By the Zonagirante.com team @spinning zone
Since this surprising, stormy, turbulent, and ruthless year began (annus terribilis, (as Queen Elizabeth II would say in appropriate Latin), we have been following the activity of Those artists who have decided, as part of their musical career, to interpret, in their own way, a song by other musical references, adapting them to their own style and with the humor of the moment. In the past six months, having finally abandoned the daily complaints of 2020, we have been able to listen, amidst the media bombardment, to a selection of good music and, among all those productions, We were able to choose twenty covers to highlight, made by prominent projects that feature prominently in both the independent scene and the mainstream spheres of mainstream.
The examples we've brought up are very varied. They include everything from an exciting and sensual version of Love, originally by the Mexican band Zoé, in charge of the Chilean Mon Laferte, ...until a tumultuous tribute that the Brazilian receives Roberto Carlos on behalf of the Panamanians Radishes, in the company of the Argentinians The Parrots. We also include Lucia Tacchetti paying tribute to their compatriots of He Killed a Motorcycle Policeman; to the Chileans Artificial remembering that classic southern group Panic, already Mexican pop artists Fran reconstructing one of the best songs of the Madrid scene, Clash of Giants, of Nacha Pop.
There are striking cases, which we've presented as covers, but perhaps the more orthodox might observe that the artists we've invited to this list simply took pieces of well-known songs and, around them, created a new piece. We can see this with the Colombian artist... Ruzto and its recording Kiss me (Peace Exchange), where she uses part of the original composition of the Mexican Consuelo Velazquez. A similar example can be seen with Picante, the Chilean production Oddó, where it is reminiscent in fragments of the Spice Girls. Likewise, we feel comfortable including them for this occasion, integrating them into our selection.
We have popular bands performing songs by highly acclaimed artists, such as those from Uruguay. You're not going to like it and his version of Three for you, of Soda Stereo, either Rococo Pantheon remembering Gloria Gaynor. Also other projects from the indie scene, such as Caloncho, from Mexico, or Juan Galeano, from Colombia, in their own way recall the original compositions of Álvaro Dalmán y Jorge Drexler, respectively. The Colombians Telebit They arrive at an important moment in the flourishing of South American rock and record The dance of those who are left out, of The Prisoners. From Argentina Karamelo Santo y Nonpalidece They travel to the Caribbean Sea and bring out the Puerto Rican from the drawer of memories. Héctor Lavoe already Bob Marley. From Chile, Fake Aces It goes further north and reinterprets KC and The Sunshine Band, and on a trip of similar mileage, People's Consulate, From Bogotá, he records his Spanish version of Loser, of Beck. Eternal Visitors makes an honorable translation of Checks, of Luis Alberto Spinetta.
As final details, we have Javier Calamaro doing a double cover in a single song. On one hand, it's a studio recording. Sweet home Buenos Aires, of Charly Garcia, which, in turn, moves to the American South and uses the original Sweet Home Alabama, of Lynyrd Skynyrd. To that we add Boom boom Kid, in the company of Poseidotic, creating a beautiful cover of Shoplifters of the world, unite, of the British The Smiths, And finally, the Mexicans Commissioner Panther They have fun making it their own Close and open, of The Three.
So, in total We offer you seventy-five minutes of good music, From powerful artists of the present bowing their heads and paying tribute to icons worth remembering. This is our first volume of covers for 2020.