With the new humdrum chart single “Pregúntale,” though, the situation comes to a head. The principles of detection and/or YouTube rabbit holes tell me this revolution began a month ago, with Trakalosa’s humdrum “Pa’ Quitarle Las Ganas.” You’d could easily have missed the name change, which only appeared in the opening credits. It seems La Trakalosa de Monterrey, given to illustrating their humdrum power ballads with dramatic eight-minute videos starring the expressive face of frontman Edwin Luna, have undergone a dramatic name change: they’re now Edwin Luna y La Trakalosa de Monterrey. Hay mucha intriga on one of the Mexican charts this week, the secondary one that measures radio spins rather than total audience. I can only imagine the stifling fog of their breath-sprayed BS, and I’d like to think Calibre points and laughs a way through it. I mean, just this week you’ve got Gerardo Ortiz offering “Millones de Besos” instead of, you know, talking Chuy Lizarraga kicking himself for succumbing to the kisses of a devious mujer and the loathsome Banda MS wondering why all those kisses weren’t enough to make her stay.
Have you considered kissing her feet and feeding her ice cream? Muñoz is a smart enough writer that I’m convinced he’s kidding, in the Randy Newman sense, and that “Préstamela a Mí” is pointing and laughing at the many paternalistic manos surrounding Calibre on the radio.
While his rhythm section lurches like a Frankenstein monster wielding breath spray, Eden Muñoz goes full Eddie Cornelius on how to treat your angry mujer like a lady. ¿Qué es el punto? No sé… tal vez “los hombres son pendejos.” Usted lo sabía. Escucho una letra ofensiva, sí, pero tambien una letra que exagera la infamia para hacer un punto. No por nada es la canción un #1 sencillo en ambos México y El Norte.
“Préstamela a Mí” de Calibre 50 inspiró amor, aversión, y indiferencia. En 2014 todos menos uno de los críticos en la Singles Jukebox les gustó la canción “Qué Tiene de Malo,” pero no esto tiempo.
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