Sosa was born in Tucumán, a northwestern province of Argentina, of mestizo descent from French and Amerindian (Quechuan) ancestry. In 1950, at age fifteen, she won a singing competition organized by a local radio station and was given a contract to perform for two months.
Sosa and her first husband Manuel Oscar Matus were key players in the mid-60s nueva canción movement (which was called nuevo cancionero in Argentina). Her first record was Canciones con Fundamento (Songs with Fundament), a collection of Argentine folk songs.
In 1967, Sosa toured with great success the United States and Europe. In subsequent years, she performed and recorded extensively, broadening her repertoire to include material from throughout Latin America.
In the early 1970s, Sosa released two concept albums in collaboration with composer Ariel Ramírez and lyricist Félix Luna: Cantata Sudamericana (South American Cantata) and Mujeres Argentinas (Argentine Women). She also recorded a tribute to Chilean poet Violeta Parra.
After the military dictatorship of Jorge Videla came to power, the atmosphere in Argentina grew increasingly oppressive. At a concert in La Plata (Buenos Aires) in 1979, Sosa was searched and arrested on stage, and the attending crowd was arrested. Banned in her own country, she moved to Paris and then to Madrid.
Sosa returned to Argentina in 1982, several months before the military regime collapsed as a result of the Falklands War, and gave a series of concerts at the Opera theater in Buenos Aires, where she invited many of her younger colleagues to share the stage. A double album of recordings from these performances became an instant best seller.
In the following years, Sosa continued to tour both in Argentina and abroad, performing in such venues as the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Mogador in París.
Sosa's repertoire continued to broaden, and she made recordings in various styles. She collaborated frequently with Argentine musicians such as León Gieco, Charly García, Antonio Tarragó Ros, Rodolfo Mederos and Fito Páez, and other Latin American artists such as Milton Nascimento and Silvio Rodríguez.
Sosa participated in a 2001 production of the Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramírez.
Mercedes Sosa's website(in Spanish)
Todo cambia
Mercedes Sosa Lyrics
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Cambia también lo profundo
Cambia el modo de pensar
Cambia todo en este mundo
Cambia el clima con los años
Cambia el pastor su rebaño
Y así como todo cambia
(Cambia)
Cambia
(Cambia)
Cambia
Cambia el más fino brillante
De mano en mano su brillo
Cambia el nido el pajarillo
Cambia el sentir un amante
Cambia el rumbo el caminante
Aunque esto le cause daño
Y así como todo cambia
Que yo cambie no es extraño
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia el sol en su carrera
Cuando la noche subsiste
Cambia la planta y se viste
De verde en la primavera
Cambia el pelaje la fiera
Cambia el cabello el anciano
Y así como todo cambia
Que yo cambie no es extraño
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia, todo cambia
Pero no cambia mi amor
Por más lejos que me encuentre
Ni el recuerdo ni el dolor
De mi pueblo y de mi gente
Y lo que cambió ayer
Tendrá que cambiar mañana
Así como cambio yo
En esta tierra lejana
Cambia, todo cambia
Cambia, todo cambia
Pero no cambia tu amor (cambia, todo cambia)
Por más lejos que te encuentre (cambia, todo cambia)
Ni el recuerdo ni el dolor (cambia, todo cambia)
De tu pueblo y de tu gente (cambia, todo cambia)
Y lo que cambió ayer (cambia, todo cambia)
Tendrá que cambiar mañana (cambia, todo cambia)
Así como cambio yo (cambia, todo cambia)
En tu tierra tan amada (cambia, todo cambia)
Cambia, todo cambia (cambia)
Cambia, todo cambia (cambia)
Cambia, todo cambia (todo cambia)
Cambia, todo cambia
Todo cambia
Pero no cambia tu amor
Todo cambia
Pero no cambia mi amor
Todo cambia
Pero no cambia el amor
Todo cambia
Pero no cambia tu amor
Todo cambia
Mercedes Sosa's song "Todo cambia" translates to "Everything changes" in English. The lyrics describe the constant and inevitable changes that occur in the world, both on the surface and deep down. The song reflects on how everything changes, from the weather to the way people think, and how even love can change when someone moves away from their hometown. The lyrics repeat the phrase "cambia todo cambia" (everything changes) to emphasize the song's main theme.
The song begins by acknowledging that everything changes, including superficial things like a person's appearance and deeper things such as the way they think. It goes on to illustrate how everything in the world changes, from the direction a traveler takes to the seasons and the habits of animals. The lyrics also suggest that even though change may be difficult, we should accept and embrace it because it is a natural and necessary part of life.
As the song progresses, Sosa says that although everything changes, her love for her people and her hometown will remain unchanged no matter how far she goes. The final lines of the song summarize its message, saying that everything that changed yesterday will have to change tomorrow, and just as everything changes, so will she in a foreign land.
Overall, "Todo cambia" paints a picture of the perpetual motion of the world and the people in it. It's a reminder to accept change as a part of life and embrace it, no matter how difficult it may be.
Line by Line Meaning
Cambia lo superficial
Superficial things change
Cambia también lo profundo
Deep things change as well
Cambia el modo de pensar
The way of thinking changes
Cambia todo en este mundo
Everything changes in this world
Cambia el clima con los años
Climate changes over time
Cambia el pastor su rebaño
The shepherd changes his flock
Y así como todo cambia
And just as everything changes
Que yo cambie no es extraño
It's not strange for me to change
Cambia el mas fino brillante
The finest diamond changes
De mano en mano su brillo
Its brilliance passes from hand to hand
Cambia el nido el pajarillo
The bird's nest changes
Cambia el sentir un amante
The feelings of a lover change
Cambia el rumbo el caminante
The traveler's direction changes
Aunque esto le cause daño
Even if it causes harm
Cambia todo cambia
Everything changes
Cambia el sol en su carrera
The sun changes in its race
Cuando la noche subsiste
When night persists
Cambia la planta y se viste
The plant changes and dresses
De verde en la primavera
Green in the spring
Cambia el pelaje la fiera
The wild animal's fur changes
Cambia el cabello el anciano
The old person's hair changes
Pero no cambia mi amor
But my love does not change
Por mas lejos que me encuentre
No matter how far away I am
Ni el recuerdo ni el dolor
Nor do memories or pain
De mi pueblo y de mi gente
Of my people and my land
Lo que cambió ayer
What changed yesterday
Tendrá que cambiar mañana
Will have to change tomorrow
Así como cambio yo
Just as I change
En esta tierra lejana
In this distant land
Y lo que cambió ayer
And what changed yesterday
Tendrá que cambiar mañana
Will have to change tomorrow
Así como cambio yo
Just as I change
En estas tierras lejanas
In these distant lands
Cambia todo cambia
Everything changes
Cambia todo cambia
Everything changes
Cambia todo cambia
Everything changes
Cambia todo cambia, cambia todo cambia
Everything changes, everything changes
Lyrics © DistroKid, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Julio Numhauser
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Change the superficial
It also changes the depth
Change the way of thinking
change everything in this world
The weather changes over the years
The shepherd changes his flock
And just as everything changes
That I change is not strange
And the finest brilliant
From hand to hand its brilliance
The bird changes the nest
Change the feeling of a lover
The walker changes course
Even if this hurts you
And just as everything changes
That I change, I don't miss
Change, everything changes, yes, sir, it's gone, it's gone
Changes, everything changes
(Changes, everything changes)
(Changes, everything changes)
And the sun in its race
when the night subsists
Change the plant and get dressed
Green in the spring
Change the fur the beast
change the hair the old man
And just as everything changes
That I change, it is not strange
But it doesn't change my love
No matter how far away I am
Neither the memory nor the pain
Of my town and my people
And what changed yesterday
will have to change tomorrow
as i change
In those distant lands
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
But it doesn't change my love
No matter how far away I am
Neither the memory nor the pain
Of my town and my people
And what changed yesterday
will have to change tomorrow
as i change
In these distant lands
Changes, everything changes
@emanuelgauna222
😢 feliz navidad y 2024 para todos se vienen dias difíciles. pero como dice la canción todo cambia 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
@pabloluisestevezperez7629
El problema es que todo cambie para peor y para unos pocos
@nord1967sur
@@pabloluisestevezperez7629 Si tan solo fuera, como Ud dice, para unos pocos el cambio y que se tenga que vivir momentos difíciles..
El hecho es que ls cosas cambian y han cambiado, desfortunadamente en un sentido antidemocrático, aunque me (nos) pese!
@gonzalotorres2131
Que voz poderosa que tenía Mercedes Sosa, te hace erizar la piel
@eirarodriguez6035
Siemre me ha gustado la musica de Mersedes Sosa y su voz, tambien sus textos, se tratan la vida cotidiano ecterera. Ella siempre ha sido mi favorita.
@laralarzz334
Toda la razón, escuchar en alto volumen su voz, su canción... Si no te eriza la piel, es porque uno no tiene alma, es imposible explicarlo... 👑
@vielmanalvarado9481
Aún siento paz al escucharle, siento que mi conciencia vuelve, que no todo en el mundo es malo y que podemos ser diferente
@martinmontenegro7859
Siento lo mismo....la voz de la negra era algo único....
@amandaluisadavilavega532
) ü y 1:32 tiño
@user-vx6he8eh5v
Soy chilena de corazón y orgullosa de mi país, por cosas de la vida llevo 3 años viviendo en EEUU y Dios que extraño mi chilito bello, mi amor no cambia por más lejos que me encuentre