All Together Now: El Cuarteto de Nos

Cuarteto de Nos

One of my favorite Cuarteto de Nos pics! I believe it’s a promo pic, but I found it here in an article about their two Grammys :D

Buen día Benito by Cuarteto de Nos

(Official, full vid)

This is a delicious song about revenge for everything from making fun of a fellow kid's acne to, well, check out this stanza:

¿Te olvidaste que tu padre era le jefe del mio
y que por libre albedrío
lo echó del trabajo aquel invierno tan frío?
Me da escalofríos cuando ese lío rememoran
Porque ahí aprendí que los hombres también lloran. (Source)

Did you forget that your father was the boss of mine 

and through his own free will 

fired him in the middle of a frigid winter? 

I get chills when I recall that mess

That's when I learned that grown men can cry too.

(Short, intro vid. It's fun to see the guys playing all the parts, including the Mom!)

El Cuarteto de Nos: Group Shot

El Cuarteto de Nos: Topo Antuña, Alvin Pintos, Roberto Musso, Santiago Tavella and Santiago Marrero (Source)

A las nueve by NTVG

I wallow in the gentle despair of this song, even while enjoying the fun touches in the vid.

NTVG's Emiliano Brancciari

Emiliano Brancciari (Source)

What can I say? I love the voice, I love the loose, curly hair . . .

Santa Desesperanza by Zumbadores and Roberto Musso

I stumbled on Zumbadores when I found out they collaborated with Roberto Musso of Cuarteto de Nos for this song. It's brilliant! I've been listening (and watching) over and over.

Roberto Musso on His Favorite Reads

Roberto Musso

Check out this interview with Roberto Musso of Cuarteto de Nos; it's short but with some good questions about what he likes to read, which authors have influenced him, and what other Uruguayan bands he listens to.

On that note, I had never heard of the author Charles Bukowski (here's the link in Spanish.) "Una mezcla de humor negro, ironía, y visión pesimistas de la vida, me encanta," Roberto says. "A mixture of black humor, irony and a pessimistic view of life, I love it."

I will have to read some of Bukowski's work!

Ya no sé qué hacer conmigo by Cuarteto de Nos

I stumbled on this song a couple of years ago, when I was looking for a video that would help me improve my Spanish. At the time, I had never heard the Rioplatense Spanish with that 'vos' pronoun--but it didn't matter. I fell hard for these Uruguayos, and Cuarteto de Nos has been my favorite group ever since!