TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- Armando Manzanero He was notable for his extensive career in the music world, he was born in Mexico, but his talent has made him recognized in several countries around the world.
Last Monday, December 28, news of his death from the corona virus mourned generations old and new, who grew up with his music full of romance.
One of the people who decided to remember the life of the singer-songwriter who died at the age of 86 in a very special way was the Honduran presenter Salvador Nasralla, famous for interviewing dozens of artists of national and international stature.
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Through his Facebook account, Nasralla published an excerpt of a conversation he had with Manzanero during his visit to the Viña del Mar festival, in Chile. In the video, Manzanero and Nasralla can be seen outside, dressed in a relaxed style.
The insightful Honduran took the opportunity to ask Manzanero, “What are you afraid of?”, To which he replied very serenely and confidently, “The only thing I would fear in my life is that I have a very long age. have or a disease that more or less let me go “.
In the pleasant conversation, “The Prince of Romance” also revealed some details that made him feel insecure at one point in his life, but over the years he learned to accept this.
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“I have a size that is not very well liked. I am five feet tall, so it is not a size to be a movie star, I was not a handsome man or anything like that. Women always went to me with their husbands. Listen. They never came to me, “he said.
However, Armando Manzanero He may not have been aware of it, but he owned a mind and a way of looking at life that many fell in love with. So much so that the interview with Nasralla also had an almost poetic moment of reflection, which could well have been part of one of his brilliant compositions.
‘As a Mexican I would have liked to live in the days when I rode a horse, where there wasn’t so much fax, so much telephone. Where there were still letters and the world was much slower, ‘he revealed.
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Faced with the Honduran presenter’s question why at the time ?, the composer responded by referring to that feeling that was characteristic of each of his lyrics: Love.
‘Because it was much more romantic. You are now talking to your wife on the phone and all the words you say are carried away by the wind unless you answer them and at that point a letter contained more things and was much longer, ”he concluded. .