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Los Romeros de la Puebla - a long-lived Spanish band from Andalusia
Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 10:47 pmToday I got carried away again, looking up info on a song and the band that played it. I taped the song from the radio when I lived in Germany in the 1980s, and always thought it was quite special though I didn't know what the lyrics were about or who the band was. I thought it must have been popular, to have been played on the radio back then. But from my web search results, it doesn't seem more popular than the band's other songs, and the band doesn't seem well-known outside of Spain.
Video title: 02- TRIANA Y SU CALLE DEL BETIS (LOS ROMEROS DE LA PUEBLA) 1974: SEVILLANAS'74
Posted by: Jose Luis Dominguez Bayon
Date posted: Mar 30, 2022
The song lyrics speak of a street named "Betis" in Triana, a neighborhood of Seville. The street runs along a river and can be seen in Google Streetview; a shop window along the street even reflects the image of the Google Streetview car which took the panoramic photos.
The song is originally from the group's 1974 album, aptly titled Sevillanas '74. It is also available for digital purchase at Qobuz on album Vamos a la Feria con Los Romeros de la Puebla.
The Spanish language Wikipedia has a page on the band, Romeros de la Puebla.
It indicates the group was active from 1968 through 2011 and mentions "The Romeros de La Puebla hold a Guinness World Record for being the longest-running musical group with its original members" (as of 2006; that record is now held by ZZ Top).
The Wikipedia page links to an El Pais article, Cuarenta años de romeros from November 2006 about the band and its Guinness World Record.
The article also mentions:
I didn't find solid information on which song that last part referred to. So I checked the song lyrics from their 1995 album, Tiempo De Primavera (Qobuz link).
I strongly suspect this must be the song: Qué le importa a nadie (What does it matter to anyone?)
Video title: Los Romeros de la Puebla. Que le importa a nadie
Posted by: canal sevillanas
Date posted: Jan 19, 2015
These are the lyrics. Not including the repeated parts, they are:
This is the translation, per Mistral chat:
The band retired in 2011, with album Cantando Decimos Adiós ("Singing We Say Goodbye").
The album includes a song by the same name.
Song, on YouTube
Spanish Lyrics
Video title: 02- TRIANA Y SU CALLE DEL BETIS (LOS ROMEROS DE LA PUEBLA) 1974: SEVILLANAS'74
Posted by: Jose Luis Dominguez Bayon
Date posted: Mar 30, 2022
The song lyrics speak of a street named "Betis" in Triana, a neighborhood of Seville. The street runs along a river and can be seen in Google Streetview; a shop window along the street even reflects the image of the Google Streetview car which took the panoramic photos.
The song is originally from the group's 1974 album, aptly titled Sevillanas '74. It is also available for digital purchase at Qobuz on album Vamos a la Feria con Los Romeros de la Puebla.
The Spanish language Wikipedia has a page on the band, Romeros de la Puebla.
It indicates the group was active from 1968 through 2011 and mentions "The Romeros de La Puebla hold a Guinness World Record for being the longest-running musical group with its original members" (as of 2006; that record is now held by ZZ Top).
The Wikipedia page links to an El Pais article, Cuarenta años de romeros from November 2006 about the band and its Guinness World Record.
Desde el año 1966, José Manuel Moya, Juan Díaz, José Angulo, Faustino Cabello y Manuel Cabello, esos muchachos de la Puebla, se han mantenido unidos sin que, ni el tiempo, ni las corrientes de moda hayan logrado separarlos. Esa circunstancia es, sin duda alguna, merecedora de una incursión en el libro Guiness de los records...
[Google translation]
Since 1966, José Manuel Moya, Juan Díaz, José Angulo, Faustino Cabello and Manuel Cabello, those boys of the Puebla, have remained united without, neither time nor the currents of fashion have managed to separate them. That circumstance is, without a doubt, worthy of an incursion into the Guinness Book of Records ...
The article also mentions:
Las letras de sus canciones se impregnaron de día a día y cotidianeidad, se adelantaron a su tiempo para dedicar en el año 1995 una sevillana a los gays, mucho antes de que se hablase de las bodas entre homosexuales.
[Google translation]
The lyrics of their songs were permeated by everyday life, they were ahead of their time to dedicate in 1995 a Sevillana to gays, long before there was talk of homosexual weddings.
I didn't find solid information on which song that last part referred to. So I checked the song lyrics from their 1995 album, Tiempo De Primavera (Qobuz link).
I strongly suspect this must be the song: Qué le importa a nadie (What does it matter to anyone?)
Video title: Los Romeros de la Puebla. Que le importa a nadie
Posted by: canal sevillanas
Date posted: Jan 19, 2015
These are the lyrics. Not including the repeated parts, they are:
Tengo una ventana, que a la calle da Por las malas lenguas La tengo cerrá [ Refrain: ] Si vengo o si voy Qué le importa a nadie Si soy o no soy Yo vivo a mi aire Y sé donde voy Yo sigo contento, con vivir así Y no quiero cuentos Para no dormir [Refrain] Yo vivo mi vida, y a nadie hago mal Si dicen, que digan Otra pena más [Refrain] Haga lo que haga, en lengua estaré Porque se que nada Les parece bien [Refrain]
This is the translation, per Mistral chat:
I have a window, facing the street,
Because of gossip ("bad tongues"),
I keep it shut.
[ Refrain: ]
Whether I come or go,
What does it matter to anyone?
Whether I am or I’m not,
I live as I please,
And I know where I’m going.
I stay happy, living this way,
And I don’t want gossip ("stories/tales"),
So I can sleep.
[Refrain]
I live my life, and I harm no one.
If they talk, let them talk—
That’s their problem, not mine.
[Refrain]
No matter what I do, I’ll stay true to my tongue,
Because I know
Nothing I do will ever please them.
[Refrain]The band retired in 2011, with album Cantando Decimos Adiós ("Singing We Say Goodbye").
The album includes a song by the same name.
Song, on YouTube
Spanish Lyrics