At the age of 14, after two years living in Mexico City, Mimi returned to Puerto Rico for good. In 1987, she started jamming with local bands, untill her brother Niguel influenced her into Metal Music; and they formed a band. They played a couple of years together with Rencor, one of the first “in-Spanish” rock bands from Puerto Rico.
Mimi studied Fine Arts in The Arts School in Old San Juan. When she was 20 years old, she met the island ska scene and got hooked on Jamaican reggae-rocksteady beat style. In 1991, she entered an all-girl band, Alarma!, a heavy music band. They travelled to New York, and played in Sob's and in Los Angeles for the La Banda Elastica Festival with Maldita Vecindad. They were also opening act for many bands that came to the island, such as Dos Minutos, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and Fito Paez.
But things were about to change... she met an Argentinian musician from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, saxophone player Sergio Rotman. After a coupe of years of friendship, the relation grew, they fell in love, and started to travel together anywhere! Sergio invited Mimi to form a band with him, so she decided to go South, to Buenos Aires. In Argentina, Mimi was invited to sing with Cienfuegos (Sergio's punk rock project), she sang in the Caravelas y Diablitos by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, met the "porteña" scene, recorded with Attaque 77, Los Piojos, Kapanga, and sang with many other friends.
In 1998, she became mother to a son named Leroy. Sergio and Mimi formed a band with friends that had the same love for Jamaican music & Latin rhythms. They've performed in many Buenos Aires clubs, cafe's & theaters, for example, Ciclo Molotov in the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, along with Riddim, in Luz y Fuerza Theater with Cienfuegos, in Cemento with Lumumba, openings for Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Fun People, Divididos...
Mimi won a Gardel Award in 2002 as Best Female Rock Singer. She also toured Spain, Germany, México, and Argentina. In 2007 Mimi Maura recorded her 6th album Mirando caer la lluvia , she toured in Argentina and made her first DVD Dulces Sueños recorded live in ND Ateneo Theater. 2008-2009 she toured with Los fabulosos Cadillacs singing Vasos Vacios. In 2010 Mimi Maura recorded her 7th album Dias de Sol in Argentina and Puerto Rico, mixed it in Jamaica with Steven Stanley.
Mimi Maura is an independient artist, her label name is Canary Records.
Gloomy Sunday
Mimi Maura Lyrics
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My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of
Sorrow has taken you
Of ever returning you
Would they be angry
If I thought of joining you?
Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy is Sunday,
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and I
Have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be candles
And prayers that are said I know
Let them not weep
Let them know that I'm glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death I'm caressin' you
With the last breath of my soul
I'll be blessin' you
Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart, dear
Darling I hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is tellin' you
How much I wanted you
Gloomy Sunday
The song Gloomy Sunday by Mimi Maura describes the feelings of sadness and despair experienced by the singer on a gloomy Sunday. She shares how she spends her hours in a slumberless state, surrounded by countless shadows that remind her of the past. The loss of a loved one is also evident in the lyrics, as the singer mentions how the black coach of sorrow has taken them away, and angels have no thought of returning them. She then questions whether the angels would be angry if she were to join her loved one in death.
As the song progresses, the singer comes to the decision to end her life, and soon there will be candles and prayers said for her. She wants her loved ones to know that she is glad to go and that death is no dream because it will allow her to be reunited with her loved one. The song has a dreamlike quality to it, and the singer talks about how she was only dreaming and wakes up to find that her loved one is gone. She then expresses how much she wanted them and how her heart is telling them. The song ends with the refrain "Gloomy Sunday," which emphasizes the melancholic, heart-wrenching theme of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Sunday is gloomy,
The singer associates Sundays with negativity.
My hours are slumberless
The singer can't sleep and is plagued by restlessness.
Dearest the shadows
The singer speaks to someone they cherish and the shadows surrounding them.
I live with are numberless
The amount of shadows is so many that they can't count them.
Little white flowers
The flowers are a symbol of the purity of the person being addressed by the artist.
Will never awaken you
In death, the person addressed by the singer can never return to life.
Not where the black coach of
The person being addressed is beyond any earthly means of being retrieved.
Sorrow has taken you
The person being addressed has been taken by death.
Angels have no thought
Even angels don't hold the power to return someone to life.
Of ever returning you
The person addressed by the artist is gone forever.
Would they be angry
The singer questions if even angels would be mad if they took their own life to join the person who died.
If I thought of joining you?
The artist is considering taking their own life in order to be with the person they addressed earlier.
Gloomy Sunday
The song title and refrain that brings everything back to the melancholy tone of Sundays.
With shadows I spend it all
The singer describes how they spend all of their Sunday surrounded by negative thoughts.
My heart and I
The singer's heart and mind are not in a good place.
Have decided to end it all
The artist has thought about suicide as an option to escape their mental turmoil.
Soon there'll be candles
The artist knows that their eventual death would be mourned with candles and prayers.
And prayers that are said I know
People will pray for the singer when they die.
Let them not weep
The singer doesn't want people to be sad about their death.
Let them know that I'm glad to go
The artist takes solace in the thought of finally being free and happy.
Death is no dream
The artist acknowledges that death is a final reality.
For in death I'm caressin' you
The artist believes they will finally be able to hold and touch the person they addressed earlier in death.
With the last breath of my soul
The singer knows that they will die soon.
I'll be blessin' you
The artist will go out of the world with happy thoughts of the person they addressed earlier.
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
The singer says that their thoughts of death and joining the person earlier was just a dream.
I wake and I find you asleep
Ironically, the person is alive while the singer is feeling miserable.
In the deep of my heart, dear
The person is dear to the singer deep in their heart.
Darling I hope
The artist hopes the person enjoys life.
That my dream never haunted you
The artist doesn't want the person to be burdened by their thoughts of wanting to join them.
My heart is tellin' you
The singer's heart holds strong feelings for the person.
How much I wanted you
The singer secretly yearns to be with the person.
Gloomy Sunday
The song ends, repeating the refrain on the negativity that dominates Sundays.
Writer(s): Sam M. Lewis, Laszlo Javor, Rezso Seress
Contributed by Julian N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.