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ernandez R -> RE: Rosalía “El Mal Querer” (Jan. 24 2020 8:01:47)
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Interesting thread. Some really well thought out ideas: history, philosophy, and opinions. Some schwag though that doesn't add much to the conversation.
I dig Rosalia. I'm over fifty but I still bump into pop stars that flip my switch. Halsy is one. Bibi Borilli is another. Noted these three are female ;)
Music is music. It doesn't need an explanation. It ether moves you or it doesn't.
It's funny really, non of us are Gitano, literally or figuratively we might argue about it but the culture doesn't care. We can embrace it as it grows and find pathways to feed and water it so the future continues to hear this music or we can kill it.
Rosalia has tens of thousands of cool kids clapping compas, sure it's not your daddies flamenco but it never was. I hate how Jazzminco turned into elevator music but many of the so called puro crowd sure embraced it; and now the same diss Rosalia? I'm not angry, I'm laughing because this last Video of hers Juro Que has almost four million views.
Now that I think about it it's the watered down elevator music I don't care for: flamenco, jazz, Classical, and it doesn't matter because it's a personal choice. I like my flamenco guitar with a touch of one two phuc you, my cantor screaming and sweating blood for his love or family or country, and dancers should be on fire: three parts sex and two parts whirling dervish on crack. Each should perform like no one is watching and not a care for the world because the world doesn't really care about culture.
Remember this idea lives or dies in our hearts as we clap along, alone or with friends, a stadium full of individuals writhing as one, the tourist searching, or like myself beating strings until my fingernails are paper thin and I can taste the copper from the worn windings playing and playing and playing. Olé!
HR
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