In July of this year, the Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina announced his farewell tour called Hello and goodbye, a “plain courtesy of not leaving the party without saying goodbye”, according to his record label Sony Music at that time, “a tour where we can tell each other, where we can say, Hello and goodbye”.
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Sabina announced that after this tour there will be “no more endless journeys through crowded venues, but she keeps up her sleeve the ace of reappearing at will, either because the muses whisper poems or songs to her that are worth sharing, or because she feels the urge to do so.” to get on any platform to give, to give, a tribute,” they stated from their team.
This Friday, October 18, there were more announcements by the Andalusian artist: He released an unreleased song, presented an emotional video clip directed by his friend, director Fernando León de Aranoa, and announced the sale of tickets for his Spanish tour that starts in 2025.
“One last waltz It is a rogue wink (of course) from Joaquín to the world And, although everything indicates that Sabina is in another vital moment (after announcing that he is embarking on his last tour), the truth is that he is not willing to travel this stretch without drawing a smile and giving him the affection that his people deserve,” they say from their website.
Musically speaking, the song One last waltz He has the help of “the usual suspects that Sabina has been close to in recent years: Leiva in the musical part and in the arrangements; and Benjamín Prado co-writing the lyrics with him”, needed.
And the video is pure magic, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. Sabina pays tribute to each and every one of the people who are (and have been part) of her life. To begin with, it had to be recorded in a bar because we had to toast friendship and life, “a life that still offers much more than just dancing.” One last waltz”.
There are many well-known faces that appear in the video for A Last Waltz, among which his great friend and colleague Joan Manuel Serrat stands out, but also other artists such as Andrés Calamaro, Ariel Rot, Alejo Stivel, Jorge Drexler y Bread.
Also the actor Ricardo Darín, the bullfighter José Tomás and among the writers the Spanish Luis García Montero and the Colombian Juan Gabriel Vásquez. His family is also in the video because they have all been traveling companions, “Everyone hears him sing. And in doing so they accompany him, they pay him a quiet tribute,” said the director of the video, Fernando de Aranoa, who added that the song has a lot of inventory, farewell, and confession. “Nothing is more cinematic than doing it to a bartender, at that time when the bars are about to close. It is in many movies, it refers to the Nighthawks in Hopper’s painting, at the end of Fat City, “John Huston’s film, in which Stacey Keach desperately looks for an interlocutor on the other side of the bar, to whom she may later have nothing to say.”
And the song itself is full of thanks, goodbyes and also sarcasm…
When my face doesn’t appear in the newspapers
Not even the bride and groom dance “Wedding Nights” anymore,
when it’s only fashionable if I fall off the stage again.
When autumn is madder than a goat,
when you dine at the hospital bar,
when colleagues rehearse the words they will say on the day of my funeral.
When the orchestra doesn’t know the song I wrote for you,
when the betting houses won’t give a euro for me,
when the cantinas close and the laurel in my crown is made of thorns…
I’ll still save one last waltz for you.
You who ran to rescue me from the flames,
you who made peace in my lawless city,
What did you learn in my electrocardiograms?
It’s been a while since I’m still the king.
I, who have a black belt in pessimism,
that I spend my daily wage on four drinks,
that I prefer to be anyone than to be myself,
that I prefer to be Mr Nobody than to be Don Juan.
When the moon hides so as not to see me suffer,
when on my nights out not even Leiva asks me for an encore
and the snow mourns, and the stars do not come out when they should.
When certain mornings I can’t even get dressed,
plucking daisies that never say yes,
when the flowers die and the birds suffer from lovesickness…
Don’t forget to save one last waltz for me.
When the singers fall silent by decree
and lovers go on general strike
and the best students obtain doctorates with honors
in the art of ignoring.
When the orchestra doesn’t know the song I wrote for you,
when the betting houses won’t give a euro for me,
when the cantinas close and reggaeton is danced in the office…
I’ll still save one last waltz for you.
Don’t forget to save one last waltz for me.
