Pinkity-Pop goes Spanish Pop

As serious as can be, I was reading the anguish and despair of Miguel de Unamuno's Tragic Sense of Life. Suddenly, from the coffee shop's TV, I hear what sounds like the soundtrack that bubbles out of Barbie's pink convertible as she rides through a three year old girl's imaginary Malibu. It's Nena Daconte's new hit in Spain, "Tenia tanto que darte" (I had so much to give you). At first, I was annoyed--as if some baby girl stole the cookies from my table. But it's too unabashedly cute and sugary to be dismissed. Those "tenia tanto"s that she keeps childishly cooing have the sound of some kitty from a Japanese cartoon show. That and those grinding punk power chords makes it a song to be loved, albeit in an ironical manner...of course. With a taste like a big lump of pink, chewy bubblegum, you'll soon be infected by it. You'll be thinking in light-bright colors for days.