― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 20 November 2003 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 20 November 2003 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 November 2003 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Thursday, 20 November 2003 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 November 2003 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― daavid, Thursday, 20 November 2003 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)
In order:1. El Silencio, 1992 -- one of the best rock albums of the '90s, period.
2. El Diablito, 1990
3. Caifanes, 1988 -- but you REALLY need to get the version put out a couple years later, with their version of the apparently traditional cumbia "La Negro Tomassa" on it; it's one of their greatest tracks, not to mention one of Latin America's biggest rock hits ever.
4. El Nervio de; Volcan, 1994: See, thing is, they went WAY down hill when their genius Argentinan guitarist Alejandro Marcovich left, after El Silencio. They're a trio here, I believe, as opposed to a quintet. The Zep comunication breakdown and Roxy sax-glam quotients fall drastically, and Saul Hernandez -- one of the most beautiful rock falsettos of all time -- is starting to lose his high register, like say Axl Rose around the time of Use Your Illusion.
5. Jaguares's live album, which is all you will ever need by the bland hacks these guys have turned into. The difference between *El Silencio* and Jaguares is approximately the same as the difference between, I dunno, *Physical Graffiti* and the Firm. Or *Foxtrot* and a bad Phil Collins solo album, maybe. You get the idea, right?
― chuck, Thursday, 20 November 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― chuck, Thursday, 20 November 2003 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)
That psuedo new-age bollocksy crap goes down better in Spanish, as it sounds vaguely more 'poetic'. I tell ya this, 'cuz that's really the main problem with most rock en español: really mediocre lyrics and few great lyricists.
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 21 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Friday, 21 November 2003 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 21 November 2003 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― manuel (manuel), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)
El Silencio sounding pretty great at the moment
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:06 (four years ago)
This song is grebt:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8TtE-enslA
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 June 2023 00:36 (two years ago)
Didn't realize we had a Caifanes thread... short as it is. Yep "Viento" is great. Check out El Silencio and El Diablito if you haven't already, both great albums
― Vinnie, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:28 (two years ago)
doing some US gigs now
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 June 2023 04:32 (two years ago)
wow, had no idea they ever reunited
― Vinnie, Thursday, 8 June 2023 05:35 (two years ago)
Their discography is fairly short: 4 albums as Caifanes - and I think also 4 as Jaguares but almost no highlights in there.
Viento is a classic. I’m not a huge Caifanes fan but there’s some good ones in there. I think other than Viento my favorite is “ayer me dijo un ave” - lovely guitar and synth work.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 8 June 2023 13:51 (two years ago)
#Caifanes #Nashville #Charlotte #Raleigh #tennessee #northcarolina 8, 9 y 10 de junio @RodrigoBaills @diegoherreramar @SaulHernandezE @AlfonsoAndre @marcorenteriao pic.twitter.com/UyRQbfcBup— CAIFANES (@CAIFANESMEX) June 8, 2023
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 June 2023 15:45 (two years ago)
Apparently Marcovich was in an earlier version of the reunion until a decade ago, at least.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 June 2023 19:31 (two years ago)