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- ROCK AND ROLL
- Actually, most hip Mexican rock slang is merely
- English. You won't need translations to speak of
- "punk," "heavy metal," "rap," "jazz," "blues,"
- "country" or "rock" music. Those wishing to
- explore Mexican music might ask about RANCHERO or
- NORTEñO (cowboy, country music), CúMBIA or MúSICA
- TROPICAL (infectious Caribbean boogie music),
- BALADAS ("vocal" music), or BAILABLES (dance
- music). DISCO is both a record and a discotheque,
- a DISCOTECA is a record store. "Hits" are éXITOS
- or PEGADITOS; hit music is MúSICA DE MUCHO PEGUE.
-
- To play music in Spanish is TOCAR. Along with
- MúSICA ROCK, there are words like ROCANROLERO (a
- rocker, as in the TIMBIRICHE hit, EL GATO
- ROCANROLERO) and ROQUEAR meaning to rock, as in
- the expression ROQUEáNDOTE TODA LA NOCHE
- (rocking you all night long). An expression almost
- sure to get a laugh is "!QUEREMOS ROCK!" (We want
- rock), a tag line of a famous television comedian.
-
- While CINE is "the movies," by the way, "film" is
- PELíCULA and DE PELíCULA means "fabulous,"
- like something out of a movie. TODA LA PELíCULA
- (the whole movie), on the other hand, means "the
- whole nine yards," "the whole song and dance,"
- "the works."