Credited on the record as Cientificos Del Palo.
Vietnam
2007 · MDR MDR 1475 · Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Artist
- Científicos del Palo
- Credited on the record as
- Cientificos Del Palo
- Title
- Vietnam
- Release
- Indigencia y distancia
- Year
- 2007
- Label
- MDR # MDR 1475
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Songwriter
- Pepo San Martín
- Genre
- Rock · Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music
Científicos del Palo, rock group formed in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Members are "Pepo" San Martín Braile (vocals, guitar), Carlos "Popete" Andere (bass), Nicolás Terrén (drums). They released the song "Vietnam" ( MDR Records # MDR 1475) is an example of using the Vietnam War as a commentary on contemporary issues: "this is not how Vietnam was won...not how the Viet Cong thought".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Warning: don't look even a centimetre too far / Watch out, step only where you won't slip / You run along happily and go as far as the rope reaches / And you go back to your place / And that leash that walks you / Is the same one that hangs you / Enough, it's time to wake up / Let's go to the rifles and stop with the cell phones / That's not the way, pal / That's not how Vietnam was won / That's not it, dude / That's not how the Viet Cong thought / It's all your fault / You see? / This is all our fault / Nobody wants to see pigs / But everyone wants ham / We sold the remedy for fear of the cure / And we bought the disease __________ Spanish: Warning con no mirar ni un centímetro de más / Guarda con pisar sólo donde no resbalás / Corrés contento y vas hasta donde da la soga / Y te volvés a tu lugar / Y esa correa que te pasea / Es la misma que te ahorca / Basta ya es tiempo de despertar / Vamo a lo fusile y paremo con el celular / Así no es papá / Así no se ganó Vietnam / Así no es, chabón / Así no pensaba el Viet Cong / Todo es tu culpa / ¿Ves? / Todo esto es por nuestra culpa / Nadie quiere ver chanchos / Pero todos quieren jamón / Vendimos el remedio por temor a la cura / Y compramos la enfermedad
Notes
Track 11; lyrics and music by Pepo San Martín; guest guitar Ricardo Mollo (Divididos).
About the artist
Rock group formed in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Members are "Pepo" San Martín Braile (vocals, guitar), Carlos "Popete" Andere (bass) and Nicolás Terrén (drums). [Source: RYM]
Themes
In collections
Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music · Vietnam as Comparison