Is Asereje by Las Ketchup sung in Catalan or Castillian Spanish?

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abuela Nany

The song is a takeoff of an old rocknroll song in english... the starting phrase "Asereje" comes from "I said a hey", and you can take it from there... There is hardly a real spanish word in the songs refrain! It's mostly gibberish and just good fun.
It was a big hit back in 2002. Sold over 12 million copies!
You can hear it in the website below. The second is the song in english where part of the refrain presumably comes from, tho' the composer denies it. http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/leyendasurbanas/2009/3/26/el-asereje-cancion-diabolica

Xinoxano

In Castilian Spanish and they are Andalusian from Southern Spain and they speak only Spanish, even if they have a quite different pronunciation there.

Catalan is spoken in Catalonia (capital Barcelona), Balearic Islands, Valencia (also called Valencian there), Andorra, a small stripe of land in Southern France and in the town of Alghero in Sardinia (Italy).

Lynxpardina

It's spanish from AndalucÃa. I'm from the north of Spain and sometimes is hard for me to understand people from down there. It's a very different spanish. But also, as others have pointed out, that song is mostly gibberish.

guiri

Abuella Granny has said it all. The song is just a bit of fun.

You are quite correct in using the description "Castillian Spanish".
I just want to point out that your critic does not understand that 'Castillian Spanish' is English for 'Castellano'.

This group is from Cordoba. Andaluz Spanish is a bit like Glaswegian English...foul accent mainly.

In one Andaluz song I wondered why it was about a cow. (Vaca pa!)
but ther you are. I now understand.

netjavito

I think they sing in Spanish but this song is not in Standard Spanish.

magidge

It's sung in Castellano (Spanish).

The most likely reason why you don't understand it is because it's very much a play on nonsense words...

There is no such language as 'castillian' or 'castilian'
It is Castellano...
PLEASE

dart

That's Spanish.

I learned to speak Spanish in AndalucÃa, and I am having a hard time understanding many of the words...I think part of that is the recording...not terribly clear.

Now you got me going:

http://www.lyricstop.com/t/theketchupsong-lasketchup.html

Here you go...this would probably be the original...all in Spanish.

http://www.lyricsdownload.com/las-ketchup-aserej-spanish-lyrics.html

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