- Alzheimer (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Alzheimer
Type = studio
Artist = Def Con Dos
Released = 1995
Recorded =
Genre = metal
Length =
Label = P & C Dro
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = Armas pal pueblo (1994)
This album = Alzheimer (1995)
Next album = Ultramemia (1996)"Alzheimer" is a record by Spanish metal rap band
Def Con Dos .Released by P & C Dro, S.A. record company in 1995, it helped Def Con Dos to maintain the popularity they had obtained with Armas pal pueblo and their theme for
Álex de la Iglesia 's film "Mutan Action".The cover presents DCD's logo under a red paint V letter, probably a reference to V, a TV series from the 1980s. An inner photograph depicted DCD group members with the images of their faces distorted, and the hands in a
V sign (palm towards them, as in the British, like in the British insulting sign).The lyrics were less complex than in previous records, with fewer verbal puns and references to other artists' lyrics. There were however abundant references to recent news.
Tracks listed
All themes are composed by Def Con Dos (save "Fight For Your Right (Bebe y Lucha)" by
Beastie Boys andRick Rubin ) and sung in Spanish (save "Que te fagorishen" and "Garaipena").¿Qué Dice La Gente? IV
"What do the people say?"An intro.
Alzheimer
Talks about the mental diseases of some politicians, like Adolfo Suarez from Spain and Reagan, who has Alzheimer
La Culpa De Todo La Tiene Yoko Onu
"It's all Yoko Ono's fault", blaming
Yoko Ono of several problems (like poverty in Spain) without a logical connection to her.Dímelo Tú
"Say it to me"
Zampañampa I
Inspired by a TV commercial ad.
Pánico A Una Muerte Ridicula
"Panic to a ridiculous death"
Mi Reino Por...
"My kingdom for"...About deposed kings, translation of the refrain is "My kingdom for a bit of horse" (in Spanish slang, as in English, the word for horse can mean both the animal and heroin). It refers to a line of
William Shakespeare 's Tragedy of King Richard III.Poco pan
"Little bread"The refrain, meaning "little bread and horrible circus", is a reference to
Satire X 'sLatin phrasepanem et circenses .Niño "A", niño "B"
"Child "A", child "B"
Muertos del Rock (vol. II)
"Dead rockstars"About rock stars' life, assuring people should not feel sorry for
Jimi Hendrix ,Janis Joplin ,Sid Vicious ,Freddie Mercury ,Johnny Thunders orKurt Cobain , since they have had the opportunity of a great life.Vasos Comunicantes
"Connected vessels"
No me siga, tonto
"Don't follow me, stupid"
El coche no
"Not the car" This song says: You can burn my house, with my family into all the blames. You can pick up my tracksuit and you want. But don't confuse yourself, don't scratch my car, no! my car no!
Que te fagorishen
The title is a slogan of an old advertising campaign, while the rest of the lyrics tell the actual story of a man stolen by two prostitutes.
De cacería
"Gone hunting"About a Vietnam veteran who goes into a McDonald's and massacres the clients.
Pégale al ruido '95
"Smash the noise '95"A metal version of their 1989 theme.
Victoria
"Victory"
Zamapañampa II
Fight For Your Right (Bebe y Lucha)
"Drink and fight"An instrumental version of
Beastie Boys ' "Fight for your right (to Party)". At the beginning of the track, a female voice explains that Beastie Boys have not allowed the recording of this song with the lyrics proposed by Def Con Dos (explicit on drugs, sex and violence), so DCD encourage the listener to sing the lyrics in the booklet.Garaipena
Soon later in 1995, a new version of the record was released, with "Garaipena", a Basque version of "Victoria" as a
bonus-track .Authors' credits
*Producido por: Jesús Arispont
*Ingeniero de sonido: Sergio Marcos y Las extrañas criaturas qeu dejaron de vivir y se convirtieron en zombies
*Supervision de la producción: Def Con Dos y Los Custodios Lobotomizados
*Edición y mastering: Ian Cooper, estudios Metropolis (Londres)
*Programación Silver Sampler, J. Al Ándalus
*Batería: El Niño Little Boy
*Guitarras: Kamarada Nikolai, El Mercenario, Mala Fe, J. Al Ándalus
*Voces: Strawberry, Peón Kurtz, Juanito Sangre
*Voces adicionales: Subcomandante Arturo, N.M.K. Bul Bul, La Canariona, Crocmaster, J. Al Ándalus, Scarface, Malasaña Mama
*Samplers: Silver Sampler, Padre Damián J. Karras, Peón KurtzArreglos: Cortina, The Alcalá-Meco Band
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