Oliver Urdaneta - ¿Por qué no te callas?
Oliver Urdaneta currently has one of the hottest song in the blogsverse, "Por qué no te callas".
If you haven't heard about this phenomenon, it's from a televised conference between Latin American, Portuguese, Spanish, and Andorran leaders, in Chile.
Hugo Chavez kept interupting Spanish Prime Minister Rodríguez Zapatero
(despite Chavez's mic was turned off) and eventually lead to Spain's
King Juan Carlos telling the Venezuelan leader "Why don't you shut
up".
This little statement instantly became a huge ringtone hit, generating about 1.5m euros practically overnight.[1]
It wasn't long before mashups and this song by Oliver Urdaneta appearing on the internet.
So there's little information about this guy, I don't think he's even released music (at least in the traditional album releases). I think he's also currently living in Italy since 2005. You can read more about him on es.wikipedia.org and perhaps someone can translate his biography for me (but only if it's interesting).
Here's the chorus:[2]
Por eso se oye con afán, ¿Por qué no te callas?
y siempre te recordaran, ¿Por qué no te callas?
la gente canta con ardor, ¿Por qué no te callas?
el rey está cambiando su color, callado estás mejor
Urdaneta's music video for "Por qué no te callas" have generated over 1.5 million views on youtube, and you can download the MP3 version off his website.
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| Cristina wrote: Nov 24, 2007 7:10 PM |
[this is good] Hahaha. I saw the awful video on Youtube the other day.
The composer's biography is a bit dull. He started his singing at a vocal school as a child. He competed in regional and national contests. He belonged to a couple of bands, then released a solo cd. He toured all-over Latin America and the US. In 2003, he wrote the theme song to a Venezuelan soap opera. It became a hit in Venezuela and parts of Europe. In 2005, singles from Simplemente Oliver topped the Italian charts and were club hits in other Euro countries. After Chavez made a fool of himself for the millionth time, Urdaneta wrote this song to the tune of "Y Viva España". He'd like to write songs in as many styles as possible. His last release featured Bachata, Salsa, Reggaeton, Cha Cha Cha and Balada compositions. And, he can dance, too!
BTW, Chavez was interrupting the current prime minister, Rodríguez Zapatero, to badmouth the former one Aznar.
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Hahaha. I saw the awful video on Youtube the other day.
The composer's biography is a bit dull. He started his singing at a vocal school as a child. He competed in regional and national contests. He belonged to a couple of bands, then released a solo cd. He toured all-over Latin America and the US. In 2003, he wrote the theme song to a Venezuelan soap opera. It became a hit in Venezuela and parts of Europe. In 2005, singles from Simplemente Oliver topped the Italian charts and were club hits in other Euro countries. After Chavez made a fool of himself for the millionth time, Urdaneta wrote this song to the tune of "Y Viva España". He'd like to write songs in as many styles as possible. His last release featured Bachata, Salsa, Reggaeton, Cha Cha Cha and Balada compositions. And, he can dance, too!
BTW, Chavez was interrupting the current prime minister, Rodríguez Zapatero, to badmouth the former one Aznar.
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