Similar but different, and strong rhythm:
HUMILLACIÓN
This song was recorded in 1941 by Juan D'Arienzo
and Rodolfo Biagi, who
also was the composer; Lyrics by Carlos Bahr. It was three
years after Biagi had
left D'Arienzo's orchestra and deveoped his very special
orchestral style. I
suppose that between Biagi and D'Arienzo there was not only
the competition
that was common in those days, but a special rivalry, when thy
recorded the
same song within 4 months.
In the lyrics a man shouts his anger about a love
affair in which he
feels humiliated. "Odio este amor!"
Rodolfo Biagi with Jorge Ortiz (15th of March,
1941)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvfjIpUMuas
Juan D'Arienzo with Héctor Mauré (14th of July,
1841)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u834o7ETsOs
Although it's an angry song and we can hear this
in both versions - it's
high-energy music that invites people who want to dance the
rhythm like crazy.
So from the DJing point of view, both songs are more or less
equivalent in
their "functionality" in a milonga. But looking at the
details, they
are very different.
In Biagi's version we hear clearly his trademark
in the way of playing:
Frequent changes between extreme staccato and legato, where
violins and
bandoneons sound aggressive; from time to time unpredictable
accents on
off-beats; and Biagi's lively piano fills that had made him
famous in
D'Arienzos's orchestra (1936-1938). Jorge Ortiz' strong
singing gives an idea
of the anger even for those who don't understand the lyrics.
There is a nice
bandoneon decororating subtly the singing from 1:30. After the
singing we have,
as usual, Biagi's cool piano solo, then the singer comes back
and a slow
phasing out is celebrated.
In D'Arienzo's version, the strong and brilliant
bandoneons drive the
rhythm and draw the dancers to the floor; they are accompanied
by the rocking
piano of the young Fulvio Salamanca and decorated by nice
violins . Héctor
Mauré's voice is a bit restrained; the anger is expressed more
in the
aggressively played instrumenal part than in the singing.
After the singing,
Fulvio Salamanca playes a long piano solo with nice rhythmical
accents. The
last phrase of the singer is along the bandoneon variation.
Two good translations:
https://thesleepmeister.typepad.com/tango_decoder/2014/09/humillacion-1941-i-hate-this-love.html
https://poesiadegotan.com/2009/06/24/humillacion-1941/