Ídolos de una generación: Tres canciones de Carlos Mata
Desde hace meses comencé esta serie de posts sobre los músicos y bandas venezolanas que tuvieron éxito en los 80. La idea no solo es informar, dar a conocer a las nuevas generaciones, el talento que hubo y hay en Venezuela, también quise recordar, revivir aquellos años, porque como decía mi abuela: recordar es vivir.
Hoy quiero escuchar a mi galán preferido, literal: el protagonista de la telenovela. Un hombre que comenzó como cantante, pero fue la actuación la que le dio fama y dinero. Escuchemos tres canciones del papachongo: Carlos Mata.
¿Que por qué te quiero?
Presiento
Déjame intentar
Leo la biografía de Carlos Mata y me infarta saber que ya tiene 72 años. Siento que fue ayer cuando mis padres me regañaban porque yo gritaba frente al televisor mientras lo escuchaba cantar o suspiraba enamorada cuando lo veía besar a sus compañeras de telenovela. Bueno, aunque me cuesta admitirlo, yo tampoco tengo 15 años, sino 51. Jajajaja. Ciertamente, como también decía mi abuela: "Los años no pasan en vano"...
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Months ago I started this series of posts about Venezuelan musicians and bands that were successful in the 80s. The idea is not only to inform, to make known to the new generations, the talent that there was and there is in Venezuela, I also wanted to remember, to relive those years, because as my grandmother used to say: to remember is to live.
Today I want to listen to my favorite leading man, literally: the protagonist of the telenovela. A man who, although he started out as a singer, it was acting that brought him fame and money. Let's listen to three papachongo songs: Carlos Mata.
The first song of Carlos Matas that I would like to share with you is the theme song of the successful soap opera “Topacio” and that served him to break through in the music scene: "¿Qué por qué te quiero? This pop ballad belongs to his second album, which topped the Billboard charts for 36 weeks in 1985.
The second song, “Presiento”, was part of the soundtrack of the famous telenovela Cristal, which starred Carlos Mata himself. To talk about the worldwide success of this telenovela is to talk about the incredible success of all the actors and singers involved in this television project. Carlos Mata himself has said that “Cristal” served to take his music to countries he never knew existed.
With more than 25 soap operas that were broadcasted in more than 60 countries, it is normal that Carlos Mata has been considered, at the time, as one of the Venezuelan singers with more international projection. The third and last song was a radio hit, Déjame intentar, which consolidated him in the recording markets and led him to conquer hearts, thus becoming an icon of the 80s.
I read Carlos Mata's biography and it infuriates me to know that he is already 72 years old. I feel like it was just yesterday when my parents scolded me because I would scream in front of the TV while listening to him sing or sigh in love when I saw him kissing his soap opera partners. Well, although it's hard for me to admit it, I'm not 15 either. Hahahaha. Certainly: to remember is to live.