Marc Anthony - El Cantante
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Free Music Review: El Cantante
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this cd. I love every song. Hector Lavoe was very big with all the songs that lavoe Sang.It would have been nice to hear Marc Anthony sing Periodico de Ayer or Juanito Alimana.But its still a very good cd Buy It, its hot!!!Free Music Review: Marc Anthony...As good as it gets w/o being a reincarnation!!
Hit: 4 Stars
I thought the movie was excellent. I can't thionk of anyone else I would like to play the part of this legend. My only criticism off the top of my head was the movie did not fully articulate the crushing emotions Hector must have felt from the various tragedies in his life. As for the soundtrack the only critism would be as other reviewers have pointed out. Anthony (while a master in his own right) tries to emulate the strongest part of another master's game. While Anthony's versions of these songs are pretty awesome you can't and shouldn't compare them to Lavoe's. I would imagine that Anthony did not put his own spin on these classics more out of respect to and his devotion to portraying Lavoe in the same light and style as Lavoe is remembered. I am happy Anthony pursued this project and would love to hear in his words how he approached it.Free Music Review: Excellent Musicianship; Great Vocals
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm tired of bad-sport Hector Lavoe fans who cannot accept that anyone can even come close to challenging him.
Hector Lavoe was a master sonero, and he conveyed a sense of humor in his singing that was very unique. Marc Anthony can't touch him in these departments. However, Hector sometimes had an unpleasant nasal quality to his voice, and not much power.
Marc Anthony has a beautiful singing voice. He sings with power and intensity, but can also handle the vocal acrobatics.
The musicians on this CD are excellent, and the arrangements are hot!!! The more you listen to this CD, the more fun it is!
This should be just a starter for Hector Lavoe appreciation. Hector had a prolific career with LOTS of great material.
Free Music Review: Like Hector no one!
Hit: 3 Stars
The sound is excellent the orquesta oustanding but Mark, voice, is not the Best that i had heard.
Free Music Review: Good, but not Hector
Hit: 3 Stars
I think it's been said. Marc tried to sing like Hector because the movie is about Hector. Marc does a good job but i've heard Hector do it and he owns these songs. So I give it a 3 because Marc is better than I expected him to be and any CD which introduces younger listeners to the joy of Hector's music has got to be a good thing.
I want to make another point Hector was a sonero, Marc isn't. There is a big difference between what singers were doing in the 70's and how they are singing now and this is largely because salsa music has changed so much. Marc is the best and biggest of the current R&B-fied generation of salsa singers and is perfect for the modern salsa but he could never have sung the complex improvisations of Hector. I thought i'd mention that because someone mentioned how Marc is a better singer because he has more range. Singing is more than range, it's also about projecting your emotion, and in the 70's it was also about being believable when singing about the barrio (poverty, love, joy, displacement, etc), as well as being able to improvise - the art of the sonero. Who are we kidding, Marc could never sound convincing on anything other than love (good or bad) and he certainly can't improvise.
70's salsa was full of improvisations for all members of the band which is why you hear so many piano, trumpet, trombone, conga, singing solos. You just don't get that in modern salsa, it's very formulaic. So as much as I like what Marc does and his music (in fact he got me into salsa, i'm 31), he ain't Hector.
In saying that, Marc does a great acting job as Hector. Man I was surprised. Watch the movie, not perfect, but good nevertheless.