Joan Baez & Mercedes Sosa "Gracias A La Vida" (삶에 감사하다)

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Joan Baez & Mercedes Sosa "Gracias A La Vida"

June 5, 1988 at the Roman Amphitheatre, Xanten, Germany

위 동영상은 1988년 독일에서 공연 실황 영상인데

60대를  눈앞에 둔 존 바에즈, 이미 60대 중반을 넘은 메르세데스

모두 여전한 가창력을 보여주는 모습이 인상 깊다고 할수 있겠다.

60년대 부터 미국 여성 포크송의존 바에즈 그리고 

6년 선배인 아르헨띠나(Argentina)의  메르세데스 소사가 2009년 먼저

74세로 인생을 마감하기 직전까지 공연을 하였었고

금년 74세인 존 바에즈도 여전히

최근까지도  공연 활동을 하고 있는 활력을 보이고 있다.

두사람 모두 한 시대의 사회성이 짙은 노래를 부르기도 했고

아르헨띠나의 군사 독재시절 어두운 시절 소사의 노래는

수많은 아르헨띠나 민중의 인기뿐만 아니라 세계적으로 그의

노래로 메시지를 전한 가수였다고 할수 있을것이다.

"삶에 감사한다'는 이 노래는 메르세데스의 대표적인 곡중의 하나로

 스페인어권뿐만 아니라 세계적으로 가장 많이 알려진 메르세데스 소사의

 곡중의 한곡으로 꼽히는 곡일것이다.

살아 있는 마지막 순간까지 자신이 사랑하는 노래를 부르며 살아가는

그러한 아티스트들의 삶은  그야말로 이노래의 제목과 같이

"삶에 감사한다"는 말을 할수 있는 행복한 생을 살았던이가 아닐까요?

Gracias A La Vida

 

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me dio dos luceros, que cuando los abro,
Perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco
Y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado
Y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado el oido que en todo su ancho
Graba noche y dia, grillos y canarios,
Martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos,
Y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario;
Con el las palabras que pienso y declaro:
Madre, amigo, hermano, y luz alumbrando
La ruta del alma del que estoy amando

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados;
Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos,
Playas y desiertos, montanas y llanos,
Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me dio el corazon que agita su marco
Cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano,
Cuando miro al bueno tan lejos del malo,
Cuando miro al fondo de tus ojos claros

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto
Asi yo distingo dicha de quebranto,
Los dos materiales que forman mi canto,
Y el canto de ustedes que es mi mismo canto,
Y el canto de todos que es mi propio canto
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

THANKS TO THE LIFE

THANKS TO THE LIFE THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH
IT GAVE ME TWO BRIGHT STARS AND WHEN I OPEN THEN
I DISTINGUISH PERFECTLY THE BLACK FROM THE WHITE
AND IN the high sky its starred bottom
AND INT THE CROWD THE MAN I LOVE

THANKS TO THE LIFE THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH
IT GAVE ME THE EARING IN ALL ITS WIDE
IT RECORD NIGHT AND DAY, CRICKETS AND CANARIES
HAMMERS, TURBINES, BARRKS, AND SHOWERS
AND MY LOVER'S TENDER VOICE

THANKS TO THE LIFE THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH
IT GAVE ME THE SOUND AND THE ALPHABET
WITH IT THE WORDS I'M THINKING AND I DECLARING
MOTHER, FRIEND, BROTHER AND A LIGHT ILLUMINATING
THE WAY TO THE SOUL OF MY LOVER

THANKS TO THE LIFE THAT HAS ME SO MUCH
IT HAS GIVEN ME THE STRENGTH TO MY TIRED FEET
WITH THEM I WALKED CITIES AND PUDDLES
BEACHES AND DESSERTS, MOUNTAINS AND PLANES
AND YOUR HOUSE, YOUR STREET AND YOUR COURTYARD

THANKS TO THE LIFE THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH
I GAVE MY BEATING HEART
WHEN I LOOK THE FRUIT OF THE HUMANE BRAIN
WHEN I LOOK THE GOOD SO FAR FROM THE BAD
WHEN I LOOK INSIDE YOUR CLEAR EYES

THANKS TO THE LIFE THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH
IT GAVE THE LAUGHTER AND THE CRIYING
SO I CAN DISTINGUISH HAPPINESS FROM SADNESS
BOTH MATERIALS THAT FORMS MY SONG
AND YOUR SONG THAT IS MINE TOO
AND THE SONG OF ALL WHICH IS MY OWN SONG
THANKS TO THE LIFE THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH

Joan Baez

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For the album, see Joan Baez (album).

Joan Baez
Baez performing in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Joan Chandos Baez
Born	January 9, 1941 (age 73)
Origin	Staten Island, New York City, United States
Genres	Folk, folk rock, country, gospel
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, activist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele
Years active	1958–present
Labels	Vanguard (1960–1971) A&M (1972–1977) Portrait/CBS (1977–1981) Gold Castle (1987–1991) Virgin (1991–1993) Guardian (1995–2002) Koch (2003–present)
Associated acts	Jackson Browne, Mary Chapin Carpenter,Judy Collins, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Mimi Farina, the Grateful Dead, Janis Ian, the Indigo Girls, Odetta, Pete Seeger,Paul Simon, Rocker T, Dar Williams
Website	joanbaez.com

Joan Baez /ˈbaɪ.ɛz/ (born January 9, 1941 asJoan Chandos Baez) is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.^[1]Baez has performed publicly for over 55 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanishas well as in English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages. She is regarded as a folk singer, although her music has diversified since the counterculture days of the 1960s and now encompasses everything from folk rock and pop to countryand gospel music. Although a songwriter herself, Baez is generally regarded as aninterpreter of other people's work, having recorded songs by the Allman Brothers Band,the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen,Bob Dylan, Violeta Parra, Woody Guthrie, The Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon,Stevie Wonder and many others. In recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of modern songwriters such as Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle and Natalie Merchant. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues.

She began her recording career in 1960, and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, andJoan Baez in Concert all achieved gold recordstatus, and stayed on the charts of hit albums for two years.^[2]

Baez has had a popular hit song with "Diamonds & Rust" and hit covers of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" and The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Other songs associated with Baez include "Farewell, Angelina", "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "We Shall Overcome". She performed three of the songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to national prominence, and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights and the environment.^[3]

Mercedes Sosa

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Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa, photograph by Annemarie Heinrich.
Background information
Birth name	Haydee Mercedes Sosa
Born	July 9, 1935 San Miguel de Tucuman,Tucuman, Argentina
Origin	Argentina
Died	October 4, 2009 (aged 74) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres	Folk, Nueva cancion
Occupations	Singer, Activist
Years active	1950–2009

Haydee Mercedes Sosa (9 July 1935^[1] – 4 October 2009), known as La Negra (literally: The Black One), was an Argentine singer who was popular throughoutLatin America and many countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents ofnueva cancion. She gave voice to songs written by both Brazilians and Cubans. She was best known as the "voice of the voiceless ones".^[2]

Sosa performed in venues such as the Lincoln Centerin New York City, the Theatre Mogador in Paris and the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, as well as sell-out shows in New York's Carnegie Hall and the RomanColosseum during her final decade of life. Her career spanned four decades and she was the recipient of several Grammy awards and nominations, including a posthumous Latin Grammy award for Best Folk Album. She served as an ambassador for UNICEF.

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