over seven
hundred reviews on Apple Podcasts. You all rock. Mutas gracias.
(12:00):
Did I miss any songs? Why didn't you tell me?
If you want to suggest topics for future episodes, become
a subscriber to my newsletter. You'll be able to reply
directly to my emails when I'm working on new content,
and by signing up with the link in the episode description,
you also get free access to my course Spanish Kickstart
(12:21):
your first five lessons en espanel. For more information, visit www.
Dot Latin la dot com slash Spanish dash Kickstart, Astell
approxima tat out
In the podcast Bad Friends, the two American hosts were
singing LaBamba in a very big killer way. Bamba is
that how it goes? And what does it really say?
Let's find out the meaning behind this and other famous
songs with Spanish lyrics in this episode of Speaking Spanish
(00:20):
for Beginners. All Guitaro Marco, you're Latino Spanish teacher. In
this episode you learn what some famous songs with Spanish
lyrics actually say. Some are entirely in Spanish, while others
mix English with a bit of Spanish. These songs were
(00:43):
suggested by subscribers to my newsletter Motas Glass Satotos. It's
a great opportunity to pick up new vocabulary from songs
you might already know. Are you ready for this?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yes, sir mamos.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You've probably heard these songs many times, songs with Spanish lyrics,
but maybe you've had no clue what they're saying for
perhaps you've tried to sing along and completely butchered the lyrics. Well,
today's today you learned to sing them correctly and improve
your espanel. Let's get started, Nu metal No. This suggestion
(01:28):
comes from Hans was inspired this episode. Here is his message,
Alla Marco, come on a start kiarosaberqd say should I
stay or should I go? Last Texion and Espanol hans
buena election. That's a banger, and to be honest, I
was surprised to learn that this song has a Spanish section.
(01:51):
I never noticed until you pointed it out. The chorus
of this song goes should I stay should I go?
When I first heard that part, I thought it said
then go forrio for loss what meaning I'm cold in
the eyes, which doesn't make any sense in Espanol. But
(02:15):
after checking the lyrics, it's actually may in frio or losolo.
The verbs are in friar men frio and supplat loso
plo and friar so plat. But that's still confusing. Let
me explain this is a literal translation, so careful with
(02:39):
literal translation. They're trying to say should I cool or
should I blow n friar, which is the verb the
use is to make something cold, and supplat means to
blow air. That's so plat, But neither word fits the
intended meaning of to cool down or blow up, as
(03:02):
in getting angry. So a better translation would have been
cal Marcy to come down cal Marcy and explota to
blow up with anger explotar so in keeping with the
rhythm of the song, it could have been Joe Michlmo
(03:22):
or exploto. But he is a pang song so breaking
the rules is part of the term. No meto does
lai isla Bonita by Madonna. This one is very easy.
La that means beautiful island isla island and bonita beautiful
(03:48):
lai isla bonita. Very simple. Right, Let's look at some
other parts of the songs that are in Spanish. Time Yes,
siesta spelled s a e a said they are sister
means nap. In Spanish we say tomar una sister, to
(04:11):
take a nap, tomar una siesta thomas unna sister Joe avasis.
And then there is tamo. I love how she pronounces
it thea mom. Let's work on a pronunciation for that section.
(04:32):
Feel free to repeat after me, first law and then
at a normous speed the amor normous speed. Now the amo,
and that means I love you. The verb is amar
am a er amar to love a regular verb. Joe Tamo.
(04:56):
My dear listener, BESI I have to say I'm not
into pop music, but listening to this song by Madonna.
Many appreciate the road talent needed in the past to
sing these songs, not like artists today who relate too
much on autotune. I really hate it. No meto tres
(05:18):
la bamba. This was suggested by Laura, who says the
singers lurs all the words. Let's clear up the mystery
of la bamba too quick for you. Let me say
slowly for you. It's bada by lad la bamba, Bada
(05:41):
by lad la bamba, anomous spit baa by lad la bamba.
I don't have the talent of richyvalance. That section means
in order to dance la bamba bada in order to
by lad to dance and LaBamba is the style of
(06:03):
music Bada by lar LaBamba. The next part is too quick.
Here is what it says, say nescita una poka the gracia.
Once again, say nescita una poka the gracia. Adn't Norma's
(06:29):
bit sit down raa. And that section simplements you need
a little bit of grace. That's why if you put
it all together, that part says to dance la bamba
you need a little bit of grace. That's it. Mystery solved,
So tell me dnexito de gracia to dance la bamba
(06:55):
nu metto quatro. This one was suggested by Malissa. This
two by Morcedrades. She heard this song in high school
years ago in the United States. Here is how it goes.
The chorus says, it is two. It's youment like the
(07:19):
water from my fountain. It is two again. El fuego
de miogar the fire in my home. This section gives
us two elements oura water and fuego fire, Awa demifuente
and fuego demogar. And by the way, learning opposites like
(07:45):
awa and fuego is a great way to remember new words.
Numeto sinko tara suggested to by Shakira. This song from
nineteen ninety seven goes like this porcades to missol la
(08:07):
fey conk bibo. Let's focus on the two nasci uses
in this section, Soul and fai soul spelled s a
o l A means san. It is to missle you
are my son, not san as a child, San as
(08:28):
the big star in the sky. El soul and fe
spelled fa a means faith. So Shakira saying you are
my son the faith. I live by a great song
to dedicate to that special Amego latino no meto, says
(08:50):
Dania proposed this next song.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Jamarco para l podcast episode of recal on A Herena
de la pellicular Rippo man Umbre Secreto realizado or groupo
the plux.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
I wasn't familiar with this one. It's from a comedic
film from the eighties. The intro of Ombre Secreto is
very interesting. Who known break biblioso? A man that lives
dangerously lokias is. That's kind of a strange combination. Everything
(09:42):
he does is tasty. Two words you can learn from
this section are peligroso is sabrosso. Peligrosso means dangerous and
sabroso means tasty. Peligrosso is also does this man has
an s t D A fan song to sing En
(10:06):
Espanol Glassistania. Finally New Meadow. Here's some message from Patrice.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Lamaco So Patris the Canada Esperian estaballean du to Korea,
Electronico keer Unnakansian Peruo is popular, Lacansions, Mario Lando the
susan Abaca estat Quez, Bastante facil the intender parau in
(10:35):
a student, come o you la cancion quentala historia una
moureerda sure barusiana ba yes, approxima Patrice marciboku.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
You're right. This is a lovely, easy pay song for learners.
The chorus goes, mariaso maria lando solo travaja. She's using
the verb travajar to work in the third person. Quick
(11:13):
reminder of the conjugation of travajar to travajo to travajas
a ya travaja in this case maria travaja so motas
grassiers patris is not a famous song, but it's a
good one to practice Espanol. And that miss amigos. That's
(11:34):
all for today. Grassias pocultar speaking Spanish for beginners. If
you enjoy this podcast, please share it with your beginner
friend or leave a five star review on your favorite
listening up. Speaking of which, thank you for over seven
hundred reviews on Apple Podcasts. You all rock. Mutas gracias.
(12:00):
Did I miss any songs? Why didn't you tell me?
If you want to suggest topics for future episodes, become
a subscriber to my newsletter. You'll be able to reply
directly to my emails when I'm working on new content,
and by signing up with the link in the episode description,
you also get free access to my course Spanish Kickstart
(12:21):
your first five lessons en espanel. For more information, visit www.
Dot Latin la dot com slash Spanish dash Kickstart, Astell
approxima tat out
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