LA SOLEDAD

PABLO MILANÉS
COMPOSITORES: CARLOS GERMAN SBARBATI; DANIEL ALBERTO SUAREZ & GUSTAVO EDGARDO CORDERA
PAIS: CUBA
ÁLBUM: ORÍGENES
DISCOGRÁFICA: FONOCARIBE
GÉNERO: LATIN/POP
AÑO: 1994
 
             Pablo Milanes Arias(Bayamo; 24 de febrero de 1943- ), conocido como Pablo Milanés, es un cantautor y guitarrista cubano, uno de los fundadores —junto a Silvio Rodríguez y Noel Nicola— de la Nueva Trova Cubana.
          Laura silbaBayamo, provincia de Oriente, actual provincia de Granma. Estudió música en el Conservatorio Municipal de La Habana.
             En sus comienzos estuvo muy influido por la música tradicional cubana y por el feeling(‘sentimiento’, en inglés). El feeling es un estilo musical que se inició en Cuba en los años 1940 y suponía una nueva manera de afrontar la canción, donde el sentimiento definía la interpretación y estaba influido por las corrientes estadounidenses de la canción romántica y del jazz. El feeling se acompañaba de una guitarra, al estilo de los viejos trovadores pero enriquecido por armonizaciones jazzísticas. Así se establecía esta nueva forma de comunicación o "feeling" con el público.
               En 1964, Milanés se incorporó como intérprete al cuarteto Los Bucaneros, con quienes colaboró en sus primeros trabajos. También probó suerte como solista ocasional, diversificando de esta manera sus experiencias que más tarde le llevarían a trabajar en solitario. En 1965, Milanés publicó Mis 22 años, considerada por muchos el nexo de unión entre el feeling y la Nueva Trova Cubana, incluyendo nuevos elementos musicales y vocales que serían precursores de la música cubana que vendría después.
      Hacia 1966 Milanés fue enviado por las autoridades a un campo de trabajo forzoso de la Unidad Militar de Ayuda a la Producción(UMAP) en la zona de Camagüey, en el centro de la isla. Después de fugarse a La Habana para denunciar las injusticias cometidas en lo que en 2015 llamó “un campo de concentración estalinista” fue encarcelado por dos meses en La Cabaña y luego mandado a un campamento de castigo, donde permaneció hasta la disolución de la UMAP, a finales de 1967. En una entrevista en el 2015, Milanés comentó que todavía espera que el gobierno cubano le pida perdón por lo sufrido en esa época.
     Bajo el influjo del Primer Encuentro Internacional de la Canción de Protesta, celebrado en Varadero en 1967, Milanés empezó a crear canciones de contenido político. En 1968, Milanés ofreció su primer concierto con Silvio Rodríguez en la Casa de las Américas. Esta sería la primera muestra de lo que más tarde, en 1972, surgiría como el movimiento musical popular de la Nueva Trova. En ese mismo lugar conocería a los miembros de la élite cultural y musical de otros países americanos con los que compartía sus preocupaciones sociales. Violeta Parra, Mercedes Sosa, Daniel Viglietti, Chico Buarque, Simone, Vinícius de Moraes, Milton Nascimento, Víctor Jara entre otros muchos, pasaron por la Casa de las Américas en aquella época.(…)
La soledad
Es un pájaro grande multicolor
Que ya no tiene alas para volar
Y cada nuevo intento da más
Dolor.
 
La soledad
Anida en la garganta para esperar
El grito que se arranca con su
Cantar cuando llega el silencio
Del desamor.
 
La soledad
A veces tiene ganas de acompañar
El rostro que recuerda mal
Aquel amor que nunca fue para
Soñar.
 
La soledad
Inventa la más bella aparición
Remueve los rincones del corazón
Para quedarse sola la soledad...
Con su niñez
Su mocedad
Con su vejez
Para llorar
Para morir
En soledad...

DEVIL OR ANGEL

BOBBY VEE
SONGWRITER: BLANCHE CARTER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BOBBY VEE SINGS YOUR FAVORITES
LABEL: LIBERTY
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1960
  
          Robert Thomas Velline(April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. According to Billboard magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. He had six gold singles in his career. 


 Devil or angel, I can't make up my mind
Which one you are I'd like to wake up and find
Devil or angel dear, whichever you are
I miss you, I miss you, I mi-i-iss you
 
Devil or angel please say you'll be mi-i-ine
Love me or leave me, I'll go out of my mind
Devil or angel dear, whichever you are
I need you, I need you, I need you
 
You look like an angel
Your smile is divine
But you keep me guessin'
Will you ever be mine?
 
Devil or angel please say you'll be mi-i-ine
Love me or leave, I've made up my mind
Devil or angel dear, whichever you are
I love you, I love you, I-I lo-o-ove you
 
Devil or angel please say you'll be mi-i-ine
Love me or leave, I've made up my mind
Devil or angel dear, whichever you are
I love you, I love you.

MY MELODY OF LOVE

BOBBY VITON
SONGWRITERS: BOBBY VINTON; GEORG BUSCHOR & HENRY MAYER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: MELODIES OF LOVE
LABEL: ABC RECORDS
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 1974
 
         Stanley Robert Vinton(born April 16, 1935), better known by his stage name Bobby Vinton, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. As a teen idol, he became known as 'The Polish Prince', as his music paid tribute to his Polish heritage. One of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" (a cover of the 1951 song recorded by Tony Bennett) which reached Nº 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 and No. 2 in the UK in 1990.
        Melodies of Love is Bobby Vinton's twenty-fourth studio album and his first studio album for ABC Records. It was released in 1974.
           The album was released in response to popular demand, following Vinton's million-selling single "My Melody of Love", his first single in two years, which proved a successful comeback and earned Vinton the nickname "the Polish Prince". After the song became a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and a #1 adult contemporary hit, the semi-eponymous album was released, reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot 200 list of popular albums and going gold.
        "My Melody of Love" is the first track on the album and is the album's highest charting single. Cover versions include Olivia Newton-John's hit "I Honestly Love You", Alice Faye's "You'll Never Know" and Al Martino's "Here in My Heart". The fifth track, "Am I Losing You", is a reworking of the Italian song "Io ti darò di più" with a few English lyrics replacing some of the Italian lyrics.
I'm lookin' for a place to go so I can be all alone
From thoughts and memories
So that when the music plays I don't go back to the days
When love was you and me
 
Oh, oh moja droga jacie kocham
Means that I love you so
Moja droga jacie kocham
More than you'll ever know
Kocham ciebie calem serce
Love you with all my heart
Return and always be
My melody of love
 
Wish I had a place to hide all my sorrow, all my pride
I just can't get along
'cause the love once so fine keeps on hurtin' all the time
Where did I go wrong?
 
Oh, oh moja droga jacie kocham
Means that I love you so
Moja droga jacie kocham
More than you'll ever know
Kocham ciebie calem serce
Love you with all my heart
Return and always be
My melody of love
 
Oh, oh, {"la-la's" for the first line of chorus}
My melody of love
{"la-la's" for the first line of chorus}
My melody of love
{"la-la's" for the first line of chorus}
My melody of love.

WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

ALISON KRAUSS
SONGWRITERS: DONALD ALAN SCHILTZ & PAUL OVERSTREET
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: KEITH WHITLEY: A TRIBUTE
LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1994
 
     Alison Maria Krauss(born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of 10 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station, and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.
         Krauss has released fourteen albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and sparked a renewed interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, and the Cold Mountain soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards.
           As of 2019, she has won 27 Grammy Awards from 42 nominations, ranking her fourth behind Beyoncé, Quincy Jones and classical conductor Georg Solti for most Grammy Award wins overall. Krauss was the most awarded singer and the most awarded female artist in Grammy history until Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy in 2021. When Krauss won her first Grammy in 1991, she was the second-youngest winner at that time.
       On November 21, 2019, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in September 2021.
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain what I hear when you don't say a thing
 
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
 
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near you drown out the crowd
Old Mister Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine
 
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
 
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
A touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all.