"Antònia Font" is a catalan pop band from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain… Read Full Bio ↴"Antònia Font" is a catalan pop band from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. The band was formed in 1997. Their music is basically festive and their lyrics are funny, inventive and realistic; they focus on space, astronomy and everything related with astronauts, but also on the everyday reality, establishing a constant game between a local and a universal or cosmic perspective of the world we are immersed in.

All their lyrics are written in Catalan. They have released eight studio albums:Antònia Font (1999), A Rússia (2001), Alegria (2002), Taxi (2004), Batiscafo Katiuscas (2006), Coser i Cantar (2007), Lamparetes (2011) and Vostè és aquí (2012). Also they have released one compilation album, Pareix talment una foto (2008).

On november 27, 2013, the band announced its dissolution.

Their song-writer is guitarist Joan Miquel Oliver who also produces records on his own and writes for other bands like Fora Des Sembrat and La Fosca. The other band members are Pau Debon (voice), Jaume Manresa (keyboards), Pere Manel Debon (drums) and Joan Roca (bass).

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Antònia Font Lyrics

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Fumen es pescadors,
Blanca es sa platja africana
I un tauronet petit
Neda amb sa taurona mare.

Mamà, avui m'he clavat
Un fil de coco dins un ull.
Mamà, qui som?,

Es papà diu que som es seu tigreton.

Bamboo, ets tu,
Aigua de fruites, tiramissú,
Bamboo, ets tu ...

Criden es pescadors,
Rotja es sa platja africana
I un tauronet petit
Sopa amb son pare i sa mare.

Mamà, avui m'he clavat
Un fil de coco dins un ull.
Mamà, que no,
Es papà diu que som es seu airgam-boy.

Bamboo, ets tu,
Canya de sucre, mousse de iogurt.
Bamboo, ets tu ...

Bamboo, ets tu,
Aigua de fruites, tiramissú,
Bamboo, ets tu ...

Bamboo, ets tu,

Canya de sucre, mousse de iogurt.
Bamboo, ets tu ...

Overall Meaning

The song "Bamboo" by Antònia Font begins with a picturesque scene of fishermen smoking their catch on an African beach, while a small bull swims with his mother. The first verse is followed by a child's voice, presumably the singer's, telling their mother that they have gotten a coconut fiber stuck in their eye. The child then asks who they are, to which their father responds that they are his little tiger cub, or in the second verse, his airgam-boy.

The chorus of the song, "Bamboo, ets tu," or "Bamboo, it's you," is repeated throughout the song, with different food and drink combinations added each time. The second verse describes the fishermen shouting, while the young bull eats with his parents. The child again tells their mother about the coconut fiber, and this time corrects their father's previous answer, stating that they are not a tiger cub.

The lyrics of "Bamboo" evoke a sense of innocence and wonder, with the childlike voice and descriptions of the natural world. The repetition of the chorus with different food and drink combinations adds a sense of whimsy to the song, as if each time the child is saying that their identity is tied to something new and exciting.

Line by Line Meaning

Fumen es pescadors,
The fishermen are smoking.

Blanca es sa platja africana
The African beach is white.

I un tauronet petit
And a little bull.

Neda amb sa taurona mare.
Swims with its mother cow.

Mamà, avui m'he clavat
Mom, today I poked.

Un fil de coco dins un ull.
A coconut string in my eye.

Mamà, qui som?,
Mom, who are we?

Es papà diu que som es seu tigreton.
Dad says we are his little tigers.

Bamboo, ets tu,
Bamboo, it's you.

Aigua de fruites, tiramissú,
Fruit water, tiramisu.

Criden es pescadors,
The fishermen shout.