THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,503) Los Mitos/The Myths — “Es Muy Facil”/”It’s Very Easy”
Warning — if you are from Spain, read no further, as this song was a huge hit for Los Mitos (see #1,244). For everyone else, the song is so bouncy, it beat Apollo to the Moon, so infectious, it could have caused a pandemic, so joyful, it still elicits responses like these:
“I had a childhood with family lunches on Sundays, no TV, no cell phone, just the record player or the radio in the background. Beautiful, sweet, happy songs and rhythms to listen to and dance to, I was a happy girl”. (mariaelianaescobar9823 (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7AenK2GFw)
“I am 66 years old and this song is one of my favorites, what a beautiful stage in my life, thank you for existing this musical group Los Mitos”. (CarlosGarcia-iz4dz (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7AenK2GFw)
“What romanticism, what a beautiful time that will never return. Today I am 68 years old and whenever I listen to them, thank God my thoughts fly to those unforgettable days of youth, thank you. To the Myths.” (luisvindel8481 (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7AenK2GFw)
Musica60 tells us of Los Mitos (courtesy of Google Translate):
The group Los Mitos had a short musical history, but there is no doubt about the mark they left on Spanish pop. With their pleasant music, free of socio-political commitments and of undoubted freshness, they left their hometown, Bilbao, toured Spain and arrived in Latin America as a group of special quality. But for this group, not everything was easy, since since 1966 they were playing together under the name of Los Famélicos; but after the name change to Los Mitos and the inclusion of José Ignacio and Paco, the path changed for the better and after performances first in Vizcaya and on April 8, 1968 in Madrid, they were signed by Rafael Trabucchelli for the Hispavox record label. That same year, the single that served as the group’s introduction appeared. It included the song “Cuando Vuelvas[]” [see #1,244,] an easy-to-understand song with uncomplicated lyrics, arrangements similar to Beach Boys and an ideal structure between an orchestral rhythm and a vocal tragedy that made it one of the classic melodies of 1968. . . . In 1969, the song that gave them total success appeared, containing a catchy chorus, “Es Muy Fácil,” a work that even reached the American market through United Artists, and remained in the top-5 for two months. . . . [C]ommercial songs assured their success; but their melodramatic themes showed their unmistakable artistic quality. Another single in the fall of 1969 included “Me Conformo” and “Todos Lo Saben” (“Everybody Knows” — Dave Clark Five), showing once again that commerciality and quality went hand in hand and initiating the use of foreign compositions in their repertoire. The group was made up of José (Tony) Antonio Santiesteban . . . as lead vocalist, Carlos Zubiaga . . . on rhythm guitar and keyboards, José Ignacio Millán . . . on lead guitar, Francisco (Paco) García . . . on drums and Oscar Matia Sorozabal . . . on bass, all from Bilbao; but for the next album the vocalist Tony (from here on Tony Landa) was no longer in the group, which meant the beginning of the loss of popularity and more desertions. During the years 68 and 70 Los Mitos and Formula V fueled a rivalry similar to that of Los Brincos [see #1,172] and Los Bravos in their golden years. With a new singer (Ramón) they reappeared in 1970 and recorded the fifth single . . . . Los Mitos had reached the peak of their career, their work was high in the Spanish charts, their records sold well and in Latin America they were already known. In 1971 with a new drummer (Hans) they recorded [a new single] . . . but the decline seemed inevitable and their new manager Agustin Arbex, cousin of Fernando Arbex, gets some performances; but definitely their golden moments came to an end, because the conglomerate of young people in their presentations no longer showed so much enthusiasm.
https://ladecadaprodigiosalos60y70.blogspot.com/2010/11/los-mitos.html
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