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Por Una Cabeza Tango

sr-71(Blackbird)
ZT: "Por Una Cabeza"

"Por Una Cabeza" has been recently popularized in the movies,"Scent of a Woman","True Lies"and "Schindler's List" and was also featured in a Canada-Tourism video advertisement in 1996.

"Por Una Cabeza" - "By a head" (rough English translation) was a song Carlos Gardel composed for a movie (filmed in Hollywood) where he plays a horse-race gambler, thus the "silly" title and even though it became a big hit around the world, no one would think of OTB or horsey-betting when listening to this wonderful music. The truth is that it was not the most popular of his songs. His most popular songs which I heard while I was still in Europe and listening to them in many a tango bar in the Latin quarters were,"Mi Buenos Aires Quierido" and "El Dia Que Me Quieres".

But we live in a world of fads, mimicking and duplications. So first the people in "A Scent of a Woman" heard it and said "...that's it we'll use it!"....then people in "True Lies" said we need a tango..hey the one we heard in "A Scent.." sounded good, lets play it!"...then the geniae (plural of geniuses?) in "Schindler's List" sort of said the same.... and the rest is history....but it is still one of the most beautiful melodies..and only if one really could hear the rest of the Carlos Gardel's songs....and understand the poetry of his lyrics...he wa truly the king of tangos

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  • 枫下拾英 / 乐韵书香 / 这是我喜欢的电影，因为这个星期在听一张探戈的碟就想到了它，那段探戈令人难忘，还有那个飞车，两个人内心的自我挣扎。。。我不是说某些不好，但这样的片子真的很合我的胃口。 -pipibug(我真的是个歌剧爱好者); 2007-10-16 {337} (#3996146@0)
    • 我老了, 对这种电影都没有感觉了. -klassische(老音乐迷); 2007-10-16 (#3996223@0)
      • 你需要个人和你跳曲Tango. -pipibug(我真的是个歌剧爱好者); 2007-10-16 {73} (#3996259@0)
        其实它的结尾我还是有点不满，太Hollywood, 但我也不知道换个别的是否会更好。
        • 是啊, it takes two to tango, 不过我老胳膊老腿的, 跳起来要骨折了. :))) -klassische(老音乐迷); 2007-10-16 {30} (#3996285@0)
          导演搞这部电影就是为了这个结尾
    • 我也喜欢这电影，还有它特别的名字。只是时间久远，很多情节都忘记了，需要找时间再温习一遍。。。 -ingale(今夕何夕); 2007-10-16 (#3996419@0)
    • Por Una Cabeza Tango -sr-71(Blackbird); 2007-10-17 {1673} (#3996915@0)
      ZT: "Por Una Cabeza"

      "Por Una Cabeza" has been recently popularized in the movies,"Scent of a Woman","True Lies"and "Schindler's List" and was also featured in a Canada-Tourism video advertisement in 1996.

      "Por Una Cabeza" - "By a head" (rough English translation) was a song Carlos Gardel composed for a movie (filmed in Hollywood) where he plays a horse-race gambler, thus the "silly" title and even though it became a big hit around the world, no one would think of OTB or horsey-betting when listening to this wonderful music. The truth is that it was not the most popular of his songs. His most popular songs which I heard while I was still in Europe and listening to them in many a tango bar in the Latin quarters were,"Mi Buenos Aires Quierido" and "El Dia Que Me Quieres".

      But we live in a world of fads, mimicking and duplications. So first the people in "A Scent of a Woman" heard it and said "...that's it we'll use it!"....then people in "True Lies" said we need a tango..hey the one we heard in "A Scent.." sounded good, lets play it!"...then the geniae (plural of geniuses?) in "Schindler's List" sort of said the same.... and the rest is history....but it is still one of the most beautiful melodies..and only if one really could hear the rest of the Carlos Gardel's songs....and understand the poetry of his lyrics...he wa truly the king of tangos

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