Continuing the programme

[Magda Hassan]

While looking through some of my music for some thing suitably tacky to post for the Max Bygrave vid I came across this. I should have used this in response to Jan's 'Scary Monsters and Super Creeps' by Bowie instead of Lily Allen. It is a Chilean group playing in the US in 1986 but the song was written in 1975. They were still in exile as their music was banned by Pinochet and their friend and fellow musician Victor Jara was murdered by the military for his music. The word Malembe refers to a Voodoo god. For the workers and good honest people it is a good god but for the bad people of the world it is a bad god. The song is basically an incantation to the god to give it to the generals in Chile and fascists everywhere. Anyway, it is great fun and catchy and I like Malembe, both the song and the Voodoo god :lol:
Rough translation for the non Spanish speakers:
Here I bring my Malembe
to give it hard and strong,
to these four generals
that have caused so much death.

Malembe, Malembe,
Oh, Malembe, Malembe.
To finish Malembe, Malembe.
For traitors, Malembe, Malembe.
For the fascists, Malembe, Malembe.
For gorillas, Malembe, Malembe.

Malembe is a good thing
for fair and honest
but it is evil and pernicious
for all evil.

Malembe is alive
it is in workers
there will be no escaping momio (mummies is colloquial for reactionaries)
when they fall traitors.