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Miranda! is an Argentine Electro Pop band, formed in 2001. Band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes ( Guitar ), Bruno De Vicenti (programming) and since 2003 Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). Found fame in Europe, Latin America, and the United States among Spanish speakers. HISTORY The History of Miranda! began in 2001, when Alejandro Sergi decided to join Juliana Gattas, Lolo Fuentes and Bruno de Vicenti to start a band. Their style would be catalogued by themselves as ''Melodramatic Electropop''. The band was named after Argentinian classic actor Osvaldo Miranda . Since the band began playing, they wanted to meet him. This finally took place during the ''Buen Dia Arriba'' festival, in December 2002 , in a bar near a park at Palermo Viejo . Their popularity grew around the Buenos Aires Underground music circuit, based on their peculiar music, style, and looks. Their unique live performances, in which the band members "acted out" the lyrics of their songs, gained them a great amount of followers, as well as a number of prizes on such publications as the Argentinian version of the Rolling Stone Magazine , which named them the Revelation Band of 2002. The same year, they released their first album, ''Es Mentira'', which would spawn five singles: ''Bailarina'', ''Imán'', ''Tu Juego'', ''Agua'' and ''Romix''. In 2004 Miranda! edited their second album, entitled ''Sin Restricciones'', which would mean the mainstream breakthrough of the band, with hits like ''Yo Te Diré'' or ''Don'', which would go on to be one of the most downloaded ringtones in the world by 2005. Other singles out of this album were ''Navidad'', ''El Profe'', ''Uno los Dos'' and recently ''Traición''. They've just released their third album, containing three new songs that were formerly the soundtrack of very successful soap operas from Argentina, "Quereme...tengo frío" ("Love me, I'm cold") from Piel Naranja (Orange Skin), starring Arnaldo André and Marilina Ross in 1975; "Una lágrima sobre el teléfono" ("A tear over the telephone") from Una Voz En El Teléfono ("A voice over the phone"), starring Carolina Papaleo and Raúl Taibo in 1990; and "Esa extraña dama" ("That strange lady") from the soap opera with the same name, starring Luisa Kuliok and Jorge Martínez . This songs were performed at the 2006 Martín Fierro Awards TV Show, and then released as a single cd in Argentina. Recently, they released "Prisionero", the first single of their new album "El Disco de tu Corazón". LYRICS CONTROVERSY There is a big controversy regarding the sexual content in some of their songs, mostly in ''El Profe'' ("The Teacher" in English) which talks about a male student fantasizing about being one of his female classmates' love teacher. The language used and the situations described are unusual for mainstream pop and some might find them offensive and of bad taste. The passages that better illustrate this controversy would be: "Quisiera que me mientas cuando pregunte tu edad" (I want you to lie to me when I ask your age) and also "Quiero que te toques para mi, quiero tocarme y acabar en ti" (I want you to touch yourself for me, I want to touch myself and finish inside of you). DISCOGRAPHY Es Mentira (2002) #Bailarina (Dancer) #Horoscopo (Horoscope) #Romix (Romix) #Imán (Magnet) #Tu juego (Your Game) #Agua (Water) #Ven (Come) #Mentira (Lie) #Tiempo (Time) #Casualidad (Coincidence) Sin Restricciones (2004) #Yo te diré (I will tell you) #Don (Natural gift) #Quiero (I want) #Vuelve a ti (It goes back to you) #El profe (The teacher) #Otra vez (Again) #Tu gurú (Your guru) #Hoy (Today) #El agente (The agent) #Navidad (Christmas) #Traición (Betrayal) #Uno los dos ( {Link without Title} One both of us) En Vivo Sin Restricciones! (2005) #Otra Vez (Again) #Tu gurú + Take on me (Your guru + Take on me) #Yo te diré (I will tell you) #Hoy (Today) #Bailarina (Dancer) #Mentira (Lie) #Traición (Betrayal) #Navidad (Christmas) #Quiero (I Want) #El profe (The Teacher) #Tu juego (Your Game) #Don (Gift) #Romix (Romix) #Casualidad (Coincidence) Quereme! {Link without Title} (2006) #Quereme...Tengo Frio (Love me... I'm cold) #Una lágrima sobre el teléfono (A tear over the telephone) #Esa extraña dama (That strange lady) #Medley (Extendida) #Medley (Radio Edit) El Disco de tu Corazón (The Album of Your Heart (2007) #Prisionero (Prisoner) #Hola (Hello) #Perfecta, en colaboración con Julieta Venegas (Perfect, featuring Julieta Venegas ) #Enamorada (In Love) #Nada es igual (Nothing is the Same) #Dejame (Let Me) #Amanece junto a mí (Dawn next to me) #Hasta hoy (Until today) #Vete de aquí, en colaboración con Fangoria (Go Away, featuring Fangoria ) #No me celes (Don't be jealous of me) #Te atreviste y me morí (You dared and I died) #Voces (Voices) ''Prisonero'' (''Prisoner'') is the first single of the album which already is played by radio stations and the videoclip has been directed by Joaquín Cambres. It's been ranked in the #2 position in the Top 100 Argentina . SINGLES From Es Mentira (2002): # Bailarina # Tu Juego # Romix # Agua From Sin Restricciones (2004): # Yo Te Diré # Navidad # Don # El Profe # Uno Los Dos # Traición From El Disco de tu Corazón (2007): # Prisionero # Perfecta EXTERNAL LINKS |
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