We do not know if the little Martian who flies over the sky of a very illuminated Hollywood that night feels attracted, beyond the lights which claim his attention as an extraterrestrial colonizer, by the spectacle which takes place there. A big golden stage, with human beings floating in their demi-divinity, and perfect smiles. February 2005. On stage, a little-known singer-songwriter from Montevideo (and later Chueca), who decided to rebel against adversity with elegance and beauty: He just received an Oscar from one of the demigods (he does) who is Princein front of whom he can’t help but kneel down, all you have to do is place the microphone a little higher, and sing a few verses:
“The day may
gradually cold
I think I saw a light
On the other side of the river”
The Rebellion And the perfect moment to win an Oscar: Giving up a medical career, four albums released so far which are a “total failure” for the author. But a life in Spain that Jorge Drexler He values, yes, “happy” because he can move forward with this other passion called “music” with his wife at this time. He doesn’t want to be the flag for anything. But it is a recognized success. Shortly after, he will experience another stage in the shadows when he separates from the mother of his first child, and he will decide to continue showing why he is dedicated to music: writing songs that speak of very humans. will be born twelve seconds of darknessthe album which, after winning an Oscar, “steer the rudder” where it wills, beyond success or opportunity that attract movie awards.
Prince with Oscar winner Jorge Drexler for Best Song with ‘Al Otro Lado del Rio’ from ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’. / M. Caulfield/WireImage
The deep pain of abandoning an affective project that will no longer be with a person from whom you are separating, and whom you will love all your life, with whom you continue to be allies because you have a child. And a new love that surprises you looking at you with beautiful hazel eyes, and a hoarse voice that is called Leonor Watling. He had already fallen in love with her ten years before, when they showed him her image to inspire a song: Raquel finds her place(with these verses the actress will feel identified).
“Seek my eyes
take my hand, come closer
it’s your place
This is your cup of coffee.
You say nothing
You say with your eyes more than you think”
Finding the balance between the two situations, internal destruction and being able to give something nice to someone new, required therapy. So he said Restaurant Mejide in your show travel with chesterwhile the presenter recognized himself in this situation of anguish after his own separation. Perhaps the magic of Jorge Drexler is that he knows how to translate his own feelings into language. from the rest of the people. Crossing the borders of the other’s skin, “establishing bridges”, and taking us on a journey.
“from Turin to Prato
where they made my shoe
on which the wine would fall
Shoe that in a few hours
I will look under your bed
with the lights of dawn
next to your flat sandals
what did you buy this time
where you gave love to another
that today I would give you back
Nothing is lost, everything is transformed…”
Let’s go back to our little Martian watching the scene from his UFO in the sky of Los Angeles. At this time, the Pentagon has yet to shoot down Chinese spy balloons or talkative aliens… As Oscar producer Gil Gates told Jorge Drexler, if an alien visits us, the first thing that we should show him on the planet It’s the Oscars gala. That’s why it will be Antonio Banderas who will perform the nominated song by Jorge Drexler, On the other side of the riverin this gala Everything is glitter, the “first level” artists must perform. And Drexler is very underrated, even though he’s the nominee.
They can’t rely on him to win the prize. And his revenge will be to hum his song while picking up the statuette with Prince by his side. At this moment, a man, who pursues his dreams, sings verses to rebel against the injustice of marketing. These verses will reach our extraterrestrial who will return to his planet: “If rebellions are like that on earth, leave them alone”… trust his naivety.
And it is that at a certain point in life, a verse of Drexler comes to you from one of his 13 albums… it happened to Risto, it happened to Leonor, to our extraterrestrial, to the demigod Prince and, of course, to the author of these lines.
“Raquel
So many Camino, so many looking for you in another skin
To your destiny, you wanted to stay true
wounded princess
The theater of life changes your role…”