SINGER SONGWRITER FROM THE BASQUE COUNTRY.
Towards 1970 there began to m… Read Full Bio ↴SINGER SONGWRITER FROM THE BASQUE COUNTRY.
Towards 1970 there began to materialise the Basque City. Never before had the noun and the adjective joined together. One spoke of the Mountain, the Earth, the Nation, all of them Basque; but the privileged space where the world became truly wide seemed forbidden to those who wished to express themselves in the language that sustains the adjective, the Basque tongue. It was as if someone, the Spirit of the Time, for example, might have hurled out an order: "Either change your language, or change your place". Which in the case of RO, meant: "Dear friend, either devote yourself to romantic music or to patriotic music. And if not, give it up". The message was clear. It meant solitude. And it was a curse. A snare.
RO put up with the solitude, and against the long road he opposed his will and his intelligence. RO forgot the curse: from his first records, his material was diverse, general, non-religious: he could do with the laundry, a van, or a visit from a woman. RO eluded the snare: instead of crossing to the other side of the border, he remained close to it and took on its history. He didn¹t become the chameleon of the storybook tale, neither in a branch of the General Bank of Music, nor in the International Basque Singer for Tourists. He remained a personal creator, with committed lyrics and music towards his loved, hated, distant, close Basque City.
Bernardo Atxaga

RUPER ORDORIKA

Recordings:

“HAUTSI DA ANPHORA” , 1980 Elkar C.D.

“NI EZ NAIZ NORUEGAKO ERREGE” , 1983 Elkar C.D
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“BIHOTZERREAK” , 1985 Elkar C.D.

“H.BENGOA - INVENTARIUM” by Bernardo Atxaga, 1988 Elkar Cassette.

“EZ DA POSIBLE” , 1990 Gasa-Wea C.D.

“BILDUMA BAT” , 1992 Elkar C.D. An Elkar compilation.

“R.ORDORIKA & Mugalaris” , 1992 Emak Bakia Mini C.D.

“HIRU TRUKU” - R.Ordorika, J. Tapia, B. Martinez
1994 Nuevos Medios C.D.

“SO´IK SO´ “ , 1995 Nuevos Medios C.D.

“HIRU TRUKU 2” , R.Ordorika, J. Tapia, B. Martinez
1997 Nuevos Medios C.D.

“DABILEN HARRIA” , 1998 Nuevos Medios C.D.

“GAUR” , 2000 Esan Ozenki C.D. Live.

“ HURRENGO GOIZEAN”, 2001 Metak C.D.

“ RUPER ORDORIKA” Compilation. 2002 Nuevos Medios CD.

“ KANTUOK JARTZEN DITUT” 2003 Metak CD.

“HIRU TRUKU 3”, R.Ordorika, J. Tapia, B. Martinez
2004 Metak C.D.

“MEMORIAREN MAPAN”, 2006 Elkar. CD.

"HAMAR T¨ERDIETAN", Live,2008 Elkar. CD-DVD

PRODUCER on several records:
Hertzainak , Maurizia Leon eta Basilio , Emilio Cao, Tapia eta Leturia.

Worked on several LITERARY PROJECTS by the writer Bernardo Atxaga. Among them : “Henry Bengoa , Inventarium” and “Lezio berri bat ostrukari buruz”.

Nire Furgoi Beltza
Ruper Ordorika Lyrics

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Lurrunak ez du oraindik
Kristalak eztali
Eta gogaitua nago honez gero
Autobusarekin
Eguraldiaren berri irratian
Eta zer dio alu horrek
Galdu zintudanetik.

Nondik nora datorkidan
Orain zure oroimena
Arraia laranja kolore beltza
Faltan ditut
Estazioetan ematen geroztik orduak

Galdu zintudanetik
Hutsean ari
Alperrik nabil
Galdu zintudanetik

Teloia jausita mikroak bildu
Gauez etxaldera bakarrik zurekin
Herdoila seinaletan lo
Hau bakarrik ibiltzearen ordaina
Galdu zintudanetik

Behar bezala ez nabil ez
Aparta ginduztenetik
Non lo egin dezaket esan
Zure altzoan izan ezik
Non gitarra gord, erretzekoa
Hau miseria latza

Galdu zintudanetik
Neure furgoi beltza

Arraia laranjaz
Saldu zintudanetik.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Ruper Ordorika's song Nire Furgoi Beltza are full of emotion and reflection. The first stanza talks about how the land isn't ready yet, the crystals haven't melted and the singer is troubled. They board a bus and hear the news about the weather on the radio, but they don't really care about it. The singer is still thinking about their past and how they lost something.

The second stanza is about the singer's memories coming back to them. They see the black and orange-colored truck and are reminded of things they have lost. They have been waiting at the stations for hours and hours, ever since they lost what they had. They are lost in their own thoughts and emotions and cannot find a way out of it.

The final stanza talks about how the singer is trying to cope with their loss. They have collected some small things that remind them of a better time. They stay home alone at night, surrounded only by the signals of their own sadness. The singer has lost something precious to them, and they are struggling to move on.

Overall, the song is a reflection on loss and grief, and how it affects people in different ways.

Line by Line Meaning

Lurrunak ez du oraindik
The ground hasn't yet touched

Kristalak eztali
The crystals didn't stop

Eta gogaitua nago honez gero
And I feel helpless now

Autobusarekin
With the bus

Eguraldiaren berri irratian
News of the weather on the radio

Eta zer dio alu horrek
And what does that news mean

Galdu zintudanetik.
Since I've lost you

Nondik nora datorkidan
Where has it come from

Orain zure oroimena
Now, your memory

Arraia laranja kolore beltza
An orange and black sea bass