I rather be dead

The song "Antes muerta que sencilla” meaning "I rather be dead than plain” was first sung by Maria Isabel in 2004, when she was 9 years old.

Maria Isabel is from Spain, giving her songs that Spanish accent and, as demonstrated in this song, she incorporates flamenco, which is a typical Spanish influence.

Maria Isabel sings of looking up to the style of movie stars and other celebrities. It is a very understanding point of view of an easily influenced girl who likes to play dress up.

Los Horoscopos de Durango is a duranguense group that many times takes from other known artists’ songs and changes the song to fit the style of the genre they sing to.

Here, the group takes a song from a 9 year-old and make it a serious song that talks about the needs for women to always look attractive, and rather be dead than not look glamorous. In most of the scenes the women interpreting this song look very serious and in serious need of fun, as oppose to Maria Isabel who uses her youth to live up the song and makes it fun.

Los Horoscopos make a small recognition to the origin of the song in the beginning where they sample the sound of flamenco music.

Maria Isabel

Los Horoscopos de Durango