2 | 20/02/2021 – 17:24 (GMT-4)
Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez shared a comment that states the controversial song “Homeland and Life”, From Area People, Descemer Bé, Yotuel, El Funky and Maykel Osorbo, is “mediocre” and opportunistic. “
In his blog Segona Cita, Silvio shared an opinion on the Facebook profile of Carles Bernal Medina, where he states that “Homeland and Life” is a mediocre and opportunistic allusion to the sacrifice and kindness of the Cuban people, the their history, their rights “.
The comment also says that the song is “a cowardly retort that speculates on the need we all Cubans have to build this homeland for all and for all. How different would Martí say: Cuba and the Night. You can’t live in peace while the homeland is tainted, “he said.
Silvio also shared on his blog a comment from the blog of Harold Cárdenas, editor of La Jove Cuba, where he says that the video for “Homeland and Life” would have a different flavor if it did not come from the hand of Cuban-American trumpism , which in a public lawsuit forced GDZ and Descemer to make concessions and now amend their past. “
“Almost all of these artists are in privileged positions and everyone knows the song is safe, there is a market for anti-communist art. I would like to know more than not mentioned, what is their alternative to the reality they are in. “This exercise in optimism by artists (who have now become activists) does not seem to aspire to settle the nation ‘s democratic debts but one more revenge in national history,” Cárdenas adds.
Finally, the comment quoted by Silvio says that “the promotion of democracy involves guaranteeing the political rights of all in a process of national reconciliation, it does not come from the hand of digital platforms and influencers who make concessions or identify with a movement “a politician who doesn’t know how to respect democracy even in the United States. I’ll keep listening to GDZ, Orishas and Descemer, in songs that weren’t a mea culpa in front of the market.”
Last year, Silvio Rodríguez was in the middle of a controversy after using his song Hopefully by the group Orishas, to which Yotuel belonged.
The Cuban singer-songwriter stated that he did not authorize the use of his well-known theme: “” What do you think of this flagrant violation of my rights as the author of Hopefully, something notorious for 50 years? It seems to me an unfortunate act of parasitism, ”he said.
After the controversy, “Hopefully” was removed from all platforms.
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