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//28 de Abril, 2008

ARMANDO MANZANERO

por jirafa a las 10:43, en General

 

  No se tú, pero yo... este sábado que pasó me quede pegado a crónica TV mirando el recital grabado del inigualable Armando Manzanero, el gran bajito mexicano de los boleros, el que se sienta frente a la teclas de un piano y ahí nomás sale disparado como su compatriota Speedy González hacia una de las canciones, entre sus más de cuatrocientas, más bonita y cantada del mundo. Armando, el mismo chamaco que escribió muchas de esas canciones para un montón de giles cuyo único mérito era que tenían mejor voz que él.

  Manzanero le canta al amor, a las mujeres, a las mujeres y a las mujeres... y como si no le alcanzara con su poderosa poesía les dispara durante su recital con gruesa munición de otros autores.

  “Dormir contigo es el camino más directo al paraíso... es embriagarme con el susurro de tu hablar, es comprender la dimensión que tiene un verso...” Escuchar al pequeño gran Armando es correr el riesgo de acabar lagrimeando por aquellos amores que todos pretendemos tener olvidados. Así es que entre tema y tema comienzo por recordar a Raquel, aquella muchacha alta, de ojos grandes y celestes, amor imposible, amor para siempre y termino pensando en Liliana, la del primer beso, la del primer abrazo, la del primer... bueno, ya saben.

  Cantar boleros hoy suena pasado de moda... pero cantar canciones de Manzanero es siempre actual, tanto como reír con el Chavo, pasear por las playas de Acapulco o soñar que le hacemos el amor a... Thalía.

  “Huele a peligro…” empacharse de Manzanero, Armandito, sábado a la noche, vaso de tinto bien helado, boleros, versos y recuerdos de viejos amores... le dan ganas a uno de volver a enamorarse.

   

 

                                                                                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//28 de Abril, 2008

IDENTIDAD

por jirafa a las 10:40, en General

  Nada más divertido que escribir sobre lo que sea, y sobre quién sea, sin firmar las notas. Puedo así hablar en contra de las retenciones agropecuarias especulando que quién lee se figurará inmediatamente que soy un opulento terrateniente, o por lo menos un acomodado tambero. O igual puedo escribir a favor de esas mismas retenciones y contaría seguro con que imaginarán que soy un ferviente oficialista. Por otro lado podría hablar, pero ni a favor ni en contra, y pensarían muchos que quién escribe es un encumbrado analista con postgrados en Harvard sobre economía y política.

  De forma paralela resulta placentero escribir, bajo un inexpresivo seudónimo, sobre la inutilidad de ciertos actores en cierta película que acaban de estrenar en la ciudad, o de la herida que nos dejó en el corazón, y que no acabará tan fácil de sangrar, el doctor aquél del que hoy parece prohibido hablar ya que al hacerlo así muchos de los despiertos lectores de este periódico me supondrán un aplomado periodista egresado de las escuelas de Zlotogwiazda o Aliverti.

  El anonimato, en todo caso, me resulta grato porque me permite caminar por las calles sin que me señalen como el que escribió que al último libro del mago Harry Potter en la ciudad no lo leyeron ni veinte jóvenes lectores, que Madonna nunca cantó bien, ni cuando cantaba, y que Juan Gelman, poeta argentino radicado en México, después de ganar por estos días el premio Cervantes continua su camino derechito al Nobel.

  Por último, hay quienes reclaman ávidamente saber la filiación de quién escribe esta columna... y no sé porqué. ¿Será que la exigua estructura que sostiene estas crónicas se hará más luminosa al tener en claro que al escritor lo adorna un título de doctor, profesor, periodista, maestro panadero o contador?...

 

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