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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Karla y Fernando hablan de música

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Karla and Fernando discuss some differences between two types of traditional Mexican music: mariachi and bolero, pondering the occasions for which each might be better suited.

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Caption 9 [es]: muy representativa, que cuando la gente la escucha,
Caption 9 [en]: very representative, as when people listen to it,

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y Chavela - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

In this second part, professional guitarist Manuel Guarneros tells us about some of his magical experiences on tour with Chavela Vargas.

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Caption 32 [es]: y la gente no paró de aplaudir.
Caption 32 [en]: and the people did not stop applauding.

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y El barrilito

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Manuel Guarneros was the famous Mexican singer Chavela Vargas' main guitar player. In this video, he'll share with us his perception about various Mexican accents and slang as well as performing for us a piece of the popular polka song "El barrilito" [literally "The Little Barrel"], which is known in English as Beer Barrel Polka.

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Caption 49 [es]: eh... en Berlín, en Alemania creen [sic] mucha gente que es alemán.
Caption 49 [en]: um... in Berlin, in Germany, a lot of people think it's German.

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Luis Miguel - La Bikina

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Luis Miguel performs his famous tune, "La Bikina," which refers to a tormented woman. Composed by Ruben Fuentes, some say he coined the term after seeing women in bikinis during a walk on the beach, while others claim it was inspired by a legend during the times of the Cristeros in Jalisco, Mexico.

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Caption 2 [es]: La gente se pone a murmurar
Caption 2 [en]: People start to whisper

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Mambe & Danochilango - Cumbia Universal

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico

"Mambe & Danochilango" sing about a "Cumbia Universal" [Universal Cumbia] with the power to liberate individuals and unite nations.

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Caption 5 [es]: Fuego de lucha para mi gente
Caption 5 [en]: Fire of struggle for my people

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Mariachi - El amor de la música mexicana

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico, Venezuela

Lifelong mariachi artists explain their passion for the mariachi music and way of life.

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Caption 8 [es]: Es un lenguaje universal que se comunica con la demás gente, con todas las personas de...
Caption 8 [en]: It's a universal language that is communicated with other people, with all of the people of...

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Banda Pioneros - ¡Conócelos!

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Meet some of the members of Banda Pionero, a Sinaloa style band from Mazatlan, Mexico. These guys are really friendly and even sang a capella for us.

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Caption 34 [es]: Que se entere la gente de lo cuanto te amo yo
Caption 34 [en]: [I want] for people to find out how much I love you

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Some people could see Arturo Vega as just a guy who happened to design the Ramones logo, but the truth is that he had to get his hands dirty with hard work, and that meant loading tons of equipment, manning the lights and basically doing whatever was needed by the band. The reward was great: thousands, maybe millions, wearing an image that he created.

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Caption 49 [es]: Yo fui la primera gente, el primer individuo en trabajar,
Caption 49 [en]: I was the first person, the first guy working,

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Arturo Vega is a big part of The Ramones’ history. We even have proof! Actually he was the one who designed the well known Ramones’ logo, which is one part presidential seal, one part outlaw biker. In this interview he tells us why they chose to be represented by an aguila.

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Caption 75 [es]: Mucha gente los veía chistosos, grotescos.
Caption 75 [en]: Many people saw them as humorous, grotesque.

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La Gusana Ciega - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

We skip backstage once again to get some final thoughts from La Gusana Ciega, learning a bit more about their career and personnel changes. Like many of Mexico’s popular bands today, they got their start at a Mexico City club called Cocotitlán, which is also the name of a municipality well known for its corn festival.

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Caption 66 [es]: Y queremos mandar un saludo a toda la gente que está viendo LoMásTV.
Caption 66 [en]: And we want to send a greeting to all the people who are watching LoMásTV.

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Belanova is appreciative and proud that so many of Latin America’s and Mexico’s biggest stars, such Joselo and Coti saw fit to take the time to join them on their tour. The band is humble, but not without ambition; they have set their sites beyond the habla hispana, seeing potential fans in Australia, Italy and even Japan.

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Caption 9 [es]: Y, este... estamos muy agradecidos con toda esta gente que...
Caption 9 [en]: And, um... we're very thankful to all these people who...

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La Gusana Ciega - Entrevista - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

To hear La Gusana Ciega play live we trekked to a club called Babel located in a giant mall / theme park called Mundo E, located just north of Mexico City. Come backstage with us for an exclusive interview you’ll find only here!

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Caption 52 [es]: Y fue una gran sorpresa cómo la gente...
Caption 52 [en]: And it was a big surprise how people...

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Edgar Huerta, keyboardist of Belanova, refers to Joselo of Cafe Tacuba as un cuate. The word comes from the indigenous Nahuatl word coatl, which means “twin.” But Joselo is not Edgar’s gemelo, cuate is known by all Mexicans to refer to a “good buddy,” a “dear friend.”

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Caption 3 [es]: Un saludo para la gente de allá.
Caption 3 [en]: Greetings to the people from there.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

A little research tells us that the musical comedy Arturo did with Héctor Suárez at the Teatro de los Insurgentes was Sigue tu onda (Follow Your Wave), a Spanish language adaptation of a Broadway show known to American theater-goers as Your Own Thing. Soon Arturo himself would be heading to New York on a tip from Paul McCartney’s agent that he could land a spot in Hair...

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Caption 80 [es]: La gente no me parecía...
Caption 80 [en]: The people didn't seem to...

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Arriving in December of ‘71, a young Arturo Vega decides that it is New York where he is going to clavar, or stay put. His journey began in Mexico, where he began his artistic life as an actor and participant in experimental theater or “happenings”—an art form which was not well received by the powers that be in that country.

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Caption 63 [es]: Pero no había oportunidades y la gente no te tomaba en serio o...
Caption 63 [en]: But there were no opportunities and the people did not take us seriously or...

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