Have you ever wondered why”Marta has a pacemaker” bears this title? The song does not make references to a teenage pregnancy or to the case of the ex-girlfriend of one of the singers of G-men; On the contrary, this musical track was only born by chance. Know its origin in this note.
What is the true story of “Marta has a pacemaker”?
not his own David Summers, leader of Hombres G, understands how he managed to create the iconic song; however, he disclosed the situation that allowed him to be inspired to do it. This song that talks about Marta and a pacemaker enchants —even today— to thousands of listeners, so it is not new that many wonder what it means.
The true story results from a series of curious and casual events that are only related in the song. It was David Summers himself who announced in an interview in El Hormiguero that when he was young and listened to the jokes of his father, the filmmaker Manuel Summers, there was one that caught his attention; since, it was about the Pasionaria pacemaker joke, a Spanish politician named Dolores Ibáurri.
At that time, the movie “Alien, the eighth passenger” was also released, so the song had the structure of the composition based on the joke and the film. These references were shown in her famous lyrics “Marta has a pacemaker, which encourages her heart”, in the case of Pasionaria; and she “feels a blow to her chest. I just wanted to kiss you, the pacemaker has come out between viscera and blood”, in relation to the popular feature film.
Thus, the melody turns out to be striking for its lyrics. This is how the leader and vocalist of Hombres G would describe it: “It’s a weird mix, the most surreal song I’ve ever done and I have to sing it every day.”
How was the name of the band Hombres G born?
The name of the popular band, like its famous song, was also born by chance, since it comes from the movie “G Men”. A tape that premiered in 1935 and that inspired the identity of the icons of rock in Spanish.
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