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Hoy Gano Yo
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Wikipedia article
'Hoy Gano Yo' (en: "Today I Win") is the tenth track from WarCry's self titled debut album. It's one of the band's best-known songs, played nearly in every concert often as closing track, due to its lyrics about the way heavy metal is seen in the society. "Hoy Gano Yo" is featured on live album 'Directo A La Luz' on both DVD and CD versions.Directo A La Luz DVD/CD The song also appears on Finnish music video game 'Frets on Fire'.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5eRjBJGuqY Hoy Gano Yo on 'Frets on Fire'] Youtube.com Retrieved March 4, 2007
Meaning
On the band's official website Vctor Garca stated that the song talks about heavy metal, and about the "heavies", with a clear message, "one for all and all for one". He said the main purpose of the song is "to appeal for unity" among the metal enthusiasts, stating also that "sometimes total victory is an accumulation of partial victories, like opening a bar to play only metal music [...] to do things to make heavy metal more important in the society."[http://www.warcry.as/discografia/warcry/tematema.htm Hoy Gano Yo] WarCry.as Retrieved April 17, 2002
Hoy Gano Yo makes reference to how ignored is heavy metal on these times, in lyrics like:
On the main chorus appears what Garca said it was an "appeal for unity"
Personnel
*Vctor Garca - vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards
*Alberto Ardines - drums
with:
*Fernando Mon - guitar solos
*Pablo Garca - guitar solos
Notes
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