 Clandestino (1998) [ larger cover art ] |
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Me llaman el desaparecido
Que cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido
Cuando me buscan nunca estoy
Cuando me encuentran yo no soy
El que está enfrente porque ya
Me fui corriendo más allá
Me dicen el desaparecido
Fantasma que nunca está
Me dicen el desagradecido
Pero ésa no es la verdad
Yo llevo en el cuerpo un dolor
Que no me deja respirar
Llevo en el cuerpo una condena
Que siempre me echa a caminar
Me dicen el desaparecido
Que cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido
Me dicen el desaparecido
Fantasma que nunca está
Me dicen el desagradecido
Pero ésa no es la verdad
Yo llevo en el cuerpo un motor
Que nunca deja de rolar
Yo llevo en el alma un camino
Destinado a nunca llegar
Cuando me buscan nunca estoy
Cuando me encuentran yo no soy
El que está enfrente porque ya
Me fui corriendo más allá
Me dicen el desaparecido
Cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido
Perdido en el siglo... siglo XX... rumbo al XXI
(Cuándo llegaré...)
''Song continues''
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 10:53 Not one of his best tunes ...  |
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: Mar 31, 2011 - 19:23 Nu2Me music... Why I love RP and avoid the others. Altho, it's expensive buying all these CDs... still, where there is one gold nugget there are probably more... Thanks... |
| TodHClover (Austria) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 07:41 oh my lord! my heart skipped a beat when i heard this begin |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 07:39 1 |
| zenmumu (Barcelona - Spain) | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 01:12 Manu Chao is great! he is very popular here in spain. Thanks! |
| jb0nez | Posted: Aug 22, 2010 - 15:57 Just wanted to say thanks to calypsus_1 for the contributions, I love checking the discussions to see if there's a picture of a live show or maybe a youtube link to something relevant. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 19, 2010 - 23:14  ManuChao_00 by ~lorepoo ©2008-2010 ~lorepoo About the concert: Both of them (Manu Chao and Radiohead) were amazing. Manu Chao is just all around awesome, and Radiohead has the coolest light show I have ever seen in my life. I bet people had seizures. . ———————————————————————————————————- Manu Chao - "Desaparecido" & "Rumba De Barcelona", Live Baionarena (2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wWoofPkEc |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 17, 2010 - 06:46 bachbeet wrote: Not crazy about this. His voice lacks any depth. The comfortable, curious vocal tone is precisely what attracts me to this song. Much like a rhythm instrument with a message. Voices with technical ability and depth? Any high school, church or subway should yield plenty of those. |
| DrXmith (Santander, Spain) | Posted: Feb 13, 2010 - 02:17 menudo coñazo de canción. Este es un parisino farsante |
| floydoftherocks (Frisco) | Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 15:45 uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...................? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 14:58 Manu Chao "Desaparecido" Live Buenos Aires (2005): |
| bachbeet | Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 21:04 Not crazy about this. His voice lacks any depth. |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 21:00 Shesdifferent wrote: Where else but RP would you hear this? +1 |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 15:44 Where else but RP would you hear this? |
| matiaspolanco | Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 15:44 Esta canción me tiene harto!!!!!... boring song. Where i live (mancora, peru) they play it all day over and over like 4 years ago... This is a song to listen like 7 times, then your mind explote... mati |
| a_genuine_find (not me, radio paradise) | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 14:26  |
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 14:24 Galaxian sound?  |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 02:09 aj76 wrote: It's Manu Chao from the band Mano Negra (and not manu negra) one of the best rock band from France ! enjoy it !! (Manu Chao change a little bit his style when he starts his solo career ) ps : mon anglais est pas top top si des français trouvent que ca ne veut rien dire, traduisez ! merci !!
Thx for this, but it was just my misspelling. I don't even know an artist named 'manu negra'. ;) |
| sharkey (Hogtown - Toronto - Canada) | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 12:10 aj76 wrote: It's Manu Chao from the band Mano Negra (and not manu negra) one of the best rock band from France ! enjoy it !! (Manu Chao change a little bit his style when he starts his solo career ) ps : mon anglais est pas top top si des français trouvent que ca ne veut rien dire, traduisez ! merci !! |
| Jared (South Central...MA) | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 12:10 trekhead wrote:   |
| aj76 | Posted: Nov 28, 2008 - 06:33 prickelpit96 wrote: Manu Negra....one of the most creative musicians in the world (IMHO).   Anyone here who knows his semi-Cuban project 'P18' ??It's Manu Chao from the band Mano Negra (and not manu negra) one of the best rock band from France ! enjoy it !! (Manu Chao change a little bit his style when he starts his solo career ) ps : mon anglais est pas top top si des français trouvent que ca ne veut rien dire, traduisez ! merci !! |
| skdenfeld (Bend, Oregon) | Posted: Oct 27, 2008 - 17:02 Calexico performs a snippet of this song in one of the tracks from the China Theater concert. I just can't recall which one. |
| Ahnyer_Keester (Chicago Il) | Posted: Aug 25, 2008 - 11:49 Not. My. Cuppa. Blah. |
| Laptopdog (Overcrowded, Overpriced & Overrated L.A.) | Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 19:39 Donde esta mi mute button?! |
| The_Enemy (The Sewer) | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 07:33 Dante_Angelo wrote: somebody pointed out to me that Manu was actually talking the case of an illegal immigrant to Spain.
If I recall right, Clandestino is a derogatory term for immigrant. Could be an album theme? |
| trekhead (Bumping BACK!!!) | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 07:18
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| gerardjfe (Barcelona) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 07:18 he talks of illegal immigrants, I guess everywhere... here you have the translation, a collaborative effort from some of us... Me llaman el desaparecido Que cuando llega ya se ha ido Volando vengo, volando voy Deprisa, deprisa a rumbo perdido They call me the (guy who is) disappeared that when he comes, has already gone I come flying, flying I go Quickly, quickly, on a lost course Cuando me buscan nunca estoy Cuando me encuentran yo no soy El que está enfrente porque ya me fui corriendo más allá When they're looking for me, I'm never there When they find me, its not me who is in front of them, because Ive already gone off, running farther away Me dicen el desaparecido Fantasma que nunca está Me dicen el desagradecido Pero esa no es la verdad They call me the disappeared a ghost who is never there They call me the (guy who is) ungrateful But that is not true Yo llevo en el cuerpo un dolor Que no me deja respirar Llevo en el cuerpo una condena Que siempre me echa a caminar I carry in my body a pain which does not let me breathe I carry in my body a sentence (condemnation) which always forces me to walk Me llaman el desaparecido Que cuando llega ya se ha ido Volando vengo, volando voy Deprisa, deprisa a rumbo perdido They call me the disappeared that when he comes, has already gone I come flying, flying I go Quickly, quickly, on a lost course Yo llevo en el cuerpo un motor Que nunca deja de rolar Yo llevo en el alma un camino Destinado a nunca llegar I carry in my body an engine which never stops running I carry in my soul a road destined to never arrive Me llaman el desaparecido Cuando llega ya se ha ido Volando vengo, volando voy Deprisa, deprisa a rumbo perdido Perdido en el siglo... siglo XX... rumbo al XXI They call me the disappeared that when he comes, has already gone I come flying, flying I go Quickly, quickly, on a lost course Lost in the Century... the XX Century... heading to the XXI one |
| Dante_Angelo | Posted: Mar 25, 2008 - 14:10 Gribnif wrote: It's interesting that he chose the name Desaparecido, since this is a term that is often used in Latin-American countries to describe people who are unlawfully "disappeared" by their government to keep them quiet. Instead, the lyrics imply that the subject of the song is voluntarily disappearing.
Yes, that is right. I have actually commented previously that the song was referred to the 'dissapeared' (especially Argentina and other South American countries) but somebody pointed out to me that Manu was actually talking the case of an illegal immigrant to Spain. I think that his remark makes perfect sense. Now, you are right and your comment about voluntarily of forcefully dissapearing is quite insightful. I guess you can say that there more than simply dictatorial governments acting now and producing new dissapeared people... I don't know, just musing... |
| coolpeople_rule | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 21:38 Gribnif wrote: It's interesting that he chose the name Desaparecido, since this is a term that is often used in Latin-American countries to describe people who are unlawfully "disappeared" by their government to keep them quiet. Instead, the lyrics imply that the subject of the song is voluntarily disappearing.
He wishes to exist no more?? |
| Gribnif | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 12:47 It's interesting that he chose the name Desaparecido, since this is a term that is often used in Latin-American countries to describe people who are unlawfully "disappeared" by their government to keep them quiet. Instead, the lyrics imply that the subject of the song is voluntarily disappearing. |
| ThePoose | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 12:37 B/g sound makes me want to play Centipede and zap a bunch of earwigs and spiders. |
| a_genuine_find (New Utrecht: Bruecklen) | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 12:36 Te Amo  |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 12:36 Not good. |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 12:35 Awesome! I love this song. |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 12:34  |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 02:40 miahfost wrote: DIE DIE DIE!
You definetely should take care about the kind and number of pills you swallow. Why not hit mute in case of music you don't like? 
To me i.e. this is nothing less than a 10. |
| stet (Venice Beach CA) | Posted: Oct 15, 2007 - 17:48 Marr wrote: This is how Babel Fish translates the first fiew lines of this song. So very confusing....
"They call the disappear to me When arrives already It has been flown I come, flying I go Quickly quickly to lost course When they never look for to me I am When they find I me I am not The one that is opposite because I was already running myself further on" Me llaman el desaparecido they call me the (guy who) disappeared Que cuando llega ya se ha ido that when he arrives has already gone Volando vengo, volando voy I come flying, and flying I go Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido quickly, quickly on a lost route Cuando me buscan nunca estoy when they';re looking for me, I'm never there Cuando me encuentran yo no soy when they find me it's not me El que est enfrente porque ya that's there, because I've already Me fui corriendo mas alla gone off, running farther awayl |
| The_Enemy (The Sewer) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 07:45 pablo_valenta wrote: saw him live a couple ot times here in Argentina...he´s very carismatic onstage, his shows are unforgetable
I saw him this summer in Toronto. Awesome high energy show. |
| miahfost (Svensk Socialist Soviet Monarki) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 07:43 DIE DIE DIE! |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 07:41 Great song. I'd love to hear some stuff off his new album if possible! |
| AliGator (Home) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 21:23 I love this song, and I don't know how to express it! el siglo veinte... |
| Painted_Turtle (guess which lily pad...) | Posted: Jul 13, 2007 - 09:33 gone, gone, always gone Its good to hear a different take on it  |
| Limpopoking (Limpopo) | Posted: Jun 12, 2007 - 00:09 Like it? Try "Los Fabuloso Cadillacs" & Kevin Johannsen... eeeexcelent! |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Jun 12, 2007 - 00:06 Manu Negra....one of the most creative musicians in the world (IMHO).
Anyone here who knows his semi-Cuban project 'P18' ?? |
| portlad (Portland, Oregon) | Posted: May 11, 2007 - 15:15 blades wrote:  Love this album Ditto! Absolutely fantastic! |
| jwb | Posted: Mar 25, 2007 - 11:12 Sampling arcade games == quite likeable. |
| Kaw (Leeuwarden (The Netherlands)) | Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 05:10 I don't know why, but I like this song! It makes me happy and thinking about holidays with my girlfriend. |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Jan 08, 2007 - 12:36 Danny_G wrote: Online/computer translators sucks! Use the Force, Luck 
True, but sometimes its more enjoyable than the real translation. |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Jan 08, 2007 - 12:33 Marr wrote: This is how Babel Fish translates the first fiew lines of this song. So very confusing....
"They call the disappear to me When arrives already It has been flown I come, flying I go Quickly quickly to lost course When they never look for to me I am When they find I me I am not The one that is opposite because I was already running myself further on" Online/computer translators sucks! Use the Force, Luck
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