Happy mood: mexican rancheras with Plácido Domingo. / myLot

Chile

June 22, 2016 11:33am CST

When I´m on a perfect mood, I turn on mexican rancheras and sing with the best: Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete and Plácido Domingo. I sing along because I live alone and the singers are either dead or far away. My whole house becomes then a sort of shower (my usual place to sing). My late husband´s song was El Rey and now Plácido Domingo is singing just that. I help him and so does a giant chorus of all the people that went to see him in a great concert. Thant YouTube! Mais ou sont les neiges d´antan, I also sing for myself. I´m old and I want mariachis, boleros, the beautiful old folk songs from my country and from Argentina.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122268)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

23 Jun 16

Listening and singing to your favorite music form is good for you and your happiness.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

23 Jun 16

I have many kinds of music for different moods.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122268)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

23 Jun 16

@marguicha Okay thank you for sharing your thoughts on music.

Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

22 Jun 16

I am probably Plácido Domingo's greatest fan. Of course his operatic performances are by far my favourite and my idea of the ideal music. I enjoy Zarzuela, but the Mariachi performances do not really appeal to me. I find the notes too sharp, despite this being the right tone for that genre of music.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

23 Jun 16

@marguicha I appreciate the difference that culture makes.

marguicha

@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

23 Jun 16

You have to be latin to really love rancheras

There are so many songs that depend on your culture. Yesterday, just before the internet went down, I saw, heard and sang La Bamba. I imagine you choke with that music

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238349)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Jun 16

Sounds like a great way to maintain contact with the wonderful singers and songs of your native country. I sometimes spontaneously sing as well, though I favor sad American songs.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

22 Jun 16

I love latin american music. I learned by heart lots of mexican rancheras before I was 7 years old. It seems that they were sung by the maid as they could only go to the movies in Spanish. And at that time, the mexican movie was tops.