He… Read Full Bio ↴Ramón Orlando Valoy is a merengue musician and son of Cuco Valoy.
He was born in Manoguayabo, then part of Santo Domingo, D.N. (the capital city) and now part of Santo Domingo Province. He studied music at National Conservatory of Music in the Dominican Republic.
In the 70s, after his father left Los Compadres Guitar quartet, he formed his first group, Los Virtuosos, with his father as the lead singer. His father kept the group and renamed it as Cuco Valoy y Orquesta (Cuco Valoy and his Orchestra) where he hired singers Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia. Ramon Orlando went to form another group. Years later, Cuco Valoy group disintegrated and he moved to Colombia due to his political differences with then Dominican president Joaquin Balaguer. Ramon Orlando then went onto a more ambitious project. He and then famous merengue singers Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia formed La Orquesta Internacional (The International Orchestra), where he was supposed to be the composer and director whereas Cruz and Garcia were to be the singers. However, of the first ten single production, Ramon Orlando wanted to sing four of them himself, which caused the group to split. Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia formed their own groups which didn't last long. Ramon Orlando quickly hired a couple of boys with similar voice tones to Cruz' and Garcia's to interpret the songs already on the radio.
He was a nominee in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2005.
RISAS
Ramon Orlando Lyrics
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Por que no puedo abrazarte
Por que no para esta herida que sangra de prisa
y me lleva hasta el fin.
Por que no puedo tenerte
con otro tengo que verte, es que desahogo mi vida
me hundo de prisa sufriendo por ti.
que piensan que eres diosa adivina
Solo risas, solo risas de mis amigos
que piensan que nunca seras mía.
Pero en el fondo se que siente algo por mi
y algún día pienso conseguirte a ti.
Quien ríe ultimo es quien ríe mejor
me reiré solo cuando consiga tu amor.
Por que no puedo mirarte
Por que no puedo abrazarte
Por que no para esta herida que sangra de prisa
y me lleva hasta el fin.
Por que no puedo tenerte
con otro tengo que verte, es que desahogo mi vida
me hundo de prisa sufriendo por ti.
Solo risas, solo risas de tus amigas
que piensan que eres diosa adivina
Solo risas, solo risas de mis amigos
que piensan que nunca seras mía.
Pero en el fondo se que siente algo por mi
y algún día pienso conseguirte a ti.
Quien ríe ultimo es quien ríe mejor
me reiré solo cuando consiga tu amor.
Pero en el fondo se que siente algo por mi
y algún día pienso conseguirte a ti.
Quien ríe ultimo es quien ríe mejor
me reiré solo cuando consiga tu amor.
The lyrics to Ramón Orlando's song "Risas" speak of the pain and longing of a man who cannot have the woman he loves. The opening lines of the song express his frustration with not being able to look at or embrace the woman he loves, and the wound that bleeds quickly, driving him towards his end. He goes on to express the agony of seeing her with someone else, but hanging on nonetheless, trying to hold on to the hope that she may one day be his.
As the song progresses, he speaks of the laughter of her friends who see her as a goddess and his friends who believe she will never be his. Despite this, he remains hopeful that deep down she feels something for him and he will one day win her over. In the final stanza, he repeats the refrain "quien ríe último es quien ríe mejor" which means "he who laughs last, laughs best," indicating that he will laugh alone when he finally wins her love.
The lyrics evoke a sense of pain and longing as well as hope and determination. The song speaks of the universal theme of unrequited love, where the pain of longing for someone who cannot be with you is palpable.
Line by Line Meaning
Por que no puedo mirarte
I can't look at you
Por que no puedo abrazarte
I can't hug you
Por que no para esta herida que sangra de prisa y me lleva hasta el fin.
Why won't this quickly bleeding wound stop and take me to the end.
Por que no puedo tenerte con otro tengo que verte, es que desahogo mi vida me hundo de prisa sufriendo por ti.
Because I can't have you, I have to see you with someone else. It's a way to vent out my life while I quickly sink while suffering for you.
Solo risas, solo risas de tus amigas que piensan que eres diosa adivina
Only laughs, only the laughs of your friends who believe you're a goddess and a psychic.
Solo risas, solo risas de mis amigos que piensan que nunca seras mía.
Only laughs, only the laughs of my friends who believe you'll never be mine.
Pero en el fondo se que siente algo por mi y algún día pienso conseguirte a ti.
But deep down inside, I know that you feel something for me, and one day I plan to get you.
Quien ríe ultimo es quien ríe mejor me reiré solo cuando consiga tu amor.
Whoever laughs last, laughs best. I will only laugh when I get your love.
Writer(s): Ramon Orlando Valoy
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