Manu Chao (⋆ 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a French/Spanish rock, reggae, punk and ska artist; well-known in the Paris alternative music scene before his international success with the band Mano Negra (active 1988-95). Well-known songs are 'Me Gustas Tu', 'Bongo Bong', 'Clandestino', 'Mr Bobby', and 'Je Ne'taime Plus'. Manu is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world. Much of his lyrics are about global political and social issues, but also about love, world's lifestyles, and music. Read Full BioManu Chao (⋆ 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a French/Spanish rock, reggae, punk and ska artist; well-known in the Paris alternative music scene before his international success with the band Mano Negra (active 1988-95). Well-known songs are 'Me Gustas Tu', 'Bongo Bong', 'Clandestino', 'Mr Bobby', and 'Je Ne'taime Plus'. Manu is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world. Much of his lyrics are about global political and social issues, but also about love, world's lifestyles, and music.
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Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a singer of French and Spanish (Basque, Galician) origin.
Heavily influenced by the UK rock scene, particularly The Clash, The Jam and Dr. Feelgood, Chao and other musicians formed the Spanish/English rockabilly group Hot Pants in the mid-1980s. The group released a demo entitled "Mala Vida" in 1984, which received plenty of local critical praise but otherwise gained them little attention. By the time the group released their first album in 1986 the Parisian alternative music scene had taken flight, and Manu, his brother Antoine Chao, and friends such as Alain from Les Wampas formed Los Carayos to incorporate this sound with the rockabilly and punk styles of Hot Pants. Los Carayos remained a side project of the artists for eight years, releasing three albums in the first two years followed by a final album in 1994.
Manu Chao had been a well-known member of the Parisian alternative music scene, in bands such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos. In 1987, Chao, his brother Antoine Chao and their cousin Santiago Casariego founded the band Mano Negra, which met with success in France first with the hit single Mala Vida and then Mexico, Central and South America, where the band toured. The band split in 1995.
Chao sings in French, Spanish, Arabic, Galician, Portuguese, English, Italian, and Wolof, sometimes mixing them in the same song. He is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world.
Chao's music has many influences: rock, French chanson, Spanish-American Salsa, Reggae, Ska and Algerian rai. These influences were obtained from immigrants in France, his Iberian roots and his travels in Latin America following the disbanding of Mano Negra. Many of Chao's lyrics are about political issues (e.g., immigration, global social justice, conflict, and a strongly leftist critique of exploitative economic globalization) but they are also about love, lifestyles in different parts of the world, and music itself, which is hopeful for the future and at the same time dramatic. Chao is openly critical of the Bush administration in the US. He has many followers among the European left and the anti-globalization movement.
The influence of Manu Chao in Latin Rock or "Rock en Español" was crucial not only for the development and rise of new Latin bands that tried to emulate his eclectic style, but also for the self-knowledge of Latin America as a united culture. After the Latin America tour and travels, Manu Chao lyrics were more often written in Spanish than were the Mano Negra lyrics. His songs also took the lyrics or chords of some popular tunes like "El preso" from "Fruko y Sus Tesos" (in "Desaparecido") or "La Verdolaga" a traditional Colombian cumbia (in "Por el Suelo").
Manu Chao's music does not follow a logical textual narrative, but in its eclectic construction it invokes a deeper understanding of its subject than any literal form could. He sings songs about the people of the streets, the outer provinces, and the marginalised; he sings with the forgotten and uncounted billions, the underclass, and in so doing, he speaks about the fragility of human kind. His music is a bridge, exploring the common ground and means of mutual understanding that are available to us, exponating the idea that beyond superfluous differences in cultural identity, we are all the same.
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Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a singer of French and Spanish (Basque, Galician) origin.
Heavily influenced by the UK rock scene, particularly The Clash, The Jam and Dr. Feelgood, Chao and other musicians formed the Spanish/English rockabilly group Hot Pants in the mid-1980s. The group released a demo entitled "Mala Vida" in 1984, which received plenty of local critical praise but otherwise gained them little attention. By the time the group released their first album in 1986 the Parisian alternative music scene had taken flight, and Manu, his brother Antoine Chao, and friends such as Alain from Les Wampas formed Los Carayos to incorporate this sound with the rockabilly and punk styles of Hot Pants. Los Carayos remained a side project of the artists for eight years, releasing three albums in the first two years followed by a final album in 1994.
Manu Chao had been a well-known member of the Parisian alternative music scene, in bands such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos. In 1987, Chao, his brother Antoine Chao and their cousin Santiago Casariego founded the band Mano Negra, which met with success in France first with the hit single Mala Vida and then Mexico, Central and South America, where the band toured. The band split in 1995.
Chao sings in French, Spanish, Arabic, Galician, Portuguese, English, Italian, and Wolof, sometimes mixing them in the same song. He is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world.
Chao's music has many influences: rock, French chanson, Spanish-American Salsa, Reggae, Ska and Algerian rai. These influences were obtained from immigrants in France, his Iberian roots and his travels in Latin America following the disbanding of Mano Negra. Many of Chao's lyrics are about political issues (e.g., immigration, global social justice, conflict, and a strongly leftist critique of exploitative economic globalization) but they are also about love, lifestyles in different parts of the world, and music itself, which is hopeful for the future and at the same time dramatic. Chao is openly critical of the Bush administration in the US. He has many followers among the European left and the anti-globalization movement.
The influence of Manu Chao in Latin Rock or "Rock en Español" was crucial not only for the development and rise of new Latin bands that tried to emulate his eclectic style, but also for the self-knowledge of Latin America as a united culture. After the Latin America tour and travels, Manu Chao lyrics were more often written in Spanish than were the Mano Negra lyrics. His songs also took the lyrics or chords of some popular tunes like "El preso" from "Fruko y Sus Tesos" (in "Desaparecido") or "La Verdolaga" a traditional Colombian cumbia (in "Por el Suelo").
Manu Chao's music does not follow a logical textual narrative, but in its eclectic construction it invokes a deeper understanding of its subject than any literal form could. He sings songs about the people of the streets, the outer provinces, and the marginalised; he sings with the forgotten and uncounted billions, the underclass, and in so doing, he speaks about the fragility of human kind. His music is a bridge, exploring the common ground and means of mutual understanding that are available to us, exponating the idea that beyond superfluous differences in cultural identity, we are all the same.
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Panik Panik
Manu Chao Lyrics
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Trop de traffic
Trop de traffic
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Tik tak tik tak
Panik panik
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Trop de traffic
Trop de traffic
C'est la panik en Afrique
Panik en Amérique
Panik aux fanatiques
Tak tik tak tik tak tik
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Trop de traffic
Panik économique
Panik aux Assedics
Panik à la boutique
Panik démographique
Paniker sans plastique
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Trop de traffic
Tik tak tik tak
Panik démocratique
Catholique islamique
Panik écologique
Totale bombe atomique
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Trop de traffic
Trop de traffic
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Tik tak tik tak
Panik, panik
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Tik tak tik tak
Panik panik
C'est la panik en Afrique
Panik en Amérique
Panik aux fanatiques
Tak tik tak tik tak tik
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Sur le périphérique
Chaud
Tik tak tik tak
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Sur le périphérique
Tik tak tik tak
Trop de traffic
C'est la panik, panik, panik
Tik tak tik tak
Lyrics © SONGS MUSIC PUBLISHING
Written by: JOSE-MANUEL THO CHAO
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Jean Aimarre
C'est la panique panique panique
sur le peripherik, Trop de traffic, panik economique
panik aux assedic paniko la boutik
panik demcroatik panik et sans plastik
C'est la panik panik panik
sur le peripherique, Trop de traffic, panik economique
Catholique Islamique
Panik Ecologik
Total bombe atomique
C'est la panik panik panik
sur le peripherik, Trop de traffic, Trop de traffic
Matheus Buffon
C'est la panik panik panik, sur le peripherik
C'est la panik panik panik, sur le peripherik
Trop de traffic, Trop de traffic
C'est la panik panik panik, sur le peripherik
Tik Tak Tik Tak Panik Panik
C'est la panik panik panik, sur le peripherik
Trop de traffic, Trop de traffic
C'est la panique en Afrik, panique en Amerik
Paniko fanatiK tik tak tik tak
C'est la panique panique panique
sur le peripherik, Trop de traffic, panik economique
panik aux assedic paniko la boutik
panik demcroatik panik et sans plastik
C'est la panik panik panik
sur le peripherique, Trop de traffic, panik economique
Catholique Islamique
Panik Ecologik
Total bombe atomique
C'est la panik panik panik
sur le peripherik, Trop de traffic, Trop de traffic
CASIO
THE BOMB- REMI GAILLARD brought me here...
GOAT GOATERSON
Same
French Power
Me too bro
Wendel R. Lima
Hi
Nosam Housni 2
me tho and hes from paris and im from belgium so i understand what he says in french
Noham HOUSNI
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Theo kociemski
Remi gaillard
xD
Brian Gutierrez
Alguien viene por Remi?
Francisco J. Sepulveda L.
yo tambien
Saida Erribhe
Si tio si