Corridos Analysis

First of I can honestly say that Corridos are my favorite. Listening to all the different ones with historical meaning is really amazing.
Corridos, are known as written poems and songs that talk about different historical or social events. They can be seen as “counter discourse”, because they represent the side of the Mexican people, and their stories of what happened during the War. Some of the songs are very specific with the date and the year that the event occurred. I believe that they were intended to be written for both Mexican as well as the amercian people. Sharing specific historical events that many people did not know about, and wouldn’t believe ever happened. The themes really have a wide range, from the supposed death of Pancho