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Post by tortuga on Jan 5, 2009 1:05:56 GMT -5
This is a great cover of the Juan Gabriel song. I didn't know the girl could sing!
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Post by kinglouiexviii on Jan 6, 2009 14:23:22 GMT -5
Ugh! This is so boring and blah. Pop artists covering Juan Gabriel songs has been played out for about five years; they need to stop. Why didn't they just realease one of their original songs as a single? I don't think this cover is even on their debut album: Canciones de Hotel.
Yeah, the singer is a good, if not great, vocalist. She reminds me of Amaia Montero from LODVG in that they can both carry a tune well and have a distinct style; but neither are extraordinary singers. |
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Post by Juanca on Jan 8, 2009 23:45:34 GMT -5
Asi Fue is one of the Spanish songs I loved from the 80s.
Isabel Pantoja is a great singer and her interpretations can easily bring tears to my eyes, and that's what happened with Asi Fue. Even though it was a long 5+ minutes song, it was beautiful.
This cover is okaaay. I like the production, arrangement of the song, although I think it needed some change in the middle to keep the attention of the listener. Truth is that the leading singer may have a better than average voice, but for a ballad like this, she needed to believe what she was singing, and IMO it was not the case. Too big a song for her.
Good atempt, though.
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Post by spongebob on Jan 9, 2009 7:46:12 GMT -5
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Post by tortuga on Jan 9, 2009 21:10:40 GMT -5
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Post by kinglouiexviii on Jan 13, 2009 12:54:58 GMT -5
hahahahahaha. T, you crack me up! |
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Post by strong4PMB! on May 6, 2009 22:37:07 GMT -5
My FAV song! heard their version for the 1st time live in concert!! one of my friends is an old childhood friend of the girl! went to elementary thru high school together [/done bragging]
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Post by strong4PMB! on May 6, 2009 22:38:16 GMT -5
OK, I lied..it's actually #3 on my itunes most played...#4 if you combine all the spins for "10 para las 10" (which ends up #2) :)
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Post by kinglouiexviii on May 7, 2009 11:59:05 GMT -5
OK, I lied..it's actually #3 on my itunes most played Yeah, this is starting to grow on me--probably because they play it on the radio every 5 minutes. But the first time I heard it, I def thought it was boring. |
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Post by Carlitoz on May 12, 2009 19:04:14 GMT -5
I agree with you, JuanK. In my opinion this cover is just "okaaay..." Maybe for the new generation who never heard the original, this version may be pretty cool. Not for me. Isabel Pantoja's version is too perfect and too good to not even start compering them. I mean, Isabel's voice and "sentimiento" in her voice... heLLO! That's a completely different league. Anyway, just an okay version for somebody who grew up admiring the original. Asi Fue is one of the Spanish songs I loved from the 80s. Isabel Pantoja is a great singer and her interpretations can easily bring tears to my eyes, and that's what happened with Asi Fue. Even though it was a long 5+ minutes song, it was beautiful. This cover is okaaay. I like the production, arrangement of the song, although I think it needed some change in the middle to keep the attention of the listener. Truth is that the leading singer may have a better than average voice, but for a ballad like this, she needed to believe what she was singing, and IMO it was not the case. Too big a song for her. Good atempt, though. |
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Post by Carlitoz on May 12, 2009 19:11:13 GMT -5
btw, Tortuga, I am really not sure who recorded the song first. If it was Juan Gabriel or if he wrote it, gave it to Isabel and she recorded it for the first time. I really don't know. All I know Isabel's is the one I always knew even without knowing Juan Gabriel had written it. Juan Gabriel has written so so many amazing songs for so many people that I'm not surprised this song is his.
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Post by kinglouiexviii on May 20, 2009 23:04:22 GMT -5
Juan Gabriel has written so so many amazing songs for so many people that I'm not surprised this song is his. Yeah, JG has written songs for everybody and their dog. Some of them great (ex: Thalia's "gracias a Dios"); others, not so much (Paulina's "cancun y yo"). |
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on May 27, 2009 13:06:55 GMT -5
I love this! At first, I wasn't sure because I love the original by JG, but now I'm loving it! Is different in a good way.
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Post by Juanca on Aug 25, 2009 1:26:22 GMT -5
I am picking up the threads where I left them ;) Juan Gabriel is one of the greatest Spanish songwriters ever! Probably the best of his generation along with Jose Luis Perales (Armando Manzanero is older so he doesn't count ;) ). Juan Gabriel was responsible of most of Rocio Durcal's hits for example. In the case of Isabel Pantoja, she had her major comeback at the end of 1985 with her album "Marinero de Luces", dedicated to her late husband Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri', who died in 1984, about a year after they got married. The album was crafted precisely by Jose Luis Perales and had the major hit "Era Mi Vida El" ("My Life Was Him") as the first and most emblematic single of that album. In 1988, Juan Gabriel was responsible to craft "Desde Andalucia", the following album by Isabel Pantoja. The most successful single was definitely "Asi Fue". It was a long song (longer than 5 minutes), but Latin radios still played it a lot. Her voice goes from tender and weak to powerful and strong, including her typical falseto andaluz. One of the classic Spanish songs, for sure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkcxFENiaIJuan Gabriel later included this song also in a couple of his own albums and brough his own interpretation... but as in other cases, Isabel made the song her own, and sorry but I don't think that any pop cover could match it  PS: Other singles from "Desde Andalucia" were "Hazme Tuya Una Vez Mas", "Queriendo Y No" and "Virgen del Rocio" |
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