Oreja De Van Gogh - Viaje De Copperpot
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Artist: Oreja De Van GoghEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Music Label: Sony U.S. Latin
Soundtracks:
- Cuidate
- Soledad
- Paris
- La Playa
- Pop
- Dicen Que Dicen
- Mariposa
- La Chica del Gorro Azul
- Tu Pelo
- Tantas Cosas Que Contar
- Los Amantes del Circulo Polar
- Desde el Puerto
Free Music Notes for Viaje De Copperpot
Free Music Review: The best album you've never heard
Hit: 5 Stars
As I peruse the official Final Nominations List for the 44th Annual GRAMMY (R) Awards, it seems clear that those that put the list of nominations together are completely out of touch with what America truly listens to and enjoys.Suffice it to say, they've never heard of La Oreja de Van Gogh. Of course, most Estadounidenses have never heard of La Oreja and their lead singer Amaia. Pity.
The band's sophomore release, "El Viaje de Copperpot" (Sony Discos US), takes its title from the silly 1984 Steven Spielberg kiddie-mystery "The Goonies." While perhaps the lone highlights of that film included the fine acting of Anne Ramsey, a top 10 single from Cyndi Lauper and the chance to stare at Kerri Green for a while, "El Viaje de Copperpot" is a gem. Every song on this album is a masterpiece. If this album were recorded in English, a band named Van Gogh's Ear would be challenging Alicia Keys and U2 for Record of the Year honors. Consider La Oreja de Van Gogh our secret.
The opening track "Cuidate" is the band's first single off this release. Several months after topping the charts in Spain, it was released in Mexico and received warmly. Puerto Rico slowly caught on; Los Angeles' Spanish pop stations finally began playing the song long after its peak elsewhere, and it's still in medium rotation at both Viva 107-1 and Super Estrella.
This single says nothing of the rest of the album. The fast-paced "Soledad," featuring some fancy moog work, is so Madrileno. That's a good thing. "Paris" starts in melancholy fashion but eventually picks up the pace while sticking its sad refrain "Adios, mi corazon."
By far the Song of the Year in just about any language is the 2001 smash "La Playa," a charttopper in Mexico and Spain. A warm tender love song, the lyrics are deep and provocative -- just like the melody. I played this for my dad and stepmom, who are non-Hispanics in Miami that only know basic Spanish, and they fell in love with the band as soon as they heard this song. "Te voy a escribir la cancion mas bonita del mundo...." You just did.
"Pop" takes a stab at the prefab popsters that have plagued the charts. Good fun, cynical stuff. Another gem for Los 40 Principales.
"Dicen Que Dicen" is SUCH a Madrid record. I can picture myself jetting around the city in a white taxi, or rushing through the Puerto del Sol Metro stop on my way to nowhere important. Glorious!
"Mariposa," or "Papillon," or "Butterfly." Another tender love song worthy of Song of the Year honors.
"The Girl With the Blue Bonnet" ("La Chica del Gorro Azul") is a silly little ditty complete with a doot-doot chorus. But it's still fun. "Your Hair" ("Tu Pelo") is a lovely ballad, as is "The Small Things Count" ("Tantas Cosas Que Contar"), the latter of which builds into a forceful, triumphal anthem of poetry.
"The Arctic Lovers" ("Los Amantes del Circular Polar") could be the perfect song for one Dr. Jack Child, professor of Spanish and lover of penguins, at American University in Washington, DC. I can just picture two penguins in love. Well, not really. The song is a stark, haunting piece of art that creeps up on you and carries you into the abyss. A closer look at the lyrics reveals the true secrets of what this song is all about.
"Desde El Puerto" rounds out the listed selections, while a hidden track I've named "Tic-Toc" shows that, while "El Viaje de Copperpot" is a deep, profound masterpiece that deserves top-shelf space with "Revolver" by the Beatles and "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" by Genesis, they can still have fun.
Go buy this album and tell a friend. Or we can just keep this our little secret.
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