Ídolos de una generación: Tres canciones de Témpano
Desde hace semanas me propuse rescatar los mejores y más famosos músicos venezolanos de los 80, década en la que surgió una serie de cantantes y agrupaciones que proyectaron nuestra música internacionalmente.
Pero esta semana no quiero dejar pasar el Grammy que se llevaron los muchachos de Rawayana, agrupación venezolana que en la actualidad se ha escuchado en el mundo gracias a su pegaso y controversial tema: "Veneka". Por eso, luego de escuchar el discurso que dieron al recibir el Grammy, en el que hicieron alusión a cantantes y viejas agrupaciones venezolanas (en una especie de homenaje), tales como Zapato 3, Guaco, Desorden público, quisiera recordar una agrupación venezolana de los 80 que en su momento, así como es Rawayana hoy la delicia de los jóvenes venezolanos, fue la locura de una generación: Témpano.
Témpano es una agrupación musical venezolana de rock alternativo que inició a finales de los 70, pero que su gran auge musical lo tuvo en los 80. Compartieron tarima con rockeros nacionales e internacionales y fueron invitados a los más prestigiosos festivales de música progresiva.
Hoy quiero compartir tres canciones que fueron un éxito en las radios venezolanas de aquella época.
Hombre lobo en París
Ganas de llorar
El hombre del piano
Volviendo al grupo Rawayana, al cual le dedicaremos un post completo más adelante, y a su discurso en los Grammy, tenemos que recalcar que esas palabras no fueron solo un homenaje a nuestro país, también a todos aquellos grupos musicales que los precedieron y que innegablemente, labraron el camino para que hoy la música venezolana sea escuchada y valorada internacionalmente.
Los videos compartidos son de Youtube, el texto fue traducido con Deepl
Esta es mi participación de esta semana en la iniciativa de nuestro gran amigo 
:Three Tune Tuesday. Si quieres participar, aquí te dejo el enlace al post de invitación .
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[Versión en inglés]
Idols of a generation: Three songs by Témpano
Hello, dear friends of HIVE, music lovers by vocation. Today is Tuesday and like every Tuesday, it's our turn to share good music.
For weeks I have been trying to rescue the best and most famous Venezuelan musicians of the 80's, a decade in which a series of singers and groups emerged that projected our music internationally.
But this week I don't want to pass up the Grammy won by the boys of Rawayana, a Venezuelan group that has been heard around the world thanks to their catchy and controversial song: “Veneka”. That's why, after listening to the speech they gave when they received the Grammy, in which they alluded to old Venezuelan singers and groups (in a kind of tribute), such as Zapato 3, Guaco, Desorden público, I would like to remember a Venezuelan group from the 80's that in its time, just as Rawayana is today the delight of young Venezuelans, was the craze of a generation: Témpano.
Témpano is a Venezuelan alternative rock band that started in the late 70's, but had its great musical boom in the 80's. They shared the stage with national rockers. They shared the stage with national and international rockers and were invited to the most prestigious progressive music festivals.
Today I want to share three songs that were a hit in the Venezuelan radio stations of that time.
Werewolf in Paris
This one was a big hit. Although this piece is by the successful Spanish group La Unión, Témpano did an excellent version with exceptional arrangements. I remember the first time I saw the video of this song on a program called Sonoclip. I had to stay up late (the program was broadcast after midnight) and the next day I had classes. In the days that followed everyone was talking about the video and the song: so it was worth the late night. Turn it up and ignore the video quality.
Crying
In the 80's there was an excellent rock “movida” in Venezuela, not only because the record companies were recruiting new bands, but also because concerts were being held in all the cities of the country to awaken the interest of young people in this musical genre, which to be honest, was very bad seen by a certain part of society at that time. I remember that in one of those concerts that took place in my city, my parents did not let me attend, arguing that “they were shabby and smoked marijuana” (hahaha) and I was a good girl (hahaha). Témpano performed at that event and although I cried and cried to be allowed to go, I only got a resounding No as an answer.
The last song is a cover of Piano man by Billy Joel, and although this song had its successful version in Spanish by Ana Belen, the famous Spanish singer, the reinterpretation that Témpano does is masterful and made them achieve success in the world. Who hasn't closed their eyes when listening to the beautiful and sad notes of the harmony in this song? Enjoy!!!!
Returning to the group Rawayana, to which we will dedicate a complete post later on, and to their speech at the Grammy Awards, we have to emphasize that those words taken were not only a tribute to our country, but also to all those musical groups that preceded them and that undeniably paved the way for Venezuelan music to be heard and valued internationally today.