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Salamanca Diaries:The Best 80s Music from Spain | Dance Tr8ks of La Movida

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Remezcla blogger Juliana Nalerio sends you lists n things from Valladolid, Spain while drinking too much caña, going to class, writing a thesis on latin life stateside, and just trying to make sense of it all.

About a month ago P., my amigo-casi-liado from Extremadura passes me a music list and tells me it’s all 80s and 90s music from Spain. It’s all taken from La movida, Spain’s New Wave moment, if you will. La movida was a (you’ll-never-guess) movement of the social, musical sort that emerged in the Madrid nightclub scene soon after the fall of Franco as civil liberties were being restored to the country. But mainly, it was a number of musicians, artists and fans with a lot of attitude that left us some fire music to enjoy foreva! Pump it up!


Prepare to dance all night & get some fashion tricks from these Spanish 80s super estrellas, happy watching…

10. “En Algun Lugar”
by Duncan Dhu


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09. “Quiero Tener tu Presencia”
by Seguridad Social

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08. “El Tonto Simón”
by Radio Futura

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07. “Manuel/Raquel”
by Tam Tam Go

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06. “Lobo Hombre en Paris”
by La Union


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05. “Cuando Brille el Sol”
by La Guardia

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04. “Hawaii-Bombay”
by Mecano

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03. “No Controles”
by Ole Ole

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02. “Aqui No Hay Playa”
by Los Refrescos

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01. “Bailando”
by Alaska


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Honorable Mention: “Sarri Sarri”
by Kortatu

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Y YA! WRITE BELOW AND DAME MAS CANCIONES… A BAILAR!!

WHAT MOVIDA ARTIST THAT YOU LISTEN TO DIDN’T MAKE THE TOP TEN?