Born Aug 22, 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he began his professional musical career at the age of 17 playing keyboards in Raíces.
In 1981 he incorporated to one of the main bands of the Argentinean '80s rock scene: Los Abuelos de la Nada. Although the band was led by the brilliant Miguel Abuelo, Calamaro composed most of the band's hits, like "Mil Horas," "Así es el calor," "Sin gamulán" and "Costumbres Argentinas."
In 1984 he made his solo debut with Hotel Calamaro. The album was a bizarre mix of styles and musicians, and didn't gain public or press support.
In 1985 he left Los Abuelos de la Nada and registered his second album Vida Cruel. Inspite of the important musicians and guests, such as Luis Alberto Spinetta and Charly García, the album was a disappointment: both commercially and artistically. But if as a songwriter the luck was out of reach, he had an intense and successful work as a producer of bands like Los Enanitos Verdes, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Don Cornelio y la zona. He also worked and collaborated with many artists of different styles and genres, a constant attitude through his whole career. The third album Por Mirarte showed Calamaro in a better shape with an established band. Released in 1988 it contains some outstanding songs such as "Con los dientes apretados" and "Me olvidé de los demás," while others like "Cartas sin Marcar" and "Loco por tí" helped the album to get popular.
When Calamaro released in 1989 Nadie Sale Vivo de Aquí, Argentina was living it's worst economical crisis: few albums were released. The album title suggest it all: Nobody comes out alive from here. The LP production was paralyzed, and the few that could make it were almost ignored. That was Calamaro's case. This situation lead the singer to settle in Spain, following a road taken by many Argentinean rockers. Out there in Spain he met Ariel Rot y Javier Infante, former members of Tequila. They formed Los Rodríguez in 1991, a pop-rock band that was very popular in Spain and Latin America: Calamaro's songs began to be popular like in the early '80s: the hit maker was on the road again. Curiously, from Spain, he was conquering Argentina. While being part of the band he didn't release any new solo material, just Grabaciones Encontradas 1 y 2, a couple of CDs that contained unreleased and rare material from the '80s.
After the split of Los Rodríguez, Calamaro returned to his solo career recording Alta Suciedad in 1997, an album produced by Joe Blaney. This album brought him the commercial success that seemed to fail in his previous solo efforts, and sold 300.000 copies just in Argentina. That is certainly a huge amount for the country's small market. No doubts, that album helped him to be placed between the star legends of the national rock scene. Before that album Calamaro was considered an important character, appreciated by other musicians, but not a main one. After he broke up with his spanish girlfriend he released in 1999 the double CD Honestidad Brutal. Recorded when he was 37, it contained 37 songs of despair, love loss, drugs and regret. It was not as successful at the previous album, but showed a new Calamaro: desperate, decadent and often elegant at the same time, with a new and raw lyrical approach. El Salmon followed in spring 2001.
Calamaro's next proyect, El Cantante, was released in 2005. A delicious mixture of tango, rock n'roll and flamenco guitars (mostly played by spanish prodigy El Niño Josele).
After a break, he returned to the stages with a tour full of classics that gave birth to a live album called El Regreso on 2005, recorded with members of Bersuit Vergarabat as a backing band. This album was very well received for the charts as well as for the critics, wich lead him to different awards. One year later, on 2006, Andres published a new album from the roots of tango with the collaboration of guitarrists Niño Josele and Juanjo Dominguez. On 2007 El palacio de las flores was published, although it was recorded on 2006. The album had the collaboration and musical influence of argentine composer Lito Nebbia and was also recorded on his studio. This was the return to a classic Calamaro album with new songs and hits.
Lorena
Andrés Calamaro Lyrics
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Pero cuesta mucho verla sonreír
Lorena es todas o ninguna
O puede ser alguna para mí
No te olvides de decirle si algún día pasas
Por la puerta de la casa de Lorena
Que sigo vivo y nunca me olvidé de recordar
Ni todos mis pecados son pecados capitales
Ni corona de laurel
Y nunca te arrepientas si fuiste buena
Lorena lo hace por vos
Hay que ser hombre para olvidar una mujer
Si no hay otra igual
Flaca, no me claves tus puñales
Que los males del amor me duelen más
Nunca te lo dije pero quiero
Arrancarte y comerte el corazón
Tiene tantos pecados
Con razón Lorena también ganó su lugar
De angustias y de alcohol
Lorena no siente pena por nadie
A Lorena nadie le debe un favor
Desde nena que a Lorena le enseñaron
Que en la vida nunca es nada por amor
No te olvides de decirle si algún día pasas
Por la puerta de la casa de Lorena
Que sigo vivo y nunca me olvidé de recordar
Tengo a Lorena en las venas
Por la sangre se me metió
Es como una droga cualquiera
Es necesidad, es amor
Bajo la luna camino
Esquivando charcos, lagunas, ríos y mares
Y no quiero volver a verte nunca triste, sola
Lorena no es de aquellas que dan pena
No dejes que tu ángel te abandone
No existe el odio
No existe el recuerdo
Hoy es hoy, y siempre será hoy
Pudimos alcanzar el infinito
Perdido entre las manos de Lorena
Queremos decirte que te vemos
En el sol, en la mesa, en el reflejo
No dejes que tu ángel te abandone, Lorena
Es más fácil volar con él
The lyrics to Andrés Calamaro's song Lorena are about an enigmatic woman, Lorena, described with both admiration and caution. The first verse acknowledges Lorena's beauty, but also notes how difficult it is to make her smile. Lorena exists in extremes, she can be everything or nothing, and the singer hopes she might be something to him. In the chorus, the singer asks the listener to relay a message to Lorena that he is still alive and remembers her, implying that he has had a past with her that still lingers.
The second verse makes more explicit the sense of danger that surrounds Lorena, describing her as having many sins. The character of Lorena has been shaped by a life of anguishes, alcohol and a pragmatic approach to love that doesn't spare anyone's emotions. The song's protagonist admits that Lorena is always present in his mind and that he craves her love, even though it might be akin to a drug addiction. The final verse ends on a hopeful note, wishing that Lorena won't be abandoned by her guardian angel.
Line by Line Meaning
Qué buena es Lorena cuando quiere
Lorena has the potential to be really great when she wants to be.
Pero cuesta mucho verla sonreír
However, it's hard to make her smile.
Lorena es todas o ninguna
Lorena is either all in or not interested at all.
O puede ser alguna para mí
But she might be interested in me.
No te olvides de decirle si algún día pasas
Don't forget to tell her if you ever pass by her house.
Por la puerta de la casa de Lorena
Through Lorena's front door.
Que sigo vivo y nunca me olvidé de recordar
That I'm still alive and I never forgot to remember her.
Ni todos mis pecados son pecados capitales
Not all of my sins are mortal sins.
Ni corona de laurel
I don't have any great achievements or accomplishments.
Y nunca te arrepientas si fuiste buena
And don't ever regret being good.
Lorena lo hace por vos
Lorena does it for you.
Hay que ser hombre para olvidar una mujer
It takes a strong person to forget a woman.
Si no hay otra igual
If there's no one like her.
Flaca, no me claves tus puñales
Don't hurt me, skinny.
Que los males del amor me duelen más
The pains of love hurt me more.
Nunca te lo dije pero quiero
I never told you but I want to.
Arrancarte y comerte el corazón
To rip out and eat your heart.
Tiene tantos pecados
Lorena has so many sins.
Con razón Lorena también ganó su lugar
It's no wonder Lorena got to where she is now.
De angustias y de alcohol
Full of anxieties and alcohol.
Lorena no siente pena por nadie
Lorena doesn't feel sorry for anyone.
A Lorena nadie le debe un favor
No one owes Lorena any favors.
Desde nena que a Lorena le enseñaron
From when she was a child, Lorena was taught.
Que en la vida nunca es nada por amor
That in life, nothing is ever done purely out of love.
Tengo a Lorena en las venas
I have Lorena in my veins.
Por la sangre se me metió
She got there through my bloodstream.
Es como una droga cualquiera
She's like any other drug.
Es necesidad, es amor
She's a need and a love.
Bajo la luna camino
Under the moon, I walk.
Esquivando charcos, lagunas, ríos y mares
Avoiding puddles, lagoons, rivers, and seas.
Y no quiero volver a verte nunca triste, sola
And I don't want to see you sad and alone ever again.
Lorena no es de aquellas que dan pena
Lorena is not one to be pitied.
No dejes que tu ángel te abandone
Don't let your angel abandon you.
No existe el odio
Hate doesn't exist.
No existe el recuerdo
The past doesn't exist.
Hoy es hoy, y siempre será hoy
Today is today and will always be today.
Pudimos alcanzar el infinito
We could have reached the infinite.
Perdido entre las manos de Lorena
Lost in Lorena's hands.
Queremos decirte que te vemos
We want to tell you that we see you.
En el sol, en la mesa, en el reflejo
In the sun, on the table, in the reflection.
Es más fácil volar con él
It's easier to fly with your angel.
Lyrics © SADAIC LATIN COPYRIGHTS, INC.
Written by: ANDRES CALAMARO MASEL, MARCELO HERNAN SCORNIK
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@lorena170383
LORENA
Qué buena es Lorena cuando quiere
pero cuesta mucho verla sonreír
Lorena es todas o ninguna
o puede ser alguna para mí.
No te olvides de decirle si algún día pasas
por la puerta de la casa de Lorena
que sigo vivo y nunca me olvidé de recordar.
Ni todos mis pecados son pecados capitales
ni corona de laurel.
Y nunca te arrepientas si fuiste buena,
Lorena lo hace por vos.
Hay que ser hombre para olvidar una mujer
si no hay otra igual.
Flaca, no me claves tus puñales
que los males del amor me duelen más.
Nunca te lo dije pero quiero
arrancarte y comerte el corazón.
Tiene tantos pecados
con razón Lorena también ganó su lugar
de angustias y de alcohol.
Lorena no siente pena por nadie,
a Lorena nadie le debe un favor.
Desde nena que a Lorena le enseñarón
que en la vida nunca es nada por amor.
No te olvides de decirle si algún día pasas
por la puerta de la casa de Lorena
que sigo vivo y nunca me olvidé de recordar.
Tengo a Lorena en las venas
por la sangre se me metió.
Es como una droga cualquiera
es necesidad, es amor.
Bajo la luna camino
esquivando charcos, lagunas, ríos y mares.
Y no quiero volver a verte nunca triste, sola.
Lorena no es de aquellas que dan pena,
no dejes que tu ángel te abandone.
No existe el odio,no existe el recuerdo.
Hoy es hoy, y siempre será hoy.
Pudimos alcanzar el infinito
perdido entre las manos de Lorena.
Queremos decirte que te vemos
en el sol, en la mesa, en el reflejo.
No dejes que tu ángel te abandone,
Lorena es más fácil volar con él.
@lorenamurcia9478
"Qué buena es Lorena cuando quiere".
Totalmente de acuerdo.
@lorenadiaz363
Es tal cual !! Orgullosa de llamarme Lorena. Siempre decía que no habían canciones con mi nombre hasta que este maestro la hizo. Genio!!
@lorenaurcuangonaranjo4872
Yo también estoy feliz porque hay una música que me identifica, y seguro que a mis tocayas también.
@juancarlosbenitez4360
a lorena nadie le debe un favor...
@lorenasesma8089
Todas las tocayas Lorenas estamos aqui
@dariocibils3917
Siiii
@dariocibils3917
Lore... Simpson
@aeropostale118
Por supuesto .. no sabía que existía una canción con nuestro nombre 🥺
@angielorenaalzatelondono1720
Claro que si
@hectorylanena8595
Lorena 😻me encanta mi nombre