Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, he moved to Venezuela when he was 6 years old. During his youth he performed in the church chorus in the city of Maracaibo. In 1983, he released his first album titled Cada Día. Although the album was not a great success, it was a start for Montaner's career. He describes this album:"as his own version of death metal"
It wasn't until 1987 when Montaner became widely popular in Venezuela with the singles "Yo Que Te Amé" and "Vamos a Dejarlo" belonging to his self-titled album.
The following year he came out with Ricardo Montaner 2 which featured hit songs like "Tan Enamorados" and "A Donde Va El Amor". At the same time, he acted in the popular soap opera Niña Bonita. This also became a tool to make his songs known to the rest of Latin America. He won 4 platinum albums in Argentina alone. His next two albums, Un Toque de Misterio and En el Último Lugar del Mundo, became classics of the popular music in Mexico, Central and South America with hits such as "La Cima del Cielo", "Me Va a Extrañar", "Déjame Llorar" and "Será".
By 1992 Ricardo decided to hit the Spanish Caribbean with Los Hijos del Sol, an album that contained songs like "Castillo Azul", "Honda" and "Piel Adentro". That year, he also recorded a duet with Michelle, which was the Latinamerican version for the Aladdin song "A Whole New World" titled "Un Mundo Ideal".
Although Montaner has written most of his songs he has worked closely with other great song writers in Latin America such as Pablo Manavello, Ilan Chester and Oscar Gómez. But in 1994, Ricardo Montaner wrote and produced all the songs in his album Una Mañana y un Camino, which became popular only years after his release due to the lack of promotion by his new record label EMI Latin, with which Ricardo would also release Viene del Alma in 1995, an Italian pop flavored album. Also in 1995 he teamed up with Yolandita Monge to establish a Guinness World Record for performing 3 concerts in different cities on the same day in Puerto Rico. This was only possible by air transportation via helicopter from stage to stage.
By 1997, Montaner was already a well established artist in the Spanish speaking music world and could give himself the luxury of experimenting with other styles of music, without forgetting the roots that had made him so popular a decade earlier. Working one more time with Pablo Manavello and with a new record company, Warner Music proved to be the promoter Ricardo was expecting for. Es Así brought Ricardo much popularity in the United States Spanish speaking areas and allowed Montaner to tour more than 17 countries in Latin America making him even more popular in Spain. Songs like "La Mujer de Mi Vida", "Para Llorar" and "Es Así" became very popular all around.
In 1999, Montaner recorded his best album ever with his past hits decorated with the strings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra. This proved to be very successful and sold over 1 million copies. Ricardo made another attempt in 2001 with Sueño Repetido that included the bolero style song "Bésame" arranged by Bebu Silvetti which became a hit all over the world. Future works with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kike Santander and Silvetti would be the key for Ricardo to move his songs and popularity to another level in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
2002's Suma (Bolero style songs) and 2003's Prohibido Olvidar (balada pop) had fair results in terms of sales and acceptance. "Si Tuviera Que Elegir" in Suma was written for his daughter. In 2003 he broke the record for the most concerts on a same tour in the theater of Bellas Artes in Puerto Rico. He sold out 18 concerts breaking his past record of 12, which also held it Yolandita Monge and Ricardo Arjona.
In 2004, he made another album with the London Metropolitan Orchestra named Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2 featuring his latest hits songs and two exclusive songs such as "Desesperado" and "Esta Escrito". In 2005, Montaner launched Todo y Nada which featured the songs "Cuando a mi Lado Estas" and "Nada". For this album he's already nominated in the Latin Grammys with album and song of the year for "Cuando a mi Lado Estas". "Amarte es mi Pecado" and "Heridas de Amor" are non-album songs that have been chosen to be the theme songs on two very popular Mexican soap operas and that much popular have become these songs.
In 2007, Ricardo released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo produced by Adrian Posse with the songs "Hoy Tengo Ganas De Ti", "Nostalgias (Argen Version)", "Échame A Mí La Culpa (Artista Invitado: Juanes)".
In 2008, he released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo II - Y Algunas Mías...! with the songs "Cuando Un Amigo Se Va", "Ansiedad", "Bésame (Featuring Pasión Vega)".
Ricardo Montaner has sold over 22 million albums, and keeps breaking records in arenas and theaters all over the world.
Grito De Dolor
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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¿Como pueden los cometas vivir en gravedad?
¿Cómo puedes aguantar el último suspiro?
¿Cómo calla la agonía su grito de dolor?
¿Cómo va a hacer el mar sin tu profundidad?
¿Cómo va a hacer la lluvia sin caras que mojar?
¿Qué vas a hacer amor, sin mi? Oh
¿Cómo puede la tristeza morirse de risa?
¿Cómo puede la alegría vivir en soledad? Oh
¿Cómo pueden los amantes burlar la lejanía?
¿Cómo rompes el silencio tapándome la boca?
¿Cómo va a hacer el mar sin tu profundidad?
¿Cómo va a hacer la lluvia sin caras que mojar?
¿Qué vas a hacer amor, sin mi?
¡Cóseme los labios y córtame las alas! Oh
Frústrame los sueños…
¡Ni aún así podrás callar mi voz!
¿Cómo va a hacer el mar sin su profundidad?
¿Cómo va a hacer la lluvia sin caras que mojar?
¿Qué vas a hacer sin mi, amor?
¿Qué vas a hacer sin mi, amor, sin mi…?
The lyrics of Ricardo Montaner's song "Grito De Dolor" paint a picture of the desperation that comes with losing someone you love. The singer poses various questions throughout the song, questioning how certain things can carry on without this person in their life. The metaphorical language he uses in the first verse, asking how the moon can hold itself up in the sky and how comets can survive in gravity, suggests that the world does not make sense without the person he has lost. He then goes on to question how the sea will function without their depth, and how rain will fall without faces to soak.
These questions are punctuated with the repeated refrain of "qué vas a hacer amor, sin mi" (what are you going to do, my love, without me?), further emphasizing the sense of loss and the fear of what comes next. He pleads for his mouth and his wings to be silenced and cut off, but maintains that even if his dreams are frustrated, his voice will never be silenced. The song is ultimately a lament for a lost love, with the singer grappling with the fear and uncertainty of what comes next.
Line by Line Meaning
Como puede atar la luna sus hilos en el cielo?
How can the moon tie its threads in the sky?
¿Como pueden los cometas vivir en gravedad?
How can comets live in gravity?
¿Cómo puedes aguantar el último suspiro?
How can you endure the last breath?
¿Cómo calla la agonía su grito de dolor?
How does agony silence its cry of pain?
¿Cómo va a hacer el mar sin tu profundidad?
How will the sea do without your depth?
¿Cómo va a hacer la lluvia sin caras que mojar?
How will the rain do without faces to wet?
¿Qué vas a hacer amor, sin mi? Oh
What will you do, my love, without me? Oh
¿Cómo puede la tristeza morirse de risa?
How can sadness die laughing?
¿Cómo puede la alegría vivir en soledad? Oh
How can joy live in loneliness? Oh
¿Cómo pueden los amantes burlar la lejanía?
How can lovers defy distance?
¿Cómo rompes el silencio tapándome la boca?
How do you break the silence by covering my mouth?
¡Cóseme los labios y córtame las alas! Oh
Sew my lips and cut my wings! Oh
Frústrame los sueños…
Frustrate my dreams...
¡Ni aún así podrás callar mi voz!
But even so, you can't silence my voice!
¿Cómo va a hacer el mar sin su profundidad?
How will the sea do without its depth?
¿Cómo va a hacer la lluvia sin caras que mojar?
How will the rain do without faces to wet?
¿Qué vas a hacer sin mi, amor?
What will you do without me, my love?
¿Qué vas a hacer sin mi, amor, sin mi…?
What will you do without me, my love, without me...?
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: PABLO MANAVELLO, HECTOR MONTANER REGLERO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Carina Ojeda
muchas veces grite de dolor por un gran amor q se fue y nunca mas volbera a este mundo!!hermoso este tema !!SOS UNICO RICARDO!!
MyriTa
Bellísimo tema.
Danilo Alarcon
buen tema
Maria Ines Rodriguez
Grandes exitos 📼🎼🎤🎵🎶📢👏👏👏💞🎈🎂🎧🎸🎸〽🎼📻🎧🎺🎷 nada la mujer que la robe cuando mi lado estas nada la fuerza del corazon grito de dolor un par de temas mas saluditos soy maria de mar del plata cantas increible linda voz