Elia y Elizabeth Descripcón (1972)
Composed of delicate circular muscle fibers, the iris—the colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil—plays a vital role in regulating how much light enters the eye. Beyond its functional role, the iris also determines eye color. Ranging from blue and green to brown and hazel, eye color is largely shaped by genetics and the concentration of melanin in the iris.
Green eyes are among the rarest in the world, found in only about 2% of the global population. Perhaps for that reason, they have long been considered particularly attractive—and frequently celebrated in popular music. All of this week’s songs gravitate around this uncommon shade—or at least mention green eyes—with Elia and Elizabeth Fleta kicking things off. In “Descripción”, the lighthearted love song we feature today, the Colombian sisters sing: “(La, la, la) tus (la, la, la, la) tus verdes ojos con la luz del amor,” which translates to: “(La, la, la) your (la, la, la, la) your green eyes with the light of love.”
Born into a musical family—their father was the son of a Spanish tenor while their aunts Elia and Paloma performed as the duo Hermanas Fleta—Elia and Elizabeth recorded music between 1972 and 1973. But after releasing only two albums, they stepped away from the limelight to pursue other careers. Fortunately, their idiosyncratic blend of psychedelic, garage rock, funk and folk has recently been rediscovered by the Madrid-based label Vampisoul, giving their music a second life.
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