Post 4: MUSIC

·         Now you have the chance to write about your favourite music: singers/bands/music styles.

·         Tell us when and how was the first time that you hear their music.

·         Say why you ended up liking this music.

·       Demonstrate that you are a fan of their music.

·       Add any other piece of information you considered relevant

·         Remember:

ü  organize your ideas well

ü  express your opinions or experiences in a coherent way

ü  your writing must have a guiding thread

ü  divide your composition into paragraphs

·         Comments: leave a comment on my post and on 3 of your classmates posts

·         Word Count: 200 words

Today I’ll let you know about a “guilty pleasure” of mine; my favourite female latin singer “Ana Gabriel”

I remember that I was 13 years old the first time that I heard a song from her called “Simplemente Amigos”; actually I heard and watched it at the same time because I saw her video clip on my granny’s black & white TV.

I got immediately impressed by her powerful rough voice, her interpretation was full of emotion, every single word sung by her sounded so true; it was as if she had been sharing an episode of her life, maybe she was!!!

It is also interesting to highlight that she isn’t the prototype of beauty; some people would dare to say that she is ugly, but that made her even more appealing to me; a real Mexican woman singing her grief in such a peculiar way like no one did before, so true to herself.

   Here you can find her single "Simplemente Amigos"

After discovering her in 1989 I started to buy many of her albums in cassette format, like “Tierra De Nadie”, “Quien Como Tú”, “En Vivo” (here she sings “Hasta Que Te Conoci”); then when the CDs became popular I bought these same albums again in digital format and I added “30 Grandes Éxitos” to my collection. Finally, I started to get all her new singles on the Internet using eMule.

For many years it has been said that she is a lesbian and based on her latest statements given to the press I can say that most probably she is but I think maybe that’s is one of the many reasons why she is such a special artist and this makes me admire her even more.

If I had to make a “mea culpa” it would be that I have never seen her singing live. Shame on me!!!