How did I not know this?! HIJO DE LA LUNA by MECANO | classical musician's reaction (and analysis)

[@SirHairless]

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[@Maria...-mo5qm]

OMG, I loved this more than I could ever imagine; thank you very much, Sir!🌜🥰🌛I only knew the interpretation of this song by Forestella (which I already liked a lot) but I’ve never searched for the original version of it… then, Sir Hairless comes with all his beautiful ways of dealing with music and conducts me to discover this wonderful creation… wow! I’m totally into all those little "weird" musical details of the composition and I guess I might be slightly in love with the 80’s gorgeous depiction of the vocalist!😅Forestella is really wonderful interpreting this song but they will need to forgive me now, because their beautiful rendition of ‘Hijo de la luna’ will get the second place in my heart after discovering this *amazing* original version❣

[@janinedimino-luna8016]

I love Mecano so much!! I lived in Spain in the late 80's and they were huge. I think you would like quite a few of their songs, they are so interesting. Such a talented trio.

[@Tsuliwaensis]

love that you took the time to check out the original first, it's such a good song. 😊

[@WNYretiree]

Never heard of this song or group before and quite enjoyed the listen.

[@j.f.3342]

Wonderful song, voice, mood and the beautiful melody are a very impressive combination and completely fascinating from the first notes. Rightly one of the classics that will never be forgotten. (And remains interesting in every new version).

[@venetta-sh7su]

What an amazing song! Very theatrical! 🌚🌓🌛I've never heard of Mecano but now I'll check them out! 🎙 I absolutely love your way of presenting the piece, your reaction, your facial expressions 😆, and, of course your fab analysis! Thank you Sir Hairless for a super enjoyable one, a new discovery for me! I'll need to go back and watch again! Brilliant stuff! 🙏👌👏🫶💯💫

[@manecita_dear_chile]

🤍🌙 Gracias por tu análisis SH. Hijo de la Luna es una obra genial de este trío de talentos.

[@JvWet]

Thank you for this blast from my (teenager) past!

[@bettinasade9385]

That Song was my Favorit in my youth i was obsessed with the melody and i still Love IT soooooo much...

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

Still in awe of how your mind works. So informative as always. Really enjoyed this. Greetings from South Africa

[@SirHairless]

Thanks Daleen! Great song it is 🎶

[@Dinelril]

This descending chord progression from the chorus is also called the "Andalusian Cadence" and is very typical for flamenco where it's usually thought of more as a modal phrygian key - in this case eb phrygian rather than ab minor.

[@christinedufour4862]

The first time I heard Mécano it was for their song Une femme avec une Femme… a woman with a woman…it is a long time ago and they were talking about something rather taboo at the time. It was so so beautiful… she sang in French..it was a hit here in France… very heartfelt and eerie too…

[@annesablon2532]

memory, memory, how beautiful the music was in those days🎉😊 hello from Belgium 💐

[@delitrejo2338]

#Mecano era un gran grupo Español que aun goza de fama con canciones maravillosas! José María Cano el compositor, cantante y parte de grupo es un excelente músico al igual que Nacho Cano, y la increíble vocalista una maravillosa artista Ana Torroja hizo todas sus canciones, y son increíbles , pero estoy seguro que José María Cano esta orgulloso del maravilloso y mágico cover que hizo #Forestella de Hijo de la Luna 🥰❤ Fue maravillosa!! ❤❤

[@jjsch]

Wouw, what an instant flash back in time. To this day I remember the exact spot I had to stop the car, desperately looking for a pen and some paper, hoping the radio host would tell the name of the group and the song again after this wonderful music. He did and I bought my first mecano CD hours later. Thank you for your reaction.

[@EdgarLopez-ss2hx]

It's so exciting to see you also react to music from my country! Love your videos, thank you so much ❤🎉 and you pronounced it perfectly 😄

[@anna-mariagantidou3294]

Great reaction and analysis to a song that i love for many many years. Thank you 👏💯🎶 Greetings from Greece.

[@dorothyrosenberg1301]

A new group and a new song - both are, frankly, unique, mind-blowing, and exquisitely beautiful. From the comments, I will also be exploring more from Mercado. Thank you for this amazing opportunity.

[@gabyticona534]

The name of the group is Mecano.

[@miguelcarpintero7602]

There is a version sang by Sarah Brightman of this song, another from Stravaganzza, another from Forestella, another from the Dutch Beste Zangers (Best Singers) show, and tons of others…

[@albertjanik8532]

Monserrat Caballé covered this - nothing compares!

[@ninalopesbrasil]

I liked your reaction/analysis of this amazing song! How the world works, really... I got to know Mecano and this song specifically because my favorite group did a cover of it and I really liked the original! I hope the request you received is the Forestella cover (as amazing as the original). If not, here's my suggestion.

[@SirHairless]

Thanks Nina I think you'll enjoy my next video then

[@ninalopesbrasil]

@@SirHairless 💃🏽🥳👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@nekanegutierrez178]

Hola!! Mecano es un grupo que destacó mucho en su trayectoria por innovadores. Son dos hombres, hermanos que componían. Todas sus canciones fueron éxitos. La cantante tiene muy buena voz. Gracias Me agrada ver como te informas de las canciones que vas a escuchar. Muy pocos lo hacen. Gracias

[@Berndr]

Oh My god I remember in nightclubs in mid -late 1980s that would be the final closing slow dance every time ... and key changes you do not like, I love it, literarily makes my hair stand in overwhelming emotion, cause it hits me like the wave of my feet

[@elliehart-2point0]

Ooooh. I see the Forestella version on the horizon.😊

[@SirHairless]

[@elliehart-2point0]

My apologies; the above comment is a bit rude. Sir is reacting and breaking down Mecado's original. I wasn't familiar with it at all. The complete backstory of Mecado's song is engrossing, as is the performance and production. I had not bothered to learn about the original piece after I fell in love with Forestella's cover. Intellectually lazy of me. Thank you, Sir, for this deep dive, and thank you, fans of the original and of Mecado, for your insights too.

[@EllaSilentDragon]

Absolutely love this song ❤ There are several covers. But I never knew the original either. 😅 But this is just beautiful. So glad you analysed this. ❤ The song structure is wonderfully interesting. 🤩 I like the weirdness as well. Thank you for explaining it. 🥰

[@SirHairless]

It's why I always try to check out originals - you never know quite how weird and wonderful it might be Thank you!

[@EllaSilentDragon]

@@SirHairlessSo true 😊

[@theresesoulan8320]

OMG! old memories : I was working on my final exam listening to that song on repeat. Didn't even know what the lyrics meant. No google 😂 Thank you for your reaction 🙏🏻🇫🇷

[@aliciacarias1248]

loved this reaction, love Mecano, you should react to other of their songs. Dali or Cruz de Navajas are great

[@Bleujiro]

Hello SH!!! Great, great, GREAT, MECANO!!! THANK YOU!!! 👌👍✌️🫰 That's the original version!!! (Forestella did a cover of it! 😉)

[@SirHairless]

Why don't you come and check out tomorrow's video

[@Bleujiro]

@@SirHairless Sure, I will! 😉👍

[@sararaquelgrimshawurgarri2316]

My music mecano from my country you will like it 🎼🎵

[@carlagregorio2004]

Time to Forestella's Hijo de la Luna version!

[@agustinalamour6925]

Hermosa canción ❤❤

[@francksands]

MECANO was quite a smash when they came into the musical scene. I remember how some people absolutely loved them and some absolutely hated them. They have very unique lyrics, melodies, harmonies, scansion, themes, dynamics. Not your average group by any stretch. They also disbanded at the height of popularity, which left a lot of us wanting more. I could say a lot of things, but I think it would be better if you deep dive into this group. Mu suggestions: Dali, Heroes de la Antartida, Cruz de Navajas, el 7 de septiembre, No es serio este cementerio, Un ano mas, el blues del esclavo. Honestly, all of their songs are breathtaking. It is composed, aranged, and played by the two brothers that you saw in the video.

[@styxa]

Nice that you discovered Mecano :) If you want one more amazingly weird and wonderful Spanish 80's sone, you can't miss Eloise by Tino Casal. It is a cover of an older song by Paul Ryan, and Tino Casal recorded it in Abbey Road, with Andrew Powell making the amazing musical arrangements and the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing them. Definitely something you won't expect and I think you will truly love it for how specially cool it is :) The live version is specially fun to watch now, so so so 80's, lol. Amazing how you were able to teach me new things about a song I grew up with and know inside out. Thank you so much

[@AaaaAaaa-zp6ki]

Had our first dance with my wife to this song.

[@SirHairless]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@AaaaAaaa-zp6ki]

@@SirHairless There’s an interesting sound in the song at 13:54 in your video (2.43-2:44 in the original song). We tried to remove it with the DJ, because I thought it was a compression error. Till this day, I still don’t know if it is an error, or part of the original song. 🤣

[@isabelfortuneteller]

I really enjoyed this! This song was a HUGE hit all over Europe when I was in high school & I was enchanted by it 😍 I listened to as much of their music as I could find & tried to translate their often obtuse lyrics.. I owe it to Mecano that I have any Spanish at all 😂 Before this international hit & this album, they started out as a New Wave band & the cool nerds at my school started getting into that stuff as well when the Hijo de la Luna furor had died down.. They have some truly brilliant songs. I think you might like Aire for example. For an electrifying interpretation of Hijo de la Luna you may want to check out the version by Karsu in the Dutch music show Beste Zangers ❤️

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

O and Sir H, 80 persent of the men with that beautiful hair will worry about a receding hairline as they get older. No worries😂 To me personally; love eyes, mouth and hands but most of all the GREY MATTER. Greetings from South Africa

[@yadiracamacho499]

I've always loved this song, plenty of Mecano songs are great, They weren't afraid of doing weird, quirky songs. One of my favorites is about the dead waking up at night, No es serio este cementerio (It's not serious this cemetery ). Growing up In Latin America it's weird to think of Mecano as unknown XD btw The composers are the guys that did the chest bump, the Cano brothers. I think this song in particular was composed by the short haired one.

[@bettinasade9385]

And i felt the Same way when i heard it the First time. I thougt i know the melody but i couldn't figure Out.

[@claudiap5417]

Mécano ❤❤❤❤

[@fabie-vv]

It's such a beautiful song ! Personaly I prefer the french version 'dis-moi lune d'argent' that Mecano also sang wonderfully ❤❤❤ Thx for your reaction

[@loveloochay]

🎼🌕🎼 .. muy linda Sir , me gusta la musica Thanks for another surprise.

[@natyys87]

Excelente análisis como siempre. Sara Brightman también hizo una versión de esta canción, yo la conocí por ella, Stravaganzza también, y la que más me gusta es la versión de Forestella, espero que puedas hacer un análisis de su interpretación, una es con los cuatro y otra con tres de ellos ya que Woo-rim esta en el servicio militar, sería interesante si pudieras hacer una comparación para hablarnos de los cambios que tuvieron que realizar para hacerla sin el bajo😂😂😂😂 si no es mucho pedir😅😅😅

[@FerNando-pb8hj]

check out hijo de la luna version by HAGGARD 👌👌👌

[@joyrobinson4585]

Such a fascinating song, full of interest, then the beautiful voice. I will find it and listen again. Where did the story of the song come from? That I need to find out as well. Without your channel I might never have heard the song and that would be a great pity. To switch topics, I have been meaning to ask if you would please give kd lang a listen. I think her version of Hallelujah is a great place to start. This link will take you to her best of several excellent versions of the song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpCxoauKjMeirKcsi=YctkdUoiBbawYNJx One year after this one she sings it in front of Leonard Cohen himself who turns to his companion and says, "I think we can put this song to bed." Anyway, thanks once more Sir H!

[@SirHairless]

According to Wikipedia, it's a tragic Romani legend. I didn't dig deeper into it though I've had kd lang recommended to me before - and I even polled her - but she didn't win. I'm sure I'll get round to her in the future at some point, although the next few months are completely chock-a-clock (especially with Christmas coming up 🎄) Thank you!

[@joyrobinson4585]

@@SirHairless kd lang is a Canadian singer who is now retired. Why she didn't poll well is beyond me. She has a huge body of work with years of popularity as well. She is well known in Canada and the US. Oh well, I have learned patience over my almost 75 years! I live in hope you will listen to her before too many more years have gone by! Thanks

[@꼬리별-c6m]

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[@SirHairless]

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