Mercedes Sosa

romy says on Oct 4, 2009, 20:13:

With Shakira, performing La Maza

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romy says on Oct 4, 2009, 20:14:

A call for leadership... Balderrama

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romy says on Oct 4, 2009, 20:14:

and of course...
GRACIAS A LA VIDA!

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Lcacique says on Oct 4, 2009, 21:15:

A wonderful human being. She will be missed. Thanks for the post, romy.

"Es fácil vivir con los ojos cerrados interpretando todo lo que se ve mal..." ~ J. Lennon

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Lcacique says on Oct 4, 2009, 21:24:

Mañana ya, la sangre no estara
Al caer la lluvia se la llevara
Acero y piel, combinacion tan cruel
Pero algo en nuestras mentes quedara.

Un acto asi terminara
Con una vida, y nada mas
Nada se logra con violencia
Ni se lograra.

Aquellos que han nacido
En un mundo asi
No olviden su fragilidad.

Lloras tu y lloro yo,
Y el cielo tambien.

Lloras tu y lloro yo, que fragilidad.

"Es fácil vivir con los ojos cerrados interpretando todo lo que se ve mal..." ~ J. Lennon

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aracne says on Oct 5, 2009, 05:54:

No ha de matarme la muerte, seguiré
iré topando las sombras y andaré
por las picadas de siempre
hecho bramido en los erques sin adiós.

No he de ser nunca pasado, desde ayer
soy chango de tierra y soles, y seré
ochar caliente del perro
sobre el gritar del hachero, con mi voz.

Me desgajaré...
cuando el turbio ojear del zonda
cementando montes va
soy verde acorde del valle
salada cresta del mar
no ha de matarme la muerte, jamás.

Un horizonte de zambas, buscaré
iré rastreando guitarras, para ser
pastor de cosas perdidas
pechando siempre a la vida estaré.

Mensaje vivo en el bombo, cantaré
sin nombre para nombrarme, viviré
cimbreando en las polvaredas
salamanquear chacareras con mi voz

No ha de matarme la muerte, jamás.

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Simon says on Oct 5, 2009, 09:12:

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Thousands bid farewell to Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa

The Associated Press

12:00 PM EDT, October 5, 2009

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentines lining the streets tossed flowers and applauded to honor the late Mercedes Sosa on Monday as a hearse carried the folk singer from honors at Argentina's Congress to the Chacarita cemetery.

A large crowd sang, wept, danced and prayed together, vowing to keep her memory alive.

The legendary singer, who died Sunday at 74, will be cremated and her ashes scattered in Argentina's capital as well as the Argentine provinces of Mendoza and Tucuman, her family said.

A column of police on motorcycles led a caravan of black limousines from Congress, where she lay in state while thousands of fans -- including Argentina's president and celebrities -- came to pay their respects Sunday and Monday.

The leftist Sosa was forced into exile by Argentina's military dictatorship of the 1970s but never backed down, lending her voice to inspire many who suffered. Colombia's Shakira, who sings on Sosa's last, Grammy-nominated album, said "we are all better for having known her -- she showed us that a song can teach us so much."

"Just an honest, decent Colombian trying to do the right thing."--Simon

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kenblanquito says on Oct 5, 2009, 14:51:

My wife and I had the privilege of seeing her in concert at the Royal Festival Hall or QEH on the Southbank in London around the time of our first wedding anniversary in May 2001 and I must admit that I left the concert feeling quite stunned. I am not a fan of Latin music generally but she was TERRIFIC and after that, I became a little more open about my tastes in world/Latin music!! My wife is in a form of mourning as I write this and out of respect, I have given her unlimited access to the hifi to play Mercedes songs for as long as she needs (which is a first).
One great talent who will be missed by so many in not just South America but other continents too!

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kalder says on Oct 6, 2009, 00:38:

Good God. What a pity.

I bought one of her CDs in 2000. Heard it in the record shop and got it there and then.

"A piece of cheese may entrap a mouse, but a bicycle could ensnare the Imperial Chancellor."~~An Bai Kuang

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Mononoke28 says on Oct 6, 2009, 12:01:

I've never been able to like her music. I understand that her lyrics can be deep and profound but you know me and goat sounding singers. Not my cup of tea. But putting that all aside, may she rest in peace.

Diana

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excavator59 says on Oct 6, 2009, 20:26:

Yes rest in peace I admire anyone who stands up to Fascist Regimes ,but also just in case I get some flack from the Ultra right wingers on here (which there are many )I don't agree with Chavez's type of regime either.

Life is like a Pubic Hair on a Toilet Seat (Sooner or Later you get Pissed Off)

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romy says on Oct 7, 2009, 01:06:

Solo le pido a dios...

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