Latin American beats had been joined with flamenco by gitanos since at least the 1950s, mixing complex strumming with rhythmic, percussive tapping on their guitars' tops. The new Reyes generation — soon to meet and join up with three guitar-playing brothers from the Baliardo family — began creating more pop-oriented songs. They played at roma parties and at street corners until they got their chance to record under the group's new name, Gipsy Kings.
Sharp-eyed individuals might have noted that all the left-handed members of the group play guitars strung upside-down; this is usually as a result of the individuals' not having their own guitars when growing-up. Borrowing and playing a right-hander's the wrong way up was the only way to learn.
Band's story
They became popular with their self-titled first album, Gipsy Kings, which included the songs "Djobi Djoba ", "Bamboleo " and the romantic ballad "Un Amor". The song "Volare" on their second album Mosaique is a rumba version of Domenico Modugno's Italian hit "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu". The Gipsy Kings were enormously popular in France and throughout Europe along with the middle east. In 1989, Gipsy Kings was released in the United States and it spent 40 weeks on the charts, one of very few Spanish language albums to do so. Their cover version of "Hotel California" is an excellent example of fast flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic strumming (this version was featured in the Coen Brothers' movie The Big Lebowski).
In 1991 the Gipsy Kings provided flamenco guitar and backing vocals on Bananarama's version of "Long Train Running", using the pseudonym "Alma de Noche" ("Soul of the Night"). Also in '91, for a multi-artist project called "Simply Mad About the Mouse" — a compilation of new versions of songs from Disney films — the Kings contributed an annaly-crafted, fast-paced rumba flamenca version of "I've Got No Strings" from "Pinocchio" - replete with feverish flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic hand-claps (palmas). The lyrics' enthusiasm for freedom, not being tied down, fit the gipsy creed perfectly.
Their 1993 album "Love and Liberte" won the Latin Grammy Award for "Best Pop Album of the Year," and contained the enduring song "Montana," an emotional account of Roma chased from their birthplace by prejudice and persecution.
The '95 compilation "The Best of the Gipsy Kings" went platinum, staying on the charts more than one year. Albums "Mosaïque," "Allegria," "Este Mundo," "Gipsy Kings Live," "Love & Liberte," "Tierra Gitana," "Cantos de Amor" and "Volare! - the Very Best of the Gipsy Kings" went gold.
Lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo — who has always written the group's instrumentals — released his first solo album, Essences, in 2001; a second self-titled one followed in 2003.
Flamenco purists criticized their use of drum kits, electronic bass, and electronic keyboards and rock and reggae beats. Defenders say they helped create a new style.
Gipsy Kings' total album sales worldwide now exceed 18 million; they toured worldwide again in 2007. They are the world's best-selling music group from France in history, according to their website, where dates and places of their current tour can be found.
Years active: from 1987 till present.
Members
Gipsy Kings are members of two related families: the Reyes and the Baliardos (Reyes means Kings in Spanish). They are cousins of the flamenco great Manitas de Plata, lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo married his granddaughter. Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Andre and Patchai Reyes are sons of flamenco singer Jose Reyes. The Gipsy Kings are:
Nicolas Reyes: lead vocals, guitar
Paul Reyes: backup vocals, guitar
Canut Reyes: backup vocals, guitar
Patchai Reyes: backup vocals, guitar
Andre Reyes: backup vocals, guitar
Diego Baliardo: guitar
Paco Baliardo: guitar
Tonino Baliardo: lead guitar
Chico Bouchikhi was also a member of the Gipsy Kings, but quit after the album Mosaique.
Sin Ella
Gipsy Kings Lyrics
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Te dare
El amor que no has tenido
Para vivir sufriendo
Te amo, pero nunca lo olvidare
Te amo, para vivir asi
Te amo, para vivir asi
Como podrias tu vivir
Como podrias tu vivir
Sin ella
Si no la quieres, dejala
Si no la quieres, dejala
Vivir en paz
Te dare
El amor que no has tenido
Para vivir sufriendo
Te amo pero nunca lo olvidare
Te amo, para vivir asi
Te amo, para vivir asi
Como podrias tu vivir
Como podrias tu vivir
Sin ella
Si no la quieres, dejala
Si no la quieres, dejala
Vivir en paz
The Gipsy Kings' song "Sin ella" is a bittersweet and poignant ode to lost love. The Spanish lyrics, translated as "Without her," express a deep yearning for a love that has been lost, and a desire to move on and find peace.
The opening lines of the song declare the singer's intention to give the person they're addressing a love they've never known before. This love is meant to ease the pain of the past and help them move forward. However, even as the singer makes this promise, they acknowledge that they will never forget the love they lost.
The chorus of the song expresses the central theme quite succinctly: "How could you live without her? If you don't want her, leave her to live in peace." The singer is essentially imploring the person they're addressing to choose a path forward: either stay with the one they love or let them go and find peace.
Line by Line Meaning
Te dare
I will give you
El amor que no has tenido
The love that you have never had
Para vivir sufriendo
To live suffering
Te amo, pero nunca lo olvidare
I love you, but I will never forget
Te amo, para vivir asi
I love you, to live like this
Te amo, para vivir asi
I love you, to live like this
Como podrias tu vivir
How could you live
Como podrias tu vivir
How could you live
Sin ella
Without her
Si no la quieres, dejala
If you don't love her, leave her
Si no la quieres, dejala
If you don't love her, leave her
Vivir en paz
Live in peace
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ANDRE REYES, FRANCOIS REYES, JACQUES BALIARDO, MAURICE BALIARDO, NICOLAS REYES, TONINO BALIARDO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Te daré, el amor que no has tenido
Para vivir sufriendo
Te amo, pero nunca lo olvidaré
Te amo, para vivir así
Te amo, para vivir así
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Te daré, el amor que no has tenido
Para vivir sufriendo
Te amo pero nunca lo olvidaré
Te amo, para vivir así
Te amo, para vivir así
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
sadhudeva
Te daré, el amor que no has tenido
Para vivir sufriendo
Te amo, pero nunca lo olvidaré
Te amo, para vivir así
Te amo, para vivir así
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Te daré, el amor que no has tenido
Para vivir sufriendo
Te amo pero nunca lo olvidaré
Te amo, para vivir así
Te amo, para vivir así
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Cómo podrías tú vivir
Cómo podrías tú vivir sin ella
Si no la quieres, déjala
Si no la quieres, dejala vivir en paz
Massiel Reyes
Soy de México 🇲🇽.
De niña mi mamá tenía un cassette de ellos y siempre lo disfrutábamos imaginando que algún día viajaríamos a la hermosa España.
Venía un canción en especial pero jamás la he vuelto ha escuchar y no recuerdo ni como se llama. Solo recuerdo unas partes, ojalá alguien me pueda ayudar a saber cómo se llama o el link de la canción.
"Voy a decirte "te quiero",
Voy a brindar con champagne,
Y adiós mil gracias por verte,
España de mis desvelos.
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El día que yo vuelva a España,
Allá en mi tierra,
Me quedó...."
Es todo lo que recuerdo de esa canción.
¿Alguien la recuerda? 🥺😓
Anna Kamilly 🌹🍷
Te darei
O amor que não tiveste
Para viver sofrendo
Te amo, mas nunca o esquecerei
Te amo, para viver assim
Te amo, para viver assim
Como poderias você viver
Como poderias você viver
Sem ela
Se não a queres, deixa-a
Se não a queres, deixa-a
Viver em paz
Te darei
O amor que não tiveste
Para viver sofrendo
Te amo, mas nunca o esquecerei
Te amo, para viver assim
Te amo, para viver assim
Como poderias você viver
Como poderias você viver
Sem ela
Se não a queres, deixa-a
Se não a queres, deixa-a
Viver em paz
🌹💗
unicornsparkle01
I'm not Spanish gypsy I'm Macedonian gypsy but I grow up with gypsy kings music I love them I'm very proud for being gypsy ♥️♥️🌹💃💃
Trevor G Welch
Do you play Spanish or Classical guitar ? 🌸🍁🌹🌹🌹
ARCO ESTATES agencia imobiliaria
The gypsy kings are french. But they sing in Spanish
Vladivostok
@ARCO ESTATES agencia imobiliaria they are spanish romani
Antonio Vidal
@ARCO ESTATES agencia imobiliaria correcto, ya que el flamenco es de España, estos reyes gitanos son de ascendencia Española, es por eso tambien que camtan flamenco y en Español
Silvialana Firmo
Amo essa música ! Sou brasileira mais amo demais
Edson Souza
Magnífico esses cara são mágicos , não podem deixar morrer esse dom de Deus
Hiram Hernandrez
Conocer a los Gipsy Kings en el teatro Olympia de París en este 2022, para mí fue un gran sueño hecho realidad,fue algo maravilloso e indescriptible,estuvieron geniales,sin duda alguna una de las alegrías más grandes d mi vida y un enorme privilegio sentir de cerca la magia de esa música,fue toda una bendición d Dios,grasias mi señor por permitirmelo
silvia Junyent Trenchs
💅🦮😎
Jan Kotlar
Šdoda chtěl bych to taky zažít.