A classic already at Christmas: the singer reviews in electronic key his greatest successes in two consecutive nights
As every year, Raphael (Linares, Jaén, 1943) returns home for Christmas. Understanding home by the WiZink Center, where on Thursday, December 19 and Friday, December 20, he repeats - twice as much - the success of past seasons with two fillings. The excuse, in the event that it took any to see such a scenic earthquake again, is RESinphónico (2018). A final album where El Niño de Linares reviews some of his immortal successes electronically: What does anyone know , I am that one , whatever they say , When you are not there , let's talk about love and so on. With you, a giant of the song in Castilian of those that no longer remain .
Double acting at the WiZink Center. Christmas dates are no longer understood without a concert of his. Yes, but the tour began in December 2018 at the Teatro Real and this is the end of the Spanish tour. This year has been amazing. Do these massive concerts give a bit of vertigo? I feel very comfortable in all two environments. I used to think that I wasn't going to feel so good in that crowd but it hasn't been that way. Everything is brighter and things flow better when there are many people. In addition, the symphony orchestra, instead of having 60 members, is 90. And that's wonderful because people enjoy it even more. What is a concert day like? Do you get up early on your nerves? No, no. I am not nervous at all. There was a time when I was, but now I go out to enjoy with the public and I leave very calm and sure of what I am going to do. If not, I could not do anything, I would be afflicted with the third song. Not even the minutes before going on stage? Naturally there is a nerve that you have in your stomach, but that does not stop you from enjoying. What I had before did prevent me. And what changed? Professionalism. With age you learn what you should do and what not. For example, what you should not do is speak the same day like a parrot, and then start singing. Because the voice modulated when talking wears much more than when you sing. It is best to have the party in peace and talk the least. And if you can say nothing, then even better. How is Christmas at home? Normal, very normal. With the family, calm and talking about everything that we have not talked in a year. And at some point does El Tamborilero or some Christmas carol start singing? Well, there is always someone who is encouraged, but not me. , I sing on stage. I don't see myself at home singing. It would be a bit absurd. Not even in the shower? In the shower I can drown. RESinphónico was recorded in the mythical Abbey Road studios. How was the experience? Fantastic. Not because of the study, but because of how that record looks, which is wonderful. I think that from now on I will keep the RESinphonic sound . Is it going to happen to the electronics? Not exactly, but surely there will be some brushstroke, because it is very spectacular. And I like spectacular things a lot. In the 60s you were starting, but it was already a mass phenomenon. So I saw the Beatles as competitors or as idols? Well, I got to know them in Madrid. My representative, Francisco Bermúdez, took me to his hotel before they acted in 1965, because he was the one who hired them to perform Las Ventas. They were very simple and without great display of anything. In RESinphónico I miss classics like When my love arrives , In live meat , In Acapulco or I have no one ... If you saw the ones that I miss! But for some we had to start. And those others are on the live setlist? Having a repertoire as huge as I am lucky to have, something has to be left out, but I am constantly changing. What young musicians interest you Currently, I have collaborated with many, but I'm interested in everything other artists do, because things are always learned. Sometimes you learn what you should do and sometimes what you should not do. Have you ever said that you were one of the first indies. If "indie" is understood as independent, I am. I always have been and I still am. But if we talk about other things, maybe not, of course.And urban music and reggaeton interest you? Well, for now I have not been bitten by the bug of doing anything like that, but I will never say of this water I will not drink. that is, that you are not one of those who demonize that style. I think you have to give it a reasonable time of three or four years to see what this is all about and how the public continues to value it. Because, in short, the one who orders and commands is the public. Lately they always ask him for the time he performed in El Pardo in front of Franco, along with other artists of the time such as Lola Flores, Concha Velasco or Sara Montiel. Does the subject bore you? Yes, especially after all of the exhumation, that has come to the fore again. But it is not a topic that appeals to me at all. After all the interviews he has done throughout his career, what does the public still do not know about Raphael? I imagine that a lot, because I do not go around preaching anything That should not be known. My life is that of a song professional, who has his problems, who has to attend to his family, his friends, who also remains alone thinking about his things ... Do you see yourself writing your autobiography? I already wrote two books like ¿And tomorrow what (1998) and I want to live (2005). One more would be missing and I'll write it when I leave. When I leave the profession, I mean. But there is no hurry. He is close to 60 years of career. How do you keep the illusion? And if we add those who were not yet an artist but already sang, there are many more. Look, who likes to eat always enjoys eating. And who likes to drink, the same. Well, that happens to me when I sing. If you have no illusion you better stay at home. What have you learned in all this time about the music industry? To be patient. Namely listen, but make my own decisions. There are always those who tell you: "You should sing this one, this one and this one". And then I arrive and say: "No. I'm going to do this one, this one and this one." Everyone thinks they have the right to give you their opinion. And I, as I am an educated boy, listen. And then he does what he wants ... Well, if not, it would be another. But if there is something that matches what I think, then maybe I do. It does not look like you are very influential. I am not. I have a way of thinking and singing and that is what I do. What advice would you give to the artists who are starting? First of all, do what they have to do, not what others tell them. Let them do what they feel. This is how I have behaved. Has he always been able to do what he felt? There was once, a record, that I said: "Ok, ok, okay. I record it." And I've never wanted to know anything about that again. Can you know what the elepe was? Noooo. One shall say the syn, but not the synner's name. In addition, so many years ago that I no longer remember well (laughs).Data of interest:
What: Raphael. When: Thursday 19th and Friday 20th December. Where: Wizink Center (Avda. Felipe II, s / n. Madrid). SOLD OUT.
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