{"id":76440,"date":"2026-11-05T03:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T03:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/salsa-songs-for-2024-election-blues\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T03:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T03:46:57","slug":"salsa-songs-for-2024-election-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/salsa-songs-for-2024-election-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Salsa Songs for 2024 Election Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wpml-ls-statics-post_translations wpml-ls\">This post is also available in:<br \/>\n<span role=\"navigation\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"wpml-ls-slot-post_translations wpml-ls-item wpml-ls-item-es wpml-ls-first-item wpml-ls-last-item wpml-ls-item-legacy-post-translations\"><a href=\"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/es\/2024\/11\/08\/salsa-pa-la-depre-de-elecciones-2024\/\" hreflang=\"es\" lang=\"es\" class=\"wpml-ls-link\" aria-label=\"Switch to Espa\u00f1ol\" title=\"Switch to Espa\u00f1ol\"><span class=\"wpml-ls-native\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s fitting to finish election week (in the US and Puerto Rico) with a couple of Salsa songs about elections!<br \/>Sometimes, especially if our candidate didn\u2019t win the election, we feel a bit blue about the outcome and the future. These songs may provide some empathy to how you may be feeling.<\/p>\n<h3>D\u00e9jenme Re\u00edr (Para No Llorar) \u2013 (1980)<\/h3>\n<p>It makes sense to get us started with a song by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubenblades.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rub\u00e9n Blades<\/a>. A lawyer and past presidential candidate (in Panama), Ruben captured the people\u2019s feeling about elections in this song which was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2020\/09\/16\/ruben-blades-maestra-vida-turns-40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Maestra Vida<\/em><\/a> double albums (1980).<\/p>\n<p>Besides the fantastic lyrics, the song was arranged by using the Puerto Rican rhythms of Bomba and Plena.<\/p>\n<p>Plena, in particular, is a rhythm that has been used in political movements in Puerto Rico dating back to the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of great lyrics with a great and fitting arrangement make this a perfect song for election blues.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dejenme Reir - Ruben Blades en Caracas con Maestra Vida - 22 de julio\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CnIf1dUAnUw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Si Yo Fuera Presidente (1972)<\/h3>\n<p>Eight year before <em>Maestra Vida<\/em> was released, Frankie Dante released a song called \u201c<em>Si Yo Fuera Presidente<\/em>\u201c, which was part of the album \u201c<em>Frankie Dante y Orquesta Flamboy\u00e1n con <a href=\"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2021\/09\/03\/larry-harlow-3-albums-at-apex-of-salsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry Harlow<\/a><\/em>\u201d (1972).<\/p>\n<p>This song carried a more radical message of all the things that would be fixed (did he miss world hunger?) if he were elected president.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Frankie Dante  -  Presidente\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uGpyZNZOehY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pablo Pueblo (1977)<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps the song that broke in \u201csocial themes\u201d to Salsa, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2022\/05\/24\/ruben-blades-extraordinary-salsaswing-concert-in-puerto-rico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Blades<\/a><\/em>\u2018 <em>Pablo Pueblo<\/em> is a bonus song in this blog as it is not particularly about elections. It\u2019s a blue song that describes the agony and frustrations of a normal poor or lower middle class man trying to support his family.<\/p>\n<p>Among the frustrations expressed in the song, is the fact that elections don\u2019t seem to help to improve his situation, as in the \u201csoneo\u201d, \u201cvotando en las elecciones, pa\u2019 despu\u00e9s comerse un clavo\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another great arrangement by the maestro <em><a href=\"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2024\/08\/23\/luis-perico-ortiz-jazzed-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luis \u201cPerico\u201d Ortiz<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rub\u00e9n Blades &amp; Willie Col\u00f3n - Pablo Pueblo (Live at Capitol Theatre, 1980) [Official]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNa--DPjjOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2024\/11\/08\/salsa-songs-for-2024-election-blues\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is also available in: Espa\u00f1ol I think it\u2019s fitting to finish election week (in the US and Puerto Rico) with a couple&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}