Monday, September 22, 2008

Spain's "Imagine"

This popular song in Spain by Rosario came out in the Summer. It's called "No Dudaria (I Don't Doubt)." It's a poignant ballad about trying to forget our collective memory of violence for the sake of redeeming the happiness of life. The voice of the song promises never to do violence. With the act of cleansing her memory she does not doubt that she will be able to laugh again. (Sounds clunky in prose I know, but the lyrics are simply beautiful.) The song is a cover orignally written by the singer's brother, Antonio Flores (written in 1980). Antonio died young at 33. Mourning the death of his mother, he passed away just 14 months after her because of a drug overdose on the 30th of May, 1995. "No Dudaria" has become something like the "Imagine" of Spain.

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