Mecano's story in pictures – Typing -.

Typing is the third and final launch of the project which collects and updates the entire work of Mecano which began in March 2005. After the successful publication of Works and Greatest Hits (it remains for 15 weeks in the top ten list of best sellers in Spain, with two platinum records), the 21 March put the finishing touches on this issue this campaign Typing. This launch also coincides with the 25th anniversary Mecano for his first single, Today I can not lift, published in 1981.Typing is the photo story of Mecano more ambitious audiovisual work, complete and comprehensive that has been made with a Spanish artist. Its four DVDs presented in a luxury digipack, with more than ten hours of footage. The DVD-1 presents 39 TVE performances, since its first appearance in 1981 with Today I can not lift until the last, conducted in 1992. Mecano is passing by programs like Applause, Toccata, Opened, End of Century… A selection imperative to understand the history of Meccano and Spanish music during the decade of the 80. The DVD-2 retrieves a concert highly sought after by fans, collectors and fans: that conducted by Mecano Segovia 1984 and is a key document to approach the early years of the trio Madrid.The DVD-3 Mecano again offer live, but four years later. These recordings tour 1988 performed at concerts in Madrid and Barcelona, with bullrings and Monumental Sales, filled to the brim. It reflects technical and musical evolution of Mecano, finding the peak of a group that was making a time in Spain and Latin. The recording of these two concertos are published for the first time on DVD in Typing. Last, the DVD-4 Mecano collects concert offered in New York Palladium Room, and extracts from the massive presentation at Le Zenith in Paris, over 10.000 people crowding the room and Ana Torroja playing some French songs. They are also virtually unreleased recordings, first released on DVD and as sought by Mecano fans as the only action that with the launch of the album Ana Jose Nacho featured on Mexican television group.

Typing is the visual complement the work of Mecano, gathered in four DVDs with documents never published or very hard to find. It is the summary of a fundamental part of the history of Spanish pop and not only from the commercial point of view because, musically, Mecano invented a new way. Mecano songs fill an important chapter of the Spanish music of all time and are there to stay, what is more valuable than the many millions of albums sold by the trio worldwide Madrid.

Ana Torroja, José María Cano Nacho Cano and six albums succeeded with fundamental: Mecano (1982), Where is the fairyland? (1983), Here comes the sun (1984), Between the sky and the ground (1987), Sunday rest (1988) and Aidalai (1991). Also, Mecano released a live album (In concert, 1985) and a compilation that included new material (Ana Jose Nacho, 1998). Above 100 songs that make a work that is now offered in four DVD with live footage.

Typing is the best of Mecano in pictures, from her first album (Mecano, 1982) with a repertoire amazing for a rookie group and songs like Today I can not lift, I teach the lesson, Lost in my room, Makeup and I snuck into a party. Direct Songs, indisputable, lyrics and melodies with different, I immediately became a mirror that looked a generation.

Then came others who confirmed that inspiration and natural talent as composers José María y Nacho Cano was an inexhaustible mine. Songs like Venus boat, Air, Hawaii-Bombay, Looking for something cheap, Oh that heavy, Moonchild, So hard I forget, Cross knives, Woman against woman, The Force of Destiny, The 7 September, The positive failure, A rose is a rose… During the ten years that remained together Ana Torroja, Jose Maria and Nacho Cano, his music matured, was refined and investigated new ways. These are the songs that cover Typing, performed at different times and in different scenarios. It is the story of a Spanish pop milestone that fulfills its silver anniversary with a pitch only fills a critical gap: Mecano visual appearance and live concerts. To complete this story, the 21 Typing published March.

DVD 1
MECANO in TVE
1.(*)Today I can not lift (“Tonight”, October 1981)
2.(*)Lost in my room (“Applause”, January 1982)
3.(*)Makeup (“Applause”, May 1982)
4.(*)Today I can not lift (“Good night”, July 1983)
5.(*)The national holiday (“Good night”, July 1983)
6.(*)Ship Venus (“Opened”, August 1983)
7.(**)Seals (“Toccata”, January 1984)
8.(*)Fire Lover (“Toccata”, January 1984)
9.(*)Ship Venus (“Toccata”, January 1984)
10.(*)Japan (“Toccata”, June 1984)
11.(*)Station (“Toccata”, June 1984)
12.(**)Hawaii-Bombay (“That you want to see”, October 1984)
13.(*)Looking for something cheap (“That you want to see”, October 1984)
14.(*)Japan (“That you want to see”, October 1984)
15.(*)Here comes the sun (“Toccata”, July 1985)
16.Mosquito (I. Cano / A. Torroja). (“Toccata”, July 1985)
17.(**)Hawaii-Bombay. (“Toccata”, July 1985)
18.(*)No paint anything (“Among friends”, July 1985)
19.(*)Oh how heavy (“Toccata”, June 1986)
20.(*)You have nothing to lose (“Toccata”, June 1986)
21.(*)Oh how heavy (“Moments”, August 1986)
22.(**)Cross knives (“End of Century”, September 1986)
23.(*)You have nothing to lose. (“End of Century”, September 1986)
24.(**)So hard I forget (“That you want to see”, December 1986)
25.(**)Cross knives (“That you want to see”, December 1986)
26.(*) Curves that girl (“End of Century”, March 1987)
27.(**)No seriously this cemetery (“Saturday night”, May 1987)
28.(**) Moonchild (“In the morning”, September 1987)
29.(*)Lovers (“Saturday night”, June 1988)
30.(**)No way in New York (“Saturday night”, June 1988)
31.(**)Woman against woman (“Saturday night”, June 1988)
32.(*)The Force of Destiny (“A tope”, September 1988)
33.(*)Lovers (“A tope”, September 1988)
34.(**)No way in New York (“A tope”, September 1988)
35.(*)A year (Special New Year's Eve, 1 January 1989)
36.(**) “Eungenio” Salvador Dalí (“Rockopop”, June 1989)
37.(**)A rose is a rose (“The first year”, 1 January 1992)
38.(**)Still life (“The first year”, 1 January 1992)
39.(*)Dalai Lama (Club remix) (“The first year”, 1 January 1992)

Extras
Live:
(*)Today I can not lift (3,42) (“'s Night that year”, November 1987)
(**)Air (5,12) (“'s Night that year”, November 1987)
(*)Ship Venus (3,00) (“'s Night that year”, November 1987)
(*)Weather (5,20) (“Rockopop”, September 1989)

“Weekly Report” (October report 1989)

DVD 2
SPECIAL LIVE TVE – SEGOVIA, 1984

01.(*)TODAY I CAN NOT RAISE
02.(*)PINTAMOS NO NOTHING
03.(**)HAWAII-BOMBAY
04.(**)ME Rio de Janeiro
05.(**)AIR
06.(*)LOOKING FOR SOMETHING CHEAP
07.(*)SEASON
08.(*)Cole ME AT A PARTY
09.(*)BARCO A VENUS
10.(*)HERE COMES THE SUN
11.(*)MAP OF YOUR HEART
12.(*)JAPAN
13.(*)MAKEUP
14.(*)ME VOY HOME

VIDEO CLIPS
(*)Today I can not lift
(*)Lost in my room
(*)Japan
(**)Hawaii-Bombay
(**)No seriously this cemetery
(**)Moonchild
Son of the moon (J.M. White / Adapt: M. Luberti)
(**)No way in New York
(**)Woman against woman
(*)The Force of Destiny

DVD 3
IN CONCERT – TOUR 1988 (BARCELONA AND MADRID)
01.(**)HEROES OF ANTARCTICA
02.(*)THE CINEMA
03.(**)THE BLUES THE SLAVE
04.(**)CHILD OF THE MOON
05.(*)THE FORCE OF DESTINY
06.(**)WOMEN AGAINST WOMEN
07.(*)LOVERS
08.(*)ANOTHER YEAR
09.(**) “EUNGENIO” SALVADOR DALI
10.(*)BY THE SIDE
11.(**)NO PROGRESS IN NEW YORK
12.(**)CROSS KNIVES
13.(**)FORGET ME IS HARD
14.(*)BARCO A VENUS

Video clips
(*)The 7 September
(**)Still life
(*)Dalai Lama
(*)Dalai Lama (Club remix)
(**)A rose is a rose
(*)The positive failure
(**)You
(*)The humble club
(**)Stereosexual
(**)Another dead

DVD 4
LIVE – TOUR 1991 (BARCELONA)
01.(**)THE KING OF BLACK PAWN
02.(**)YOU
03.(**)AIR
04.(*)POSITIVE FAILURE
05.(**)THE BLUES THE SLAVE
06.(**)THE ONE, THE TWO, THE THREE
07.(**)CHILD OF THE MOON
08.(*)EL LAGO ARTIFICIAL
09.(**)Bailando salsa
10.(*)ANOTHER YEAR
11.(*)J.C.
12.(*)BY THE SIDE
13.(*)1917
14.(**)FELT
15.(**)A ROSE IS A ROSE
16.(*)THE 7 SEPTEMBER
17.(**)STILL LIFE
18.(*)DALAI LAMA
19.(**) “EUNGENIO” SALVADOR DALI
20.(*)THE FORCE OF DESTINY
21.(**)WOMEN AGAINST WOMEN
22.MEDLEY: (*)Today I can not lift / (*)Lost in my room / (*)Oh how heavy / (**)No seriously this cemetery / (*)I snuck into a party / (*)Makeup
23.(**)FORGET ME IS HARD

Extras
“Aidalai”: Making
MECANO in New York – Live (November 1989):
(*)”50 WORDS, 60 100 WORDS OR″ (3,57)
(**)”HEROES OF ANTARCTICA” (5,00)
Interview
MECANO in Paris – Live (October 1991):
(**)”CHILD OF THE MOON” (Spanish / French) (4,25)
(**) “STILL LIFE” (French) (4,42)
(*)”DALAI LAMA” (5,20)

MECANO in Mexico:
(*)”TODAY I CAN NOT RAISE” (Televisa video, 1983)
(**) “FORGET ME IS HARD” (“Xetu” Televisa, 1986)
(**) “STAY IN MADRID” (“Bad night not” Televisa, 1988)
(*) “THE CLUB OF THE HUMBLE” (“Siempre en Domingo” Televisa, April 1998)
(**) “ANOTHER DEAD” (“Siempre en Domingo” Televisa, April 1998)
(*) “FUTURE WORLD” (“To the rhythm of the night” Televisa, July 1998)
(**) “STEREOSEXUAL” (“To the rhythm of the night” Televisa, July 1998)

source http://www.lahiguera.net

I leave you with a note in his day surfing the net I found that very interesting and refers to the group.

A story in three acts (and epilogue)

1.The act early ... CBS
If we start at the beginning, principle, we must go back to the late 70, when the two brothers Cano went into the world of the emerging 'move’ Madrid. José María Cano, singer got frustrated student of Economics to serve the wishes of his father academics, meets Ana Torroja in the Faculty. The two begin to rehearse together songs composed by him. While, Nacho, the youngest of the Cano, knew Eduardo Benavente (the component later 'moved’ Pegamoides) Arboles y Toti (La Frontera). Together they formed the group 'Prism'. One autumn evening, Listening to his brother Nacho and Ana rehearsing at home and, half in jest, decides to get to work with them, providing a personal touch to your new keyboard. Joseph and Anna soon realize that with a guitar and a chorus were not going to get very far and early 1980 decided to form 'Human Mecano'. After a long struggle with the record (HISPAVOX house still pulling your hair out for not having accepted), finally get help from producer Capi, who took on the right track, at the gates of the CBS. For commercial reasons, Aurelio Gonzalez suggested they acortasen its name to Mecano. The house went for them and in December of that year had already signed their first record deal, for five years. 'Today I can not lift', still one of his most famous songs, went to the record market 22 June 1981, their first single. A month later, appeared for the first time on television, in the mythical Jesus Hermida program. Their second single ('Lost in my room') was the first Spanish group to have a promotional video clip. At the end of 81, the famous chain program S.E.R. (chain now 40), 'The Big Music', the names 'group revelation of the year'. From here COMIENZA successful almost without Freno, which began with the publication of his first album (with the famous cover of antique clock) in April 82 and came to the crushing summer hit of "Hawaii-Bombay ', his last commercial single under the CBS contract. At that time, Nacho melodies were the key to success.

Moves and catchy songs ('Makeup’ – 'Look at me, look at me, no me, no me, look at me ... ') that spoke of youth empowerment, Madrid's night ('I snuck into a party') and little desire to go to class ('Do not teach me a lesson'). A protest song that was meant to be but from the privileged position of child well-, under the shelter of mom and dad ... . However, teenagers hummed the time not otherwise (and yes, Here one has to be included). Mecano The problem at that time was precisely that: trying to be rebellious and 'Children Well’ both. No wonder that the most 'aware’ of the 'move’ be shown more than reáceos to accept in his club. The Mecano were too rich and too famous parents to fit the post-punk rebel wave. And what is worse, Were (professedly) favorite group of Prince Philip!. His first tour of the main Spanish (at first 'play back') makes them the most important group of early eighties.

Their second LP Where is the fairyland?, published in 1983, and especially its anti-drug single 'boat Venus’ places them in the international market, to serve as a tune for a promotional tourism video Spain issued in several European channels. It is their first single to enter the French and German lists. The success also extends to other Spanish-speaking countries, reaching the top of the lists of Mexico, Ecuador and Peru, countries they would visit in his first Latin American tour in October of that year. 'The national holiday’ and 'The Lover of fire’ (the latter surrounded by controversy as its publication coincided with the famous and fatal fire at the ‘Alcalá 20’ nightclub.) were the other two singles that kept this LP at the top of the charts in the summer of 83 and that led them to sell 250.000 copies, extremely good for the Spanish market at that time, but still below the 400.000 sold of their first album. In October 84 published what would be his last studio LP CBS, Here comes the sun, anticipated disc with the famous video and first single 'Japan'. By Christmas of that year, Spanish television aired the first concert and special about the band program, already enshrined, from Segovia in concert also recorded an album, so far their only live album: Mecano in Concert published in June 85 and whose only single, 'Air’ (the first composition 'serious’ José María) served as a transition for the second and glorious stage BMG

Act 2: consolidation (BMG-ariola)
Tras la ruptura con CBS, empezaron a surgir los primeros rumores de la disolución del grupo. In 1986 los Mecano tuvieron que empezar de nuevo su andadura por las discográficas. La multinacional BMG-ARIOLA fue la única compañía dispuesta a pagarles lo que la CBS les había denegado. Between the sky and the ground significó un cambio radical para el grupo. Un album lleno de baladas y de historias más serias y maduras en donde José María Cano le arrebató el liderazgo a su hermano Nacho. Las melodías pegadizas (que Nacho continuó utilizando en el primer single, de transición, ‘Ay qué pesado’) ya no eran suficientes y ahora las letras pasaron a ser la clave del éxito. Mecano thus became the fashion group not only among teenagers, but also among intellectuals (that although they took a while to recognize them), Parents, college students and housewives. 'Cross of knives', the second major single from Jose after direct 'Air', is for many still the best song the group, without doubt a masterpiece whose lyrics reproduced in this issue of Spring. Jose's hot streak continued in the following singles, the haunting ballad 'so hard I forget', the humorous' No seriously this cemetery’ (whose video, to be even more ironic, is rolled into a car graveyard) and his fable 'Moonchild', a song that excited Montserrat Caballé and which resulted in the project's first opera, that would come over ten years later. Between the sky and the ground Mecano tour took more than a hundred locations in Spanish and many other Latin American countries that summer, addition to the Guinness Book of Records for being the first Spanish group in over a million records sold with a single album.

If in step mechano CBS discs were happening annually, the quality of new jobs and the duration of the success of their singles were allowed to leave a space of two or even three years between LP. Their sixth LP, Rest dominical was born in May of 1988 with a new single from Jose, 'No way in New York'. Nacho's bid for this album included the singles 'The Lovers', 'A year’ and "The Force of Destiny ', in shooting promotional video which met the woman who would become his girlfriend for seven years, actress, then unknown, Penelope Cruz. Jose, once more, stole the show, reprising his ironic touch 'slave Blues’ but, above all, with 'Could Talk', his song about social hypocrisy to a lesbian relationship (something up rumors about the sexuality of the singer, Ana Torroja) Mecano prompting the number one Spanish at Christmas lists of 88 and little later, French version ('Une femme avec une femme') to number one in France for eight consecutive weeks, Meccano making the first Spanish artist to lead the lists of the neighboring country for more than two consecutive weeks. Mecano songs were translated into French and Italian, achieved tremendous success in these countries in their respective versions, while success in Latin American countries overcome their success came Spanish. More than one and half million people watched the concerts of the group's summer tour 1988 and 1989, addition to the estimated half a billion television audience International Music Festival Brisbane, in Australia, where he represented Spain in the middle Expo 88. Sunday rest sold 1.250.000 copies, he album sold more of the history of the pop-rock Spanish, reconocido as such by him Spanish Ministry of Culture award corresponding with him in October of 1989.

After them the six singles and swivels it ironically titled Worldwide Sunday rest (!), Aidalai is published in the Junio 1991, more than three years after. El primer single, El siete de septiembre’ es otra de las Muchas love stories and autobiographical Nacho is immediately places him number one in sales in Spain, junto him album. 'Aidalai’ también produjó six singles and the international success of multigiras. The compositions of the elder Cano kept the winning formula that had worked so well on the old disk: humor ('The black king's pawn'), the legend ('Still Life', Mocedades above for compound) and love ('A rose is a rose').

The eighth and final trio LP was, clearly, the most varied of all. It ballads and pop-mechano more conventional ('Aidalai', 'The positive ruling') communed with rumba, sauce and instrumental music with Nacho had flirted in the first two discs and Sunday Rest ('Wedding in London', 'Where is the fairyland', ‘1917’). Topics, As in the previous two LPs, were also the most varied: the nightlife, AIDS, chess, drugs, the Dalai Lama and to Jesus Christ, all in the same compact.

With the tour 92, fatigue and arrived at the last concert of the Spanish tour, at the Coliseo de La Coruña, had the opportunity to witness how, amid the grandeur and stage paraphernalia, amid the giant screens, special effects (most seemed to belong to a Madonna concert or a Michael Jackson Spanish group) Luxury and musicians, Ana's voice, the main, faded to sing and trembling to announce a 'break’ three years. That lasted six ...

Act 3: one, Two to three

'Although aparentemos more photo / are only three moths / that both lead to the glass / have crept into the bulb’ (...) 'And perhaps return to the premises / to sing for us, about 'Today I can not lift’ / and let that bullshit / we tarnish the look / Tears of past water / discolored facade '.

With this theme autobiographical, the Mecano showed on the last record of a golden age, keep our feet on the ground and be aware that 'what goes up must come down'. To say that the public was sick of them would be unfair, say that the market was saturated.

The three components had expressed his desire to work alone and rest of Mecano presented a unique opportunity to develop new ideas. The Cano had produced albums for other groups and singers such as La Union Spanish, Magenta, Alex and Christina (Nacho) or Mocedades and Ana Belen (Jose). In fact, Nacho had graded a mini-LP with former leader of the Vigo Toyland (Germán Copini) just after he left the legendary Galician side ('Give me a shot of love'). It was precisely the smallest of the Cano the first to return to the spotlight, with the album A world apart from the god in 1995.

In this album, Nacho expanded his instrumental facet, producing a quality album, but disappointing for those who expected continuity and style, with the exception of 'The Courtyard', went unnoticed by the charts Spanish. In his second installment, 'The female side’ (Virgin, 1996), Nacho regained Mecano commercial pull and got to 'live forever together’ his first international solo success. The album (as concerts) sounds desperately to Mecano, but the voice of Ana.

Ann, meanwhile, was immediate. His album Cardinal points, announced in principle by Christmas 1995, not released until the summer of 97, all getting a number one with their first single. Your hard drive is, everyone's, the most sounds to Mecano, Nacho type themed ('A setback', 'Kind') and Type Jose ('As sirens dream’ or 'Split'), but without function, even remotely, as with the compositions of the Cano.

While, José María, besides having a child, London has been locked in composing his opera Moon. In the project almost left, literally, sight and had to auction his art collection to start his own independent label, Santa Teresa, and publish the highlights of the opera. The problem is that the directors of the Teatro Real in Madrid, where he hoped to release his work, shut him up tight and the project has been temporarily paralyzed ... . And that one had bothered to translate the script into English, German and French… . With who himself has had was with the voices of Placido Domingo and Ainhoa ​​Arteta, and recording of the London Symphony Orchestra. It was an opera modern, but Moon sounds more like classic zarzuela decaffeinated.

Epilogue ... the return
The fact is that in a recent interview on Antenna 3 TV 'Martian Chronicles', Nacho spoke last time Mecano ('We were a large group'). The coincidence of bankruptcy Jose with the return of Mecano, has raised speculation that this return after hiding purely economic. Input, the return was almost forced due to a pending contract two albums with BMG-ARIOLA. And the similarities do not end there. The new album is the result of double ... Ann, Jose y Nacho Vera is dentro de una Samana, the 23 March. Por ahora, ya cuentan con un NUEVO number one, el GaGa 'El club de los humildes’ e incluye un total de 30 Songs, de las siete cuales time solo sound nuevas para acompañar the 23 Granda de sus éxitos, en su mayoría remasterizados. NO uno puede dejar de unos if preguntarse musical talla de su experiencia y necesitan echar Mano de sus viejos éxitos para atraer de atención del NUEVO the greatest public. Exists el argumento two surprisingly, el haber pasado in dos discográficas, ha contribuído the en este retraso the publicación de sus Granda éxitos.

Reseña: Ann, Jose, Nacho

La semiótica of the portada del disco de Mecano NUEVO es muy reveladora. El Grupo del number is presenta con letras en un solo mayúsculas unidas trazo. Name is the essence of, Mecano, the settling of several pieces (letters) together but separable. The title of the album contains the names of the three members of the group, Also in case, but separated by a slash. This will reconcile the past, present and future of three musicians who have been together 17 years old, six of which have been dedicated to developing solo projects. Of these six years there have been four records, two of Nacho Cano, one of Ana Torroja and other, an opera, Jose Maria Cano. The adventure of the first two has been more commercially successful than the larger of the Cano, who insisted to his art collection for finishing a project that was poorly received by critics and by the directors of the newly re-opened Royal Theatre in Madrid, who prevented his release announced with fanfare. Now, Mecano throw the hairs to sea and , when least expected, take up again his career as a trio, with a double album that trying to find the balance between their work together as Mecano and projects separately as Ana / Jose / Nacho. With this album, Mecano hopes to rekindle the interest of your audience as always (now will travel down the 30) while, attract the younger audience (the only, as recognized in the recent Nacho introductory press conference, buy records in Spain), still playing with prams and dolls as Mecano, at the height of his career, began a long break. To do incorporate a selection of 23 of his best songs (1981-1992) seven new songs, recorded this year. Throughout its ten year history, the trio went through two record companies (CBS and BMG-ARIOLA) and so far they had been unable to keep all their greatest hits in a single LP, something that most if groups had made much earlier. The BMG only had to buy a total of 6 songs to CBS: The first four singles from her first album, one third and one from the live album. A hit that 'boat Venus', one of the songs-flag Mecano history, Live has been collected, because it is a hard song with which the band used traditionally close their concerts and captures the feel of their live, one of the essential keys to your success. 'Air', Also in the first stage, has been recovered from other live recording and arranged specially for this disc. If Mecano would edit a album with all singles, the new CD does not have room for new songs, therefore we have to miss songs like 'The Fire Lover’ (1983), 'Japan’ (1984), 'Lovers’ and 'The Slave blues’ (1988) or 'positive failure’ and 'The black king's pawn’ (1991) but, in return, we find other issues that had not been published as single side A, as' Dalí’ or the appropriate 'The one, two and three ". Ultimately, although not all are, themselves are all that are. Of the 30 topics, just half (in strict alternation) belong to which brother Cano, something that the gossips could be used as an argument to justify the theory for economic return (half of the profits for each), but we prefer to encrypt in artistic motifs: balance in the balance of the (very different) every brother compositions is essential and between Ana's voice plays an essential bridge.

But let's focus on the new material. The seven pieces that could be the backbone of a new album one hundred percent, are more similar to Meccano always what one might expect after seven years. Clearly, not the best thing they have done to date, but they are not at all below their standard. Of course, the result could be described as disappointing if it had arisen after seven years of exclusive preparation, but if we consider that most of this time has been dedicated to his solo projects, the new material can be described as hopeful and, course, much better than expected at such sudden return. The first single is, as it was tradition (except Sunday Rest), Nacho. The song deals with the classic theme of amorous encounters before touched by the smallest of Cano 'The Force of Destiny’ or 'The September 7’ and, both the sound and the catchy chorus, is clearly similar to these. Letter, an ode to emotional re-union, lends undoubtedly the parallelism with the reunion of the group: 'The burdens that I was the living have become a silence of boring, is the conclusion, that (only) is no better, and I need you around '. The rest of the new material signed by Nacho, touches on issues not previously addressed by the Group: friendship ('Love Pirates'), the future world (on the issue of same title) and prostitution ('Body and Heart'), the best of his four themes and one of the best of his career both musically and lyrically Mecano: 'Bandits called sluts for living as I, what others charge for wardrobes, jewelry or cruises'.

The contribution of José María is, once more, the brightest and the one that gives Ana the best chances to shine. In Ana / Jose / Nacho, Jose gives his personal view on drugs, a subject already treated by Nacho on two other occasions ('Ship Venus’ , 1983 and 'The pond', 1991). 'This is not a song’ is the sign that their inspiration is at the height of his memorable compositions in úlltimos years earlier stage. Thematic hard to Ana's voice adds the drama of who enjoyed 'Cross of knives’ (1986), 'Could Talk’ and 'Dalí’ (1988) or 'The one, Two to three’ (1991) at his best: 'When there was nothing to steal I started to shoot in front of my parents, but overwhelmed me, God comes to ask my son: what we have done wrong '. The serious tone is maintained in 'Another dead', where Cano dares one of the few issues that remained to touch the group: terrorism. A controversial approach that is sure to become one of the hits from this album: 'Another dead, who cares, if he is dead, be buried and you're / Another dead, but there is no rhyme or reason, for now the discussion is over '. Among such seriousness and drama, more relaxed note puts 'Stereosexual', the next single, in which Jose speaks a second time the issue of sexual orientation (something that had worked so well ten years ago with 'Could Talk') intelegente irony with which we have come from Between the sky and the ground with endearing themes such as 'This cemetery is not serious'(1986), 'The slave blues'(1988) or 'The black king's pawn’ (1991). With regard to themes, this is perhaps the most current song, in the rejection sexual orientation labels and plays with the ambiguity and surprise ('Once I had made up my mind, the maromo woke up and turned out to be an aunt with hair to Grace Jones') in an innocent tone in the voice that reminds Ana 'No way in New York', success of ten years ago.

Ana / Jose / Nacho this is, in summary, a disk must for any fan of pop music and the group includes the most significant testimony of this kind of music in Spain. A good way to close the century as far as pop music is concerned, Spanish with the heads of a genre, that while it appears to have been anchored in the years 80, health benefits and quality and, in the case of Mecano, reminds us that, fortunately, not everything good is short.

NOTE: From 1998, Mecano the three members have continued their solo careers, officially separated after that year. Jose Cano has released an album 'pop’ of limited success, Nacho other two discs with much less success than the first two and the music of the royal wedding of the Prince of Asturias. Ana has released two studio albums and one live with Miguel Bosé. Its two concert tours (one with Bose in 2000 and another solo 2003) have had some success, like his last album Fragile (2003), also released in France as Ana Torroja. The publication of a new biography of the group (The Force of Destiny, Javier Adrados – Sphere editions) and the launch of a new CD compilation of his complete works and remastered, besides a successful musical based on their songs – all in 2005 – have renewed interest in Meccano and rumors of his possible return are constant, despite the silence about the components of the group.

Releases solo Ana Torroja, Nacho Cano and Jose Cano after the original publication of this article: Flights from sleep (1999), Turned (2000), Fragile (2003) and the compilation Essential (2005) Ana; Love / Humor (1999) and Nacho Cano (2001) Nacho and the only solo effort to date Jose: Jose Cano (2001).

Typing 2006: present and future

Mecano: the force of destiny, Adrados Javier and Carlos del Amo is the new group's official biography, published by Sphere on 20 April 2004 (ISBN 8497341775) and now in its second edition. The musical ‘Today I can not lift‘, Mecano with songs written by himself Nacho Cano and David Serrano (director Dinas de Futbol) y se Estrella en la Gran Vía madrileña (Teatro RIALTO) but abril de 2005. A lo largo de 2005 se han re-editado los 6 CDs del grupo (remasterizados y con cortes extra), una caja de 8 CDs recoge que los de estudio albumen, uno but directo y otro de rarezas (Works) y un doble CD + DVD recopilatorio (Grandes Exitos), Además de un doble album Homenaje con verse ones grupo de jóvenes del panorama pop actual (But tu fiesta me cole). Rumore que se hace una MECANO podría Gira in 2006.

source http://www.dur.ac.uk/santiago.fouz/manantial/Manantial98Mecano.htm Santiago Fouz-Hernández.