Born in the "City of Palaces" (Mexico City), Eugenia Leon discovers her musical calling at the College of Sciences and Humanities in Naucalpan, where she lent her voice for the compositions of her schoolmates.
During the turbulent 70's, young people started to identify with the musical movement known as La Trova, singing about Latin American life, liberty, and soul.
Those influences defined her style and her future path, and she never looked back.
When she turned 18, she decided to study at the National School of Music. Those were hard times, constantly switching jobs, and learning from life's blows and surprises.
Encouraged by her sister, Eugenia Leon formed a musical group called "Victor Jara", with a totally Latin American folk style. Afterwards, she forms the group Sanampay, with the same roots. She left Sanampay in 1982 to pursue a solo career, based on a repertoire of songs from contemporary Mexican composers, and including also boleros and music from Brazil.
She releases her first recording in 1983, "Asi te quiero", and traveled all over Mexico with a small group of musicians playing in various gigs.
Eugenia Leon's career took a definite turn in 1985, when she entered the OTI International Festival at Seville (Spain) representing Mexico, with Marcial Alejandro's song "El Fandango Aqui". As a devastating earthquake hits Mexico City on September 19th, right while she's competing at the Festival, Eugenia transformed the pain of her people into strength, and turned her voice into the utmost expression of courage and hope. She was awarded First Place in the competition.
Since then, she has recorded more than 20 albums, all diverse and unique. Among the composers that have given her songs are Fito Paez, David Haro, Joan Manuel Serrat, Marcial Alejandro, Armando Manzanero, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Francisco Gabilondo Soler and Maria Grever. She has also explored diverse styles such as mariachi, bolero and tango. In 1998, the government of the Mexican state of Veracruz granted her the Agustin Lara award, as homage for her excellent interpretation of the songs of the famous composers.
Commemorating her 30 years as singer, Eugenia Leon staged a concert at the National Auditorium in Mexico City (the largest venue in the country) on November 1st, 2003, selling it out completely. The concert was a spectacular show with Mariachi Vargas and the Orquesta Sinfonica de las Americas, enthralling the audience with samples covering Eugenia's entire career and musical repertoire.
Eugenia Leon is the best Mexican singer according to many, while others also consider Eugenia's concerts and recordings to be a guarantee of high quality. In any case, Eugenia helps to make sure that the musical spirit of Mexico will remain alive and well.
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Eugenia León got her start in the New Song Movement, Latin America's equivalent to the rise of Bob Dylan and company in North America and Europe. With a repertoire that pairs contemporary composers with the creators of the traditional music of Latin America and Mexico, Ms. León is not locked in to any one genre. Rather she seeks to nurture her music with elements of theater, cabaret, and opera. Her association with actors, poets, painters, and writers imparts a distinct and rich dimension to the production and staging of her music.
In 1985, her rich voice and assured stage presence guaranteed her the top prize at the OTI International Song Festival in Spain. Since then she has participated in other prestigious events such as the Pan Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the Kennedy Center’s AmericArtes Festival in Washington, DC, the Latin Festival in New York City, Expo Seville in Spain, and the Americas Summit in Cartagena, Colombia. Ms. León was also invited to entertain the thousands of women gathered for their global summit in Beijing, China.
Back home in Mexico, audiences know that Eugenia León's musical style transcends the trendy ups and downs of the world of commercial music, and she regularly packs the top venues of the nation meeting demands of fans expectant of quality songs passionately delivered. This performer/audience relationship, she believes, leads to ever higher levels of musical culture in a country fairly bursting with song. The end of an Eugenia León concert often finds the entire crowd on it's feet applauding, at once, the Mexican popular music culture, and the artist who has given it a new voice.
With her roots deep in Mexican culture, she has also taken on the task of reaffirming the ties with other Latin American cultures. Her recent live recording of Tangos has renewed Mexico's love affair with this genre.
Along these lines, she paid homage to Mexico's most dearly loved children's song composer, Francisco Gabilondo Soler’s Cri Cri (Mister Cricket) with a shimmering recording of many of his most frolicsome melodies. Accompanied by the Baja California Symphony Orchestra, Eugenia León has gifted a new generation of Mexican children with the imagination and identity of this joyfully playful tunesmith.
La cautela
Eugenia León Lyrics
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Ando tomando por una mujer
Que mientras viva no muere en el mundo
Nunca en la vida la vuelvo a querer
No fue verdad
Lo que ella me prometió
Todo fue una falsedad
Falsa moneda con que me pagó
Haremos de cuenta que fuimos basura
Pegó un remolino y nos alevantó
Y al mismo tiempo de andar en la altura
El mismo viento nos desapartó
No fue verdad
Lo que ella me prometió
Todo fue una falsedad
Falsa moneda con que me pagó
The lyrics to Eugenia León's song "La cautela" depict a person who is being cautious and guarded due to the pain caused by a previous relationship. The singer confesses that they are drinking to numb the pain caused by a woman who, despite being alive, no longer exists in their world. They declare that they will never love her again. The person acknowledges that what she promised was not true, everything was a deception, like fake currency that she used to pay them. It is as if they have become discarded by society, as if they were nothing. They describe how they were caught in a whirlwind of emotions and lifted to new heights, but at the same time, this same force separated them. The singer once again affirms that what she promised was false and that she used deceit to repay them.
Line by Line Meaning
Ando tomando por una cautela
I am drinking for caution
Ando tomando por una mujer
I am drinking for a woman
Que mientras viva no muere en el mundo
Who while alive does not die in the world
Nunca en la vida la vuelvo a querer
Never in my life will I love her again
No fue verdad
It was not true
Lo que ella me prometió
What she promised me
Todo fue una falsedad
Everything was a falsehood
Falsa moneda con que me pagó
False coin with which she paid me
Haremos de cuenta que fuimos basura
Let's pretend we were trash
Pegó un remolino y nos alevantó
It hit a whirlwind and lifted us
Y al mismo tiempo de andar en la altura
And at the same time walking in the heights
El mismo viento nos desapartó
The same wind separated us
No fue verdad
It was not true
Lo que ella me prometió
What she promised me
Todo fue una falsedad
Everything was a falsehood
Falsa moneda con que me pagó
False coin with which she paid me
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Rubén Méndez del Castillo
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@danielahernandezmoguel8569
Ando tomando por una cautela,
Ando tomando por una mujer
Que mientras viva no muere en el mundo,
Nunca en la vida la vuelvo a querer.
No fue verdad
Lo que ella me prometió,
Todo fue una falsedad,
Falsa moneda con que me pagó.
Haremos de cuenta
Que fuimos basura,
Pegó un remolino y nos alevantó,
Y al mismo tiempo
De andar en la altura
El mismo viento
Nos desapartó.
No fue verdad
Lo que ella me prometió,
Todo fue una falsedad,
Falsa moneda con que me pagó.
Haremos de cuenta...
@brendacasado41
Mi disco favorito 😊❤ la mejor sin duda !!
@gandhiherrera3201
Esa canción la cantaba mi abuelito Francisco Salgado Altamirano, con mucho corazón la cantaba, con galillo decía el... Recuerdos muy hermosos..
@gilbertoescamilla1380
Tengo un disco con esta canción con los Tres Tariacuris. El álbum se llama Cuando Salgo a los campos. Pero no hayo esta canción en utube
@kaaboom5413
Wow es la primera vez que la escucho, folklor mexicano pero con mucho sentimiento que llega, Eugenia excelente cantante
@armandomorales1126
LO MEJOR SALUDOS HERMANO
@maytesaldana622
Esta canción duele en el alma!!!
@adalbertoduran1
Que hermosa canción interpretada por una de las mejores voces de México, gracias por compartir el video.
@josealejandroesquivel260
¡Una letra desgarradora, interpretada magistralmente por Eugenia!, ¡Y ese violín que es un profundo aullido que habla de dolor y más dolor! En ese remolino ando yo.
@albertobarragan7205
Gracias. Ya la encontré en la película "Café Colón" al final de la película.
Saludos.
@CulturaDesvanecida
😮 apoco es parte del soundtrack de una peli? Debe estar muy triste la.historia...