She sang in public for the first time in a radio contest at the age of ten. She didn't win that year, but won the next year. Her early singing caught the attention of a movie producer who introduced her to the cinema audiences as "Ana Belen" in the movie "Zampo y Yo" when she was thirteen.
Ana didn't want to become a child-star and focused on her studying. It wasn't until she finished drama school that she went back performing in public, being theater her prefered way to do so. She did small incursions in movies till she was offered major parts.
In 1973 she was cast opposite Víctor Manuel in Morbo and he became her husband as well as the composer of the songs included in her first album. In 1982 she released "Ana en Rio", an album with Brazilian music that included the song "Balance" and became an instant hit.
In 1986, took one more step and became one of the first female movie directors in Spain with the movie "Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento" which earned her the Gold Medal of Spanish Cinematographic Academy. That year concluded with another major success, a tour with Victor Manuel and many special guests of which they released a live album: "Mucho mas que dos". The success of this tour lead to a new one, "El Gusto es Nuestro" with Miguel Rios, Joan Manuel Serrat y Victor Manuel.
She releases several albums through the 90's that achieve great success like "Veneno para el Corazon" that included Spanish versions of Cole Porter songs among others, "Mirame" full of duets with the most important Spanish voices or "Lorquiana", a double CD with popular songs and poems of Federico García Lorca.
The new century finds her busy with filming and recording songs. Albums "Peces de Ciudad" or "Viva L'Italia" are released as she appears on stage plays and her name is on some of the most acclaimed films of the moment.
In 2006, she is currently touring with her husband Víctor Manuel across Spain with "Una Cancion me Trajo Aqui", a CD+DVD has been released of their very first performance in Segovia.She also has a new album in the works and a new movie pending.
Banana Republic
Ana Belén Lyrics
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Donde el sol es un sol de verdad
Why a la sombra de bosques exóticos
Imagínate lo bien que se está.
Los locos que el mundo no traga
Nos juntamos al anochecer
Dando vueltas a un sueño probable,
why mientras el mundo se queda
Transitando por la misma vía
Aquí estamos rueda que te rueda
Ahullentando la melancolía.
Pasamos al vuelo a las lágrimas
Las bebemos con vino why con miel
Why aprendemos la risa del cómico
Why salvamos así la piel.
Existe un país en los trópicos
Donde a veces el frío es mortal
Cuando un alma se enferma de veras
Por anemia de libertad.
Allí le ponemos dos alas
Le enseñamos de nuevo el vuelo
Why aparece de repente el sol
Calentando nuevamente el cielo.
why mientras el mundo se queda
Transitando por la misma vía
Aquí estamos rueda que te rueda
Ahullentando la melancolía.
Pasamos al vuelo a las lágrimas
Las bebemos con vino why con miel
Why aprendemos la risa del cómico
Why salvamos así la piel.
The song "Banana Republic" by Ana Belén and Victor Manuel describes a country located in the tropics that exudes an atmosphere of leisure and relaxation, where people gather at night and dream of a possible future, and where laughter and wine flow freely. The country is depicted as a sanctuary for those who don't fit into society's norms, a place where outsiders can come together and thrive. The lyrics imply that this country is an escape from the melancholy and repetitiveness of the rest of the world.
The second half of the song details the struggles these people face in the Banana Republic. The singer describes a deep sense of coldness that can permeate the country, a coldness that comes not from the climate, but from anemia of freedom. In these moments of pain, the people of the Banana Republic come together to lift each other up, giving each other wings to fly again.
Line by Line Meaning
Existe un país en los trópicos
There is a country in the tropics
Donde el sol es un sol de verdad
Where the sun is a real sun
Why a la sombra de bosques exóticos
And in the shade of exotic forests
Imagínate lo bien que se está.
Imagine how good it is.
Los locos que el mundo no traga
The crazies that the world rejects
Nos juntamos al anochecer
We gather at dusk
Dando vueltas a un sueño probable,
Spinning a probable dream,
A un amor que no ha podido ser.
Of a love that could not be.
Y mientras el mundo se queda
While the world remains
Transitando por la misma vía
Traveling down the same path
Aquí estamos rueda que te rueda
Here we are, wheel that keeps rolling
Ahullentando la melancolía.
Driving away the melancholy.
Pasamos al vuelo a las lágrimas
We pass quickly to tears
Las bebemos con vino why con miel
We drink them with wine and honey
Why aprendemos la risa del cómico
And learn to laugh like a comedian
Why salvamos así la piel.
And save our skin that way.
Existe un país en los trópicos
There is a country in the tropics
Donde a veces el frío es mortal
Where sometimes the cold is deadly
Cuando un alma se enferma de veras
When a soul is truly sick
Por anemia de libertad.
From a lack of freedom.
Allí le ponemos dos alas
There we give it two wings
Le enseñamos de nuevo el vuelo
Teach it once again how to fly
Why aparece de repente el sol
And suddenly the sun appears
Calentando nuevamente el cielo.
Warming up the sky once again.
Y mientras el mundo se queda
While the world remains
Transitando por la misma vía
Traveling down the same path
Aquí estamos rueda que te rueda
Here we are, wheel that keeps rolling
Ahullentando la melancolía.
Driving away the melancholy.
Pasamos al vuelo a las lágrimas
We pass quickly to tears
Las bebemos con vino why con miel
We drink them with wine and honey
Why aprendemos la risa del cómico
And learn to laugh like a comedian
Why salvamos así la piel.
And save our skin that way.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JIM ROTHERMEL, STEVE GOODMAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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