Fusil Contra Fusil
| "Fusil Contra Fusil" | |||||||
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| Song by Silvio Rodríguez from the album Che Guevara Speaks | |||||||
| Released | January 1, 1973 | ||||||
| Recorded | 1968 | ||||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||||
| Length | 3:00 | ||||||
| Label | Paredon | ||||||
| Writer | Silvio Rodríguez | ||||||
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"Fusil Contra Fusil" (Spanish: "Rifle Against Rifle") is a song from the 1973 album Che Guevara Speaks by Cuban musician Silvio Rodríguez. Written in 1968 in homage to Che Guevara, it praises revolutionary heroism and is one of the compositions that appeared immediately after Guevara's death. The song has been popular in Cuba and was covered by several artists,[1] such as Raquel Hernández and Blaak Heat. The song was included in the first part of the 2008 film Che. Along with "Canción del Elegido", "Fusil Contra Fusil" is considered by Radio Cubana as one of the most widespread songs of Rodríguez.[2]
"Fusil Contra Fusil" was written before Rodríguez received formal musical training at ICAIC.[3] Lyrically, the words "fusil contra fusil" refer to Guevara's "name and his last name".[3] The melody is composed in Dorian mode and uses the VII-I progressions and common tone third progressions that were usual in the rock genre of that period.[3] The song also uses modal mixture for a picardy third ending.[3]
References
- ↑ "Cuba va!" (PDF). Smithsonian Folk Ways. p. 7. Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.
- ↑ Josefa Bracero Torres (24 December 2009). "Pop music of the 70's". Radio Cubana. Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Noriko Manabe (December 2006). "Lovers and Rulers, the Real and the Surreal: Harmonic Metaphors in Silvio Rodríguez’s Songs". Academia.edu. Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.