The band was formed from the fusion of 2 smallers bands, the Hot Pants and the Casse-pieds.
Mano Negra mixed a number of styles: straight rock (with a lead guitar), latin music (with a brass section), punk (influenced by The Clash). Their songs often mixed French, Spanish and English lyrics.
Frontman Manu Chao later reappeared as as the lead in Radio Bemba Sound System to record their eponymous 2002 live album. He has also released four solo albums, Clandestino and Proxima Estacion: Esperanza in 1998 and 2002,Siberie M'Etait Conteee in 2005 and La Radiolina in 2007.
Former band member Tom Darnal was one of the founders of the band P18
About name
La Mano Negra ("The Black Hand") was a supposed anarchist organization in Andalucía, Spain, accused of many terrorist acts. Although, in latter studies, its existence was found unlikely and was probably an excuse used by the government under Sagasta to oppress anarchist activity in southern Spain.
Sur
Mano Negra Lyrics
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Contra el destino yo luchare
Que no lo aguanta mi cuerpo
Lo frío de un mundo sin volverte a ver
Y como un pajaro muerto
Volando me iré para el infierno
Donde viven desconsolados
Les que de ti se han alejao'
Y llorale al pajaro muerto
El que yo nunca seré
The lyrics to the Mano Negra song "Sur" are filled with emotion and passion, expressing the deep pain of losing someone and the lengths one would go to keep them in their life. The first line, "Si yo algun dia te pierdo" ("If I ever lose you someday"), sets the stage for the rest of the song which speaks to the fear and anxiety that comes with the prospect of losing a loved one. The singer then vows to fight against fate to keep this person with them, saying "Contra el destino yo luchare" ("Against destiny, I will fight").
The second line of the song, "Que no lo aguanta mi cuerpo" ("My body cannot bear it"), expresses the tremendous physical toll that losing someone would take on the singer. The pain would be so great that it would feel like the coldness of a world without the person they love. The next few lines use vivid imagery to describe the singer's final destination if they were to lose this person - they would fly like a dead bird to hell, where the desolate residents would mourn the loss of their loved ones who have left them.
The final lines of the song are perhaps the most poignant, as the singer begins to mourn the loss of themselves - "El que yo nunca seré" ("The one I will never be"). The idea that losing someone can fundamentally change a person is a powerful one, and it is clear that the singer would never be the same without the person they love.
Line by Line Meaning
Si yo algun dia te pierdo
If I ever lose you
Contra el destino yo luchare
Against fate I will fight
Que no lo aguanta mi cuerpo
My body can't bear it
Lo frio de un mundo sin volverte a ver
The coldness of a world without seeing you again
Y como un pajaro muerto
And like a dead bird
Volando me ire para el infierno
I'll fly away to hell
Donde viven desconsolados
Where the inconsolable live
Les que de ti se han alejao'
Those who have moved away from you
Y llorale al pajaro muerto
And cry for the dead bird
Y llorale al pajaro muerto
And cry for the dead bird
El que yo nunca sere
Who I will never be
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC , EMI Music Publishing
Written by: ANTOINE CHAO, DANIEL JAMET, JACQUES CLAYEUX, JOSE MANUEL CHAO, OLIVIER DAHAN, PHILIPPE TEBOUL, SANTIAGO CASARIEGO, THOMAS ARROYOS, THOMAS DARNAL
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Marcos Besada
Tremenda banda!!!
juan mauricio zea villamil
Donde viven desconsolaos los que de ti se han alejao
ANGELICA VELASCO
<3 lo frio de un mundo sin volverte a verrrrrr
Mano Negra Web
Gracias a vos por mirar mis videos :)
joao Caniça
Sao espetáculo
CommandantMARCO
Merci pour tout Nicolas !!