Date Posted: 13:01:46 09/25/12 Tue
>
>Julio Iglesias hasn’t just gotten older; he’s gotten
>better.
>
>
>
>“I sing now much better than I used to,” claims the
>68-year-old
>balladeer. “You know, I was not a natural singer. I
>was not born a
>singer. But over the years I have learned. And
>crooners, at my age, it’s
> the best moment in their life. Tony Bennett is 86 and
>he sings like a
>bird. If I tell you the truth, now, on the stage, I’m
>100 times better
>than I was.”
>
>Trouble is, his old studio recordings aren’t. So
>Iglesias has become
>the latest artist to give himself a musical do-over by
>redoing the
>vocals on a score of his chart-topping signature songs
>for the
>just-released compilation 1. Recorded over the last
>few years in his
>home studio, the disc — which includes hits in
>English, Spanish and
>French, depending on your language of choice —
>includes both his solo
>recordings and his duets with everyone from Willie and
>Dolly to Sinatra
>and Paul Anka.
>
>
>
>From his beachfront home in the Dominican Republic,
>the avuncular
>Iglesias called up to talk about singing all the songs
>he’s sung before,
> who he’d like to duet with next and what he plays to
>get in the mood.
>Some highlights:
>
>
>
>Where did this idea come from? Was there a
>specific song you wanted to redo?
>
>Let me tell you a story: I started to record music in
>1969, when
>recordings were only four tracks and the sound was
>very primitive.
>Especially the songs that I did before 1982, when I
>came to America. The
> sound was not good. And when I was listening to that
>music more
>recently, I was thinking, ‘My God, it sounds
>horrible.’ I felt that I
>could do better. It’s not a question of ego, it’s a
>question of quality.
> So I recorded them again and now when I listen and
>compare, the sound
>is 100 times better.
>
>
>
>Was it just the vocals or did you refurbish
>any of the music too?
>
>All the basses are new. All the strings are new. Of
>course, you
>always respect the composition of songs that are No. 1
>in half the
>world. It wasn’t like we made them more rock or pop or
>whatever. No. I
>was concerned that I could disappoint people in that
>way. But we did
>make much better sound in the music. It’s more deep,
>the bass.
>
>
>
>Was it tough to reconnect with the original
>emotions in some of the songs?
>
>No. Music, for me, is my life. I have a great family.
>But truly, the
>only moment in my life when the passion, the brains,
>the blood, the
>strength are together is when I’m singing. The only
>place I am genuine —
> when I feel alive and complete — is on the stage. And
>I would not have
>done this if I could not reach the passion that I had
>when I was young.
>
>
>
>Are there young, contemporary singers today
>you admire and would like to sing with?
>
>I don’t understand what contemporary means for me
>anymore. If you
>told me I would be able to do a song with Justin
>Timberlake, I would say
> yes. If you told me I could do a song with Bruno
>Mars, I would say yes.
> If you would tell me I could do a song with my son
>Enrique, I would say
> yes. But if you told me I could do a song with Lady
>Gaga, I would tell
>you, ‘I don’t know. What will the song be about?’ I
>don’t want to go to
>extremes that I cannot handle. I will not do something
>I cannot do good.
> I don’t want to be a comic. At my age, there is not
>too much time to
>lose.
>
>
>
>What mountains would you still like to climb?
>
>
>The goal I have now is to live as long as possible.
>Because you know,
> I am a very alive person. But I know I’m not on the
>top of the
>mountain. I know I’m going down. But I go slowly. I
>don’t want to go in a
> fast way. I know I cannot be the artist I was 25
>years ago. But still
>the passion is alive. In my soul and my brain, I am
>much better than
>ever. Of course, physically I’m not a guy of 35 years
>old. I’m 68. But I
> want to be the best I can in front of the people. My
>life is to be on
>the stage until my last.
>
>
>
>What about writing new songs or making a new
>album?
>
>I will be making a new album next March or April. The
>idea is to do a
> global album — take an African singer, an Asian
>singer, a Canadian
>singer, a Latino singer, three or four Americans, and
>do an album that
>touches all the communities. It’s a very interesting
>idea. I don’t know
>yet who the Canadian singer will be. I would like to
>do it with Celine
>because she is my friend, but I don’t know. But if you
>ask me, ‘Julio
>why you don’t write new songs like you used to write
>40 or 30 years
>ago?’ I will tell you that it is impossible. Even Paul
>McCartney — who
>is an incredible writer — or Billy Joel or Neil
>Diamond cannot write any
> more big songs.
>
>
>
>Whose music do you put on when you’re trying
>to close the deal?
>
>I make my babies without music.
>
>
>
> (Source:
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>href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/09/04/julio-iglesi
>as-gives-himself-a-musical-do-over">http://www.torontos
>un.com/2012/09/04/julio-iglesias-gives-himself-a-musica
>l-do-over)
HAPPY BURTHDAY JULIO !!!
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