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

[@SirHairless]

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[@adriann2649]

Es curioso que tras tanto análisis no hayas oído en ningún momento la PANDETERA (La parte metálica) porque el instrumento que junto al piano más suena y sale hasta en el vídeo con los dos chicos tocándola...

[@arelendil7]

Mecano was once of the greatest Spanish pop groups. Descanso Dominical and Aidalai are the best Mecano albums. The composers (the Cano brothers) have more experience and liberty. In the videoclip of La fuerza del Destino was the first time Penelope Cruz appeared on screen. She was later on the girlfriend of one of the musicians. Rammstein took Mujer contra mujer as inspiration for their Mann gegen Mann. Hijo de la Luna has versions in many languages. Jose Maria Cano has written an opera later on and then he left music for painting.

[@arelendil7]

I am glad you enjoy it! Hijo de la Luna was a hit in the Hispanic countries and also in France. It was sung in many languages.

[@arelendil7]

The lyrics of the song are quite poetic, the chosen words and the story reminds of the poetry of Federico García Lorca.

[@IgorSalazar1]

José María Cano comenzó a gestar el proyecto en 1992, después de que la soprano Montserrat Caballé grabara una versión de su tema Hijo de la Luna, producida y arreglada por el mismo Cano. Ante el buen resultado obtenido, Caballé le señaló que podría ser un gran compositor de música lírica, por lo que le animó a probar en ese terreno. A partir de ese momento, tomada desde 1992 la decisión de la separación temporal de Mecano, el músico comienza a componer un drama lírico tomando como base la historia que narra Hijo de la Luna. El proyecto le llevará varios años de intenso trabajo e investigación, prácticamente enclaustrado en su casa-estudio de Londres, y a él se irán sumando figuras de relevancia en el mundo de la música clásica, como el tenor Plácido Domingo, que desde un principio le presta su apoyo y confianza. Cuando la ópera está casi terminada, Cano ofrece al Teatro Real de Madrid que sea estrenada allí pero su petición es denegada finalmente por el Patronato del Real, en parte por las reacciones en contra de la crítica especializada, que duda de la capacidad del músico para componer una ópera y de sus conocimientos de orquestación. Aunque parte del mundo artístico le ofrece su apoyo, incluso con una recogida de firmas, finalmente el estreno no se lleva a cabo.

[@crss29]

As a Spanish speaker, this song rends my heart every time I hear it. Wonderful music! It just pains me that you can't fully appreciate the lyrics as well.

[@SirHairless]

The translation at the start is the best I can do

[@crss29]

@@SirHairless Of course the translation is immensely better than nothing. All your non-Spanish speaking viewers are thankful for it, I'm sure. But I hope you would agree that truly great lyrics, like poetry, play with a depth of meaning, metric, and tone, that add a layer of beauty that can only be appreciated with mastery of the language. The full artistry and beauty of this piece makes total sense only in Spanish.

[@carimeslockdownedtree2654]

I cry every time I pay attention to the lyrics and music. It's so. Just. Augh.

[@ainhoabeitia]

I’m fron Spain and grew up listening to Mecano. I totally agree with you, they were so huge because they were not only musicians, but poets too. They wrote lyrics that are so profound that their music became inmense.

[@ManuelLopez-zq9up]

@@carimeslockdownedtree2654 it's... tragic. And it's the sole reason I can only listen to this song just every now and then. 😞 I can't stand the violence it depicts. It maybe years in between. And the music is absolutely great, I wish I could hear it far more frequently. In the top three of Mecano for sure, and probably top 5 of Spanish pop. And it's not even "pop" (instrumentation is so different, as well as tune, harmony... It's only pop because the group is 😀)

[@ericksolis7294]

Don't know if someone's already mentioned it but "son of the moon" is a common way to call an albino boy.

[@usuarioskar2938]

Yes, it's just about that. About an albino born from a gipsy and the drama that comes next

[@esm24196]

Exacto!

[@DanyRulezFerrol]

I lived in a small city in Spain, my first memory is walking around our local football team stadium, The streets were full of people whit 80´s hairstyles and Mecano was inside singing this song. What a beatifull first memory!

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

Del Ferrol supongo. No es mal recuerdo para un primer concierto 👍🏼

[@SirHairless]

Sounds amazing

[@1-stop-media]

@@miguel.a.d.6078 Parece que mecano solo toco en un campo de futbol de provincias en los años 80 xDD

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

@@1-stop-media no entiendo tú comentario.

[@yisus]

@@1-stop-media lo dijo por su nombre de usuario

[@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.

[@SirHairless]

Thanks! I like the nicknames given to such devices

[@Xiroi87]

Exactly, this song is inspired by Andalusian folklore, legends about the moon, passion, jealousy and flamenco music.

[@williwallo77]

And by the way, the castanets sound every time that cadence sounds. In my opinion Mecano is the best Spanish pop group of all time. Both composing brothers gave their records an equilibrium of variety and consistency. One of them with the most up to date synth pop music and the other being chamaleonic with a wide range of styles. And the best of them is that their lyrics are also very diverse, some are humorous and others are really moving.

[@bubblefish76]

​@@Xiroi87 Indeed. The Lorca theatre dramas, or Montoyas y Tarantos, jealousy fights ...

[@DeepeningTheListening]

I'm a huge symphonic metal fan. As a child before that genre even existed, I already liked Hijo de la Luna and still do. This mix of classical and modern music just tingles my neurons.

[@igorzubiaurre3903]

I guess you're aware of this version, then: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4LMgoyYiaZjqdk

[@DeepeningTheListening]

@@igorzubiaurre3903 Yes and also the metal version by Haggard.

[@taniaotero4295]

Me too

[@steinbrugge]

Though it's a legend of Spain, it's known all over Hispanoamérica because of this song, and we love it, AND we love Mecano.

[@perezaraujo2890]

This one and Cruz de Navajas

[@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.

[@antocarb]

The rhythm is like a waltz but something very popular from the family of andaluz flamenco. I'm not an expert but this is very familiar to me as a mexican because here we grow admiring the spanish "guitarra flamenca". Cano, the composer of this song said that the format was some sort of opera, that's why it sounds so cinematographic. The legend in the lyrics explains why the moon can be waning crescent to make a cradle when the baby cries.

[@21st.centurygirl29]

As a spanish I a happy to see this song getting recognition

[@SilviaScarlatta]

Esta canción es tan icónica para los hispanoparlantes, que cuando la encontramos versionada por un cuarteto coreano muchos por curiosidad la quisimos escuchar...y esa fué nuestra entrada al mundo de Forestella... como es lógico nos enamoramos de ese maravilloso grupo y segumos con ellos. Forestella rinde homenaje aJosé Cano el autor de esta obra de arte

[@felixlamanada6111]

Mecano was a "pop" band from Spain, whose members were Ana Torroja (voice) and the brothers José María and Ignacio (Nacho) Cano who, apart from playing several instruments, wrote the songs (music and lyrics). This is probably one of the most beautiful and acclaimed songs in the history of Spanish "pop" and, at the time it became such a great hit in Spain that soon, Montserrat Caballe recorded it for her CD "Eternal Caballe" in 1987/88; after her, many others (Sarah Brightman, etc). However, in my opinion, none of the covers are more perfect than the original version by the group. By the way, Caballé suggested José María Cano that he should write an entire opera to complete the story... and Cano accepted. He quitted the band for almost two years to write the opera, and when he finished it and it was premiered onstage, the critics destroyed it with no mercy. So they did with the recording they had (previously) made of this opera, with a cast that included reknown opera singers like Renée Fleming (if I don't remember wrongly), which was a total flop at the charts. I've never heard the entire opera (as a matter of fact, it's impossible to find anywhere) but to this day I'm still very intrigued about what it was like...

[@ashitaka74]

A mí me pareció espectacular. En realidad, sin quitarle méritos a Nacho, que compuso muchos de los hits de la banda, para mí, el verdaderamente talentoso es Jose María, que compone muchas de las canciones más bellas de Mecano. No necesariamente las más famosas, pero sí las mejores. No sé ahora, pero hace un par de años la ópera estaba aquí en KZbin. O, al menos, partes de ella. Le brearon porque venía del pop.

[@aha3885]

Mecano es un grupo pop...que grabó éxitos de technopop, synthpop, música de cámara, balada, salsa, instrumental, rumba, por citar algunos. Si a los hermanos les hubiera hecho gracia Deep Purple, seguro que hoy también tendríamos algún himno rockero en el repertorio de la banda. Hablamos de dos genios con obsesión por su arte y pasión por instruirse, podrían componer obras maestras en cualquier estilo. Bueno, quizá en el rap no, cuesta imaginar a José María con lo de b***h y n***er a cada rato. En cuanto a la ópera que escribió José Maria, "Luna", en su día estaba disponible en KZbin, íntegramente. Desconozco si la han bajado por alguna cuestión legal, pero hasta hace dos o tres años era posible encontrarla en esta plataforma.

[@natt8715]

Wow, so much I didn't know! And I grew up with Mecano. Gracias por vuestra información 🤗

[@aha3885]

@natt8715 Ahora que han estrenado Gladiator II, si te fijas en el vídeo que te enlazo, detrás de Ana, a tu derecha, está Hans Zimmer con su tecladito. Vestido de enterrador gótico, gozando como un niño con sobredosis de azúcar en una juguetería. Y en la batería estaba Warren Cann, leyenda del synthpop y fundador de Ultravox. Hablamos del año 84, Mecano aún no había pegado el bombazo comercial. Pero ya se codeaban con la aristocracia de la vanguardia musical del momento. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuWmGaAnMenodksi=RZcYTjM5VKrldNER

[@aha3885]

@@natt8715 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuWmGaAnMenodksi=RZcYTjM5VKrldNER Ahora que han estrenado Gladiator II, si te fijas en este vídeo que te enlazo, detrás de Ana a tu derecha verás a Hans Zimmer con su tecladito. Vestido como un enterrador gótico, y gozando del concierto como un niño sumergido en gominolas. En la batería está Warren Cann, leyenda del synthpop y fundador de Ultravox. Hablamos de 1984, Mecano aún no había pegado el bombazo comercial. Pero ya se codeaba con la aristocracia de la vanguardia musical.

[@tadesubaru1383]

The castañuelas you did with your hand at 14:45 had me smiling from ear to ear! that was adorable

[@SirHairless]

😅

[@ichl46]

Hi, Spaniard here. Mecano was really HUGE here in Spain in the 80s and 90s. I was born in 89, but my parents loved Mecano and they transmited that love to me through listening to their songs since I was a child. Thank you for reacting to Hijo de la luna, this is one of my favourite Mecano songs. It's super emotional and depending of my mood, it can make me cry easily. If you want to hear more of their songs, I personally recommend 2 of them that are not that famous, but they are two of my favourite ones. "Aire" (Air) and "Hijos de la Antartida" (Sons of Antarctica)

[@koozhao]

...and in Europe, Japan and Southamerica!!

[@Nortem]

Also "Me Cuesta tanto olvidarte".

[@dTaoro]

*Héroes de la Antártida, love that song, has been my favorite Mecano song since I was a child

[@bettinasade9385]

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

[@juharaty5449]

Me too! This song was SOOOO captivating, and something that stuck in your ears. There was nothing like it, and still isn't. LOVE IT! ❤

[@SirHairless]

[@ilrobhe]

Mecano was just a such change for music, even Hans Zimmer touched with em in the 90's... My spanish favourite group ever.

[@OMA2k]

* played ("touched" is an Spanglish translation 😉)

[@davidpallol]

*played

[@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.

[@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…

[@Bleujiro]

@@christinedufour4862 Hello there... Just a correction, the translation would be english:"Woman against woman" = french: "Femme contre femme", beautiful song (it's about a lesbian relationship -which I don't care-the lyrics, the lyrics is pure poetry!), it also deserves a reaction! Salutations du Mexique!🇲🇽😉👍

[@Nolwennie]

​@@Bleujiro the tittle of the french song is Une Femme Avec Une Femme so in English = A Woman With A Woman

[@Kvothe1976]

In spanish is “mujer Contra mujer”, so the rigth translation is “against”.

[@pil4r]

@@Nolwennie badly translated, the person who corrected it first was right. Bad translations change the meaning of the original

[@Nolwennie]

@@pil4r This is the right translation from the french song that the initial comment was talking about. The song exists in French langage (by Mecano too)... So no bad translation and no pbm with the Spanish version because this is not about that one. Both are perfect as they are. And the meaning is quiet similar. Really.

[@MelanyBlackDH]

I grew up listening to this song, my mum's Spanish and she was a huge fan of theirs. This song is so impactful and beautiful, and I love it.

[@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❣

[@SirHairless]

Wooo a song you didn't already know Amazing song, isn't it! Forestella video coming soon

[@Maria...-mo5qm]

@@SirHairless 🙌Awesome, thanks!🙌

[@luisdominguez7019]

The Stravaganzza version is pretty cool too. Stravaganzza is a spanish metal band and this song fits perfectly into a metal style.

[@Maria...-mo5qm]

@@luisdominguez7019 Hello Luis👋Thank you very much for the recommendation of Stravaganzza’s version of Hijo de la luna! I watched the official video of their interpretation on this beautiful song and I enjoyed it a lot 👌I’m a big fan of their style of heavy metal and the vocalist also wowed me :) I’m definitely going to check more things by this band! Best wishes from Brazil🤘

[@fhernandezgutierrez2366]

MECANO has been the most successful Spanish pop music group in the 80's, not only in Spain but in France and Italy too, with a lot of songs translated into French and Italian which became absolute hits. Deep impact in LatinAmerica of course. I hope you'll enjoy their music. Their live concerts were totally epic.

[@tadesubaru1383]

Such a classic of spanish music! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@holaola310]

Hi! I'm from Spain and I just wanted to point out that José María Cano is a wonderful conductor and composer, who moves in opera and zarzuela as comfortably as in pop, that's why things happen.❤

[@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.

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

Maquillaje ?

[@ildefonsoperez4400]

You forgot to mention: Mujer contra mujer

[@Shadow_Hashbrown]

please change te n in ''ano'' to an ñ. Ano means anus btw

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

@@Shadow_Hashbrown probablemente no tenga el caracter en el teclado.🤣 Tal vez probar con a#o

[@eugeniar.7997]

Hijo de la Luna, beautiful song. Dos hermanos brillantes, José María y Nacho Cano, con estilos totalmente diferentes. Estoy segura que habrá más canciones de ellos que te sorprenderán. Uno de los mejores grupos españoles. GRACIAS

[@LidiaBlake]

No te olvides de la magnífica interpretación de la gran Ana Torroja. Saludos

[@Viskovitz]

y lo magnificamente bien que esclaviza gente uno de ellos. Una joya.

[@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 🎶

[@Mindistortt]

Ana Torroja voice is amazing, I love it. also fuerza del destino has really interesting/weird keys also very hypnotizing, and also veeery young Penelope Cruz when she still wasn't famous yet, is featured in the video. edit: I've listened this song plenty of times, and never payed atention to so many details. Now I see this song differently. I always had a lot of respect to the Cano brothers talent.

[@lolaramirezrodriguez3486]

Penélope Cruz was Nacho Cano's girlfriend at this time, she was so beautiful and Young 😊

[@mariecarmenW3578]

Hello Sir 🙏🏼 Merci d’apporter MÉCANO sur votre chaîne. C’est un groupe espagnol fantastique, avec des sons très différents, de superbes mélodies qui ne prennent pas une ride au fil du temps. Très créatifs dans les années 80/90, ils ont su ouvrir les frontières et être reconnus à l’international. J’ai une préférence, en plus de cette chanson, pour une chanson faite en hommage à Salvador Dali « Eungenio Salvador Dali » sortie en 1988. Je suis persuadée que vous serez touché par la mélodie et la finesse et l’intelligence des paroles. Plus de MÉCANO sur votre chaîne s’il vous plaît. Vous ne serez jamais déçu. Merci encore pour tout votre travail et votre talent. Salutations de France 👍🙏🏼❤️

[@WNYretiree]

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

[@JavierLorenzomartinez-y3s]

Canción triste

[@SanjaSky]

Oh, how I love this song!!!!! This melody is captivating. Even famous Monserat did her version. Greeetings from a Dear from Serbia!

[@Pipe_RS91]

This is a wonderful song. I'm glad you encountered it. People in Spain and Latin America love it and Mecano. There's also a French version, which has slightly different lyrics, but the message is the same.

[@JuanGarnicaVera]

Mecano was something else, really something else.

[@Dyaus81]

As a little boy growing up in the 80's on the island of Mauritius, I remember hearing and loving this song.

[@Tsuliwaensis]

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

[@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!

[@kuddeldaddeldu2201]

You're right, but still there's only one original by Mecano. Loved the original then, loved the original when other singers or bands covered it, and love it still. What a wonderful song!

[@YolandaMorgan]

Una de las mejores versiones, incluso mejor que la original para mi gusto, respetando a los demás 😊

[@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

[@pedrolardies9597]

Eloise de Tino Casal es lo mas.

[@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).

[@manecita_dear_chile]

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

[@AngelRodriguezLuque-ns6rs]

Gracias por esta maravillosa explicación. Nunca me explicaron esos secretos que parece funcionan de esa manera tan eficaz. Yo me compré el disco en el año 86 y me alucinó. Muchas gracias.

[@monkeypuzzlefarm]

I discovered this song many years ago and totally fell in love with it. I am glad to see that others are discovering it today

[@spawderbat]

During the creation of this song, Jose Maria Cano, one of the members of the group and composer, saw that the story fell short and composed the opera called "LUNA" (moon) where singers such as Ainhoa Arteta or Placido Domingo participated. there is a magnificent version by the heavy group "stravaganzza" with the same title, if you have time listen to it

[@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

[@ializarg]

Mecano was the most successful pop group in Spain in the 80s and 90s. Formed by two brothers composers (Jose María and Nacho Cano) and with Ana Torroja as vocalist. If you listen to more of them you will see that there are clearly two types of songs on their discs: - The most melodic, classical and "conventional" ones (for example in their instrumental arrangements) composed by Jose María (like this "Hijo de la Luna"). - The most electronic and "experimental" ones composed by Nacho, the youngest brother.

[@JvWet]

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

[@exabruptus1]

A lifetime of listening to this song and enjoying it, to now understand it musically, thanks to your work, thank you so much

[@almamerk]

Hermoso grupo Mecano, todo este disco es maravilloso!!! ❤

[@gironez]

All Mecano songs are master pieces, I know the British soprano Sara Bright also include this song in her concerts.

[@Kollum]

I'd love such a detailed reaction about my (and many others) Mecano's all time favorite "Mujer contra mujer". Ever since my early middle scool, long before I could understant anything about the lyrics, that song never failed to convey both deep tender feelings, alongside boiling anger and a pinch of fright, always brings me a little shiver, takes some tears from a lonely spot deep in my chest, and pat my shoulder whispering "it will be ok" before leaving.

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

Loved Mecano since the early 80s, growing up in Spain, hearing them on the radio every day.

[@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 ❤️

[@marcruizmr588]

Aire has beautiful lyrics, another one I like is Me pesa tanto olvidarte, I like these two a lot and the one by Dalí too.

[@isabelfortuneteller]

@@marcruizmr588 Also very beautiful songs ❤️

[@Kuei74]

OMG, Mecano was one of my favorite bands growing up. What a surprise that you react to one of their most famous songs. It's a pleasure to listen to your analysis!

[@jaumerovirabaurier2119]

Fun fact. Hans zimmer was the keyboardist for this grup for some years

[@SirHairless]

I find this even more fun as he's also in the video of Video Killed The Radio Star 🎹

[@jitkaanduin346]

One of the strongest and most beautiful songs of the 80'. Always loved it. For me, the legend this song is based on, was also very interesting. But the version of Forestella is also beautiful, worth to listen ...

[@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 Mecano. Thank you for this amazing opportunity.

[@gabyticona534]

The name of the group is Mecano.

[@gracielabonilla5160]

Mercado = market

[@dorothyrosenberg1301]

@@gabyticona534 thank you for the correction

[@dorothyrosenberg1301]

@@gabyticona534 thank you for the correction

[@annesablon2532]

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

[@SirHairless]

🇧🇪👋

[@quintesse]

At 3:30 you mention the meter with the 3rd beat being emphasized instead of the 1st which is "more common"... except in flamenco rhythms, where having the emphasis on the last beat is the norm. And the song being Spanish and about gypsies no less, having flamenco influences is unsurprising. It's common for flamenco music to be divided in 12 beats arranged in groups of 2 and 3 beats where each group then is stressed on the last beat. So you get typical rhythms of: one two THREE, one two THREE, one TWO, one TWO, one TWO, etc (disclaimer, I know nothing about music, but I always found this bit of information fascinating, so I thought to share it)

[@patriplaymobil]

This song is one of my favorites since I was a child, and always brings tears, it's beautiful. I'm amazed to see people react to this "old" Spanish music, thank you to take the time to listen to this 🤍🤍

[@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! 🙏👌👏🫶💯💫

[@SirHairless]

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[@juhe486]

Tienen muchas canciones que fueron auténticos éxitos.Uno de lo mejores grupos de los 80 y 90

[@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!! ❤❤

[@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 😊

[@yesseniachala3096]

Mecano made really good music, the genius of Cano brothers with Ana's voice was the recipe for success. One of my favorite pop music group of all times.

[@adrianmenet1044]

Love Mecano! Great video. Much love and blessings from Argentina 🇦🇷❤️

[@valentinacultrera4962]

I'm an Italian speaker and when I was younger I used to sing the Italian version of the song, "figlio della luna" by Mecano too 😊

[@OscarGarcia-kb6jz]

It is not well known that Hans Zimmer was Mecano's second keyboard player on their 1984 tour....although this song was from 1986.

[@SirHairless]

Haha really?! He also was in the video for "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles

[@OscarGarcia-kb6jz]

@SirHairless yess!, and i think he also worked with Ultravox

[@gilbertopenatoca1525]

On this video you can see Warren Cann playing drums and a young Hans Zimmer hanging out on stage with Mecano. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZOlXnVrmql7iassi=P4FmczNAX9c5IRqX&t=3049

[@morgonerlenstar]

I love love love this song. It’s so beautiful, the lyrics, the voice the whole story ❤❤❤❤

[@antonioalonso2474]

what a wonderful review!!!!!!!! i'm an obsessed MECANO Fan since the 80ties and it hurt so much, that they have never been reunited again.., Ana Torroja (the Singer) makes Solo-Music, nowadays her voice is a litte bit more mature but still very clear and wonderful. I don't give up the hope, that their will reunited again...if ABBA can do that after nearby 40 years MECANO can do it too.. (the Hope will die at last)

[@marieke3032]

This is such a beautiful, haunting song! In a weird way, I guess, I find that because of all the key changes, it sort of finds a way around my defenses and gets a hold of me. Does that even make sense? ❤ Forestlla covered this song in a compelling, dramatic way, definitely worth listening to! ❤

[@anna-mariagantidou3294]

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

[@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 🙏🏻🇫🇷

[@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

[@margaritamartinezlucena4430]

Tuve la gran fortuna de asistir a un concierto en los años 90. Uno de los mejores grupos , innovadores y geniales. Gracias por esta bella reaccion Tienes que conocer mas artistas españoles, tenemos muchos y muy talentosos. Hoy te puedo dar el nombre de una que seguramente te va a sorprender. Diana Navarro. " El Perdón " para empezar a conocerla . Gracias ❤

[@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 😄

[@ruth4846]

Hi! The group is spanish, so the endings of the sections of the song with castanets and the notes the melody has in these parts, reflects the traditional music from Spain, like flamenco

[@Sarah83_loves_bass]

This song was a lot played on the radio in my youth and I love it until this day ❤

[@BowieChrisReaDimashlover]

Glad to see you react to this song. I always loved it. The melody was so different from what was heard on the radio and TV at the time. Heureuse de vous voir réagir à cette chanson. Je l'ai toujours aimée. La mélodie était si différente de ce que l'on entendait à l'époque à la radio et à la TV.

[@supergiangibar]

love this song so much. I was a child and at the time they made an italian version of the song too.

[@GFCordoba]

Yes, is so beautiful! For us, Spaniards this is more than a song, a hymn.

[@andydiko_dear5394]

Wow! Gracias por reaccionar a Mecano con esta icónica canción Hijo de la Luna Es un clásico, un Himno para nosotros! La instrumentación y la voz son increíbles! Gracias por traer al presente esta joya!

[@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 💃🏽🥳👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@javierpg90]

I just found your video and I couldn´t get more emotional and happy about someone reacting to this piece of art. Please keep analyzing more videos from Mecano, their songs bring me back to my childhood

[@randalthor1955]

this song resonates so much with me. I was a spanish child in the 80s. my father from gypsy(roma) family and my mother from standar spanish (but with many fair and blue eyed members) in my childhood there were few foraigners in Spain, so bein dark skinned(in winter most spaniards are quite average skin. I was really brown all year long) made you an outcast. I was bullied because of it. but at the same time I was not part of the gypsy comunity. And they were in deed very conservatives with their women(Still are). so the song lyrics are very powerful. But I think cruz de navajas is even stronger.

[@bindak]

Ooooo this is a new one for me! I love the minor key. Going to Apple Music to download it 😊

[@leopardusmaximus8706]

Mecano was the first concert I attended, I was 8 years old and they played this song. It was magic.

[@leamsigape]

You can reacting to "Mujer contra mujer" and "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte". Thanks!

[@pilar1366]

Mecano marcó toda una generación. Componían todos sus temas emblemáticos, tanto que recientemente han creado un musical con esas canciones. Si quieres puedes reaccionar a Mónica Naranjo, diva española con una voz portentosa, te sorprenderá su creatividad. Sobreviviré, Europa, Avui vull agrair, Ahora, Usted... Un saludo!

[@debm3041]

I love the version by Mario Frangoulis, a Greek tenor, his voice has so much warmth and feeling. Well worth a listen as is all of the songs on the cd Sometimes I Dream

[@cynthiabruce-marzenska5024]

I have this song in a Spotify playlist that I stumbled upon being paired with Dimash songs and I have listened enraptured by the fascinating rhythms and countermelodies, along with her bewitching voice… but I had never seen them nor did I know the background and story. (I also realized that I had both this version and the cover done by Forestella - different feeling.). Intriguing and the lead singer is stunning! Wow! (Such an 80s style of video too!). As always, enjoyed your analysis and insight into the melody. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦.

[@Pavel-Geleznov]

i danced with my teacher on graduation day at school, it was this song, and it was waltz it was 24 years ago, but i remember it as if it was yesterday

[@kikakirika]

The greatest analysis of the song I've ever seen. I was a child when this song came out. I understand what you mean when you say that this is not a pop song. Indeed, I've always thought that the gender for this song is "copla" a famous gender music in Spain. Most of times "copla" is confused with "flamenco" 'cause both of them are based on Phrygian scale. Examples of "copla" gender is "ojos verdes".

[@SirHairless]

Thank you 🙏

[@darkteletubby7674]

Ah I think I see, "género" in Spanish for "musical style" is called a "genre" in English, although it does correctly translate to "gender" in other instances like grammatical gender

[@Leoz1988]

I agree with you, this is beyond pop music. Mecano takes the genre to other levels, making it work for massive audiences. Stunning!

[@gerardorohlfs5260]

BEST POP Group inthe World........Ever !!

[@yagofernandezdecordoba6916]

As to follow, I recommend "Mujer contra mujer" & "Mecuesta tanto olvidarte" with great lyrics. And also a curious instrumental one which is "1917" that I love.

[@yayababic31]

All of Mecano's songs are AMAZING!!!!!!! I grew up with them and Hijo de la Luna is one of my favorites. Listen to Cruz de Navajas, another beautiful one...

[@kracine9582]

I asked you to react to this several times only sung by another Forstella. The child (the son of the moon) is actually supposed to be an albino child. Another great song by Mecano is "Rosa es una rosa".

[@Nolwennie]

Such a beautiful song. I knew it in French first (by Mecano too) but all the versions I've heard are so beautiful and haunting.❤

[@jchavezgranadino911]

We are too used to the globalized western musical back ground but in different parts of the world even western styles and genres are all the time being interpreted and defied by different traditions and sensibilities. I am a devoted fan of Mecano since childhood back in the 80s for their way to transform pop into something closer to classics. I encourage you to continue exploring stuff generally unknown by mainstream popular music. Two recommendations for you to defy your knowledge and sensibility: "Los Dinosaurios" from argentinian genious Charly García. And "Chuncho" from peruvian singer Ima Sumac (considered one of the most versatile and almost superhuman voice in history). Loved your analysis, very sensitive and precise.!!! You got a new fan!

[@dausen0]

Muy interesante análisis! Hacen falta más videos así acerca de Mecano. Saludos desde México 🙏

[@lattelover5471]

Thanks for the explanation of chords -- I'm trying to improve my understanding of what I'm hearing in music and your commentary really helps. 🙏

[@eiramg]

They also did a french version which is also nice and with a very good translation. I remember my father had a vinyl which the two versions and i remember having a period of time listening a lot to it

[@m.a.m8335]

This song is so beautiful and powerful, full of drama and beauty

[@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