Do not appeal that Gypsy Kings brings something to our music education, not just unique sounds. They not only bought a Spanish culture in the ears of North America but also skillfully familiar with it, a wonderful wisdom in the way we introduce us in a way that we can recognize by ourselves in a foreign culture-friendly way We are carrying out. (As with Chinese cuisine, if you have been to China now, you will notice that there are no fortune cookies, egg rolls, and even stinky.Culture without surprising all of us) . Gypsy Kings covered music in North American music selection, but decorated them with the touch of flamenco. Songs like "Hotel California", "My Way", "You In # Me In Friend". As an enthusiastic fan, however, I was shocked to learn that one of their most famous songs was not even himself.
That song is "Volare".
I will call ignorance, but in fact we did not know that Boral was originally an Italian song written in 1958. After extensive research, I found out that it was written by Domenico Modugno (music and lyrics) and Franco Migliacci (lyrics). Modugno's song was the first foreign song that won the Grammy Award for this year's record. Originally a ballad that talks about the feelings that they flew with loved ones. The chorus "Nel blu di pinto di blu" is the Italian word "In the blue, painted blue".
I understood the reason why I did not know that Gypsy Kings & # 39; Volare was not their name. Because they are doing excellent work covering it, they can hardly compare Modungo with them. They originally recorded this song on their fourth album named Mosaicke on November 8, 1989. This version is a fiery flamenco rumba with fast rhythm, big unison chorus, rumba and picard guitar features. I did not understand it compared with the original version. The version of Modugno is lightly decorated with slow jazz, walking baseline, full orchestra, piano hammer harmony, mild drum shuffle, lightly swirling flute line (as heard in the wizard of Oz). Actually, only the melody and the code are left from the original. As a general rule, I am not usually a cover fan. But this cover far exceeds that it is almost wrong even to call it a cover.
