Re: Juanes, Un Dia Normal Full Album Zip
Chrystal Dueno
Below, he remembers putting together the album during a hectic, emotional time, filled with highs and lows that inspired the sound of the record. He talks about the changes he was going through at the time, how he drew from his past, and how Un Da Normal changed the game for him and Latin artists more broadly.
At the beginning of my musical journey, I started with folk music from all of South America. It was very normal to me to listen to tango and bolero, rancheras, vallenatos, cumbias. Then, when I became a teenager, I became crazy over rock music. I was an extremely big fan of heavy metal and Metallica. And then at some point around my twenties, I just realized that I needed to go back to my roots and I wanted to bring some elements of all of that to my music.
Juanes' fourth album, La vida... es un ratico, was released at the end of October. I first came across Juanes' music right after my mission while my sister and I were enjoying the MTV Espaol on cable. He had just recently released his debut album, Fjate bien. I liked the video for the title song (on youtube), but liked the song itself even more. The album was pure rock. Even the ballad 'Nada' was awesome (really liked the video, on youtube). His next album, Un da normal still had rock, but the tone of the lyrics and music was quite the opposite of Fjate bien. It was almost too cheerful. The next, Mi sangre, reached a balance of the angst and cheer of the two previous albums. While I've enjoyed albums two and three, it seemed that they were missing something that you could really feel on the first, so Fjate bien was still my favorite. This fourth album takes the balance of the third and grounds it even more in reality, if that makes any sense. He has some of the strong rock from Fjate bien and the light-heartedness of the other two, combined with the sensibility of Colombian folk music. As with the other albums, although they were recorded and produced here in the States, he does not forget his native Colombia. Though not as apparent on this album, he has really tried to bring more attention to human rights abuses in Colombia, specifically anti-personnel mines. I've really enjoyed listening to this album. He continues to be one of the artists I'll support by purchasing a physical CD, instead of from iTunes. While albums two and three weren't my favorites, they are still much better than some of the other stuff the labels are putting out. This last album shows that Juanes is worthy of the 11 Latin Grammy Awards he has earned, and will certainly bring him more.'Clase de amor' mp3 removedThis song really has the tone of Fjate bien, both in music and lyrics. Although I'm in a much better place now, this is one of those songs that I can relate to and would have loved to have been able to blare on my radio 5-6 years ago when things weren't so nice. "I know that the calm comes after the storm, but I don't think there's anything calm about you or any way to have it with such drama. It's impossible for me to stay; it's impossible if you ignore me, but cry because I'm no longer near you."'La vida... es un ratico' mp3 removedThe title of this album came from something Juanes' mother told him, that life is but a moment. A good message. "Let's not let ourselves be done in, there's still a lot to do. Let's not let ourselves be done in, life is but a moment, a moment and nothing more. Let's not let ourselves be done in, good times are coming, and the bad fade away."
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