In 2007, Joan Manuel Serrat and Joaquín Sabina went on tour together. The show was called Dos Pájaros de un Tiro (Two Birds with One Stone) and they recorded a CD of it, which also includes a DVD of the concert and a documentary.
01- Ocupen Su Localidad + Hoy Puede Ser Un Gran Día 02- Aves de Paso 03- Y Sin Embargo 04- No Hago Otra Cosa Que Pensar en Ti 05- Contigo 06- A la Orilla de la Chimenea 07- Aquellas Pequeñas Cosas + Ruido + El Muerto Vivo 08- Es Caprichoso el Azar 09- Pacto de Caballeros 10- Noche de Bodas 11- Mediterráneo 12- 19 Días y 500 Noches 13- Pastillas Para No Soñar 14- Despedida 15- Paraules d'Amor 16- Lucía + La del Pirata Cojo 17- Calle Melancolía 18- Que se Llama Soledad + Para la Libertad
Antonio Machado was one of Spain's 20th century's best poets. Raised in Andalucía, his poetry has become national common culture and this album greatly contributed to that. Serrat, himself a notable poet as well as the most important songwriter of Spain for the past thirty five years, composed excellent music for a handful of Machado's poems. The result is incredibly beautiful, with an match between tempo and meaning so outstanding that for the not-so-well-read it might be difficult to digest the news that it was not Serrat's own lyrics. This is a magic combination of two of Iberia's best: a poet with a word tried by Spain's trials and tribulations; a singer with a voice which evokes Spain. The result? A few songs with an expression that portraits the elation and passion of the true Spanish heart. For those who understand the Spanish language there probably cannot be a better touch of it, of its earnest people, and their buoyant perspective to life. Together with this: some memorable reflections as "Caminante no hay camino, se hace camíno al andar". (Traveller, you have no ready-made path forward; you create the path as you go along.)
01- Cantares 02- Retrato 03- Guitarra del Mesón 04- Las Moscas 05- Llanto y Coplas 06- La Saeta 07- Del Pasado Efímero 08- Españolito 09- A un Olmo Seco 10- He Andado Muchos Caminos 11- En Coulliure 12- Parábola
Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages. He became involved with music at the age of 17, when he got his first guitar. In the early 60's, the young artist participated in a pop band, playing along with classmates at Barcelona's Agronomy School and performing mainly Beatles songs and Italian 'pop-of-the-era' songs translated to Spanish. In 1965, while singing in a radio show called Radioscope, host Salvador Escamilla helped him secure a record deal with local label Edigsa, where he recorded his first LP, as well as joining the group Els Setze Jutges. Joan Manuel Serrat's first live stage performance in 1967 at the Palau de la Música Catalana, served to establish him as one of the most important artists inside the Nova cançó movement in Catalonia. The release of the LP Mediterráneo in 1971 consolidated the artist's reputation worldwide, remaining until today as his masterpiece.
01- Mediterráneo 02- Aquellas pequeñas cosas 03- La mujer que yo quiero 04- Pueblo blanco 05- Tío Alberto 06- ¿Qué va ser de ti? 07- Lucía 08- Vagabundear 09- Barquito de papel 10- Vencidos
01- Temps Era Temps 02- Sinceramente Tuyo 03- Cambalache 04- La Tieta 05- El Titiritero 06- La Saeta 07- Cada Loco con Su Tema 08- Esos Locos Bajitos 09- Fiesta 10- Paraules d'Amor 11- Penélope 12- Lucía
Joan Manuel Serrat is more than just a singer and songwriter from Catalunia, Spain. He's one of the most brilliant voices and composers in the spectrum of the Spanish (and Catalan) language. Since his early days, he's been creating some of the most beautiful pieces, touching on political and social matters every bit as much as love and relationships. With Serrat En Directo (something like Serrat Live) you are presented with a comprehensive sample of his best works up to 1984 (when it was originally released). It is a must reference for longtime Serrat followers and newcomers into his music alike, since it provides a peek into a very wide range of his early works and, for the "hardcore" fans, it also offers new arrangements of some of his classic songs, such as "Cantares", "De vez en cuando la vida" and "Cada Loco Con Su Tema", which had come out not too long before this live album. This is the first of two parts.
01- Intro 02- Cantares 03- De Vez en Cuando la Vida 04- Aristocracia del Barrio 05- Aquellas Pequeñas Cosas 06- Tu Nombre Me Sabe a Yerba 07- Sería Fantástic 08- Algo Personal 09- Romance de Curro, el Palmo 10- Mediterráneo 11- Plany al Mar 12- Para la Libertad
Joan Manuel Serrat's first LP sung in Spanish (1968). He's been recording since 1965 but only in Catalan. This album was originally a compilation of different singles plus a couple of songs recorded specifically for this release. This is the super-rare stereo master unreleased on CD until this day. Also, here it features some singles from 1969 and alternate takes as bonus, plus the controversial Eurovision single "La La La" which was retired in 1968 due to Serrat's decision to sing in Catalan instead of Spanish in Eurovision (in fact he was vetoed from Spanish radio and TV) also remaining unreleased since 1968.
01- La Paloma 02- El Titiritero 03- Poco Antes de que Den las Diez 04- En Nuestra Casa 05- Manuel 06- Tu Nombre Me Sabe a Hierba 07- Poema de Amor 08- Balada de Otoño 09- En Cualquier Lugar 10- Mis Gaviotas
Contemporary Single:
11- Penélope 12- Tiempo de Lluvia
Bonus Tracks:
13- Manuel (versión 2) 14- Poco Antes de que Den las Diez (versión 2) 15- Manuel (versión 3)
Joan Manuel Serrat is a SpanishCatalansinger-songwriter. He is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages. Serrat became involved with music at the age of 17, when he got his first guitar, to which he dedicates one of his earliest songs: "Una guitarra." In the early 60's, the young artist participated in a pop band, playing along with classmates at Barcelona's Agronomy School and performing mainly Beatles songs and Italian 'pop-of-the-era' songs translated to Spanish. In 1965, while singing in a radio show called Radioscope, host Salvador Escamilla helped him secure a record deal with local label EDIGSA, where he recorded his first LP, as well as joining as the member number thirteen the group of Catalan songwriters called “Els Setze Jutges” (The Sixteen Judges). Joan Manuel Serrat's first live stage performance in 1967 at the Palau de la Música Catalana, served to establish him as one of the most important artists inside the Nova cançó movement in Catalonia. The following year, Spain entered Serrat in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 to sing "La, La, La" (She Gives Me Love), but he asked to sing it in Catalan, to which the Spanish authorities would not agree. This would be the first time he would come into conflict with the language politics of Francoist Spain, because of his decision to sing in his native Catalan language, repressed by dictator Francisco Franco. Defiantly, Serrat refused to sing the Spanish-language version, and was hurriedly substituted by Massiel, who went on to win the contest with her Spanish-language interpretation. As a result, Serrat's songs were banned and his records burned in the streets. He then traveled to South America and participated in the Rio de Janeiro's World Music Festival, where he took first place with the song "Penélope." In 1969, Serrat released an album containing songs with texts of Antonio Machado, a well known Spanish republican poet of late 19th-early 20th century. This album brought him immediate fame in all Spain and Latin America though, in spite of this, his decision to sing as well in Spanish was still criticized in some nationalistic Catalan circles. Regarding this and other times when his choice of language (sometimes Spanish, sometimes Catalan) raised controversy on either side of the political sphere, he once explained: "Look, I sing better in the language they forbid me." The release of the Mediterráneo LP in 1971 consolidated the artist's reputation worldwide. In late 1974, Serrat was exiled in Mexico due to his condemnation of arbitrary executions under Franco's regime. It wasn't until Franco's death November 20, 1975 that Serrat was able to return to his homeland. In 1976, Joan Manuel Serrat was acclaimed for the first time in the U.S.A., while performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. In January 1995, the Spanish government awarded him a medal for his contribution to Hispanic culture. On November 28, 1998, Serrat performed the Cant del Barça during the FC Barcelona Centenary festival at the Camp Nou. In 2000, the Spanish Association of Authors and Editors (SGAE) awarded him with one of ten Medals of the Century. Serrat revealed in October 2004 that he had been undergoing treatment for cancer of the urinary bladder and in November that year he had to cancel a tour of Latin America and the U.S. in order to undergo surgery in Barcelona, where he still lives. His recovery was satisfactory, and in 2005 he went on tour again ("Serrat 100 X 100") around Spain and Latin America with his lifelong producer and arranger, Ricard Miralles. Serrat also recorded an album featuring symphonic versions of his songs, which was performed in several different countries and always using local symphony orchestras. In 2006 Serrat released Mô, his first album completely in Catalan in 17 years. The album title refers to the city of Mahón, capital of the Spanish island of Menorca, where he likes to get away from it all during long touring seasons.
01- Una Guitarra 02- Ara Que Tinc Vint Anys 03- Cançó de Matinada 04- Paraules d’Amor 05- La Tieta 06- Com Ho Fa el Vent 07- Marta 08- Saps 09- De Mica en Mica 10- Bon Dia 11- El Meu Carrer 12- Conillet de Vellut 13- Pare 14- Helena 15- Res No es Mesquí 16- Temps Era Temps 17- Es Quan Dormo Que Hi Veig Clar 18- Plany al Mar 19- La Consciencia 20- Seria Fantàstic 21- Barcelona i Jo 22- La Rosa de L’adéu 23- Plou al Cor
