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Ricardo Arjona (Music)

Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, born January 19, 1964, is a Guatemalan composer and singer.

Known for his songs that touch a variety of themes that range from abortion, kidnapping, immigrants, parties, etc. He is mostly known for ballads with schmaltz-laden melodies but surprisingly profound lyrics. He also worked as a teacher and is apparently good at basketball. In the school he taught at he supposedly played basketball with students most of the time yet their test scores were still above average, so the authorities just said something along the lines "as long as it works" and let him proceed.

His daughter, Adria Arjona, is an actress.


Albums:

  • Déjame decir que te amo note  (1985)
  • Jesús, verbo no sustantivo note  (1988)
  • ''Del otro lado del sol” note  (1991)
  • “Animal Nocturno” note  (1993)
  • “Historias” note  (1994)
  • “Si el norte fuera el sur” note  (1996)
  • “Sin daños a terceros” note  (1998)
  • “Galería Caribe” note  (2000)
  • “Santo pecado” note  (2002)
  • “Adentro” note  (2005)
  • “5to piso” note  (2008)
  • “Poquita ropa” note  (2010)
  • “Independiente” note  (2011)
  • “Viaje” note  (2014)
  • “Circo Soledad” note  (2017)
  • “Blanco” note  (2020)
  • “Negro” note  (2021)
  • “SECO” note  (2025)

Tropes:

  • Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: The song "Casa de Locos" note  is the Long List of embarrassing things that a man can no longer tolerate from his girlfriend's family.
  • Female Empowerment Song: "Ella"note  is a powerful femininity anthem that revolves around a woman who has been held back by society expectations and desires to live experiences that are often reserved for men or considered unconventional for a lady.
  • Gayngst: His song “Que nadie vea” note  talks about all the suffering that gay people has to go through over hiding their identity and how they will be judged.
  • Henpecked Boyfriend: "El demonio en casa" note  talks about a man convincing a girl to move with him, and regreting it when she forbids him from going out with his friends and inviting her mother to dinner, among other things.
  • Ice Queen: "Pingüinos en la cama"note  talks about how distance the relationship with his partner and how she seems to avoid any of his gestures.
    there are penguins in the bed, because of the ice you create.
  • Ironic Nickname: During his song "No me importa nada" note , he mentions a guy that apparently only has one arm, and is called "octopus".
  • Jesus Was Way Cool: "Jesús es Verbo, no sustantivo".note  talks about how Jesus teachings are really good, but Christians tend to bee too hypocritical people and don't actually follow them, they just talk about it.
  • Mars Needs Water: The reason why the alien narrator of "Del otro lado del Sol" note  has come to Earth to see if it's worth making contact. He becomes so horrified at how much Humans Are Bastards that he decides going back to his planet to die of thirst is better.
  • "Not So Different" Remark: In the second part of "If the north were the south" he says that if the USA and Latin America changed places, "wenote  would be the same, or maybe a little bit worse".
  • Sympathetic Adulterer: In the song "Historia de Taxi" (Taxi Story), he relates a taxi driver that has a one night stand with a blonde woman, whose partner is cheating her. Then she decides to bring the taxi driver to the bar where her partner is having a date, just to have both to realize that the cheater's couple is no other than the taxi driver's wife. Both couples decide to continue with their respective relationships.

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