Llegó a ser un popular compositor e intérprete, muy conocido entre los amantes de la música cubana. Comenzó tocando la guitarra, el clarinete y el bongó. Fue el inventor del armónico, un instrumento de siete cuerdas, entre la guitarra española y el tres cubano. También tocó la tumbadora.
Comenzó su carrera musical muy joven cuando compuso sus primeras canciones y tocaba en grupos de Santiago con su conocido armónico. Pero su fama internacional le llegó en 1997 con su participación en el disco Buena Vista Social Club, el cual ganó varios premios Grammy. Compay Segundo apareció también en la película del mismo nombre realizada posteriormente por Wim Wenders.
En los últimos años actuó ante millones de espectadores y grabó nueve discos. No pudo cumplir su sueño de llegar a la edad de 116 años, en la cual murió su abuela. Falleció en La Habana debido a una insuficiencia renal con 95 años.
La canción más importante de Compay Segundo es "Chan Chan".
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Compay Segundo (November 18, 1907 – July 13, 2003), was a Cuban musician and songwriter.
Segundo was born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz and brought up in the city of Santiago de Cuba. He became a songwriter and performer, well-known to fans of Cuban music. He was also the inventor of the armónico, a seven-stringed guitar-like instrument.
In his early years he played the guitar, the clarinet and the bongos. He also played the congas.
His curious stage name derives from the fact that he played second voice in a popular duet of the 1950s called Los Compadres (compadre, or compay for short, in Cuba means "baptism brother", but as a colloquialism is used also to designate a good friend).
However, international fame only came in 1997 with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, a hugely successful recording which won several Grammy awards. Compay Segundo appeared in the film of the same title, made subsequently by Wim Wenders.
His most famous composition is "Chan Chan", the opening track on the Buena Vista Social Club album, whose four opening chords are instantly recognizable all over the world. "Chan Chan" was recorded by Segundo himself various times as well as by countless other Latin artists.
At a fiesta he sang to Presidente Fidel Castro, who took his pulse and joked about his vitality despite his 90-plus years. "Who could have imagined that?" he asked when he found himself at the Vatican City, performing "Chan Chan" before Pope John Paul II. He explained his longevity simply: mutton consommé and a drink of rum.
He predicted that he would live to be 115, but died of kidney failure in Havana, twenty years short of his ambition, and three days before Celia Cruz.
El Día Que Me Quieras
Compay Segundo Lyrics
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El suave murmullo de tu suspirar
Cómo ríe la vida
Si tus ojos negros me quieren mirar
Y si es mío el amparo
De tu risa leve que es
Como un cantar
El día que me quieras
La rosa que engalana
Se vestirá de fiesta
Con su mejor color
Y al viento las campanas
Dirán que ya eres mía
Y locas las fontanas
Se contarán su amor
La noche que me quieras
Desde el azul del cielo
Las estrellas celosas
Nos mirarán pasar
Y un rayo misterioso
Hará nido en tu pelo
Luciernaga curiosa que verá
Que eres mi consuelo
The lyrics of Compay Segundo's song El Dia Que Me Quieras focus on the beauty and power of love. The first stanza describes how the sound of the loved one's sighs and the look in their eyes can make everything else disappear. The second stanza talks about how the world changes when love is found. The rose that adorns the lover will bloom with extra vibrance and the church bells will ring announcing the new love. In the third and final stanza, the lyrics speak of the night when the loved one is embraced. The stars in the sky will witness the union and a mysterious light will shine on the hair of the loved one, a sign of good luck.
The song is about the power of love and how it changes everything. The lyrics speak of the transformative and positive effect love has on life. The rose that is dressed in its best colors and the church bells are symbolic of new beginnings and the start of a new life together. The mysterious light and the curious firefly witnessing the embrace of the lovers provide a fairy-tale like element to the song, adding to its romantic charm. These elements all come together to demonstrate the beauty and wonder of love.
Line by Line Meaning
Acaricia mi ensueño
Caress my dream
El suave murmullo de tu suspirar
The gentle murmur of your sigh
Cómo ríe la vida
How life laughs
Si tus ojos negros me quieren mirar
If your black eyes want to look at me
Y si es mío el amparo
And if I have the protection
De tu risa leve que es
Of your light laughter that is
Como un cantar
Like a song
Todo, todo se olvida
Everything, everything is forgotten
El día que me quieras
The day that you love me
La rosa que engalana
The rose that adorns itself
Se vestirá de fiesta
Will dress up in celebration
Con su mejor color
In its best color
Y al viento las campanas
And to the wind the bells
Dirán que ya eres mía
Will say that you are already mine
Y locas las fontanas
And crazy the fountains
Se contarán su amor
Will tell their love
La noche que me quieras
The night that you love me
Desde el azul del cielo
From the blue of the sky
Las estrellas celosas
The jealous stars
Nos mirarán pasar
Will watch us pass by
Y un rayo misterioso
And a mysterious ray
Hará nido en tu pelo
Will make a nest in your hair
Luciernaga curiosa que verá
Curious firefly that will see
Que eres mi consuelo
That you are my comfort
Lyrics © Freibank Musikverlags und vermarktungs GmbH, DistroKid, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Unison Rights S.L.
Written by: Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@starssunandthemoon6386
Descanse en paz. Compay. No cena aner la noche. Un real negro.
@ernestogasulla767
Muy digno.
@MrNataly0919
bellisima
@manuelalvarcampos3234
muy bueeeee
@belencitamaza1425
😘😙😙😎
@WilfriedBerk
Compay Segundo toca el clarinete en playback ?
@brunobrf3165
😃
@leoneldiaz5370
¿Cuál es éste género musical? ¿Bolero son?
@alban1470
Si carnal
@ottolinsuain2189
Originalmente es un tango de Gardel