carlosmstraductor
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Hello everybody:
I would like to ask you for your opinion about "Nacida para amar", performed by Nina (Spain 1989) and written by late composer Juan Carlos Calderón.
The song she performed was not especially in line with the 1980's style, perhaps it was too classic regarding melody, but the author's hallmark is undeniable. The lyrics were very suggestive, a real hymn to love that was psychologically very well built without being schmaltzy or cheesy. In fact, she was a favourite at the bookies (bookmakers) for victory that year and even Terry Wogan told Spanish commentator Tomás Fernando Flores it was his favourite song.
As a curiosity, German commentator Thomas Gottschalk (who became very famous in Germany because of "Wetten, dass...?") said that Nina looked like Latoya Jackson, Michael Jackson's sister.
I personally think she reminds me more of any African-American jazz, blues or gospel divas with that curly black teased-up hair in the style of Tina Turner of Whitney Houston. In fact, her main musical influence is black music and I even see vocal nuances thatparticularly remind me of Jewish-American singer Jennifer Rush (The power of love) in her due to her passionate, intense and emotional way to perform and transmit, even the orchestra applauded her. Moreover, the German jury based in Studio 1 in Unterföhring near Munich gave her 10 points because of this fact. Finally, I actually don't understand how silly, absurd and trashy songs like Denmark or Yugoslavia got better results than this song. It doesn't surprise me at all that the Spanish jury (TVE) based in Estudio A-4 at Torrespaña didn't vote for both aforementioned countries, there were even better ones such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands or Portugal, among others, but that's my personal taste and sensitivit , judges had a very tough task back then (they watched the general rehearsal and the live performance).
All the best
Carlos M.S.
I would like to ask you for your opinion about "Nacida para amar", performed by Nina (Spain 1989) and written by late composer Juan Carlos Calderón.
The song she performed was not especially in line with the 1980's style, perhaps it was too classic regarding melody, but the author's hallmark is undeniable. The lyrics were very suggestive, a real hymn to love that was psychologically very well built without being schmaltzy or cheesy. In fact, she was a favourite at the bookies (bookmakers) for victory that year and even Terry Wogan told Spanish commentator Tomás Fernando Flores it was his favourite song.
As a curiosity, German commentator Thomas Gottschalk (who became very famous in Germany because of "Wetten, dass...?") said that Nina looked like Latoya Jackson, Michael Jackson's sister.
I personally think she reminds me more of any African-American jazz, blues or gospel divas with that curly black teased-up hair in the style of Tina Turner of Whitney Houston. In fact, her main musical influence is black music and I even see vocal nuances thatparticularly remind me of Jewish-American singer Jennifer Rush (The power of love) in her due to her passionate, intense and emotional way to perform and transmit, even the orchestra applauded her. Moreover, the German jury based in Studio 1 in Unterföhring near Munich gave her 10 points because of this fact. Finally, I actually don't understand how silly, absurd and trashy songs like Denmark or Yugoslavia got better results than this song. It doesn't surprise me at all that the Spanish jury (TVE) based in Estudio A-4 at Torrespaña didn't vote for both aforementioned countries, there were even better ones such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands or Portugal, among others, but that's my personal taste and sensitivit , judges had a very tough task back then (they watched the general rehearsal and the live performance).
All the best
Carlos M.S.