Los Pericos (Three Tune Tuesday – Week 162)

Hello everyone, happy start to the month and week, may this month of July 2024 give you a lot of health, a lot of music and a lot of joy. Since 1994, every first day of July of each year, International Reggae Day has been celebrated, which is super cool, because this musical genre is beautiful, vibrant, deep... nothing to do with the strange monstrosity called reggaeton (part of it was stolen of the name), which is nothing other than auditory pornography. And well, since yesterday was so important for music, today I decided to celebrate this anniversary, participating in initiative # 162 of Three Tune Tuesday, from my friend @ablaze. And for this edition I will share three songs from one of the best reggae bands in South America, it is the Argentine band: LOS PERICOS.

I meet the reggae thanks to a boyfriend I had in my youth, who in addition to introducing me to reggae through Bob Marley, UB40, Maxi Priest, Manu Chao and obviously, Los Pericos, also taught me how to play pool, (he worked in his family's business, selling and installing pool tables), and well, in addition to my love for rock and pop, my love for reggae was also added. In my country, a lot of reggae was already heard at the end of the 80s and throughout the 90s, but I discovered it in 89, and I loved it. Then inevitably I met Los Pericos, who made reggae in my language, in Spanish, and they were GREAT, with immense musical quality, and an unmistakable and unique voice, like that of Bahiano, who is no longer in the group. Their songs also began to be part of the sound track of my life. That being said, let's look at my #ttt songs today.

^{Bahiano, exvocalista de Los Pericos, Photo by Presidencia de la Nación Argentina}

Ahora vamos con mis canciones / Now let's go with my songs

Mi primera canción de hoy es Waitin’, que está en el álbum “Big Yuyo”, del año 1992. Esta es una de las pocas canciones en Inglés de Los Pericos. Me gusta muchísimo su cadencia y obviamente la melodía, que es 100% reggae, aunque la letra, en honor a la verdad, no es para tirar cohetes. Es una canción que me hace viajar en el tiempo casi que me transporto a ese año. Aquí les comparto el video oficial, disfrútenla.

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My first song today is Waitin’, which is on the album “Big Yuyo”, from 1992. This is one of the few songs in English by Los Pericos. I really like its cadence and obviously the melody, which is 100% reggae, although the lyrics, to be honest, are nothing to write home about. It's a song that makes me travel back in time, almost transporting me to that year. Here I share the official video, enjoy it.