I workout to El Cantante - The Original. It's like nonstop Great music to exercise to. Hector Laveo is still the best. I saw Marc Anthony's movie, El Cantante but, I brought Hectors Original CD. It's my favorite CD. I blast the CD in my Escalade, and everybody looking at me and singing along with me. I'm a black guy from the Bronx, living in Manhattan. I don't know a lot of Spanish, but I love hectors music. He is still the Greatest.
May 27, 2008 |  | Vamos, Cantante... ¡Comienza! |  |
Como bien dice en el texto del interior de la portada: la postura de Héctor, su actitud, su estética, era de una estrella de rock. A diferencia de quien lo personificó en la pelÃcula, por ejemplo, el señor Marc Anthony, quien en mi paÃs serÃa catalogado dentro del estilo que se conoce como "la gilada latina" (something like "the foolish latin-thing"). Héctor era un sonero de alma, natural, espontáneo. Y si lo comparo con su remplazante en la banda de Colón, el señor Rubén Blades (a quien respeto, por cierto), podrÃa decir lo siguiente: tomemos como ejemplo la "ópera" MAESTRA VIDA (a great masterpiece!)de Blades y Colón. Dura aproximádamente 80 minutos. Héctor hubiese contado lo mismo en 15 minutos (3 temas de 5 minutos c/u). Su poder de sÃntesis era impresionante. Analizando "El Cantante" (The Originals), destaco por supuesto la extensa versión completa del tema que da tÃtulo al álbum, "Aguanile", que está basado en un tema folklórico cubano, "Todo tiene su final" y "El dÃa de mi suerte", en cierto modo autobiográficos, y "¡Qué lÃo!", una tremenda guajira, con todo el feeling del blues en su versión latina. Me hubiera gustado que estuviera "Juanito Alimaña", pero claro, no fue incluida en la peli. ¡¡Piérdanselo!!
April 27, 2008EVERY cut is FABULOUS....great dancing and exercise music.....as a young woman I danced to the FANIA All Stars back in the day and was excited to see the movie and now once again dance to the music.
March 3, 2008I bought this album after listening to "El Cantante" movie soundtrack. Some of the other reviews are correct. The new movie does remove a lot of elements essential for a good classic salsa album. I am not saying that Marc Anthonys rendition of Hector Lavoe is not good; it's actually great. But there's nothing like home-made. Hector Lavoe was so original, so unique, so ahead of his time. Sometimes, I will listen to a song that I always love listening to and realize that it's actually Lavoe who sang it. This gives me more appreciation for the man.
February 16, 2008Great CD! Never skip a song! The best of the best! All these songs will be hits even if they came out for the very first time in 2008!
January 6, 2008More reviews at Amazon.com ...
![A Man and His Music: La Voz [Remastered Compilation]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000ROAKAO.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
(15 reviews)