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bbibber
Tue Aug 28 2001 at 11:33:46
Manu Chao
real name: Oscar Tramor
born in
France
, June 26, 1961 from
Spanish
immigrants, brought up
multi-cultural
and
multilingual
.
Started
Mano Negra
with his brother after playing in various bands as a teenager. Mano Negra lasts 7 albums. Some great songs I remember dancing on:
King Kong Five
('89),
King of Bongo
('91).
The band splits after
Casa Babylon
(1994).
Manu continues his work in the group
Radio Bemba
, with some musicians of Mano Negra.
Using experiences from his travels in
South-
and
Central America
(mostly misery), he releases his first solo album
Clandestino
in 1998. People in
Europe
and
Latin America
love the album, the US catches on a year after its release.
Mainstream success comes with the second album
Proxima Estacion: Esperanza
and the song
Me Gustas Tu
.
Manu is well known for his political
activism
, focussing on the exploitation of
3rd world countries
and
anti-globalization
. While I can certainly identify myself with a lot of his ideas, he DID sign multi-$$$ contracts with
multinationals
(
EMI
,
Virgin
, ...). A 'sold-out' or is he just using the 'enemy' to get a larger audience ? To be fair to him, the same criticism goes for artists like
U2
or
Sting
.
In my opinion one should buy his records because they are good, and let's just call the attention he gets for the 3rd world -problems a very, very, very good
side-effect
.
Mano Negra
Clandestino
Girlfriends are basically just really good porn
Welcome to Tijuana
multi-lingual Everything
Tu Me Gustas
Les Rita Mitsouko
Mano Solo
anti-globalization
Shakira
Amadou & Mariam
My Angst Ate my Suffering in a Void of Meaningless Existential Nihilistic Self-Oppression: An Poem
franglais
U2
all of them just coming over here and so on
The Down Home
Expedition Österreich
Robinsons High Juice
The song of infinite sadness
Being married to your best friend
Eskiya
Noir Désir
Rock Werchter