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Spanish Rock With an Attitude: Que Se Mueran Los Feos
When I lived in Spain from May 1975 through December 1978 and was Special Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor one of my favorite records (the days before CDs) was a collection of old songs from the 30s and 40s on an album called “Canciones Para Despues de una Guerra.”
One was Que Se Mueran Los Feos (the literal translation is “to die the ugly” or thereabouts but a friend of mine in Spain at the time who is now a diplomat said it means “Let the Ugly Die” or “To Hell with the Ugly.”) It was later made into a great rock song:
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Cute piece. “Let the Ugly Die” or “To hell with the ugly,” or even, “I hope the ugly die” seem correct translations. I believe there is a movie with that name, too.
The original version was on that album, recorded in the 30s. I had a copy of that album with me in Madrid and a second one at my parent’s house. The one in Madrid was damaged and my parents tossed the other one out. It was perfectly adapted to rock in this version, which I only just discovered in looking for the original.