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srshea -> Paco Toronjo's Siguiriyas/Fandangos Thing (Apr. 16 2010 12:17:55)
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Paco Toronjo frequently did this thing where he’ll do a siguiriyas intro to his fandangos. I haven’t heard all of these recently enough to be absolutely certain, but I’m pretty sure that he doesn’t actually sing any siguiriyas letras. He just does a temple and then jumps right to a fandangos copla. The guitar accompanies por siguiriya in the intro and then follows him as soon as he switches to fandangos. It’s a cool effect. The transition manages to be seamless and surprising at the same time, and it creates an interesting melodic contrast.
I listened to Los Ulitmos Fandangos on my walk to work this morning and he does this siguiriyas intro on several of the tracks. I haven’t listened to it in a long time, but I think they do this intro thing on almost all the tracks on his record with Tomatito. So, he does it a lot, and it seems to be his “thing”, so to speak. It may be that I haven’t been attentive enough to notice in the past, but I can’t think of anyone else doing it.
So, anyone know what the deal is here? Is there any specific reasoning behind it, or is it just a little personal thing that he did simply because he liked doing it? Or was he just so drunk that he’d forget he was supposed to be singing siguiriyas and would slip back to fandangos all the time. Or do other people do this as well and I just haven’t noticed?
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