The band Alcalá Norte shows us life in their neighborhood in the music video for "La Vida Cañón." With post-punk sounds in the background and the M-30 ring road as the central axis of the video (and the city), the artists depict daily life in Ciudad Lineal, a neighborhood in the greater Madrid metropolitan area.

The song, with its 80s rock and post-punk influences, evokes the era of the Movida Madrileña while also making references to current pop culture.

The video, conceived as a sequence of everyday scenes, has a distinct neighborhood aesthetic, showing how life unfolds among its densely packed buildings and to the rhythm of the hectic traffic in this M-30 environment. One of the locations in this music video is the shopping center that gives the band its name, Alcalá Norte, located in Ciudad Lineal.

The band was inspired by a story that Jaime Barbosa, the drummer, found in the 1935 issue of the magazine "Mundo Gráfico." In the article, a working-class man explains that if he won the lottery, he would buy his wife a hair comb, a shawl, and a ticket to the Las Ventas bullring, and live the high life.

"La Vida Cañón" by Alcalá Norte.

"La Vida Cañón" by Alcalá Norte.

Alcalá Norte. Our Saturday music video. (Official video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT.

Credits.-

Vocalist.- Álvaro Rivas.
Guitar.- Juan Pablo Juliá Ciarelli, Pablo Mendoza.
Drums.- Jaime Barbosa.
Bass.- Pablo "Admin".
Keyboards.- Laura de Diego.
Director.- Grady Dummond.
Director of Photography.- Pablo Garrido Carreras.
Human Cannonball.- Juan Sanz.
Colorist.- Mario Lorente.
Casting Director.- Pablo Mendoza.

Lyrics.-

Peineta pa' mi chica y un mantón
Butaca en teatro, 
la vida cañón
Sombra en Las Ventas,
nalgas sobre blando
Hace tiempo que no pienso 
en el horror
Seis horas seguidas 
metido en un cuarto
Escuchando mi nueva canción 
y hablando de mí

La vida cañón, 
la vida cañón

Puro en el tendido 
y mi chica con mantón, 
la vida cañón
Jóvenes pobres, 
tardes de rico
Hace tiempo que no pienso
en el horror
Seis horas seguidas metido en un cuarto
Escuchando mi nueva canción
Soñando vivir la vida cañón
El día en que pruebas el clorhidrato dе cocaína
¡Yo soy Georgina! Temporada dos

La vida cañón, la vida cañón
La vida cañón, la vida cañón

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Published on: December 13, 2025
Cite:
metalocus, ELVIRA PARÍS FERNÁNDEZ
"Living in the Madrid of the M-30. "La Vida Cañón" by Alcalá Norte" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/living-madrid-m-30-la-vida-canon-alcala-norte> ISSN 1139-6415
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