Ricardo -> RE: Manitas de Plata (Dec. 20 2023 23:08:48)
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Well, anecdote is fine, and speculations, however, in the link I shared if you take the time to watch the 45 min show, everything is clearly revealed. First of all, these guys take what they are doing VERY serious, it is not a joke or entertainment show for its own sake. For them, this IS art and music, and specifically it IS flamenco. Manitas announces the last piece as “un poquito de flamenco” and hacks through his Taranta. The first solo was Granaina, bits from the maestros should be recognizeable, and he concludes with a buleria de Cadiz. [:D][:D] The second piece is the one where we all roll our eyes as he does a hideous mish mash of Malagueña fandango de huelva and Solea, like a bipolar pre-menstrual red-head stripper that lost her stabilizing meds, but fell head first into a bucket of cocaine. Flipping back and forth with falseta excerpts, only one or two phrases actually in compas. It is literally crazy what he is doing there….but make no mistake, it is “flamenco” in the fact where it comes from and how he is trying to express himself with it. As I said earlier, if he had the traditional elements surrounding him, directing him, disciplining him, he could have been respected by Andaluz flamencos IMO. The singer Jose Reyes is much better as a cantaor than Manitas as a tocaor, however, he never had the chance to do things right IMO. He also had to take a backseat to the guitar show, which is a shame.
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