MEXICO
Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del 5to Patio
Pachuco
Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del 5to Patio is one of the most representative bands of Mexican rock movement of the late 80's - early 90's. They reached the peak of their fame with their second album titled El Circo (The Circus), who went to become the most sold rock album in the country's history at the time. The first single and probably the bands most emblematic song is Pachuco, a song which references a style of clothing and behavior that was popular within working class Mexicans and Chicanos during the late 40's and early 50's. The lyrics is mainly abouth the criticism received by youth from older generations around their dress, speach and manners, without them realizing they also had a "rebelious" phase in their lives.
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Lyrics in Spanish
No se como te atreves
A vestirte de esa forma
Y salir, así.
En mis tiempos todo era elegante
Sin greñudos y sin rock.
¡Hey pa! fuiste pachuco,
También te regañaban.
¡Hey pa! bailabas mambo,
Tienes que recordarlo.
No se como se atreven
A vestirse de esa forma
Y salir así.
En mis tiempos todas las mujeres
Eran serias no habia punk.
¡Hey pa! fuiste pachuco,
También te regañaban.
¡Hey pa! bailabas mambo,
Tienes que recordarlo.
No se como se atreven
A vestirse de esa forma
Y salir así.
Yo recuerdo
Mi generación era
Decente y muy formal
¡Hey pa! fuiste pachuco,
También te regañaban.
¡Hey pa! bailabas mambo,
Tienes que recordarlo.
Lyrics translation
I don't know, how it is that you dare
To dress that way
And go out like that.
Back in my day, everything was elegant
Without long-haired guys and without rock.
Hey dad! You were once a pachuco
You, too, would get scolded.
Hey dad! You danced mambo.
You have to remember.
I don't know how people your age dare
To dress that way
And go out like that.
Back in my day, all women
Were serious, there wasn't any punk.
Hey dad! You were once a pachuco!
You, too, would get scolded.
Hey dad! You danced mambo.
You have to remember.
I don't know how people your age dare
To dress that way
And go out like that.
I remember
My generation was
decent and very formal.
Hey dad! You were once a pachuco!
You, too, would get scolded.
Hey dad! You danced mambo.
You have to remember.