One of the facets that has shaped the way I listened to music was my dad’s favorite artists. He was always the one who would play these bands at home and it either steered me to or away from it. Early on it was away, but now I see what the fuss was all about. This song recollects all the things that I hated before but now are part of my musical landscape. The 80’s, Spanish music, pop music. Back then I never understood my dad’s fascination with this band, but now, well now I see the light. If this song was made in English, it would be an 80’s staple just like all those one offers. You would hear it in a weird movie and go “Oh yeeeaah, I love this song” but alas, you problaby would’ve never heard it if I hadn’t brought it up. Not unless you lived in South America in 80’s, because there it’s a classic. So is this band, who recently had a very successful reunion tour. Ok, back to the song. Well it’s protypical 80’s, lots of synth, lots of beat, lots of harmonizing, catchy as hell. If it wasn’t in Spanish it would’ve been made by Depeche Mode. The lyrics talk about a guy spying on a girl through blinds, because for some reason 80’s band love to talk about creepy things like that. But it’s the tone and the structure, the singing, the repeatable chorus, the very 80’s everything. It’s not cheesy, but it could be. No, it’s not cheesy, it’s a classic, a forgotten classic. It belongs in this list.

Persiana Americana — Soda Stereo