Music is an indispensable part of people’s lives, it is that perfect “soundtrack” that accompanies every experience, that is why in this International Pride Day We want to take a tour of the best songs in spanish to live the Pride month.
I was not born to love
Juan Gabriel is considered an icon of the LGBTIQ+ community in Mexico, in 1980 and with his song “I was not born to love” he recounted the loneliness he faces for not having someone to love. Posthumous to the death of Divo de Juárez, this song was released as a duet with the Venezuelan singer Lasso. “Everyone asked why, I always used to say, I wasn’t born to love, nobody was born for me, I was just a crazy dreamer, nothing more.”
Bandit lover
While this 1884 song by Miguel Bosé does not have an explicit message regarding community in its lyrics, it is the sensual music that has made it recognized as a tribute to free love that defies stereotypes. “And in a forbidden oasis, forbidden, for love, for love conceived. I will lose myself in a moment with you. I will forever be your hero of love.”
Just friends
This song was released in 1988 by Ana Gabriel, and recently through social networks, fans suspected that this song was dedicated to the actress and host Verónica Castro, with whom it was said that she had a relationship, however, this was not confirmed. by none of the artists. “But who really knows what happens between the two, if each person, when night comes, pretends to say goodbye. How much I would give to shout our love to them, to tell them that when we close the door we love each other without control.”
The great man
This 1989 song by Willie Colon hides, behind its cheerful rhythm, the story of Don Andrés’s son, a young man named Simón who dressed as a woman and whom his father no longer sees until he finds out that Simón died of a strange illness. “People say that one day his father went to visit him without warning, what a mistake. And a woman spoke to him as he passed by, she said “Hello, how are you, dad? How are you doing?”
I will Survive
Around the year 2000, singer Mónica Naranjo released this anthem of resilience to overcome fear and pain, with which many members of the community identified and appropriated as a symbol of struggle to overcome their challenges. “I will survive, I will look for a home among the rubble of my loneliness… And even if it hurts, I want freedom, even if it hurts me.”
Woman against woman
Another of the songs that during the year 2000 was a success for the LGBTIQ+ community was Mujer contra Mujer by the Spanish singer Ana Torroja, where through this song she describes the story of two women who hide their love behind the word friendship. “A love to hide although in the nude there is nowhere to hide it. They disguise it as friendship when they go out for a walk in the city.”
He who wants to understand, let him understand
This 2000s song by the band Mago de Oz is a cry for the rights of the LGBTI+ community and a critique of society to join this fight and educate themselves so as not to discriminate. “If you have to fight, fighting is educating… The right to choose which head you share your pillow with.”
Who cares
The original song was released by the Spanish group Alaska y Dinarama, however, in 2002 Thalía made her own version with lyrics that fill her with courage and confirm that one must live without paying attention to what others say. “I know they criticize me, I know they hate me, envy eats away at them, my life overwhelms them. Why is that? It’s not my fault.”
Everyone look at me
Since 2006, this song by Gloria Trevi has become a reference point for the LGBTIQ+ community thanks to its message of freedom and empowerment, despite fear and humiliation. “I looked in the mirror and I couldn’t find myself, I was only what you wanted to see. And I let my hair down, I dressed like a queen, I put on heels, I painted myself and I was beautiful.”
It was different
Regional Mexican music is not far behind either, in 2014 Los Tigres del Norte published this song that tells the story of a young woman who was never interested in the love of a man, but who gave flowers to her friend, referring to a lesbian romance. “They say that the ideal flight is dove and pigeon, and another form of love seems strange to them. I just think that there are air currents and everyone who breathes in their own wind is better.”
