Good afternoon, today I want to perform for you one of my favorite songs and it is also one of my father's favorite songs, so I dedicate it to you, Dad, I hope you like it. And this song is "Tell me about the sea, sailor." It was composed by Manuel Alejandro, a Jerez-born composer, producer, arranger, singer, pianist ... and he composed it together with his wife Ana Magdalena with whom he signed several of his songs. He was the author of numerous hits by many singers and stars of Spanish song such as Julio Iglesias, Raphael, Nino Bravo, Rocío Jurado, Marisol and a long etcetera, and I have also received numerous awards including the gold medal for merit in the fine arts, a Latin Grammy ... the music of "Háblame del mar, marinero" composed by Manuel Alejandro actually contains the poem written by Rafael Alberti, a Cádiz poet, one of the best in Spain too, and this A poem is narrated by someone who has never seen the sea; I had always interpreted that this poem was as if it were narrated by a blind person who asked another person what it was like, to tell him what sensations seeing the sea produced and feeling close to it; hence the verses "tell me about the sea, sailor tell me if it is true what they say about it, from my window" that is, from my eyes, I can't see it, "from my window you can't see the sea" although There are also other interpretations of the poem that refer to those people who had no resources in those times of the civil war or the postwar period in which there was a lot of hunger in Spain, they would probably die without ever knowing the sea. Alberti being a poet from Puerto de Santa María, as he was a person closely linked to the sea, the sailors and all that Buenos Aires culture that characterizes Cádiz. I hope you like my interpretation, I sing it a little Ad libitum, which means as very free without respecting a very marked measure because my intention is a kind of recitation, considering that it is a poem and so I take it a bit to myself. form already my style. I have many of my poems from my book "Al compás de la memoria" recited with the guitar on my channel, in case you want to see it and you feel like I leave it the links in the description and that is why I also bring this version to that recitation. to make the song because I love that it is a poem and I love that it is free, that it is in a recited style and halfway between the word and the song. The music, the chords and the harmonies are based on the Andalusian cadence; If you want to know more about it, I have a specific video where I tell you about the harmony of flamenco. And that is why I feel this song and this poem so close to flamenco and our Andalusian roots. I hope you like it a lot, if so, you can subscribe, like, you can also follow me on social networks such as instagram, facebook, twitter, Tik tok, etc. at @paohermosin Leave me in the comments below what you think and you can also share the YouTube link with your friends, thank you very much for watching it They say that there are blue bulls in the spring of the sea that the sun is the caporal and the mantillas the clouds that the storm moves, they say that there are blue bulls in the spring of the sea tell me about the sea sailor tell me if it is true what they say about it, from my window I cannot see it, from my window the sea cannot be seen tell me about the sea, sailor tell me what you feel there next to it, from my window I cannot know it From my window you can't see the sea, they say that the ship sails in love with the sea, looking for mermaids, looking for new mermaids that sing to it as they pass by, they say that the ship sails in love with the sea. Tell me about the sea, sailor, tell me if what they say is true. of him from my window I can't see it, from my window you can't see the sea tell me about the sea, sailor tell me what you feel there next to him, from my window I can't know, from my window you can't see the sea
