When I saw the Vibes announcement saying that this week's theme was Disney, I thought: "this is not for me". But then I remembered that our most important Venezuelan salsa singer, Oscar D'León, sang the Spanish version of a Disney song, The Emperor's New Groove.
Something I hadn't thought of was that if the song Oscar sang was a salsa, the original song in English must also be a salsa. So I decided to investigate and I had the immense surprise and joy of knowing that Tom Jones was in charge of the English version and, to tell you the truth, I was amazed.
Another information that I liked was to know that the song was composed by Sting, in its lyrics, as well as the music, which he did together with David Hartley.
For those who already know my salsa project, it is clear that one of its objectives is to show that salsa can be sung in any language, so this came to me like a glove.
So the next step was to find a way to get the track without the vocals and start practicing the lyrics in English, not an easy task for this song. But finally I took the determination and here I bring you my version of "Perfect World".
This is my participation in Vibes Web3 Music Competition, week 18.
Cuando vi el anuncio de Vibes diciendo que el tema de esta semana era Disney, pensé: "esto no es para mí". Pero luego recordé que nuestro cantante de salsa venezolano más importante, Oscar D'León, cantó la versión en español de un tema de Disney, Las Locuras del Emperador.
Algo que yo no había pensado era que si la canción que cantó Oscar, era una salsa, la canción original en inglés también debía serlo. Así que decidí investigar y me llevé la inmensa sorpresa y alegría de saber que Tom Jones fue el encargado de poner su voz en la versión inglesa y, la verdad, quedé maravillado.
Otra información que me gustó fue saber que el tema fue compuesto por Sting, en su letra, asó como la música, que la hizo junto a David Hartley.
Para los que ya conocen mi proyecto de salsa, está claro que uno de sus objetivos es mostrar que la salsa puede ser cantada en cualquier idioma, por lo cual esto me vino como anillo al dedo.
Así que el siguiente paso fue buscar la manera de conseguir la pista sin las voces y empezar a practicar la letra en inglés, tarea nada sencilla en esta canción. Pero finalmente tomé la determinación y aquí las traigo mi versión de "Perfect World".
Esta es mi participación en Vibes Web3 Music Competition, semana 18.
Lyrics | Letra
There are despots and dictators Political manipulators
There are blue bloods with the intellects of fleas
There are kings and petty tyrants
Who are so lacking in refinements
They'd be better suited swinging from the trees
He was born and raised to rule
No one has ever been this cool
In a thousand years of aristocracy
An enigma and a mystery
In Meso American History
The quintessence of perfection that is heHe's the sovereign lord of the nation
He's the hippest dude in creation
He's a hep cat in the emperor's new clothes
Years of such selective breeding
Generations have been leading
To this miracle of life that we all know
What's his name? Kuzco,
That’s his name…
He’s the king of the world
Is he hip or what?He's the sovereign lord of the nation
He's the hippest cat in creation
He's the alpha, the omega, a to z
And this perfect world will spin
Around his every little whim
'Cause this perfect world begins and ends with himWhat's his name? Kuzco, Kuzco, Kuzco…
That's his name? Kuzco,
Is he hip or what?
Don’t you know he’s the king of the world
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