440, Juan Luis Guerra - Para Ti
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Free Music Review: Not a Big Fan
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm not a fan of Spanish language music, and I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian family friendly music, but I happen to like this CD.
The first time I heard "Soldado", I was riding in a car with a bunch of people, and everybody from seven year old Jennifer to her grandmother sang along and enjoyed the music. The music has a solid beat and the lyrics definitely express the joy of someone who recently gave his heart to the Lord.
I'm not surprised that it won at the Grammies.
Free Music Review: Good CD
Hit: 4 Stars
This is only the second or third Spanish music CD that I've purchased. However, I do like it.
Free Music Review: La musica y sus mensajes..
Hit: 3 Stars
He sido un fanatico de JLG por 20 años. He disfrutado y disfruto cada uno de sus discos hasta ahora. Pero sinceramente creo, que las creencias religiosas son un asunto personal. Creo que JLG debio seguir su linea de hermosas letras y maravillosa musica con lo cual rendia tributo a su Dios de la misma manera y a la vez mantenia a su publico, y me refiero a todo su publico, cautivo. Al fin y al cabo, un artista grande como el , debe ser admirado tanto si fuera un creyente en el Dios cristiano o en el Unicornio rosado o simplemente ateo. JLG no se pertenece, se debe a su publico y su publico es heterogeneo, no todos somos religiosos dogmaticos. Claro, nadie esta obligado a comprar este CD...pero cuando usted es un fanatico de un artista,a veces no puede evitar sentirse decepcionado..no por sus creencias ( cada cual puede creer en la hipotesis de su preferencia, llamese Jesus, Buda o Krishna) , sino porque trate de imponerlas a otros.
Respeto la musica religiosa pero particularmente no me gusta. Creo que "Ojala que llueva cafe" tiene mas valor humanista (y si se quiere, religioso) que todo el nuevo CD "Para ti". Creo que " Amor de conuco" hace que todo el nuevo CD luzca palido.....Creo que " Visa para un sueño" por su mensaje social y realista es infinitamente superior en cuanto a su posibilidad de ayudar a entender un problema esencialmente humano y quizas a que algunos hagan algo por ayudar a resolverlo... Pero francamente , no me imagino disfrutando el baile de un buen merengue ( musicalmente hablando)como el de "Las avispas" y al mismo tiempo oyendo una letra con la que no puedo identificarme ni entender su logica (un Dios bondadoso no debe enviar avispas a picarle a nadie...O si??) ni su propuesta tematica...
El mismo JLG debe captar el mensaje de su publico en su ultima gira..los temas que mas furor causan son sus temas de siempre...inclusive cuando abrio a los Rolling Stones en Puerto Rico en Febrero pasado y fue IMPRESIONANTE. Si, porque Juan Luis es un artista IMPRESIONANTE.
Te adoramos siempre Juan Luis!!!! Pero en esta ocasion, solo tres estrellas "Para Ti"...
Free Music Review: Dismaying, to say the least
Hit: 3 Stars
I learned of Juan Luis Guerra just a few years ago, and was totally enchanted by his originality and style.
My own personal viewpoint is how dreary it is that a man of such immense talent and originality has to sink himself into this genre. Spirituality and God were apparent in all of his old work, in every word and every phrase, and in a way that was meaningful to people of any faith or of no organized faith.
Now for reasons unknown to me, he has latched into fundamentalist religion and has put out a CD of religious dogma and superstition. It is not surprising that it would be difficult to write quality music in such a genre, as the generally dreary nature of such music illustrates.
Para Ti, is of course, much better than most Christian music. With this kind of talent, it would almost have to be. Trying to listen to just the music, and not the message, (and frankly, I have never cared much for "message" music of any type) Para Ti has its moments and there are a couple songs I like in spite of myself. I am just glad my Spanish is not fluent.
But anyone who has followed Juan Luis's career and thinks this album is in the same class musically is merely in rapture to the religious overtones, and does not even begin to understand the musical merits of his previous work.
I am sure Juan Luis could care less about my reaction and others who agree with me. That is certainly his perogative, he is what he is and its his music, not mine. Nevertheless, as a person who admired him tremendously, I am sorry to say my estimation has sunk considerably. I will not, however, let this affect my enjoyment of the old Juan Luis - "Bubbles of Love" anyone? Now THAT is God.
Free Music Review: You can tell it's Gospel without listening to the words
Hit: 3 Stars
I've been a huge fan of JGL since my sister first introduced me to him 10 years ago. I own all but one of his albums and that's only because Ojala is out of print. Anyway, I don't know Spanish too terribly well so I don't know most of what he's saying in his songs, but the music is incredible enough that I don't mind not knowing what he's saying half the time. I know I'm missing out on a lot, etc, but it has relevance in this review, too.
Without even knowing what the words are, you can tell that these songs are Gospel songs. Why does one of the greatest songwriters I've ever heard have to resort to tired Gospel cliches just because he's singing about God? The chorus backing him up on a few songs, like Soldado and Gloria, is so awful and so poorly orchestrated it's nauseating. And Alleluya is so bad I have only listened to it once. Based on other reviews, it's a good thing I don't know Spanish because the lyrics would probably make me puke, too, but that's another story.
I just think it's really interesting that you can tell it's a Gospel album just because it sounds so much like the crappy gospel music we are subjected to here in the states. There are some seriously great songs, don't get me wrong. Despite the choir, Soldado does bring some of JGL's usual awesome rhythm. Las Avispas is awesome, and Extiente Tu Mano is beautiful. But my God, Alleluya and Mi Padre Me Ama and Gloria are so sappy, cliched and just overall poor they leave a stain on his previous work. I'm not kidding, they're that bad. If finding God also ennabled him to find such awful songs, then he should lose Him.