Today is time to talk about music. I couldn’t
overlook on this blog the most important music group in my life. This group
is called: “Ska-P” . The style is ska-punk and this group
has taught me a lot since it was created in nineteen ninety four in Vallecas, a
humble neighbourhood in Madrid. The two first years were hard because they were
not popular and their first record didn’t get good sales. However the second
one made them very famous and it reached the first positions in the charts.
They also became famous for their spectacular concerts where transmitted very
much energy and audience enjoyed a lot singing and dancing their songs. “El
vals del obrero” (worker’s waltz) was very famous because many people felt
identified. Letter talked about exploitation over workers, which is something
very common at least in Spain. “Cannabis” was the most successful song on that
record. They asked for marijuana legalization, which was supported by many
potheads. After releasing the third record “Eurosis” they started their first
international tour around France, Italy, Argentina and Mexico. All of their
concerts took place in packed Stadiums. In Italy they set a record performing
for more than ten thousand people. From 2000 - 2004 they are already a
well-known international group and did another tour around Hungary, Belgium,
Holland, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, UK, Ireland, Greece,
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Uruguay
and Colombia among others. Since 2005 to 2007 they set a break because they
felt overwhelmed because of so much work. Many fans feared it was the end of
the group. They asked with much strength the Ska-P’s return through the
Internet. In 2007 they came back with the same energy with the record “Lágrimas
y gozos” (tears and pleasure).
All their songs are characterized by
nonconformity. Through such songs they criticize “capitalism” , “fascism” ,
“zionism” , “imperialism” , “racism” , “speciesism”, “police brutality” ,
“bullfighting” , as well as Spanish politicians, bankers and employers who have
stolen public money. On the other side they defend “human rights” , “animals” ,
“environmentalism” , “anarchism”, and “anarchosyndicalism”
. Maybe you have ever wondered how my politic ideas are. My ideas are the same
than my favourite group of course. Above all in these crisis times that many
Spaniards have found out Ska-P was right. We don’t trust any Spanish
politician. We are against employers, banking, police brutality. We are against
the royal family and our fucking king who has spent a lot of public money with
prostitutes. We don’t believe in law cause we have seen many times how the rich
always avoids prison whereas the poor always is jailed. To sum up all young
Spaniards, including me, don’t trust the Spanish system anymore because it has
been proved that such system doesn’t work. I am looking forward to listening
the next record by this fantastic music group. I hope they continue to
embarrass all people who make up Spanish system through their aggressive
letters against system. Although maybe any Spanish politician or banker don’t
feel shamed at all since this kind of people with no manners, with no education
with no values, with no ethic, have proved to be really bad persons, and this
sort of people don’t know what is the shame like.
You can know more about this group on its
official website: http://ska-p.com/index.php
. And I have put up a link of one of its famous performances in international
tours singing one of its main hits. Take a look and write your comment on this
blog. Happy Summer !!!
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