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Musically, the song has a distinctly Spanish-sounding pasodoble style. The theme of the lyrics is anticipation of a holiday in Spain. While Spanish-sounding, the original song title (and chorus line) "Eviva España" does not make sense in Spanish. Although "España" is the correct name of the country in Spanish, there is no such word as "Eviva".
"Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song and jazz standard written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. English lyrics were later written by Gene Lees . The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro .
The song follows a police officer stationed at Ground Zero [41] "Anniversary" The song is set in New York City on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks and discusses how New Yorkers' lives have changed. [42] [43] "Zephyr and I" Refers to the "fireman’s monument, where all the fatherless teenagers go" [44] Velvet Revolver "Messages"
The lyrics progress to say that "she" is always the protagonist and if there is another life, the singers would devote their lives to her again. Eventually, Bocelli sings, vivo per lei, la musica, "I live for her, music", revealing that the true meaning of the song is about music and how musicians devote their lives to music. [citation needed]
This song has an appearance in the 1931 film Tarnished Lady by George Cukor starring Tallulah Bankhead and Clive Brook. In the 1940 film Third Finger, Left Hand starring Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas, "Siboney" is played in the nightclub scene by the band. They dance the rumba to it. Grace Moore performed the song in the 1937 film When You're in ...
The song mentions soft potatoes, the mother's situation, and her fears for her child. [27] In the 1920s, poet Federico García Lorca studied Spanish lullabies and noted the "poetic character" and "depth of sadness" of many of them. Lorca's theory was that a large part of the function of the lullaby is to help a mother vocalize her worries and ...
The song, brought to life by French songwriting and composing duo Clément Ducol and Camille Dalmais, blends nostalgic notes with a Latin flair, creating a sound that speaks to Gomez’s character ...
The song "La Llorona" is featured in the 2017 Disney-Pixar film Coco; it is performed by Alanna Ubach as Imelda Rivera and Antonio Sol in a guest appearance as Ernesto de la Cruz in the English version and Angelica Vale and Marco Antonio Solis in the Spanish version. In the film, Imelda sings the song during the sunrise concert as she attempts ...