Melancholia

It began as an idol and ended up being a phenomenon, understanding by phenomenon any immaterial manifestation, thing or event that is perceived through the senses and leads to extreme turmoil. I say then that Camilo Sesto began being an idol, without meeting conditions for it .

It belonged to the quarry of those Levantine singers who become familiar with music when they are in the womb and during childhood they develop a stream of voice that catapults them immediately to fame. It was the case of Nino Bravo, Bruno Lomas and, among others, Camilo Blanes, to whom a marketing and advertising luminary gave him an artistic name with euphony of Pope that brought us all confused.

The fact is that very soon he achieved success, managing to round it up in the early 70s with a masterful interpretation of Jesus Christ Superstar in the theater. It was the only time he wore a beard. It was often armed. The poor are persecuted by women everywhere. A nightmare. Luckily for him, when the performances ended, he adopted a Llongueras look that allowed him to move more freely in his sexual identity.

Camilo Sesto was born a child a few years before. I lie. Who was born to a Mexican, named Lourdes Ornellas, in whose womb he put a small seed one night played by dads and moms. The fact is that Lourdes had a child and Camilo kept him (financially). His name was Camilín.

With him in Spain, the small family did what he could. That is, rather little. In the absence of a mother, Camilo had a sister who washed his clothes and filled him with pampering. But that strange family broke soon . Surely influenced by the surrounding environment, the sister came out pricing and Camilo was alone with Camilín, who felt more son than father.

Little by little, Camilo VI was left isolated in the hands of his administrators and secretaries. It is an image that has been repeated a lot in the famous national sphere (Encarna Sanchez, Lina Morgan, etc. In the end, in recent years, Camilo's image was that of the phenomenon he chose to be: a wheelchair singer, with a wig battleship and face of an old star , chasing his successes inwardly, I remain with all his repertoire with Melancholy, a beautiful ballad that produced therapeutic effects sung to the lungs on a night of farra.

Camilo VI, already retired, received several offers to go to television to tell his life and humming old triumphs. Luckily he had a lucidity point and did not lend. Or he borrowed just enough to realize that they were teasing him.

That regrowth of Camilo's figure coincided with the success of his old songs. It was not a sought after success, but it sounded strongly in all the fairgrounds. Thus came 'Melancholy' to the new generations. On the path of drunks . This is how we all stay in this mourning morning: melancholic and autumnal.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

• Spain
• Lina Morgan
• theater

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