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question about the song

posted 18 years ago by icefire65
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at the start of the film when there was a overhead shot of iguaza fall... there was a spanish song sang by an argentinean man. what is it called? its a beautiful song.. anyone has it?

cheers

[–] Schlafe 18 years ago

I guess you're asking about this Spanish ballad called Cucurrucucu Paloma(Cucurrucucu,the sound a pigeon makes...and "paloma" would relates to "speak" I suppose),sung by Caetano Veloso. The interesting thing is,it also can be heard in Almodovar's Talk To Her.

[–] sweet_nuthin 18 years ago

Paloma = pigeon.

That scene in Talk to Her is so beautiful, by the way...

Have a nice day.

[–] Exidor 17 years ago

That's right but paloma means pigeon and Caetano Veloso is brasilian. He sang it beautifuly.

[–] SeisCinemaSeis 16 years ago

The song (Cucurrucucú Paloma) is a mexican "ranchera" song composed by Tomás Méndez and made popular worldwide by Lola Beltrán (Lola "La Grande"). Listen that version if possible.
The version included in this movie is by the brazilian singer/composer Caetano Veloso.
BTW Veloso does a cameo in Almodóvar's film "Hable con ella" (Talk to Her) singing the same song.

[–] TheLevittion 16 years ago

I made a MV with the song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2aUymalL5w

:)