[Dan27181]

Whenever I tune into Spanish-language radio stations, the vast majority are playing the same kind of music: tejano, with lots of accordions, guitars, yelping and so on. When I drive through border regions like El Paso-Juarez, Spanish-language radio stations outnumber those that broadcast in English, and with few exceptions, most are playing tejano. To me, this would be as if all English-language radio stations played nothing but country, which is definitely not the case. Do Hispanics universally like tejano music? Why don’t we hear other types of music played on Spanish-language radio stations?

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[ACC24022]

It is probably just where you happened to be, because Tejano is most popular in the border areas of both the United States and Mexico. If you go farther into Mexico, you hear a great variety of mostly AMERICAN music on Mexican radio, everything from soul, R&B, motown, metal, country, etc. And naturally Latinos have as diverse a taste in music as there is in their cultural experience. My generation, those of us who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, mostly listen to metal, especially thrash and death metal, Slayer, Mercyful Fate, etc. My mother and aunts grew up on rockabilly. The younger kids now mostly listen to hip-hop. Other Latinos from different national backgrounds listen to every type of music you can think of. By the way, in many parts of the South and the Rocky Mountains, most of the stations DO seem to be playing nothing but country when I travel through.

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[Dan27384]

I don’t like Tejano/Ranchero music. You should note that most Hispanics in America don’t listen to Spanish-language stations. Those particular stations are more aimed at the immigrant population, who are way more fluent in Spanish than native-born Chicanos. I can’t speak or understand Spanish, and most of my friends’ Spanish is patchy at best, and they can’t listen to Spanish broadcasts because they don’t understand the big words. Also, we prefer rock and hip-hop over the ‘traditional’ stuff that ‘real Mexicans’ are supposed to listen to. And you should also note that the Latin scene is far more than Tejano and salsa. Bands such as Santana, Cafe Tacuba, Molotov, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Cypress Hill, Los Super 7, Lighter Shade of Brown, King Chango, Aztlan Underground, Los Lobos, etc. range from classic rock to hip-hop to heavy metal.

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[Nelson A.]

Your question touches on one of the pride and joys of Hispanic culture, which is music and dancing. Do Hispanics universally like tejano music? Heck no! Tejanos like tejano music! You hardly hear tejano music here in Venezuela. I’m very Hispanic, and I like Isao Tomita and Klaus Schultz. Hispanics have the influence of white (European), black (African) and native-Indian (Aztec, Inca, etc.) music; that’s why latin music is so varied. I mostly listen to bossanova, new age and pop-rock, but, like most people here, I also enjoy and am great at (dancing) merengue, ska, soca, dream, salsa, paso-doble, cumbia, gaita, trance, vallenato, raggamuffin, joropo, drum n’bass, reggae, flamenco, mambo, guaracha, samba, hip hop and even tambores (an African drum dance brought here by slaves, and very popular). There are more than 500 classified types of rhythms from Latin America, and add that to all the music we enjoy that comes from other parts of the world. I believe Hispanics are the most musically rich ethnicity in the world.

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[porky30244]

I am not the least bit Latino but I am very fond of some Tejano music. Actually it varies a lot, even if it all sounds alike to you. I like groups like F Troop. The thing I like about certain Tejano music is that it’s sort of the opposite of country western – that is it’s happy fun music. In lots of songs, instead of complaining about my girlfriend left and the dog died they plan a romance or party.

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