TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.- Armando Manzanero He was noted for his extensive career in the world of music, was born in Mexico, but his talent made him recognized in several countries around the world.
Last Monday, December 28, the news of his death due to the coronavirus plagued old and new generations, who grew up with his music laden with romance.
One of the people who decided to remember in a very particular way the life of the singer-songwriter, who died at the age of 86, was the Honduran presenter Salvador Nasralla, Famous for interviewing dozens of national and international artists.
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Through his Facebook account, Nasralla posted an excerpt from a conversation he had with Manzanero during his visit to the Sea Vine Festival, Chile. The video shows Manzanero and Nasralla sitting outdoors, wearing a relaxed style.
The shrewd Honduran took the opportunity to ask Manzanero “What are you afraid of?”, To which he replied very calmly and confidently: “The only thing that would scare you in life is to have a very old age prolonged or an illness that made me leave more or less “.
In the amusing conversation, “The Prince of Romanticism” also revealed some details that made him feel insecure at some point in his life, but over the years he learned to accept.
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“I have a size that’s not very dear. I’m 1.54 meters, so it’s not a size to be a movie gallant, I wasn’t a good young man, or anything like that. Women were always with the her husbands to hear me sing, they never went to see me, “he said.
Despite this, Armando Manzanero he may not have been aware, but he possessed a spirit and a way of seeing life that many fell in love with. So much so, that the interview with Nasralla also had a moment of almost poetic reflection, which may well have been part of one of his brilliant compositions.
“As a Mexican I would have liked to live in the era of horseback riding, where there was still not so much fax, so much telephone. Where there were still letters and the world was much slower,” he revealed.
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When asked by the Honduran presenter why at this time ?, the composer responded by alluding to this feeling that marked each of his lyrics: love.
“Because it was much more romantic. You talk to your wife now on the phone and all the words she says are blown away by the wind, unless you record them and at that time, a letter contained more things and was much longer,” he said. concluded.