Chilanga Banda

Here’s a dark video I don’t dare show in class, by the great Mexican band Café
Tacuba
. It is written entirely in Mexico City slang, but there is a translation right here.

Here is a very different song by the same band I don’t dare show in class, again because it is too dark. I had put it on the list of possibilities because it is youth oriented, the lyrics are pronounced clearly, and there are written words.

The song I actually showed in class was much lighter, but it had a commercial at the beginning, over which I fast forwarded; because of the commercial I will not show it here.

Axé.


3 thoughts on “Chilanga Banda

    1. Or maybe that’s not right? I heard pachuco and other such stuff, I think.
      Anyway, I don’t think the travel industry would go for that one.
      I could almost smell the sewage and burning garbage.

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