Or maybe you still love it, but now you have a different perspective.

  • takeheart@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    “Vamos a playa” by Righeira carries a lightweight, upbeat tune that vacationers might hum on the way to the beach. But the Spanish lyrics reveal that it’s about the devastation left behind by nuclear armaments. And the schism between trying to live an ordinary life whilst having a nuclear Damocles sword waver over your head. That it became such a world wide hit makes it all the more ironic. I love it all the more for it.

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      52 minutes ago

      Ay dios mio! I never knew this and always thought of it as cheesy vacation song.