Black or White (1991) – Michael Jackson

Posted on May 22, 2024 by observationblogger — 10 Comments

“If you’re thinking about my baby, it don’t matter if you’re black or white.” – Michael Jackson

It’s between Black and White, Billie Jean and Smooth Criminal as to my favourite Michael Jackson song. Let’s just say I was never a big fan; at least no where in the vicinity of how his music continues to be revered here in Colombia, but you have to give credit where it’s due. Who can’t remember when they saw this clip below? ‘Your father is going to be very mad when he gets back‘.
When Michael Jackson released Black or White on November 11, 1991, he wasn’t just unveiling a new single; he was launching a cultural movement. This is when the ‘left’ meant something..aiming to promote racial harmony and challenge the divisive societal norms of the time, Jackson’s Black or White quickly became an anthem for equality and acceptance.

[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
I took my baby on a Saturday bang
Boy, is that girl with you?
Yes, we’re one and the same

[Chorus: Michael Jackson]
Now, I believe in miracles
And a miracle has happened tonight, hee
But if you’re thinking about my baby
It don’t matter if you’re black or white, ooh

[Verse 2: Michael Jackson]
They print my message in the Saturday sun
I had to tell ’em, “I ain’t second to none”

[Chorus: Michael Jackson]
And I told about equality and it’s true
Either you’re wrong or you’re right, hee
But if you’re thinking about my baby
It don’t matter if you’re black or white, hoo (Read the remainder here)

The song was co-written by Jackson and Bill Bottrell, who also produced the track. Bottrell recalled Jackson’s unwavering vision for the song: “Michael was very clear on the message he wanted to send. It was about equality and love, a message that couldn’t be more relevant.” Recorded at Record One Studio in Los Angeles, the track features a blend of rock, pop, and hip-hop elements, a testament to Jackson’s genre-blending acumen. Guitarist Slash of Guns N’ Roses lent his formidable skills to the song’s iconic riff, adding a hard-hitting edge to its pop sensibility.

Upon its release, Black or White skyrocketed to the top of the charts, reaching number one in over 20 countries, including the United States, where it stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks.

References:
1. Black or White – Wikipedia

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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 58) – God, Jesus Christ & Murgatroyd

Posted on May 22, 2024 by observationblogger — 9 Comments

Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article.

The Original Names of God and Jesus Christ

God (Lord) – YHWH is the name for the God of the Israelites. Ancient Hebrew was written without vowels, so some argue whether the pronunciation is Yahweh or Jehovah. Yahweh is considered too sacred for utterance, so it was replaced vocally in the synagogue ritual by the Hebrew word Adonai (“My Lord”), which was translated as Kyrios (“Lord”). YHWH is often translated, ‘I exist‘ or ‘He exists‘. In Exodus 3:14, God said to Moses ‘I am who I am‘.

Jesus – Jesus is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua. Joshua is the English translation of the name Jesus.
Christ – Christos (Greek) means the anointed one or the Messiah.

Heavens to Murgatroyd

Tom Waits’ song Raised Right Men which featured here on Monday commences with ‘Heavens to murgatroid, miners to coal‘. What does Heavens to Murgatroyd mean?

Heavens to Murgatroyd gained popularity from the American cartoon character Snagglepuss (see above). Hanna-Barbera used it because it was a random surname and sounded humorous and unexpected. Similar in meaning to ‘Good Grief’. It is a variant on Heavens to Betsy.

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Rather Be (2022) – Luke Sital-Singh & Christina Perri

Posted on May 21, 2024 by observationblogger — 9 Comments

Rather Be is a tranquil song about the beauty of human connection. The song is a collaboration between Christina Perri and Luke Sital-Singh, who co-wrote the song together. It was released in 2022 as part of Luke Sital-Singh’s album Dressing Like A Stranger.

[Verse 1: Luke Sital-Singh]
The siren sound, have you fallen asleep yet?
I simmer down close under your breast
A record spins all through to the daylight
I wake again, and you’re still by my side

[Chorus: Luke Sital-Singh]
We may be falling backwards
And feelin’ out to sea
Hangin’ on for the sunrise
‘Til we’ll be wild and free
But with the world still shakin’
And you lyin’ next to me
There’s nowhere I’d rather be

[Verse 2: Christina Perri]
Your warmest glow, never easy to leave it
‘Cause nothing fits me as well as your arms
The dinner fight, the shadows at sunset
Still close at night with miles to go yet

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Raised Right Men (2011) – Tom Waits

Posted on May 20, 2024 by observationblogger — 2 Comments

‘He’s like a stray cat who was transformed into a man by a genie or a shaman’.
– Anonymous

Raised Right Men is the third song to be presented here from Tom Waits critically acclaimed 16th album – Bad As Me (2011) after his previous entry Hell Broke Luce. It was his first ever top 10 album and nominated for a Grammy award for best alternative music album. The press release at the time of it’s release stated: This pivotal work refines the music that has come before and signals a new direction. Waits, in possibly the finest voice of his career, worked with a veteran team of gifted musicians and longtime co-writer/producer (and wife) Kathleen Brennan.

Waits conceived Raised Right Men as a commentary on the complexities of masculinity and moral dilemmas. The song weaves a tale of men who grapple with their darker instincts while striving to adhere to the codes they were raised with. Waits has often spoken about his fascination with flawed characters, saying, “I like a beautiful song that tells you terrible things. We all like bad news out of a pretty mouth.”

Heavens to murgatroid, miners to coal
A good woman can make a diamond out of a measly lump of coal
And you need the patience of a glacier, if you can wait that long
Open up his window and admit it when you’re wrong

There ain’t enough raised right
There ain’t enough raised right men
I said there ain’t enough raised right men
It takes raised right man to keep a happy hen
I said there ain’t enough raised right men

Mackey Debiasi was a complicated man
He quarreled with his woman and she quarreled with her man
And his head was just too thick, so she knocked out a tooth
He’s that lonely man on the turnpike in the tolltaker’s booth

Gunplay Maxwell and Flat Nose George
Ice Pick Ed Newcomb on a slab in the morgue
Flat Nose looked at Gunplay and they all looked at me
With a good woman’s love, we could have saved all three

Waits, known for his unconventional studio techniques, used a variety of obscure instruments and recording methods to achieve the song’s distinctive sound. In an interview, Waits mentioned, “I try to break things that are already broken and see what they sound like.”

The band sounds like a bone crushing machine designed by David Lynch.
– Anonymous

References:
1. Tom Waits Returns With ‘Bad As Me’ | NPR
2. Tom Waits on the Edge – an Interview | The Guardian

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Rain (1966) – The Beatles

Posted on May 19, 2024 by observationblogger — 6 Comments

Rain is the fifth song to feature here from The Beatles so far. I was most likely turned onto it from Max’s blog post here at PowerPop. I can relate to these lyrics as I too am left bemused why people scurry from the ‘Rain’ or ‘Sun’. I prefer to soak it up or bask it in, whichever is the weather. On another level the sound of this song is like ‘Drizzling Psychedelia‘. I really like this track although it is often overshadowed by the band’s more prominent hits. Moreover I prefer a lot of the Beatles’ latter era songs that are less recognised than their celebrated pieces.

“It was the first time that backwards voices were used on a record. We’d done the whole thing, and then afterwards we’d had a piece of tape on backwards, and Paul and I were literally crying with laughter, it was just so funny” – Ringo Starr

Rain in its unique blend of innovative studio techniques and evocative lyrics marks it as a significant piece in their discography. Released in 1966 as the B-side to Paperback Writer, Rain was written by John Lennon and is often hailed as one of the band’s earliest forays into psychedelia. It was conceived during The Beatles’ time in Australia, reflecting the band’s experiences with the country’s sporadic weather. Lennon was inspired to pen Rain after a particularly soggy day Down Under, metaphorically using rain to symbolize the public’s rigid perceptions and the ensuing sense of liberation from societal expectations.

[Verse 1: John Lennon]
If the rain comes, they run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes
If the rain comes

[Verse 2: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
When the sun shines, they slip into the shade
(When the sun shines down) And sip their lemonade
(When the sun shines down) When the sun shines
When the sun shines (Sun shines)

[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Rain
I don’t mind
Shine
The weather’s fine

Rain was recorded during the sessions for Revolver at Abbey Road Studios, a period marked by The Beatles‘ increasing experimentation with studio technology. One of the most notable aspects of the recording process was the pioneering use of tape speed manipulation. The instrumental track was recorded at a faster tempo, then played back at a slower speed, giving the song its distinctive, dreamy texture.

Additionally, the song features one of the first uses of backward vocals on a pop record as Ringo discussed above. Lennon’s voice was recorded in reverse, adding a surreal quality to the track. This technique, inspired by a happy accident, would later become a hallmark of psychedelic music.

Although Rain never achieved the commercial success of some of The Beatles’ more famous hits, it remains a favorite among fans and critics for its innovative sound and introspective lyrics.

References:
1. The Beatles Bible – An in-depth look at the song’s history and recording process.
2. Rain (Beatles song) – Wikipedia

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Angel (1997) – Sarah McLachlan

Posted on May 18, 2024 by observationblogger — 8 Comments

“It’s about trying not to take responsibility for other people’s problems and trying to love yourself at the same time.” – Sarah McLachlan

We are backtracking in the Music Library Project to bring to you a song I was recently reunited with. This song should never had escaped my clutches since it is was recommended to me by my dear mother Rosemary many years ago. I resonated with this hauntingly beautiful ballad on a deeply emotional level. I recently played it for my kids for the first time and I felt like I was reliving the moment I first heard it. I don’t know what they thought of it, nor did I convey how their grandmother passed it on. I’ll play it again this morning for them as we get ready to go to football training.

To me this song Angel serves as a sanctuary – a call on the devine teacher of our higher consciousness to guide us from darkness into light and enable us to soar above the sorrow.

The Genesis of Angel

The seed of Angel was planted from Canadian singer songwriter Sarah McLachlan’s reflections on the pressures and tragedies of the music industry. She wrote the song in memory of Jonathan Melvoin, the Smashing Pumpkins’ keyboardist who tragically died of a heroin overdose in 1996. McLachlan’s empathy for artists struggling with addiction and her desire to address the pain and solace they seek inspired the lyrics.

“Spend all your time waiting / For that second chance / For a break that would make it okay”

The song first appeared on McLachlan’s fourth studio album, Surfacing, in 1997 and was released as the album’s fourth and final single in September 1998. Angel achieved remarkable success, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 (her second consecutive top-five hit on the US) and becoming a staple on radio stations and in film and television soundtracks.

References:
1. Angel (Sarah McLachlan song) – Wikipedia
2. Surfacing Album by Sarah McLachlan. Nettwerk Records, 1997.
3. McLachlan, Sarah. Interview on “Behind the Music”. VH1, 1999.
4. Billboard Chart History for “Angel”. Billboard.com.
5. “Sarah McLachlan Discusses ‘Angel'”. Rolling Stone, August 1997.

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Captain Fantastic (2016) – Matt Ross (Friday’s Finest)

Posted on May 17, 2024 by observationblogger — 1 Comment
  • Nai: [from the back seat] What does rape mean?
  • Ben: When a person, usually a man, forces another person, usually a woman, to have sexual intercourse.
  • Nai: Oh.
  • Ben: Who’s hungry?
  • Kids: Me! Me!
  • Nai: What’s sexual intercourse?
  • Ben: When a man sticks his penis in a woman’s vagina… Everyone keep their eyes peeled for deer.
  • Nai: Why would a man stick his penis in a woman’s vagina?
  • Ben: Because it can give them both pleasure. And because the combination of a man’s sperm and a woman’s egg can create a baby and continue the human race.
  • Nai: But that’s where she pees.
  • Ben: Pee comes not from the vagina, but from the urethra, which is within the outer labia. But generally speaking, yes, that is where she pees… Everyone keep your eyes open for game of any kind.

IMDB Storyline:
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

In similar modus operandi to the irrepressible Little Miss Sunshine, Captain Fantastic isn’t ashamed to take it’s audience out of their comfort zone (to a remote forest to be exact) and travel down roads less taken. As is evident from the conversation above between Ben and his very young daughter Nai, this movie doesn’t shy away from confronting sensitive topics like ‘Sex, Politics and Religion’ head-on. In the eyes of this reviewer, do I myself espouse to the Noam Chomsky-esque – anarcho-syndicalist, libertarian socialist and Green revolution world views that Ben imparts onto his children? No, not exactly, but it depends on who you’re transmitting it too. Consider Naval Ravikat comments about how ethics don’t scale:

‘With my family I’m a communist. With my close friends I’m a socialist. At my state level, I’m a democrat. At national level I’m a Republican and at the federal level I’m a libertarian’.

Mr Ravikat elaborated ‘The larger the group of people you have massed together who have different interests; the less trust there is; the more cheating there is; the better the incentives have to be aligned; the better the system has to work, then the more you go towards Capitalism. The smaller the group you in. You’re in your kibitz, you’re in your commune, you’re in your house, you’re in your tribe, by all means be a socialist…..but when you’re dealing with strangers you want to be a real socialist? Then great, open all your doors tomorrow. Please come everybody and take what you want and see how that works.’

Furthermore, there are aspects to Ben’s philosophy and mode of parenting I feel are sorely lacking in today’s rationalist – materialist world. Below is a list of what I consider his ‘positive’ parenting facets:

  • Ben leads by example and takes his role as ‘parent’ extremely seriously,
  • Ben treats his children with transparency and dignity as he himself would want to be treated,
  • Ben teaches them how to take responsibility and deal with overcoming adversity in the most dire of circumstances,
  • Ben develops their natural curiosity to learn, and to love ‘reading’, and
  • Ben imparts on them the perils of succumbing to a modern consumer mindset and being reliant on corporate stakeholdership.

Is Captain Fantastic without it’s flaws and do the events feel entirely credible and realistic? Does it make my 100 Favourite Movies list? Heck, no. But, it has its moments in the sun which deserve high praise because it represents my ineffable adoration of the ‘original’ movie: A movie that feels like no other movie I have seen. Give me more of that as an audience member in lieu of the modern big swell blockbuster reboots and ‘woke’ captured Star Wars franchises. So, please, pretty please… with sugar on top and for the love of god, give me more like Captain Fantastic, A Separation, Little Miss Sunshine, Paris Texas, Candy, Barton Fink, Another Earth, Being John Malkovich, Billy Elliot, Chasing Amy, Ex Maquina, Half Nelson, I Origins, Mr. Turner, Mulholland Drive, Naked, Once Were Warriors, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Roma, Running on Empty, The Royal Tenenbaums, Take Shelter, The Father, Tár, The Hunt, The Wrestler, This is Spinal Tap, Waterland, The Secret in their Eyes, and Wild Tales.

Interesting IMDB Trivia of Captain Fantastic:

  • George MacKay practiced yoga 3-4 hours a day once he was cast as Bo so he could do the advanced poses he did in the film. He said it was the toughest part of the shoot for him.
  • The actors went on a two-day survival trip and slept together as a family in a hut they built made of ferns. They learned how to track and start a fire with a bow drill, read a lot, and learned about the world’s political systems.
  • Matt Ross said a team member contacted Noam Chomsky to clear his quotes for use in the film. “The way he responded was indicative of the human being that he is, no lawyers, just ‘please quote me correctly.'”
  • Director Matt Ross had the actors who played the six fictional Cash children in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC sign a contract promising not to bring any electronic devices on set and to “keep processed foods and sugars to a minimum.”
  • One of the baby pictures taped to the school bus walls is of Viggo Mortensen’s own son, Henry.
  • Viggo Mortensen’s red-patterned shirt that he’s wearing in the funeral scene of Captain Fantastic is the same shirt he wore in the 1992 movie Indian Runner, of which snippets were used in the Bruce Springsteen music video for the song “Highway Patrolman” (1982). In the video, Mortensen plays the bad-luck, no-good brother of the highway patrolman.

References:
1: Captain Fantastic (film) – Wikipedia
2. Captain Fantastic (2016) – IMDB

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Radio (2012) – Lana Del Rey

Posted on May 16, 2024 by observationblogger — 11 Comments

With a career spanning from 2005 and beyond, accomplished many achievements, such as being named The Greatest American Songwriter of the 21st Century by Rolling Stone UK, being awarded Variety’s Decade Award, as well as winning 40 awards throughout her run in the music industry many would assume Del Rey would have acquired a Grammy….Del Rey has had 11 Grammy nominations spanning from 2011 to the most recent awards in 2024, yet still has never taken home a statue.
– Why Has Lana Del Rey Never Won A Grammy Award? – The Spartan 

I must have a proclivity for songs that contain the word radio in the title. Hotel Radio by David Bridie, Listen to the Radio by Don Williams and now Lana Del Rey’s kitsche song Radio. I can’t believe they named the radio after a Lana Del Rey song! I also have no idea how I came across it. I presumed it was from someone’s blog I follow here, but apparently not. This song has a blend of vintage glamour and modern melancholy, and I like Lana Del Rey’s knack for combining sweetness with a raw, unfiltered reality: “Now my life is sweet like cinnamon / Like a f**cking dream I’m living in“.
Radio featured on Lana Del Rey’s 2012 debut album Born to Die and was crafted during a time when the singer was exploring themes of fame, love, and identity.

[Verse 1]
Not even they can stop me now
Boy, I be flyin’ overhead
Their heavy words can’t bring me down
Boy, I’ve been raised from the dead

[Pre-Chorus]
No one even knows how hard life was
I don’t even think about it now because
I finally found you
Oh, sing it to me

[Chorus]
Now my life is sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I’m livin’ in
Baby, love me ’cause I’m playin’ on the radio
How do you like me now?
Pick me up and take me like a vitamin
‘Cause my body’s sweet like sugar venom, oh, yeah
Baby, love me ’cause I’m playin’ on the radio
How do you like me now? (Read the remainder here)

Radio (also known as “Cinnamon”) is a song written by Del Rey and Justin Parker. Del Rey worked with producers such as Emile Haynie and Jeff Bhasker to create the lush, atmospheric sound that defines Radio. The incorporation of dreamy synths, and Del Rey’s smoky vocals contribute to the song’s ethereal and cinematic quality. It has garnered widespread acclaim and popularity, earning millions of streams and becoming a fan favorite in Lana Del Rey’s discography.

References:
1. Lana Del Rey. (n.d.) – Wikipedia
2. Born to Die (Lana Del Rey album) – Wikipedia
3. “Radio” – Lana Del Rey Lyrics. (n.d.) – Genius

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Racing in the Street (1978) – Bruce Springsteen

Posted on May 15, 2024 by observationblogger — 19 Comments

‘It’s a song about yearning for something better, something that’s just out of reach. It’s a song about racing through the night to find that little bit of hope.‘
– Bruce Springsteen from Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness Sessions

Oh, good golly how this song transports me straight back to my early teenhood! It’s befitting Racing in the Street inaugurates the 56 songs starting with ‘R’ in my music library project. It captured that search of meaning in life that I was so longing. Released on his iconic album Darkness on the Edge of Town in 1978 Racing in the Street stood out for me for its emotional depth and Bruce’s unrivalled storytelling prowess. It threw me headfirst into the story of blue-collar workers finding solace and escape in the thrill of street racing amidst the mundane struggles of everyday life. It unlocks a plethora of emotions like hope, despair, and the human desire for freedom and purpose.

Springsteen has said that this song commemorates the racing in the street that occurred on a little fire road outside his home base of Asbury Park, New Jersey. It is one of a number of Springsteen songs from the 1970s, such as Born to Run and Thunder Road, that celebrate American men’s desire for freedom from responsibility, as symbolized by the ability to drive to freedom in a fast car.

[Verse 1]
I got a ’69 Chevy with a three-ninety-six
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the 7-Eleven store

Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
We shut ’em up and then we shut ’em down

[Chorus]
Tonight, tonight the strip’s just right
I wanna blow ’em off in my first heat
Summer’s here and the time is right
For racin’ in the street

[Verse 2]
We take all the action we can meet
And we cover all the northeast states
When the strip shuts down, we run ’em in the street
From the fire roads to the interstate

Now, some guys, they just give up livin’
And start dying little by little, piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up
Then go racin’ in the street (Read the remainder here)

The following is cherry – picked from the Wikipedia article below:

Springsteen started writing Racing in the Street, shortly after the New Year’s Eve 1975 show at the Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, along with Darkness on the Edge of Town and The Promise. However, due to legal proceedings with his former manager, recording sessions for his fourth album did not begin until June 1, 1977. According to a song list from May 1977, included in the notebook provided with The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story box set, it was one of the “new songs” for his next album.

According to studio records at both Atlantic and the Record Plant, eight days were devoted to Racing in the Street during August 1977, and with a final total of seventeen, the most spent working on any song during the sessions. 

The song contains two clear homages: the title and chorus refer to Martha and the Vandellas’ 1964 hit Dancing in the Street, while the instrumental break after the second verse and chorus is an allusion to the Beach Boys’ 1964 song Don’t Worry Baby, itself about the emotional aspects of drag racing.

While romanticization of the ordinary, anonymous Americans found in “Racing in the Street” is common in rock, Springsteen’s detailed depiction of them in this song shows real understanding and compassion, perhaps due to his having lived among them.
– Dave Marsh  Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story

Racing in the Street has been called Springsteen’s best song by several commentators, including the authors of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. On the flip-side some detractors have also referred to the song as plodding, especially in comparison to the dynamism of the prior Born to Run album.

References:
1. Racing in the Street – Wikipedia

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La Isla Bonita (1986) – Madonna

Posted on May 14, 2024 by observationblogger — 5 Comments

“When I lived in New York for so many years I was constantly listening to salsa and merengue. I mean, that stuff was constantly blaring out of everybody’s radio on the street.”
– Madonna

La Isla Bonita (The Beautiful Island) is my favourite song by Madonna; in fact it’s the only song I recall I like by Madonna. And ever since I saw the accompanying music video (approaching 1 billion views) as a young tacker I found her latín inspired ‘presentation’ in the video very passionate and provocative. Madonna with her short hair slicked back in her one piece undergarment (as a young Catholic woman) really did it for me as well her transformation into a beautiful traditional flamenco dancer.

La Isla Bonita was originally written for Michael Jackson about the mythical island of San Pedro, and was re-worked by Madonna into her first of many Latin-inspired hits. As her comment above alludes, this track reflects the multicultural mix of New York that Madonna experienced when she was starting out. She also described the song as her tribute to the “beauty and mystery of Latin American people”. According to her “Latin rhythms often dominate our uptempo compositions. It’s like we’re possessed. We both think that we were Latin in another life.”

[Intro]
¿Cómo puede ser verdad? (How could it be true?)

[Verse 1]
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I’d never gone, I knew the song
Young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away

[Chorus]
Tropical the island breeze, all of nature wild and free
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)
This is where I long to be, La Isla Bonita
And when the samba played, the sun would set so high
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby

[Verse 2]
I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
Te dijo, “Te amo”
I prayed that the days would last, they went so fast (Read the remainder here)

The following is cherry – picked from the wikipedia below:

La Isla Bonita is a song from Madonna’s third album True Blue. Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch created it as an instrumental demo and offered it to singer Michael Jackson, who turned it down. When Leonard met Madonna to start working on True Blue, he played the demo for her. Madonna came up with the title, wrote the lyrics and produced the song with Leonard. It is her first song with Latin influences. Its instrumentation features flamenco guitar, Latin percussion, maracas, and includes four lines sung in Spanish. It was commercially successful, becoming her eleventh top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and second Adult Contemporary number one.

References:
1. La Isla Bonita – Wikipedia

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