Teatro Triste del Clown

As I pull into the final stretch of the letter L, we go totally Spanish for the last eight songs. We will start in Spain and finish in Chile.

These next two songs are by the world renown donostiarras that call themselves, La Oreja de Van Gogh (Van Gogh’s Ear.) Originally formed as Los Sin Nombres (Nameless Ones) in Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country of Spain. The changed their name when joined by vocalist Amaia Montero

Cuídate (Take Care of Yourself) is from their sophomore studio album, 2000’s El viaje de Copperpot (The Copperpot’s Trip.) It seems to be a song for a former lover from an amicable break-up where they still care for one another:

Detrás del tiempo me instalé. Ya ves, ni me quejo ni me quejaré. Mi ser, mis recuerdos y alguna canción son hoy mi premio de consolación. Y tú, ¿qué has hecho para olvidar? ¿Qué fue de aquella chica del bar? Lo sé, prohibido preguntar… … muy bien, seré sincera. Cubrí mis ojos con mis manos y luego imaginé que estabas ahí de pié disimulando por mí.	I settled behind the time. You see, I neither do nor will I complain. My being, my memories and a song are now my consolation prize. And you, what did you do to forget? What happened to that girl in the bar? I know, not permitted ask … … very well, I’ll be sincere. I covered my eyes with my hands and then figured you were standing there hiding for me.
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Tú cuídate, aquí yo estaré bien. Olvídame, yo te recordaré.	Take care of yourself, here I’ll be well Don’t forget me, I’ll remember you

Here is the Official Sony International Video.

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