5546 Pobre flor
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:38:09 -0300
From: "Janis Kenyon" <Jantango@feedback.net.ar>
Subject: [Tango-L] Pobre flor
To: "Tango-L" <Tango-L@MIT.EDU>
Yesterday was the hottest day we've had this year so far in Buenos Aires.
The heat index reached 102 degrees. The best place to be was at Lo de
Celia.
What a relief to enter the salon where the air was cool with the added
pleasure of the music of Dany. It was a day when many sought refuge from
the heat. After two hours the salon was close to capacity.
Lito and Clara have their regular table at Celia's, just two tables from
mine. Lito has listened to tango all his life. I met them seven years ago
in Mi Club on Suipacha where I heard Lito singing at the table. Yesterday
was no different. The De Angelis vals tanda with Pobre flor had Lito
singing once again. I went over to their table to listen to him join the
duo of singers in the recording. He knows every word. I asked him the
names of the singers and the title. He knew them and even said it was
recorded around 1945. Then he asked, is there anything else you want to
know? Lito is a walking encyclopedia of tango. He and Clara have been
together for eight years. When they dance you know they are listening to
the lyrics and feeling the music.
Pobre flor (Primera ilusion) Vals
Music: Luis Mottolese - Lyric: Victor Spindola
Orquesta Alfredo De Angelis
Singer: Carlos Dante y Julio Martel
Company: Odeon Disc: 3792-AMatrix:15257
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 20:55 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
From: "Chris, UK" <tl2@chrisjj.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Pobre flor
Cc: tl2@chrisjj.com
> I asked him the names of the singers and the title. He knew them
> and even said it was recorded around 1945. Then he asked, is there
> anything else you want to know? Lito is a walking encyclopedia of tango.
Janis, the (1946) De Angelis Pobre Flor is one of the most famous valses
ever. Every walking pocket reference card knows its singers' names & title.
> Company: Odeon Disc: 3792-AMatrix:15257
though if he knew the matrix code, I'm impressed... and a little worried. ;)
-
Carol wrote about iPod DJing:
> a great idea, if you do one playlist for each tanda and one for
> cortinas, you can just select the next tanda while the cortina is
> playing, and it plays out and then you select the next tanda etc.
To IPodders hunting for this mode: if there's no Playlists > On-The-Go
item, you can stop searching. It's found only on newer models/firmwares.
--
Chris
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 11:12:54 +1100
From: Victor Bennetts <Victor_Bennetts@infosys.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Vals tandas (previously Pobre flor)
To: Tango-L <Tango-L@MIT.EDU>
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Vals tandas have to be my favourites. Pretty well everyone knows Pobre Flor and Sonar y Nada Mas. But I wonder, if you were putting together a *perfect* De Angelis vals tanda of four songs, what other two songs would you pick? I personally like 'Mi Carinito', but I don't think I have ever heard that played at a milonga. Most DJs would play 'Flores Del Alma', I guess, but to me it doesn't quite have the verve of the other songs, although it is very sweet. I think the other favourite is 'A Magaldi', but I am not such a big fan of that song. Anyone have any views on this? Also, at that tanda site:
https://www.tejastango.com/tandas.html#valses
There is a tanda with both 'Corozon De Oro' and 'Desde El Alma'. Can you really have two such high octane songs in the one tanda? In that suggested tanda, 'Desde El Alma' comes last, but shouldn't 'Corozon De Oro' come last? Otherwise in my opinion it is a bit like drinking sweet dessert wine after a single malt.
Anyone suggest any other favourite vals tandas?
Victor Bennetts
>The De Angelis vals tanda with Pobre flor had Lito
>singing once again.
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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:41:38 -0700
From: Madhav Apte <mapte@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Vals tandas (previously Pobre flor)
Victor Bennetts wrote:
>Vals tandas have to be my favourites. Pretty well everyone knows Pobre Flor and Sonar y Nada Mas. But I wonder, if you were putting together a *perfect* De Angelis vals tanda of four songs, what other two songs would you pick? I personally like 'Mi Carinito', but I don't think I have ever heard that played at a milonga.
>
Mi Novia De Ayer is one of my all time favorites; it would have to be
among the four.
Madhav
