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El encopao · Aníbal Troilo · 1942

Music by Osvaldo Pugliese, lyrics by Enrique Dizeo. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1985.
1942: 2 · danced 1 times1969: 1 · danced 0 times1979: 1 · danced 4 times1985: 2 · danced 0 times
1942’50’60’70’801985
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1942: 2, 1; 1969: 1, 0; 1979: 1, 4; 1985: 2, 0

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese recorded it in 1969 and 1985.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

El encopao · Aníbal Troilo · 1942 was sung by Francisco Fiorentino.†† El encopao · Aníbal Troilo · 1942 is a tango.† El encopao · Aníbal Troilo · 1942 lasts 03:08.†

Credit

Music
Osvaldo Pugliese
Lyrics
Enrique Dizeo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Sep 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba · Philips · May 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  3. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Nov 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1985
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1985
  5. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno · Odeon · Oct 22
    1 dance
    1942
  6. Armando PontierMost dancedRoberto Goyeneche · May 22
    4 dances
    1979
  7. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel1963
  8. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Me llaman El Encopao los que no saben lo que me ha pasao y me ven hecho un cualquiera... ¡Que digan lo que digan, que ya no me hace mella! Me llaman El Encopao como si el que anda así pierde el honor y no piensan que el que mata su rabia entre unas copas tiene su razón. ¡Total, qué le importa a ella que viva como yo vivo! Siempre metido en el de esa esquina que ha dejado de ser linda por su olvido. ¡Total, qué le importa a ella que viva como yo vivo! Mareado de caña y de recuerdos, noche y día, día y noche, por su vida que es mi amor. Me dicen El Encopao y no es mentira que voy mal rumbeao... ¡Todo por una morocha que me marcó una güeya de penas y de sombras! Me llaman El Encopao pero conmigo nadie va a jugar porque los hombres se encuentran y entonces cara a cara hay que corajear.

English · machine translation

They call me El Encopao those who don't know what has happened to me and they see me as a nobody... Let them say whatever they say, that it doesn't make a dent in me! They call me El Encopao as if he who walks like that loses his honor and they don't think that he who kills his rage over a few drinks has his reason. What does it matter to her that I live the way I live! Always stuck in the bowling alley on that corner that has ceased to be beautiful because of her oblivion. What does it matter to her that I live as I live! Dizzy with cane and memories, night and day, day and night, for her life which is my love. They call me El Encopao and it's not a lie that I'm going badly rumbeao... All because of a brunette that marked me a güeya of sorrows and shadows! They call me El Encopao but nobody will play with me because men meet and then face to face you have to face each other.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Francisco FiorentinoSep 1, 1942

Supported · 2

In other catalogues10

tango.info · 00743214972526-1-15

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tango.info · 02480002333722-2-3

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tango.info · 00743211440226-1-6

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tango.info · 04011222327543-1-12

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tango.info · 00743217139025-1-6

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tango.info · 04024236204076-1-10

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tango.info · 00828765943826-1-6

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tango.info · 00743214972724-1-15

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tango.info · 08427328133074-1-16

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tango.info · 02480002330110-2-3

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 03:08

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Audio feature15

Audio feature 123.0

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Audio feature 0.942

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Audio feature E

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Audio feature minor

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Audio feature 0.618

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Audio feature -23.1

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Audio feature 0.332

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Audio feature 0.279

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Audio feature 0.176

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Audio feature 0.054

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Audio feature 0.006

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Audio feature 0.764

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Audio feature 124.2

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Audio feature 62.1

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Audio feature step

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. El encopaoAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1942

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