Cantos Cautivos
170 results where found for «May the Omelette Turn Over»
- Music piece by:Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio. Popularized by Quilapayún
- Testimony by:Claudio Melgarejo
- Experience in:Comisaría de Concepción, November 1973
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- « I spent a week in captivity, in November 1973. I didn’t hear many songs, but the most popular ones sung by my comrades were 'Venceremos' (We Shall be Victorious) and 'Que la tortilla se vuelva' (May the Omelette Flip Over), also known as 'The Tomato Song', which portrays the bosses' exploitation of the workers. »
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- « May the Omelette Turn Over »
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- Music piece by:Violeta Parra
- Testimony by:Felipe Chiang Martínez
- Experience in:Regimiento de Infantería Motorizada Nº 23, Copiapó, October-December 1973
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- « I was born in Vallenar, but I have lived in Copiapó practically all my life. At the age of 18, I started working in the mines and also began my political activity. »
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- « In the Regiment, when we listened to the programme ‘Escucha Chile’ (Listen Chile) on Radio Moscow, we also sometimes heard‘Arriba en la cordillera’ (Up in the Mountains) by Patricio Manns, ‘Venceremos’ (We Shall Prevail) and ‘Que la tortilla se vuelva’ (May the Omelette Flip Over) by Quilapayún, and other songs that were sung during the Spanish Civil War. »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « I don’t want to exaggerate but Camp Melinka became not only a factory that produced handicrafts and a performance hall but also a university. »
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- « Songs are good for releasing a singer from tempestuous doubts and allowing him to denounce injustice openly, with no qualms. In other words, the way things are painted when we see the world in black and white. Joking aside, the positive medicinal effect of music therapy is undeniable. Beyond the value that a songwriter gives a song or that others may give, I think songwriting was a discovery that helped me, above all, to give meaning to my life as a prisoner. »
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- Music piece by:lyrics: collective creation; music: 'Jálame la pitita' by Luis Abanto Morales (Peruvian polka)
- Testimony by:Lucía Chirinos
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, October 1973 - April 1974
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- « Let’s get going, would say “the lizards”, as we called the policemen, because they dress all in green. »
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- « The political prisoners would sing 'La Golondrina' in two voices. Valentina would sing the solo and we would produce a kind of murmur. We entertained ourselves with this. For Christmas, the nuns sent us an omelette and we sent a brick in return. You had to make a speech and sing. I sang 'Alfonsina y el mar'. »
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- Music piece by:Tito Fernández
- Testimony by:Servando Becerra Poblete
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, 9 November 1973 - 10 November 1974
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- « I recited this poem in the National Stadium. I continued to do so in the Chacabuco prison camp, earning the nickname of “Venancio” from my fellow prisoners. »
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- « your father, the overseer. »
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- Music piece by:Nicolás Guillén (lyrics) and Quilapayún (music)
- Testimony by:Domingo Lizama
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valdivia / Cárcel de Isla Teja, 1973 - 1978
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- « In prison, there was a guy who played the guitar. He cheered up the afternoons in the cell. We all sang with him. »
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- « there, over the horizon... »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « Prison forced me to think quite a lot about my political past and my total commitment to an ideological cause, and its consequences. »
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- « It is not the same a lover »
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- Music piece by:Alfredo Zitarrosa
- Testimony by:Luis Cifuentes Seves
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, November – April 1974
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- « Marcelo Concha Bascuñán, a member of the Los de Chacabuco band, was a young man of great charisma and personal skills. He had been a swimming champion and was an outstanding guitarist and singer. »
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- « to travel them overburdened. »
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- Music piece by:Patricio Manns
- Testimony by:Renato Alvarado
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- « I arrived at Tres Álamos on the eve of the departure for Mexico with a large group of prisoners. The group included Dr. Ipinza, who before leaving entrusted me with the job of physician, the medicine donated by the Red Cross, and his position in the
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- « that the governor doesn’t want »
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- Music piece by:Jacqueline Misrahi, Lana Sebastian and Paul Sebastian. Popularised by Dalida in various languages: Italian ('Gigi L’amoroso'), Spanish ('Gigi el amoroso'), French ('Gigi l'amour'), English ('The Great Gigi l’amoroso'), German ('Gigi der Geliebte') and Japanese ('Ai suru Jiji').
- Testimony by:Eduardo René Cuevas
- Experience in:Regimiento de Infantería Reforzada Nº 3, Los Ángeles (nowadays Regimiento de Infantería Nº 17), October - November 1973
- « I arrived at Tres Álamos on the eve of the departure for Mexico with a large group of prisoners. The group included Dr. Ipinza, who before leaving entrusted me with the job of physician, the medicine donated by the Red Cross, and his position in the