Demolición (in
English
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: "Demolition") is a song by the
Peruvian rock
Rock music entered the Peruvian scene in the late 1950s, through listening to performers like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Bill Haley, who popularized rockabilly in the United States. The first Peruvian rock bands appeared during this time. The ...
band
Los Saicos
Los Saicos is a garage rock band formed in 1964 in Lima, Peru. Their use of fast tempos, screamed vocals and aggressive riffing has led some publication to retrospectively credit them as pioneering punk rock. In a short amount of time during th ...
. It was the second promotional
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and quickly became a success in their country.
Promotion
Released as a single, "Demolition" became one of the most popular songs of
Peruvian rock
Rock music entered the Peruvian scene in the late 1950s, through listening to performers like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Bill Haley, who popularized rockabilly in the United States. The first Peruvian rock bands appeared during this time. The ...
at the time, and it remains so still. The song is an anthem of the group and is among the most beloved in all of
Peru
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. The song is based on a very catchy melody, with disorder and a rhythm very typical of
punk music.
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Style and composition
The song was composed by the band's
vocalist
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, Erwin Flores, during a rehearsal in 1965. It begins with the hummed cries of Flores: ''"ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ya-ya-ya"'' and its lyrics are anarchic: ''"Echemos abajo la estación de tren / Echemos abajo la estación de tren / Demoler, Demoler, Demoler / Demoler, demoler la estación de tren"'' ''(Let's destroy the train station / Let's destroy the train station / Demolish, demolish, demolish / Demolish, demolish the train station)''. In spite of the period Peru was going through, the lyrics lack any political content.
[Los Saicos, el punk que (dicen) nació en Perú]
Consultado el 14 de julio de 2016 Its lyrics imply that train stations must be deliberately demolished and destroyed as an act of complete rebellion.
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The melody is repetitive and composed of four stanzas. Its ]harmonic structure
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comprises three simple major chords
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: A, D, and E.
The instrumentation is influenced by the surf rock of Dick Dale
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(which was very popular at the time) and its duration is only 2:53.[
In 1965, the song was recorded by the ]label
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''Dis-Perú'' in Peru and was published the same year. It was re-released by Electro-Harmonix
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some years later.[
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Legacy
*This song was used in a British commercial for a brand of cat food, called Temptations.A commercial spot Temptations company is done with the topic "Demolición", song Los Saicos (Spanish)
Retrieved June 19, 2016
See also
*Latino punk
Latino punk is punk music created by Latino people in Latin America and the United States. The angst and protest qualities of punk music and style have had a strong appeal to Latino youth in the U.S., and to the people in Latin America. It is im ...
* Garage rock
*Latin rock
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1965 songs
1965 singles
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