El Último de la Fila was a Spanish music group created in the mid 1980s in Barcelona, Spain. The original members were Manolo García

Manolo García

Manuel García García-Pérez is a Spanish singer and painter. His first LPs were recorded with rock bands like Los Rápidos, Los Burros and El Último de la Fila. His singing style is a mix of pop rock, flamenco and Arabic music. Today, García continues to have a successful solo career...

 and Quimi Portet.

History

Los Burros eventually changed their name to El Último de la Fila and won the rough cuts contest of the Rock Spezial magazine with their songs A cualquiera puede sucederle and Cuando la pobreza entra por la puerta, el amor salta por la ventana.

They then joined the independent music company PDI and in 1985, where they recorded their first full album, Cuando la pobreza entra por la puerta, el amor salta por la ventana. Their original pop style and the subtle flamenco

Flamenco

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 touch in Manolo's voice made the group sound fresh and new. Enemigos de lo ajeno followed in 1986 with an even bigger success among the independent groups. The song Insurrección was chosen best song of the year by the Rock the Lux magazine. Nuevas mezclas came out in 1987, with an improved recording quality and a higher budget.

Their next album, Como la cabeza al sombrero sold more than 400,000 copies and they played in widely attended concerts in Spain and South America

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. In 1988 they took part in the Amnesty International

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's Human Rights Now! concert, together with Bruce Springsteen

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, Sting, Peter Gabriel

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, Tracy Chapman

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 and Youssou N'Dour

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. They won several music prizes by Iberpop and Rock de Lux.

After several concerts in France

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 and Switzerland

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, editing their album in some European countries (France

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, Sweden

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, Norway

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, Finland

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, Iceland

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 and Denmark

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) and another big tour that included Mexico

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, Colombia

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, Argentina

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, Venezuela

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 and Los Angeles

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, they record their next album, Nuevo pequeño catálogo de seres y estares in 1990. This album reaches #1 in Afyve's sales list. They also founded their own music company Perro Records.

After another big tour around Spain, Europe and South America they record Astronomía razonable in 1993, which becomes the first Spanish album to stay #1 in the sales list for ten weeks. It also went gold disc in Venezuela and Mexico.

The next tour is spectacular and includes scenography designed by Els Comediants theatre group.

In 1995 they launch La rebelión de los hombres rana, and go on another tour also in collaboration with Els Comediants, including songs from their 14 years of history in their repertoire (also from the Los Rápidos and Los Burros eras).

Three years later (13 January 1998) Manolo García and Quimi Portet announced they would continue their music careers separately.

Discography (as El Último de la Fila)

• Cuando la pobreza entra por la puerta, el amor salta por la ventana (February 1985)
  • 1. Dulces sueños
  • 2. A cualquiera puede sucederle
  • 3. El Monte de las águilas
  • 4. El loco de la calle
  • 5. Cuando la pobreza entra por la puerta, el amor salta por la ventana
  • 6. Querida Milagros
  • 7. ¿Hay alguien ahí?
  • 8. Otra vez en casa
  • 9. No hay dinero para los chicos
  • 10. Son cuatro dias

• Enemigos de lo ajeno (April 1986)
  • 1. Lejos de las leyes de los hombres
  • 2. Insurrección
  • 3. Mi patria en mis zapatos
  • 4. Aviones plateados
  • 5. Zorro veloz
  • 6. Las palabras son cansancio
  • 7. Soy un accidente
  • 8. Los ángeles no tienen hélices
  • 9. No me acostumbro
  • 10. ¿Para qué sirve una hormiga?

• Nuevas mezclas (February 1987)
  • 1. El loco de la calle
  • 2. Aviones plateados
  • 3. Querida Milagros
  • 4. Lejos de las leyes de los hombres
  • 5. ¿Quién eres tú?
  • 6. Insurrección
  • 7. Son cuatro dias
  • 8. No me acostumbro
  • 9. Soy un accidente
  • 10. Mi patria en mis zapatos
  • 11. Dulces sueños

• Como la cabeza al sombrero (April 1988)
  • 1. Dios de la lluvia
  • 2. Sara
  • 3. En los árboles
  • 4. La piedra redonda
  • 5. A veces se enciende
  • 6. Como la cabeza al sombrero
  • 7. Ya no danzo al son de los tambores
  • 8. Trabajo duro
  • 9. Trece planetas
  • 10. Llanto de pasión

CD Bonustrack

• • 11. Otro verano (instrumental)
  • 12. Vamos (instrumental)

• Nuevo pequeño catálogo de seres y estares (1990)
  • 1. Grünfink o pinzón verde (instrumental)
  • 2. Músico loco
  • 3. Canta por mí
  • 4. Del templo a la taberna
  • 5. Andar hacia los pozos no quita la sed
  • 6. En mi pecho
  • 7. "Beatus ille" (instrumental)
  • 8. Cuando el mar te tenga
  • 9. A jazmín
  • 10. Barrio Triste
  • 11. Sucedió en la antiguedad
  • 12. Todo el día llovió
  • 13. Canción de cuna 823

CD Bonustrack

• • 14. Cauterización de una herida (instrumental)
  • 15. "The Blue Rabbits Machine Corporation Hymn" (instrumental)

• Astronomía razonable (1993)
  • 1. El que canta su mal espanta
  • 2. Lápiz y tinta
  • 3. Remando sobre el polvo
  • 4. La risa tonta
  • 5. Hierbas de Asia
  • 6. Como un burro amarrado en la puerta del baile
  • 7. Astronomía razonable
  • 8. Piedra sobre piedra
  • 9. Vino dulce
  • 10. Mar antiguo
  • 11. Cosas que pasan
  • 12. Sumo y resto
  • 13. Hagámoslo
  • 14. Mar antiguo (instrumental)

• La rebelión de los hombres rana (1995)
  • 1. ¡Qué bien huelen los pinos!
  • 2. Las hojas que ríen
  • 3. Vestido de hombre rana
  • 4. El bombero del atardecer
  • 5. Sin llaves
  • 6. Pedir tu mano
  • 7. Bailarás como un indio
  • 8. Dímelo tú
  • 9. A medio soñar
  • 10. Uva de la vieja parra
  • 11. Illetes (instrumental)

External links

• Each album contains the lyrics