National Beach Day
Song Lyric Sunday: Sandy Beaches
Vamos a la Playa — Loona
Well, this week’s Song Lyric Sunday prompt asks us to choose a song that celebrates sandy beaches.
I live in the Canary Islands.
Really, what else was I supposed to choose?
😂😎🏖️
Vamos a la Playa by Loona.
After several weeks of Eurodance appearing on my blog, I’ve decided there’s no point pretending anymore.
The DJ in me has escaped.
And apparently, she’s not going back quietly. 🎧🔊
Vamos a la Playa!
For anyone whose Spanish is a little rusty, Vamos a la playa simply means:
Let’s go to the beach!
Here in the Canary Islands, that’s a phrase that feels completely at home.
Loona’s version of Vamos a la Playa was released in 2010, covering the earlier dance hit by Miranda.
It’s bright, infectious, summery and almost impossible to listen to without imagining sunshine, blue water and a beach somewhere.
Which brings me to…
My Home in the Canary Islands 🌴
For many people, the Canary Islands mean holidays.
Hotels.
Sunshine.
Beaches.
Cocktails beside a swimming pool.
For me, they’re simply home.
I’ve lived here for fifteen years now, and island life has become part of who I am.
Fuerteventura isn’t lush and tropical in the way people sometimes imagine an island paradise.
She’s volcanic.
Rugged.
Windy.
Dry.
And incredibly beautiful.
There are mountains shaped by millions of years of volcanic history, enormous skies, little villages, kilometres of coastline and beaches that seem to stretch forever.
And then there’s the Atlantic.
Always there.
Sometimes calm and sparkling beneath the sun.
Sometimes wild enough to remind you who’s really in charge.
Canarias Es Mi Lugar
I was born in London.
I grew up in Norway.
And eventually life brought me south, to a group of volcanic islands off the coast of Africa.
Funny where life takes us.
When I first arrived, I couldn’t have known everything these islands would come to represent.
There have been wonderful years here.
There have also been incredibly difficult ones.
But somewhere along the way, this stopped being simply the place where I lived.
It became my place.
Canarias es mi lugar. 💜
Maybe home isn’t always where we were born.
Maybe it’s the place where, one day, we suddenly realise we’ve put down roots.
An Accidental Eurodance Month 😂
Looking back at my Song Lyric Sunday choices lately, I seem to have accidentally taken everyone on a little dance-music adventure.
There was Culture Beat with Mr. Vain.
Then Infinity with Naked in the Rain.
My old DJ photographs appeared.
Stories emerged about smoke machines, sound technicians and speakers that didn’t always survive my enthusiastic sound checks. 😂🔊
And now Loona is taking us to the beach.
I think we’ve come full circle.
So, to everyone who survived my Eurodance invasion this month…
Grab your sunglasses. 😎
Leave the speakers alone — apparently I can’t be trusted with them.
And come with me.
Vamos a la playa! 🏖️🌊🎧
Because after fifteen years, I can say something very simple:
Canarias es mi lugar.
The Canary Islands are my place.
My home.
🎵 Vamos a la Playa — Loona (2010)
chorus
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh
verse
Vamos a la playa
Let’s go to the beach
La bomba estalló
The bomb exploded
Las radiaciones tostan
The radiations toast
Y matizan de azul
And they tinge with blue
chorus
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh
verse
Vamos a la playa
Let’s go to the beach
Todos con sombrero
Everybody with hats
El viento radioactivo
The radioactive wind
Despeina los cabellos
It ruffles the hairs
chorus
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
verse
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa
Let’s go to the beach
Al fin el mar es limpio
At last the sea is clean
No mas peces hediondos
No more stinky fish
Sino agua fluorescente
But fluorescent water
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
outro
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Vamos a la playa, oh, oh
Let’s go to the beach, oh, oh
Writer(s): Christian De Walden, Carmelo La Bionda, Francesco Boccuzzi, Claudio Enrique Yarto Escobar, Stefano Righi
With love, coffee, poetry, and stardust,
— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫
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https://ditto.fm/silenced-but-not-broken
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