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Who would think to transform into an actual toaster at the age of 53? Well, I would. Just listen:
I’ve added subtitles.
Furthermore, today another letter from Gala de Lucia:
Dear listeners,
This is a song about an old pirate, based on a poem from the collection “They’re Just Mountains” by Martijn Benders. But it’s also very much a poem about insomnia, about a man who has everything except for an effective tea for the nights, as such a tea does not exist.
This poem moved me deeply. We all know the torment of sleeplessness. You can see the old pirate sitting there, looking at you, saying, everything is alright, there’s just no effective tea for the nights.
Oh, those who do want an effective tea for the nights: Martijn Benders also wrote an entire book about the fly agaric, which is indeed an effective sleep aid, but I don’t think this mushroom can be found in the Caribbean.
Calypso kills me with deceitful cigarettes, as we read in the poem, and everything ultimately becomes an ode to the pirate’s sea scent.
What is sea scent? A perfect contamination, I believe, where the sea air truly began to roll.
I hope you enjoy my song. I wish you very effective tea, for a long series of extremely effective nights.
Gala de Lucia
And so, I turn the poems from “It’s Only Mountains” into Spanish songs together with Gala de Lucia. Adding subtitles means that even those who do not speak Spanish can follow along, a win-win situation if you ask me.
Ultimately, my goal is to create a series of strong poetic songs in Spanish. The video quality will hopefully improve, perhaps soon you could produce an entire clip with a single prompt. It’s still somewhat tacky now, but it’s all about the quality of the songs.
Yours sincerely,
Martijn Benders, June 25, 2024