Cañonero or Beatle? (Strawberry fields forever) [Eng-Esp]

When I was young I always thought that I had no influence from The Beatles until I was playing bass in a band and I started to play some figures and the musicians told me that these phrases were from different songs of the English band. To my disbelief they searched for some of them and that's when I understood that I was much more influenced than I thought. From that moment on, I declared myself part of the "Beatle" generation.

This video that I bring to you today has two important aspects. One is that it's part of my recognition of that influence, and that's why I wanted to pay tribute to the Liverpool Four by doing a cañonera version of one of their greatest hits. Strawberry Fields Forever ( Lennon-McCartney) was released as a single in 1967 and reached the top of the Billboard charts worldwide.

I think it was after listening to the ska version of this song by the group Fabulosos Cadillacs that I had the idea to make a version as a Caracas pasodoble.

The other aspect to highlight is that we played this song only in the anniversary event of Los Cañoneros, when we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the group, in 2012. At that time, I didn't release it because it had some details that I didn't like, mainly because I had mistakes with the English lyrics.

But after that, some of the unreleased videos of that concert got lost. Recently I was able to get access to an old hard drive that I had not been using and they appeared. So although this material is from 11 years ago, it is a world premiere.

Today I feel that the "mistakes" made in the song can be put aside because it is important historical material in the history of the group and my own personal trajectory.

After seeing this, it makes me want to retake the song and record it for real... What do you think?

When I was young I always thought that I had no influence from The Beatles until I was playing bass in a band and I started to play some figures and the musicians told me that these phrases were from different songs of the English band. To my disbelief they searched for some of them and that's when I understood that I was much more influenced than I thought. From that moment on, I declared myself part of the "Beatle" generation.

This video that I bring to you today has two important aspects. One is that it's part of my recognition of that influence, and that's why I wanted to pay tribute to the Liverpool Four by doing a cañonera version of one of their greatest hits. Strawberry Fields Forever was released as a single in 1967 and reached the top of the Billboard charts worldwide.

I think it was after listening to the ska version of this song by the group Fabulosos Cadillacs that I had the idea to make a version as a Caracas pasodoble.

The other aspect to highlight is that we played this song only in the anniversary event of Los Cañoneros, when we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the group, in 2012. At that time, I didn't release it because it had some details that I didn't like, mainly because I had mistakes with the English lyrics.

But after that, some of the unreleased videos of that concert got lost. Recently I was able to get access to an old hard drive that I had not been using and they appeared. So although this material is from 11 years ago, it is a world premiere.

Today I feel that the "mistakes" made in the song can be put aside because it is important historical material in the history of the group and my own personal trajectory.

After seeing this, it makes me want to retake the song and record it for real... What do you think?

As an additional detail, I share with you a photo that I edited at that time and published in my social networks, making the joke that I had made a substitution to George Harrison, during a show of that "little group".

De joven siempre creí que yo no tenía influencia de Los Beatles, hasta que tocando el bajo en un grupo, empecé a tocar varias figuras y los músicos me decían que esas frases eran de distintas canciones del grupo inglés. Ante mi incredulidad, me buscaron un par de ellas y allí fue que entendí que yo estaba mucho más marcado de lo pensado. Así que, de ahí en adelante, me declaré parte de la generación "Beatle".

Este video que les traigo hoy tiene dos aspectos importantes. Uno de ellos es que es parte de mi reconocimiento a esa influencia y por ello quise rendir homenaje a los cuatro de Liverpool, haciendo una versión cañonera de uno de sus grandes éxitos. Strawberry fields forever ( Lennon-McCartney) se lanzó como sencillo en 1967 y llegó a ocupar lugar privilegiado en el Billboard mundial.

Creo que fue luego de escuchar la versión que de este tema hiciera el grupo Fabulosos Cadillacs, en ritmo de ska, que tuve la idea de hacer una versión como pasodoble caraqueño.

El otro aspecto a resaltar es que esta canción únicamente la tocamos en el evento aniversario de Los Cañoneros, cuando celebramos los 30 años del grupo, en 2012. En ese momento no la publiqué porque tenía varios detalles que no me gustaron, principalmente porque tuve fallos con la letra en inglés.

Pero luego de eso, varios de los videos inéditos de ese concierto, se perdieron. Recientemente pude tener acceso a un disco duro viejo, que tenía en desuso y aparecieron. Así que, aunque este material es de hace 11 años, es un estreno mundial.

Hoy pienso que los "errores" cometidos en la canción, se pueden dejar de un lado, pues es un material histórico importante en la trayectoria del grupo y la mía personal.

Después de ver esto, me provoca retomar el tema y grabarlo en serio... ¡¿Qué opinas tú?

Como un detalle adicional, les comparto una foto que edité en aquella misma época y la publiqué en mis redes sociales, a modo de broma, haciendo el chiste de que yo le había hecho una suplencia a George Harrison, durante un show de ese "grupito".

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