70. Famous Songs with Spanish Lyrics
Speaking Spanish for Beginners
Latin ELE
4.8 • 902 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
🎸 Ever wondered what the song La Bamba is really saying?
In this episode, we break down the lyrics of La Bamba and other famous songs with Spanish lyrics.
Get ready to learn Spanish through music and have fun while doing it!
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The songs featured in this episode are:
🎶 Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash
🎶 La Isla Bonita by Madonna
🎶 La Bamba by Ritchie Valens
🎶 Eres tú by Mocedades
🎶 Tú by Shakira
🎶 Hombre Secreto by The Plugz
🎶 María Landó by Susana Baca
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In the podcast Bad Friends, the two American hosts were singing La Bamba in a very peculiar way. |
| 0:09.9 | Is that how it goes? |
| 0:12.2 | And what does it really say? |
| 0:14.2 | Let's find out the meaning behind this and other famous songs with Spanish lyrics in this episode of Speaking Spanish for Beginners. |
| 0:26.4 | Hello, what my name is Marco, your Latino Spanish teacher. |
| 0:31.0 | In this episode, you learn what some famous songs with Spanish lyrics actually say. |
| 0:36.5 | Some aren't entirely in Spanish, while others mix English with a bit of Spanish. |
| 0:42.2 | These songs were suggested by subscribers to my newsletter. |
| 0:46.5 | Much gracias to todos. |
| 0:48.8 | It's a great opportunity to pick up new vocabulary from songs you might already know. |
| 0:55.0 | Are you ready for this? |
| 0:56.5 | Sir, yes, sir! |
| 0:58.0 | Let's. |
| 1:01.7 | You've probably heard these songs many times, |
| 1:05.3 | songs with Spanish lyrics. |
| 1:07.8 | But maybe you've had no clue what they're saying, or perhaps you've tried to sing along |
| 1:14.3 | and completely battered the lyrics. Well, today is the day you learn to sing them correctly |
| 1:20.7 | and improve your Spanish. Let's get started. Numero uno. This suggestion comes from Hans, who also inspired this episode. |
| 1:32.1 | Here is his message. |
| 1:34.3 | Hello, Marco. |
| 1:35.2 | How is das? |
| 1:36.6 | I want to say, should I stay or should I go? |
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