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.
Un Vestido Y Un Amor
Ana Belén Lyrics
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juntabas margaritas
del mantel
ya sé que te traté bastante mal
no sé si eras un ángel o un rubí
o simplemente te ví.
Te ví
los astros se rieron otra vez
la llave de Mandala se quebró
o simplemente te ví.
Todo lo que diga está de más
las luces siempre
encienden en el alma
y cuando me pierdo
en la ciudad
vos ya sabes compender,
es sólo un rato no más
tendría que llorar
o salir a matar
te ví, te ví, te ví y
yo no buscaba a nadie y te ví.
Te ví
fumabas unos chinos
en Madrid
hay cosas
que te ayudan a vivir
no hacías otra cosa que escribir
yo simplemente te ví.
Me fui
me voy de vez en cuando
a algún lugar
ya sé no te hace gracia
este país
tenías un vestido y un amor
yo simplemente te ví.
"
The song "Un Vestido Y Un Amor" by Ana Belen talks about seeing someone in a specific moment in time, with a mix of regret and admiration. The lyrics describe the singer seeing this person picking flowers off the tablecloth, and feeling guilty for how they had treated them in the past. They then go on to describe this person as potentially otherworldly or precious - "an angel or a ruby" - but acknowledge that they could just be projecting their own feelings onto them. The singer then describes seeing this person again in a more public setting, where things don't seem to be going smoothly - "the mandala key broke" - but they are still struck by their presence.
Throughout the song, the singer emphasizes that words are unnecessary - "everything I say is too much" - and that the important thing is the feelings that are evoked. They describe feeling lost in the city, but finding comfort in the fact that this person understands them implicitly. The final lines of the song talk about how the singer has left and returns occasionally, while acknowledging that this person may not have fond feelings for their home country. They end the song by acknowledging that this person had a dress and a love, and that the simple act of seeing them was enough.
Overall, "Un Vestido Y Un Amor" is a bittersweet song about a chance encounter with someone who made an impression. The lyrics capture the mixed emotions that often come with nostalgia - realizing too late the significance of a moment or a person, but still feeling grateful for what was experienced.
Line by Line Meaning
Te vi juntabas margaritas del mantel
I saw you picking daisies from the tablecloth
Ya sé que te trate bastante mal
I know I treated you pretty badly
No sé si eras un ángel o un rubí
I don't know if you were an angel or a ruby
O simplemente te vi
Or I just saw you
Te vi, saliste entre la gente a saludar
I saw you, you came out to greet the people
Los astros se rieron otra vez, la llave de mandala se quebro
The stars laughed again, the mandala key broke
Todo lo que diga esta de más
Anything I say is unnecessary
Las luces siempre encienden en el alma
The lights always turn on in my soul
Y cuando me pierdo en la ciudad, tú ya sabés comprender
And when I get lost in the city, you already know how to understand
Es solo un rato, no mas tendría que llorar o salir a matar
It's just a moment, no more, I would have to cry or go out to kill
Te vi, te vi, te vi yo no buscaba nadie y te vi
I saw you, I saw you, I saw you, I wasn't looking for anyone and I saw you
Te vi fumabas unos chinos en madrid
I saw you smoking some Chinese cigarettes in Madrid
Yo se que hay cosas que te ayudan a vivir
I know there are things that help you live
No hacías otra cosa que escribir
You weren't doing anything else but writing
Me fui me voy, de vez en cuando a algún lugar
I left, I go, from time to time to some place
Ya sé no te hace gracia este país
I know you don't like this country
Tenias un vestido y un amor yo simplemente te vi
You had a dress and a love, I just saw you
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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@Bashar81m
Grande y eterna querida Ana...alguien la escucha en 2021?
@evamariagonzalez6268
Yo siempre
@joseluiszamora3108
Yooooo
@purobarrio2786
Yooooo me han regalado el recopilatorio!!!!!
@anabelenperez4720
Yo en el 23
@cristianeisaac7373
Maravilhosa
@elisasanromam
La vida te regala momentos...nunca he conectado con mi madre pero hubo una época (adolescente) que en su coche y en silencio esto nos unió de una forma especial...ahora lo escucho y pienso la suerte que tuve y tengo!!! que difícil y maravilloso es ese día que MAMa es Carmen y consigues entender que sus errores son humanos y que los hizo por hacerlo como mejor sabía...GRACiAS MAMA
@2cubanasam-pm946
La escuchan en todas las temporadas, Ana, es espectacular, grande, entre las grandes
@2cubanasam-pm946
La escucho en todos los años de mi vida, la mejor!!!❤❤❤
@atena701
!Que bonita interpretación en voz de Ana 😊!