Hoy revisando publicaciones de música, recordé la década de los 80 (la música y los aromas son perfectos vehículos para despertar los recuerdos) y es por eso que quiero comenzar una serie de publicaciones de cantantes venezolanos que fueron ídolos de una época y que, tal vez, no estén sonando en la actualidad y sirva para que recuerdes, o si eres joven, a partir de ahora lo conozcas.
Antes de iniciar con el cantante de hoy, hay que decir que en los años 70 se implementó el 1X1, un famoso decreto que obligaba a todas las emisoras de radio de Venezuela a colocar canciones de artistas venezolanos: por cada canción de un cantante extranjero, debía sonar una canción de un cantante nuestro. No sé si ese decreto aún tiene vigencia y si funcionó realmente, de lo que sí estoy segura es que a pesar de que en los 70 y 80, Venezuela se daba el lujo de traer a los mejores cantantes del mundo , también en esos años se produjo el boom de grandes y buenos cantantes venezolanos que pusieron el nombre del país en las carteleras discográficas del mundo.
Hoy quiero que escuchemos tres canciones de uno de los cantautores más populares de esa época: Franco de Vita.
En los años 80, las telenovelas venezolanas también eran vistas en muchos países del mundo y esta canción abría una de las telenovelas más exitosas de RCTV: La Dama de rosa, telenovela protagonizada por Carlos Mata y Jeannette Rodríguez.
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The idols of a generation and the 1x1: Three songs by Franco de Vita
Hello, friends of the world! Hello, friends of HIVE. Today is already Tuesday and as we all know, Tuesday is about music.
Today, reviewing music publications, I remembered the decade of the 80's (music and aromas are perfect vehicles to awaken memories) and that is why I want to start a series of publications of Venezuelan singers who were idols of an era and that, perhaps, are not sounding today and serve for you to remember, or if you are young, from now on you will know them.
Before starting with today's singer, it must be said that in the 70's the 1X1 was implemented, a famous decree that forced all radio stations in Venezuela to play songs by Venezuelan artists: for every song by a foreign singer, a song by a Venezuelan singer had to be played. I do not know if that decree is still in force and if it really worked, what I am sure of is that although in the 70's and 80's, Venezuela had the luxury of bringing the best singers in the world, also in those years there was a boom of great and good Venezuelan singers who put the name of the country in the record charts of the world.
Today I want us to listen to three songs by one of the most popular singer-songwriters of that time: Franco de Vita.
Franco de Vita's first album was a hit. Songs like “Un buen perdedor”, “No hay cielo”, “Somos tres” and “Ahora”, gave visibility to this singer-songwriter in the Venezuelan music scene; but it was with the second album that internationalization came. From this second album, is the first song I want to share with you: “Solo importas tú”.
In the 80's, Venezuelan soap operas were also seen in many countries around the world and this song opened one of the most successful soap operas of RCTV: La Dama de rosa, a soap opera starring Carlos Mata and Jeannette Rodriguez.
With the third album, Franco de Vita takes a little more risk and releases pieces that not only talk about love or heartbreak, but also address other human issues such as loneliness, failure, old age, as in “Louis”, the second piece of Franco de Vita's music that I want to share with you.
And as the third and last song, there is “No basta”, a piece from his fourth album, which addresses a very delicate subject, such as paternity. I remember that this piece was launched at some awards in Venezuela and the audience began to cry because of the lyrics of this song. “No basta” became a hymn that talks about how material things can never be above love when it comes to raising a child.
Franco de Vita has become one of the most recognized Hispanic singer-songwriters in the world. With awards such as the Grammy and Billboard, he has catapulted himself as one of the best in Venezuelan music. Undoubtedly, Franco de Vita is from the 1980's harvest, the best music harvest in Venezuela.
