1) In Argentina, after… Read Full Bio ↴At least three bands have used the name Riff:
1) In Argentina, after separation of Pappo's Blues and Aeroblus, Norberto Napolitano formed a new band called Riff in 1980. They released six studio albums between 1981 and 1997 all with lyrics in Spanish. Riff was a founding stone in Argentinean/Latin American Rock and Roll.
2) American R&B band Riff reached their greatest success in 1991 with the single “My Heart is Failing Me,” which reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, #6 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #29 on Billboard Adult Contemporary. Follow-up single “If You’re Serious” reached #88 on the Hot 100 and #7 on Hot R&B. The group would crack the Hot 100 once more in 1992 with “White Men Can’t Jump;” they logged a total of six R&B chart entries. Debut album Riff (1991) was followed by To Whom It May Concern (1993).
3) A Romanian rock band.
4) Crash N' Burn is a hard rock band from Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that was formed in 1984 under the name ]The Riffs. Later, the band changed its name to Riff and later Crash N' Burn.
5) Riff, aka Ahmed Refaat, is an electronic music producer and musician from the Khanka neighbourhood, Greater Cairo Region, Egypt. While emerging into the industrial, isolated daily life of the Khanka, Riff sought to establish a musical astral plane combining heavy chaabi tones with the overwhelming warmness of his LO-FI self.
Geisha
Riff Lyrics
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¿será mi imaginación?;
si ella existe no hay nada más,
nada más que mi perdición.
Geisha, geisha, geisha;
geisha, geisha, geisha.
hoy conviven a mi lado;
y tú aquí en mi habitación,
con leyendas del pasado.
Geisha, geisha, geisha;
geisha, geisha, geisha.
Mi muñeca amarilla,
maquinaria oriental,
hoy promete maravillas,
ella es algo especial.
Geisha, geisha, geisha;
geisha, geisha, geisha.
The lyrics to Riff's song Geisha seem to describe the singer's infatuation with a woman or object named Geisha. The first line ("Hoy la veo al despertar") translates to "today I see her when I wake up." The singer is unsure if Geisha is real or just their imagination, but regardless, they see her as their downfall or "perdición."
The following lines bring in the theme of technology and modernity ("Dioses de la computación / hoy conviven a mi lado"), juxtaposed with Geisha's "leyendas del pasado" or past legends. This juxtaposition could represent a longing for the past, or a resistance to the overwhelming presence of technology in modern society.
The chorus ("Geisha, geisha, geisha") is repeated multiple times throughout the song, emphasizing the obsession or fixation the singer has with Geisha, who is described as a "maquinaria oriental" or Oriental machinery. The final line ("ella es algo especial") suggests that the singer sees Geisha as unique or special in some way, perhaps despite her artificiality.
Overall, the song seems to touch on themes of technology, nostalgia, and obsession, all wrapped up in the image of Geisha, whether she is a real woman or something more abstract.
Line by Line Meaning
Hoy la veo al despertar,
Today when I woke up, I saw her,
¿será mi imaginación?;
I wonder if she's just my imagination;
si ella existe no hay nada más,
If she does exist, there's nothing else,
nada más que mi perdición.
Nothing else but my downfall.
Dioses de la computación
Gods of computation,
hoy conviven a mi lado;
Today, they coexist with me;
y tú aquí en mi habitación,
And you're here in my room,
con leyendas del pasado.
With legends of the past.
Mi muñeca amarilla,
My yellow doll,
maquinaria oriental,
Oriental machinery,
hoy promete maravillas,
Today promises wonders,
ella es algo especial.
She is something special.
Geisha, geisha, geisha;
Geisha, geisha, geisha;
geisha, geisha, geisha.
Geisha, geisha, geisha.
Contributed by Brody R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
INO LURBE
Hoy la veo al despertar
será mi imaginación?
si ella existe no hay nada mas,
nada mas que mi perdición
Geisha, Geisha, Geisha
Geisha, Geisha, Geisha
Dioses de la computación
hoy conviven a mi lado
y tu en mi habitación
con leyendas del pasado
Geisha, Geisha, Geisha
Geisha, Geisha, Geisha
Mi muñeca amarilla
maquinaria oriental
hoy promete maravillas
ella es algo especial
Geisha, Geisha, Geisha
Geisha, Geisha, Geisha
Pablo Cordera
Necesitamos más de Pappo lpmmmm!
Franco Javier Fazio
mas de Pappo y de Luca!!
Luis Ricardo Javier Nuñez Zambrana
Música clásica y... ¡¡¡¡VERDADERO ROCK NACIONAL!!!!
Guillermo Galarza
Weee que temazo RIFF x siempre
Anibal Horacio Dominguez
El mejor solo de guitarra del rock argentino.
a r2
que temaso lpm!
Sandra Guevara
Temazoooo lo amo!!
Dargoy
Que temazoooo!!!!!!!
Sergio Daniel Medina
Volver pappo amigo te extrañamos mucho amigo...!!! 🎸
Luis Ricardo Javier Nuñez Zambrana
¡¡¡Qué Grooooooso Papaaaaaaaáááááá´!!!