Al Mundo le falta un Tornillo
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Al Mundo le falta un Tornillo (Spanish
: The world is missing a screw) is a tango
of Argentina
composed in 1932 by José María Aguilar Porrás with lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo
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It was recorded by Carlos Gardel
for the label Odeon, and one of the most accepted version is that of Julio Sosa
, recorded in 1957 for RCA Victor with Armando Portier's orchestra.
The verses refer to the crisis of the 1930, with an early form of protest song and the inevitable appeal to the lunfardo
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Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: The world is missing a screw) is a tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
composed in 1932 by José María Aguilar Porrás with lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo
Enrique Cadícamo
Enrique Domingo Cadícamo was a prolific Argentine tango lyricist, poet and novelist. From an initial Symbolist bent, he developed a distinctive, lunfardo-rich style from an early age, and by 1925 he had his first piece, Pompas de jabón, sung by Carlos Gardel...
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It was recorded by Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...
for the label Odeon, and one of the most accepted version is that of Julio Sosa
Julio Sosa
Julio María Sosa Venturini , usually referred to simply as Julio Sosa or El Varón del Tango, was an Uruguayan tango singer....
, recorded in 1957 for RCA Victor with Armando Portier's orchestra.
The verses refer to the crisis of the 1930, with an early form of protest song and the inevitable appeal to the lunfardo
Lunfardo
Lunfardo is a dialect originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the lower classes in Buenos Aires and the surrounding Gran Buenos Aires, and from there spread to other cities nearby, such as Rosario and Montevideo, cities with similar socio-cultural situations...
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