Showing posts with label male artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label male artist. Show all posts

March 11, 2013

El Barrio

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Today is the turn of a spanish band El Barrio. They were touring with their new album Duermevela when I was living in Andalucía where is the origin of El Barrio. The singer songmaker composer José Luis Figuerero from Cadíz is a multitalent with the flamenco techniques. The lyrics are like tales like to days  Crónicas de una loca the "Story of a crazy". The style of El Barrio is basicly flamenco with a pop and rock seasonig. From time to time the songs are light sometimes they are dark. The bit darker tunes offers you this track: Patio de naranjo "The orange tree patio". Lighter and worth listening is: Crónicas de un gay  "The story of a gay". 

Check also: AndalucíaCalla ("Quiet"), Cartitas de Amor ("The cards of love"), Mi amor ("My love"), Crónicas de un gay ("Story of a gay"), Patio de naranjo ("The orange tree patio"), Vete con Don José y Delfín Amaya ("Beat it"), Quiereme ("Love me").


CRÓNICAS DE UNA LOCA

Ni locura ni enfermos mentales..
Ay personas que para curarse,
van de la mano de un mata sano,
medicando las duras verdades.

La encontre, con la mirada nublaa,
No atendia a mi interes,
parecia de cristal.
La encontre, sin ganitas de vivir,
maldiciendo al destino,
que la dejo postrada allí.

*Canta y no llores, y que cantando vas alejando tus temores,
Canta y no llores, y que cantando duelen menos los dolores.*

La ví sentada en un viejo rincon,
de aquel patio solitario de un manicomio,
El duro viento de un invierno gris,
mecia su pelo como las locas.

Todos los dias se ponia aquel mismo vestido,
que uno de sus hijos le compro hace años.
Mano derecha guardaba una rosa deshojada y fria, como la roca.
Pintaba cuadros, siempre tuvo el mar como referencia y motivaciones
Tenia en sus ojos ese brillo gris, que te da una vida de un par de cojones.

Cojio mi mano, me miro de frente, e indirectamente me dijo al oido:
-Sienta a mi lao, cierra los ojos y siente como indiferente se pasan los dias.

*Canta y no llores.. *

La encontre y me hablo de soledad
no creia en el amor, era la infelicidad.
La encontre , se reia sin querer,
de los hombres que seguian la doctrina de un querer.

*Canta y no llores... *

Con paso medio lento me llebaste amor,
cojido de tu mano hasta el dormitorio,
ilusionada te dio por jugar, con una vieja casa llena de muñecas.
En un libro viejo guardaban poemas que alguien titulo "Soy un triste abalorio"
Su piel era arrugada como una maceta,
el tiempo pribo de que floreciera.

La encontre, con la mirada nublaa,
No atendia a mi interes,
parecia de cristal.
La encontre,sin ganitas de vivir,
maldiciendo al destino,
que la dejo postrada allí.

*Canta y no llores.. *


STORY OF A CRAZY

Neither insanity nor the mental illnesses

There are humans who grab hand of the imposter
For to get better
They medicate the hard verities

I found that woman and the that misty look
She didn't notice my interest
She looked like a crystal
I found her without the joy of living
She cursed her destiny
That let her lie there broken

*Sing and don't cry
Because by singing the fears go away
Sing and don't cry
Because by singing the pain diminish

I saw her sitting there in the old corner
On that lonely yard of the mental hospital
The rough wind of the grey winter
Yank her hear like the lunatics

Every day she put on the same dress
The one that one of her children bought her many years ago
They had removed the spikes of the rose she guarded, it vas cold as a rock
She made paintings,  and she saw the sea as a reference and as a motivation
She had the grey shine in her eyes, the shine that gives you the infernal life

She grabbed my hand and looked straight in my eyes and briefly she wispered
-Sit next to me close your eyes and feel how
Indifferently the days go by

*Sing and don't cry... *

I found her and she told me about loneliness
She didn't believe in love
She was the unhappiness
I found her, though she didn't want to she laughed at the men who followed the doctor of lust

*Sing and don't cry... *

More slowly you took my love
Hand in your hand till the bedroom
You were excited, you saw it as a game with the old doll house full of dolls
Inside of the old book they kept the poems
Someone named them" I am a sad pearl"
Her skin was wrinkled like ajar
That time has took from them who bloom


I found that woman and the that misty look
She didn't notice my interest
She looked like a crystal
I found her without the joy of living
She cursed her destiny
That let her lie there broken


*Sing and don't cry... *

March 23, 2012

Bénabar

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Bénabar (Bruno Nicolini) is a singer songwriter whose lyrics are very cleverly made. The message of the songs are good and he uses his words carefully. Songs are in French and he has released six albums the latest in 2011.

I specially like this song because of it's message about little things that change the whole world.

Check also: Dis lui oui("say yes to him")

Si le battement d'ailes d'un papillon quelque part au Cambodge
Déclenche, sur un autre continent, le plus violent des orages
Le choix de quelques-uns dans un bureau occidental
Bouleverse des millions de destins, surtout si le bureau est ovale

Il n'y a que l'ours blanc qui s'étonne que sa banquise fonde
Ça ne surprend plus personne, de notre côté du monde
Quand le financier s'enrhume, ce sont les ouvriers qui toussent
C'est très loin la couche d'ozone mais c'est d'ici qu'on la perce

*C'est l'effet papillon : petite cause, grande conséquence
Pourtant jolie comme expression, petite chose, dégât immense *

Qu'on l'appelle "retour de flamme" ou "théorie des dominos"
"Un murmure devient vacarme" comme dit le proverbe à propos
Si au soleil tu t'endors, de Biafine tu t'enduiras
Si tu mets une claque au videur, courir très vite tu devras

Si on se gave au resto, c'est un fait, nous grossirons
Mais ça c'est l'effet cachalot, revenons à nos moutons (à nos papillons)
Un hôtel un après-midi "aventure extra-conjugale"
Puis, le coup de boule de son mari, alors si ton nez te fait mal

*C'est l'effet papillon, c'est normal fallait pas te faire chopper
Si par contre t'as mal au front, ça veut dire que c'est toi l'mari trompé*
 Avec les baleines on fabrique du rouge à lèvres, des crèmes pour filles
Quand on achète ces cosmétiques, c'est au harpon qu'on se maquille
Si tu fais la tournée des bars, demain, tu sais qu't'auras du mal
Pour récupérer, à huit heures, ton permis au tribunal

*C'est l'effet papillon: petite cause, grande conséquence
Pourtant jolie comme expression, petite chose, dégât immense *

Le papillon s'envole
Le papillon s'envoleTout bat de l'aileTout bat de l'aile
  BUTTERFLYEFFECT
If a butterfly claps its wings somewhere in Cambodia It starts in other continent the most violent stormsThe choice made by some people in eastern bureau Overturns the million destinies, specially if the bureau is form of an oval
There's only the polar bears who are astonished when the pack ice meltsIt doesn't surprise anyone on our side of the worldWhen the financiers catch a cold it is the working men who coughIt's far away from the ozone layer but it is from here we pierce it
* It's the butterfly effect: small causes - grate consequencesThough the beautiful saying: little thing, huge damage *
We're talking about "backfire" and "domino theory""Muttering increases to a noise" we sayIf you fell asleep in the sun, you have to brush yourself with After Sun CareIf you punch a bouncer you have to run fast
If you stuff yourself with food in the restaurant you gain weightBut it is a common cachalot effect, but back to the business (to the butterflies)In the hotel on the afternoon, "the extra-marital adventure"Hit to the head from her husband, that is when your nose hurts
* It's the butterfly effect, it's normal, you might not get caught But on the contrary if you have a headache - it's you who's been cheated*
From the whales we produce the lipstick, cremes for the ladiesWhen you by cosmetics, you make up with the harpoonIf you make a tour in the bars, you know you have hangover afterwards At eight o'clock you can reclaim your license from the tribunal
* It's the butterfly effect: small causes - grate consequencesThough the beautiful saying: little thing, huge damage *
The butterfly fliesThe butterfly fliesEverything wanesEverything wanes

December 01, 2011

David Bisbal

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David Bisbal is a spanish pop singer. His father was a boxer and he wanted to his son to continue his career but David had a passion to music not to boxing. 18-years-old David started to sing in a band called "Orquesta Expresiones". The real publicity came when he performed in a TV show called "Operación triunfo". After that the first album he released was a hit.

David Bisbal has won the Latin Grammy Award of the Best Artist in 2003.

The following song was in the radio for several times when I lived in the region Andalusia. It was kind of a symbol of the whole Andalusia. In the song Bisbal goes through the most known places of Andalusia: Alhambra of Granada, Huelva river, Giralda tower of Sevilla, Jaén, Malaga, Cordoba, Cadiz and Almeria where the singer is born. Andalusia is a combination of Spanish sun and arabic houses and music. As he sings Andalusia is really a child of Moor and Christian.

Check also:  Herederos ("Heirs"), Desnúdate Mujer ("Undress yourself woman"), Esclavo de sus besos ("Slave of her kisses"), Mi Princesa ("My Princess"),  Quiero perderme en tu cuerpo ("I want to get lost to your body"), Camina y ven ("Walk and come")  Al Andalus live in Madrid, Al Andalus version accapella.



Esta es la historia de una diosa
como nunca hubo ninguna
corria el arte en su mirada de color verde aceituna
de padre moro y de mujer cristiana
con piel de reina y cuerpo de sultana
movia sus manos como una gitana
y su embrujo te robaba el alma

Cuenta que hubo mucho que intentaron conquistarla
y otros tanto se quedaron hechizado solo con mirarla
aunque hace tiempo nadie a vuelto a verla
yo se que ella no es una leyenda
y sé muy bien donde podre encontrarla
a esa que todos llamaban...

Al Andalus,Al Andalus,
llevo tu nombre de norte a sur
Al Andalus eres la luz
que deja ciego al que te mira

Al Andalus,Al Andalus
grito tu nombre en la multitud
eres deseo Al Andalus
y estoy soñando con hacerte mia

Dice que la vieron paseando por la Alhambra
y que en la ria de Huelva se lavo la cara
luego,que si en la Giralda la oyeron cantado
camino a Jaen

Y una Malagueña le conto que la buscaba
y una Cordobesa confundi con su mirada
en Cadiz supe que yo la queria
y en Almeria yo la hice mia
ahora se donde puedo encontrarla
a la que todos llamaran...

Al Andalus,Al Andalus,
llevo tu nombre de norte a sur
Al Andalus eres la luz
que deja ciego al que te mira

Al Andalus,Al Andalus
grito tu nombre en la multitud
eres deseo Al Andalus
y estoy soñando con hacerte mia

Al Andalus,Al Andalus ,Al Andalus, (Coros)

(oye,vamonos...),no,no,no,....

Al Andalus me vuelves loco
dame tu cielo pero poco a poco (bis)(bis) (bis)(bis)

Al Andalus, Al Andalus,
Al Andalus eres la luz
que deja ciego al que te mira

Al Andalus,Al Andalus
grito tu nombre en la multitud
eres deseo Al Andalus
y no hay frontera "pa" acerte mia

Aaaaaa, aaaaaa,aaaaaa,
Aaaaaa ,aaaaaaa, Al Andalus..

Al Andalus me vuelves loco
dame tu cielo pero poco a poco (bis)(bis)
Andalus.


AL-ANDALUS


This is a story about a goddess
Someone like her there has ever been
In her olive green eyes run the knowledge
Her father was a Moor her mother Christian
The skin of a queen and the body of a sultan
The hands moved the way of a gipsy
And her spells will rob your soul


Numerous wooers tried to captivate her
So many of those were distracted just by looking at her
Though there aren't many to see her today
I know she is not a legend
And I know very well where to find her
The one they call...


*Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus
I carry your name from the North to the South
Al-Andalus you are the light
That will make blind the one who looks at you


Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus
I call your name in the crowd
You're the lust Al-Andalus
I dream to make you mine *


They say she walked in Alhambra
And that she washed her face in the river Huelva
Then they heard her sing in the Giralda on the way to Jaén


And the woman from Malaga told I'm searching for her
And I confused her with the woman from Cordoba
In Cadiz I knew I love her
And in Almeria I made her mine
Now I know where to find her
The one everybody calls...


*Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus... *


Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus...


No, no, no...


Al-Andalus you make me crazy
Give your heaven, but piece by piece (4x)


Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus you are the light
That will make blind the one who looks at you


Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus
I call your name in the crowd
You're the lust Al-Andalus
There is no limit to face my lust

Aaaaaa, aaaaaa,aaaaaa,
Aaaaaa ,aaaaaaa, Al-Andalus...

Al-Andalus you make me crazy
Give your heaven, but piece by piece (2x)

Andalus

October 28, 2011

Quijano

Picture is from here.
Quijano or Manuel Quijano is one of the three musician brothers from Leon, Spain. The other two called Óscar and Raúl with Manuel were part of the band called Café Quijano during the years 1998-2007. The leading vocalist Manuel changed his carreer to solo artist in 2007 and he started to make his own music by releasing an album titled "Vidas y venidas" ("Lives and arrivals"). Following years were published the albums "Grandes éxitos" ("The grand successes") and Santa Mónica Boulevard" ("Saint Monica Boulevard").


Check also: "Mónica""Solo te puedo decir"("I can say it only for you"), "Besos con versos"("Kisses with poems").


LA MAGDALENA

Llevas dos semanas
Encerrada en casa
Sin salir de la cama
Ya no tienes ni lágrimas
No paras de llorar
No comes, ni hablas
Ni te vistes, ni te lavas
Todo es una lástima

Lo que sobran son hombres
Como ése y mejores
Ése era un gandul
Que problema vas a tener tú
Déjate de decir
Que no quieres vivir
Que le quieres a él
Pero él no te quiere a tí

*Y hazme caso que no -
No no no no no vale la pena
Llorar como una magda magdalena
Por culpa de ese hombre culpable
Seguro que no va a valer la pena
Todos son iguales
Prometen haz de ramos, los rosales
Ellos nunca salen
Pero siempre tienen penas quincenales
No hay ni uno sólo
Ni uno sólo sólo que no falle
Si no es por una cosa es por otra
Pero siempre falla algún detalle
Si no es por una cosa es por otra
Pero siempre falla algún detalle *

Tienes que olvidarte
Distraerte, salír, cuidarte
Tu bendito mal lo cura el tiempo
Y ahora mismo tu estás ciega
Cada noche te envenenas
Yo sé bien lo que se siente
Y no te miento
Lo curioso de estas cosas
Esque luego te das cuenta
De que que es cierto
Lo que cuentan
Que una mancha limpia a otra
Que otros peces y mejores
En el mar....
Siempre se encuentran..

*Y hazme caso que no... * (2x)

THE MAGDALENA

You spend two weeks
Blocked in your apartment
Staying in bed
Even the tears are gone
You can't stop crying
You don't eat, you don't talk
You don't dress yourself, you don't wash up
Everything is miserable

And the men in addition
Like this one and the better ones
This one was a slacker
What troubles he caused to you
Stop saying
That you can't live
That you love him
But he doesn't love you

*And listen to me because it's not
not-not-not-not-not worth it
To cry like a Magda-Magdalena
For this guilty man
I'm sure there is no use to it
They are all the same
They promise, bring flowers, roses
They'll never leave
Their worries last always couple of weeks
There is no-one
No-one who wouldn't cheat
If it's not because of one thing then it's because of another
But always something goes wrong
If it's not because of one thing then it's because of another
But always something goes wrong *


You have to forget
Distract, leave, take care of yourself
Your blessing of evil will be fixed over time
And right now you are blind
Every night you poison yourself
I know very well how you feel
And I do not lie to you
The most odd thing in these cases is
That in the course of time you'll notice
What is certain
What matters
Is that stain will be cleaned by new one
That there are other fish and
Better ones you'll always find
In the sea...

*And listen to me... *

October 16, 2010

Toše Proeski

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Toše Proeski a Macedonian singer and songwriter was once maybe the most popular singer in Macedonia. His first hit was (1998) Pusti me ("Let me go"). The musical genre is wide: pop, classic, opera, traditional, rock and even classical metal. 

Proeski performed in public first time at the age of twelve at the popular children's song festival Zlatno Slavejče but the real career started in 1996 at the teenage music festival Melfest. He released his first album at the age of 18.


Along with F.Y.R. Macedonia Proeski was very popular also elsewhere in Balkan. The whole Europe got to know him in Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 with his song Life (14th place). He also made a Macedonian version Angel si ti  ("You're an angel"). At the very same year he became a  UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Proeski is known for donating his concert incomings to orphanages.

Proeski sang normally in Macedonian or Serbian and later also in English and even in Italian.

Then came the dreadful day. Early morning on October 16th in 2007 - exactly three years ago -  Toše Proeski died in a car accident in Croatia. The car was hit by a truck and it drove into the median barrier. Sleeping Proeski got killed instantly in the front passinger seat. Next day - the 17th - was pronouced a national mourning day in Macedonia and the government titled him as "the Honorable citizen of Macedonia"

Proeski's last album was published two years after his death in 2009. This post mortem album called The hardest thing was in English and it was prepared for foreign countries. But the expanding never happened. The cover of the last album is chosen by Proeski's fans and it's a sad remainder of his too short life.

Toše Proeski was definetly too young to die, too good to die. His warm and strong voice is one of the best I know. And his smile too. 

One example of his voice you'll find by cliking this and wind to 3:58 when he sings a moment without music. Or by listening Toše singing The hardest thing to a reporter. This song he never sang entirely in public for it was just made. And because I can't translate his songs I've decided to share one of his last songs which is already in English.

Check also:  Čija si ("To whom do you belong"), Kad varas ti ("When you are cheating"), Ako me pogledas u oci ("If you look me in the eyes"), Ljubena ("My beloved one"), Magija with Esma Redzepova ("Magic"), Na mesto zlocina ("At the crime scene"), Nikada with English translation("Never"), Hardest thing (post mortem), Don't hurt the ones you love, My little feat. Kristijan, Interwiev for the EurovisionNews about the car accident.


I guess it's just another night
Another fight
That all familiar scene

You looking
At your watch again
Saying what's the time
And where the hell you've been

Even on the other side
Wondering why I even try at all
Look into my heart again
With your x-ray eyes
Tell me what you're trying to see
Can't stand the way you look at me

*I put my 
Hands up
I put my hands up
I guess I'm guilty
Hands up
I must have done whatever you accuse me of
I stand up to hear your judgement
It's always guilty
But I'm gonna make a break
Before you turn the key*

Maybe my life would be easier
Getting out of here
And trying to make it right

There's no matter what I do
I can't get through
I wanna just get by
You forget the liveness
We just exist as nothing left inside
Should I tell you what you wanna hear
And kill it with this lie
Show you what you wanna see
It seems to be that you need me to

*Put my hands up... *

When did we become these strangers
I don't even recognise us
There's nothing there to justify you
Feeling the way you do
But I guess all I can do is to

*Put my hands up... *

*I put my hands up
I guess I'm guilty
Hands up
I must return whatever you accused me of
I stand up to hear your judgement
It's always guilty
Girl I'm gonna make a break
Before you turn the key*

I guess it's just another night
Another fight
That all familiar scene 
photo's from here

October 03, 2010

William Sheller


photo's from here
William Sheller is a French pop/classical singer, composer and pianist. As a child he lived in America between years 1949 and 1953. Back in Paris in the age of eleven he decided to start piano playing and in the age of 16 he headed to musical career by quitting the school and dedicating to music. That was wise thing for his career has been succesful and his latest album of his 20 albums was published in 2008 under the name Avatars ("Incarnations"). Sheller has also made music for French films.


Check also: Le carnet á spirales ("Ticket to the spirals"), Les filles de l'aurore ("The girls of dawn"), Les miroirs dans la boue with Calogero ("The mirrors in the dirt").
Pourquoi les gens qui s'aiment
Sont-ils toujours un peu les mêmes
Ils ont quand ils s'en viennent
Le même regard d'un seul désir pour deux
Ce sont des gens heureux
Pourquoi les gens qui s'aiment
Sont-ils toujours un peu les mêmes
Quand ils ont leurs problèmes
Ben y a rien dire, y a rien à faire pour eux
Ce sont des gens qui s'aiment

*Et moi j'te connais à peine
Mais ce serait une veine
Qu'on s'en aille un peu comme eux
On pourrait se faire sans que ça gène
De la place pour deux
Mais si ça ne vaut pas la peine
Que j'y revienne
Il faut me le dire au fond des yeux
Quelque soit le temps que ça prenne
Quelque soit l'enjeu
Je veux être un homme heureux*

Pourquoi les gens qui s'aiment
Sont-ils toujours un peu rebelles
Ils ont un monde à eux
Que rien oblige à ressembler à ceux
Qu'on nous donne en modèle
Pourquoi les gens qui s'aiment
Sont-ils toujours un peu cruels
Quand ils vous parlent d'eux
Y a quelque chose qui vous éloigne un peu
Ce sont des choses humaines

*Et moi j'te connais...*

A HAPPY MAN
Why the people in love with each others
Are always a bit the same
When they come thay have
the same look of only desire to each others
They are happy people
Why the people in love with each others
Are always a bit the same
When they have problems
Well nothing to say about it, and nothing to do for them
They are people who love each other

*And I hardly know you
But it was just luck
That we go away little like them
We could have done it without feeling awkward
In a place for two
But if it's not worth it
That I come back
You have to say it to me from the depht of your eyes
How much time ever it takes
How much wagers ever it needs
I want to be a happy man*
Why the people in love with each others
Are always a little rebell
They have their own world for them
Nothing obliges to remain those
Who give us an example
Why the people in love with each others
Are always a little cruel
When they talk to you about themselves
About things that makes you draw away a little
These are humain things

*And I hardly know you..*