The band started out as a project to cover radio songs from the '30s, '40s and '50s and have released more than a half-dozen records since then.
Begin The Begine
El Consorcio Lyrics
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quiero escuchar la música tierna
y recordar sus notas eternas
"When they begin the begine".
Quiero volver a soñar
un joven con frac sonríe bailando
y una mujer vestida de blanco
Volver a bailar, su mano en mi mano
volar otra vez, marcando el compás
recordar otra vez el deseo imposible
sueños en blanco y negro, con aquella canción.
Quiero volver a empezar
quiero volver a escuchar la música tierna
quiero volver a bailar junto a las estrellas
y recordar otra vez.
Yo bailando con Fred, parece increíble
esa música dulce [cambió mi] corazón
con los ojos cerrados, soñando como siempre
quiero volver a empezar.
[…] En el cine con Fred, parece increíble
escuchando con él la más bella canción
y una mágica orquesta en la noche está tocando
"When they begin the begine".
In El Consorcio's song "Begin The Begine," the lyrics express the desire to go back to the beginning, to listen to the sweet music and remember the eternal notes of the song "Begin The Begine." The singer wants to dream again, imagining themselves as a young person dancing with Fred Astaire in a white dress, just like the scene in the classic movie of the same name. By dancing hand in hand, they seem to be finding their way back to an impossible desire, caught up in the black and white dreams of a past time.
The lyrics of the song speak about nostalgia, the longing for a time that was perfect and impossible to relive. The singer invokes the magical quality of the song "Begin The Begine," which has the power to change the heart, the soul and the entire world. El Consorcio's interpretation of the song is faithful to the original, but it adds a modern touch that makes it unique.
Line by Line Meaning
Quiero volver a empezar
I want to start over
quiero escuchar la música tierna
I want to listen to sweet music
y recordar sus notas eternas
and remember its eternal notes
When they begin the begine
When they start to play the music
Quiero volver a soñar
I want to dream again
un joven con frac sonríe bailando
a young man in tails smiling and dancing
y una mujer vestida de blanco
and a woman dressed in white
él es Fred Astaire, ella soy yo
he is Fred Astaire, and I am me
Volver a bailar, su mano en mi mano
To dance again, his hand in mine
volar otra vez, marcando el compás
To fly again, marking the rhythm
recordar otra vez el deseo imposible
to remember the impossible desire again
sueños en blanco y negro, con aquella canción.
black and white dreams, with that song
quiero volver a bailar junto a las estrellas
I want to dance again with the stars
y recordar otra vez
and remember again
Yo bailando con Fred, parece increíble
Me dancing with Fred, it seems incredible
esa música dulce [cambió mi] corazón
That sweet music changed my heart
con los ojos cerrados, soñando como siempre
With my eyes closed, dreaming as always
quiero volver a empezar.
I want to start over again
[…] En el cine con Fred, parece increíble
In the cinema with Fred, it seems incredible
escuchando con él la más bella canción
listening with him to the most beautiful song
y una mágica orquesta en la noche está tocando
and a magical orchestra is playing in the night
When they begin the begine.
When they start to play the music.
Contributed by Aubrey C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.