And later they would also change their name to LAGHONIA it means the Agony but they added an H in the middle la agonia means the agony in Spanish. It was strange because the cicle of music was coming to and end with the inminent breakup of the Beatles. Their musical horizons were broadening and now they were looking for a guitar player that could be a part of the band’s new ideas. Eddy found him and he came for an audition. David Levene was a typical lead guitar player he was a combination of Blues and psycodelia Just what the Cornejo brothers wanted to give the band new dynamics. Something like The Jimmy Hendrix Experience,Cream,Vainilla fudge,Spirit,Blues Image witch by the way were bands that the North American Levene liked very much.
The result was EXPLOSIVE!
Immediately they recorded Glue ,a song that Saul wrote when he read an article in time magazine about the latest drug craze in the US of inhaling Glue,the lyrics talk about pier pressure ,,the B side was a song called "Billy Morsa" it's a Latin shuffle with Lennon style chords, the words talk about a fictional character who was murdered in jail. The band needed someone to play the keyboards and so they called this guy they knew who played Jazz and Brazilian music they approached Carlos and asked him if he would be interested in playing with them, So the song Bahia was the first song they recorded with Carlos, The Idea for the song came when Saul was looking at an Almanac with Brazilian girls in different Brazilian cities and one of those Cities was Bahia Manuel added the Latin Rhythm and David played that Guitar solo a la Santana. and this was their first hit! The B side had a song that was written by David, Saul and Manuel. At that time David had been listening to the Beatles white Album and was very much impressed with the Solo in the song while my guitar gently weeps and you can hear that influence in Sand man.
SAUL CORNEJO guitarra y voces
MANUEL CORNEJO batería y percusión
DAVE LEVENE guitarra y voces
EDDY ZARAUZ bajo (1965 - 1970)
CARLOS SALOM teclados
ERNESTO SAMANE bajo
LAGHONIA was the only band in Peru and in South America to use the Hammond B-3 Organ Live and in recordings. Their concerts were very impressive because of the textures of sound they produced, members of other known bands in Peru such as Traffic sound and other bands used to go to their shows attracted by their esoteric and strange songs like Mary Ann or Speed fever that had polyrhythms a la Dave brubeck. They kept playing all over and moving in Saul's "Antique" 1955 Olds ,Saul was a very serious person, so one would think but his timing for Jokes was perfect,so much for serious. Also the band had hired the services of a Moving company to Move all that heavy equipment Carlos used to go were ever that Hammond went ,so he used to sit on top of the Leslie speaker making sure there was not even a scratch on that B-2. LAGHONIA was also the only Band in Peru that had Roadies and a security crew. David and Manuel were Obsessed with the Groupies, It was very hard for them to play,care for the equipment and keep so many girls happy ,but they managed. Songs like lonely people had very unusual harmonies, this one has an Hindu style ending. They remember that when they played that particular song some potheads used to put their heads so close to the speakers that the security people had to act very quickly to avoid accidents. In the studio Glue and Etcetera were recorded almost live because in those days most studios had only eight tracks so the band had to be very tight,In the song "Trouble child" you can clearly hear the influence of the Yardbirds and in the song "And I saw her walking" Motown was the source of inspiration, all the songs were recorded in 7 or 9 consecutive takes. Sometimes the band used to hang out in David's part of town were they would talk and play guitar it was one of those days while talking about life and death that they came up with the song Someday. Also one night the on their way back to their house it started to rain very hard and it never rains in Lima ,Saul and Manuel wrote the song "Everybody on Monday" a very folksy song sounds like Simon and Garfunkel and wild horses by the stones. A song that was not included in Etcetera was "Bengal tiger" dedicated to that great Feline that is in danger of extinction. And finally "No solution" Bonus track a song they played so many times and was never recorded. At the beginning of the Etcetera album Eddy and Alex left the band.Manuel, Saul, Carlos and Dave finished the album. Later on the band brokeup leaving with us those great recordings and a feeling that is very hard to duplicate.
Neighbor
Laghonia Lyrics
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Big, big place
Where they all live together
There are only one thousand and fifteen houses
Not too much! Ha?
There goes the fat old lady, with those ugly Chinese
Dogs in her hand, and I see her every day…
And it looks so funny. For me, you know?
Here I am again man… Oh Yes… You Know
People are weird here
What I'm doing here, what I'm doing here!
Yes… watching the People, Oh! I didn't remember,
Where are my glasses, where are my glasses!
But the big, big true is… I don't wear glasses
And I'm guilty too…
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Oh! Please don't tell me if I'm wrong or right
Cause I'm lost watching what you people do
From the people all around
We're living, living
Living living all together
Living living all together (Here we are)
Living living all together (You and me)
Living living all together
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Oh! Please don't tell me if I'm wrong or right
Cause I'm lost watching what you people do
From the people all around
We're living, living
Living living all together
Living living all together (Here we are)
Living living all together (You and me)
Living living all together
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
The lyrics of Laghonia's "Neighbor" examine the experience of living in a large, communal setting. The singer describes observing the people and their behavior, highlighting their quirks and oddities. The lyrics convey a sense of bemusement at the antics of the people around them and a sense of feeling lost or disconnected from the community. As the song progresses, the singer asserts that they are a part of the community and that they are all living together. The repetition of the refrain "Neighbor! We are living in this place now" underscores this sense of collective existence.
The lyrics of "Neighbor" can be read as a commentary on the challenges and rewards of communal living. The song acknowledges the difficulties of living in close proximity to others, such as the annoyance of a neighbor's loud dogs or feeling lost in a sea of unfamiliar faces. However, it also celebrates the sense of belonging and shared experience that comes with living in a community. This tension between the positive and negative aspects of communal living is expressed through the song's upbeat melody and the singer's ambivalent tone.
Overall, the lyrics of "Neighbor" offer a nuanced reflection on the complexities of communal living. The song captures the sense of both frustration and connection that can come with sharing a living space with others.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm going to start to talk to you about this place,
Let me start talking to you about the area we currently live in
Big, big place
It's quite a vast area
Where they all live together
A place where everyone resides in harmony
There are only one thousand and fifteen houses
In this area, there are exactly 1015 residences
Not too much! Ha?
Is it not surprising to find out that it is not that much?
There goes the fat old lady, with those ugly Chinese Dogs in her hand, and I see her every day… And it looks so funny. For me, you know?
I notice a stout elderly lady with her peculiar-looking Chinese puppies daily, and I find it amusing.
Oh! Please don't tell me if I'm wrong or right
Please do not inform me if I'm mistaken or correct
Cause I'm lost watching what you people do
I get lost observing the strange behaviors of people
From the people all around
From everyone in our surroundings
We're living, living
We are all living our lives
Living living all together
Living alongside each other in this community
Neighbor! We are living in this place now
We are neighbors who coexist in this community
Here we are
And this is where we are right now
You and me
Just you and me, along with everyone else
Contributed by Charlotte L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Galactic Vibrations
Laghonia was such a great band! Thanks for adding the link in the description Heduardo, I really enjoyed reading about the band. :-)
ebm93
Realmente espero que no se olviden de Traffic Sound!
sergio gaytan
mas que admirable,peru tiene a tres gigantes de la psicodelia con laghonia , pax y tarkus (mi favorito). les recomiendo a el ritual de mexico.
Victor Hugo Flores Villacorta
@Miguel Angel
El pirata, tempestad, Martha ya esta, Tema para Lilus
Miguel Angel
Saludos.
Qué canción recomiendas de Tarkus.
victor manuel
Tráffic sound.
El Álamo.
Los Mads.
Har09if
te falto a LOS HOLY'S peruanos ellos tambien, los reyes de la psicodelia para mi
alfa centauro3
¿quien lo diría? unos peruanitos adelantando el rap y encima mezclándolo con rock ácido psicodélico, ¿es o no admirable?, en esos años se bailaba este tema y otros como glue, Bahía o the Sandman en todos los "tonos" y hoy en cambio...........¡ajjj!
Omar Luna
@Har09if No suena a rap, más bien el funk tira un poco más a eso.
Victor Hugo Flores Villacorta
eso creo tambien