The song “La Isla Bonita”, is a history of a fantasy song, among the slums and poverty. Hands drums, naked torsos, full garbage trashcans and old broken cars, these all about a poor neighborhood. Even in this place, the poor neighborhood has a life and their history of a love. The singer of the song lives in one of those apartments. She had a fantasy dream about a young girl that dreamt of San Pedro. There were tropical breezes, the island all of nature wild and free, where she wanted to be, on the beautiful island of happiness. She has a dream about beautiful faces and no cares in this world, where a girl loves a boy and a boy loves a girl. All this can be seen in the lyrics of Madonna. “La Isla Bonita” was filmed in the Latin style in the…show more content… In order to better understand and appreciate early Madonna’s lyrics in “La Isla Bonita”, one must examine Madonna as a scandalize singer, the breakthrough as a revolution in art and its expression, and Madonna’s actual performance today.
If to compare the lyrics and music video, it is clear what the song says, so they complement each other. The video shows a young modest lady, and at the same time emancipated dancer, in the flamenco style. Madonna has regularly performed the songs in its Spanish form. “This is where I long to be La Isla Bonita / and when the samba played /the sun would set so high/” (Madonna). The singer partially wrote the words to this song, it was first song where Spanish motives were sound. It was impossible to the past years and to mix different cultures. Because of the Cold War between the countries, relations have been strained. Almost in all the countries this style of performance was forbidden and banned. Pop music look down upon in the USSR, because of the representative of western sentiments. It means, that they promoted through their songs the idea and made fun of their leaders in the country. Nevertheless, people crave for these
