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Dec 13, 2021 · What made Vicente Fernández so consistently spectacular across four decades? Start with these songs.
- gustavo.arellano@latimes.com
- Columnist
- “El Tapatío” You’ve gotta love Vicente’s hit song, “El Tapatío”! An essential in Vicente Fernández’s repertoire, this song is a classic in Mexican culture, with its romantic lyrics and lively, traditional mariachi sound.
- “La Diferencia” Experience the romantic ballad “La Diferencia” by Vicente Fernández – it’s sure to make you feel something! With a simple yet memorable melody, the song conveys a message of love and longing.
- “El Moro de Cumpas” Immerse yourself in the stirring atmosphere of “El Moro de Cumpas” by Vicente Fernández. This traditional ranchera song utilizes a classic mariachi arrangement to great effect.
- “Tu Camino y El Mío” Feel the poignancy of Vicente Fernández’s “Tu Camino y El Mío” as its emotive lyrics speak of heartache and longing. The song is a traditional Mexican ranchera, with a slow melodic pace and a melancholy feel.
- “Los Mandados” Not only is this the best Vicente Fernández song of all time, it's one of the funniest, angriest, scathing recordings to ever come out from Mexico, one giant guffaw against American immigration policy that would never be recorded in this era lest the multinational releasing this get fried on FOX News or from the halls of Congress (just look at what happened to that lame version a couple of years ago of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Spanish).
- “La Ley del Monte” The dueling open strains of violins and trumpets crackling over the AM dial will be familiar to any child of Mexican immigrants who took long trips to visit relatives, but have you ever listened to the lyrics beyond “maguey” “unido al mío” and the title of the song (roughly, “The Law of the Wild”)?
- “Volver, Volver” THIS is the the other iconic song Chente's crowd will shout in unison, with a tone as warbling as the introductory organ. But what makes “Volver, Volver” superior to “El Rey” is its originality–that use of organ, which gives love a funereal tone, the combination of shouts, weeps, and desperation, and the refrain–even if you can't remember all the lyrics, even the dumbest gabacho can do the “volver, volverrrrrrrr, VOOOOOOOOOOLVERRRRRRR” part.
- “Mujeres Divinas” Told from the perspective of a singer who has a conversation with an aging men who takes offense at men cursing women, “Mujeres Divinas” unwinds itself like a dirge as it makes an extraordinary admission: men should not bash women, as women are the light of life.
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