CONDOR PASA, EL
Created on 28/09/2002Latest update on 17/11/2023
Artist: Orquesta del Zoologico
Author: trad./Daniel Alomia Robles
Label: Victor
Year: 1917
Houseband of the Lima zoo, Peru. Song from the zarzuela El Condor Pasa, written in 1913 by Peruvian composer Daniel Alomia Robles and based upon a traditional Andes folk tune. The original words in Quechua, the language of the ancient Inca. The play was situated in a mine in Cerro de Pasco (central Peru), indian miners against their Saxon bosses (Sajones). The condor high above stands for freedom.
Covers:
- 1917:
Banda del Batallón Gendarmes No. 1 [two days later, also in Lima]
- 1963:
Incas [arranged by Jorge Milchberg]
- 1965:
- 1965:
Marie Laforêt [as La Flute]
- 1970:
Simon & Garfunkel [n°1 NL & B using the basic Los Incas track; English lyrics: Paul Simon]
- 1970:
Julie Felix [as If I Could, top 20 hit UK]
- 1970:
Gigliola Cinquetti [as Il Condor]
- 1970:
Jürgen Marcus [as Nur Du]
- 1970:
Mary Roos [as De Condor Vliegt]
- 1970:
Zangeres Zonder Naam [as Overzee]
- 1971:
Michele Richard [as L'Oiseau de feu]
- 1984:
Ciska Peters [as Bouzouki's Klinken Door De Nacht]
- 1994:
Dana Winner [as Jij En Ik]
- 2000:
DJ Shadow [intro You Can't Go Home Again]
