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VIOLETA PARRA - Gracias a la vida ( Thanks to life) ORIGINAL version

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Uploaded on Oct 30, 2006

Song : Gracias a la vida ( Thanks to life )
Composer : VIOLETA PARRA

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"Las Últimas Composiciones" de Violeta Parra fue elegido como el mejor disco chileno de todos los tiempos, según la revista Rolling Stone.

Anexo : http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Lo...
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Web Oficial : http://www.violetaparra.cl
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ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY
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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (October 14, 1917 - February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist. She set the basis for "The New Song" (La Nueva Canción chilena), a renewal of Chilean folk music. Parra was born in San Carlos, province of Ñuble, a small town in southern Chile. She established the first Peña, (now known as la Peña de los Parra). A peña is a social and political community center. The word is Spanish for "hard rock." There are now many peñas throughout Chile, Latin America, and in North America, Europe, and Australia.
Violeta Parra is a member of the prolific Parra family. Her brother is the notable modern poet, Nicanor Parra. Her son, Ángel Parra, and her daughter, Isabel Parra, are also important figures in the development of Nueva Canción in Chile.
She committed suicide at the age of fifty.
Her most famous song, Gracias A la Vida, was popularized in the US by Joan Baez. It remains one of the most covered Latin American songs in history.

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LYRIC : Thanks to life
( Violeta Parra)

Thanks to life, which has given me so much
It has given me two eyes, and when I open them

I clearly distinguish black from white
And in the high sky, its starry depths,
And from the crowds, the man that I love.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much
It has given me hearing, which in all its breadth Day and night records crickets and canaries,Hammers, turbines, barking, dark clouds,And the tender voice of my beloved one.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much
It has given me sound and the alphabet
And with it the words to think and speak
Mother, friend, brother, and the light that brightens The path of the soul of my loved one.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much
It has kept my tired feet walking
With them I walked through cities and puddles,Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains And your house, your street and your courtyard.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much
It gave me my heart, which shakes its frame
When I look at the fruit of the human brain
When I look at good ones so far from bad ones
When I look at the bottom of your light-color eyes.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much
It has given me laughter and it has given me tears Thus I distinguish between joy and pain,
They are all elements of my song
and of all your songs, which is the same song and of everyone's song, which is my own song.

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  • Osvaldo Mena

    Si no me equivoco, esa es Isabel Parra, su hija; la versión de Violeta es más triste y el acompañamiento es con guitarra

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  • Fchile

    Pues se equivocó, porque es Justamente Violeta ud mismo la puede corroborar en el albúm "Las últimas composiciones " en los mp3 de amazon.com

    Salu2

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  • DagronNektari

    La canción está incompleta, se para en 1:36.

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  • Fchile

    La canción está completa! Sí a tí se te detiene es porque tienes problemas con tu conexión o no tienes actualizado adobe Flash player.

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  • Josemar Ruiz

    Esta cancion, es media ironica, porque Violeta Parrá escribió " Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto" Parece que esta agradeciendo a la vida, que es una cancion feliz, pero en realidad " Gracias a la vida" la escribio en el momento que tomó la decision de suicidarse. Y luego ella se suicidó. La cancion " gracias a la vida" era para agradecer a la vida por todo lo que le dió, para luego morir.

    Es hermosa la cancion!

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  • Selene Bel

    Simplemente hermosa. La letra, la melodía, su voz cansada. ¿Cómo puede ser que esté llorando ahora? Adoro Chile y sus grandísimos e inmortales artistas. Saludos desde Argentina.

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  • Martin Barros

    la voz de Violeta es inconfundible compadre !

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  • luis alberto moreno daza

    Sencillamente es una letra con un contenido filosófico práctico.

    Es de mis letras preferidas. Aquí violeta canta con el alma.

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  • Lais Castro

    Las mejores y muchísimas gracias ..! Es VIOLETA  PARRA.. POR SIEMPRE !! UN LUJO para toda Latinoamérica junto con P. Neruda Y no soy Chilena..

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  • Hermes Diego

    Se entregó DEMASIADO a su ESPOSO y por eso se SUICIDÓ, el viejo era un lujurioso que estaba era POR OTRA COSA

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  • SALIMPUL

    Niño con mi padre escuchamos una cantante de América del Sur, en el Barrio Latino de París. Me acordé de su nombre, su voz, su presencia. La cantante fue Violetta y no puedo escuchar ya que sin gran emoción.

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  • Anisettedelsol

    ¡¡¡Gracias Violeta!!! :)

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  • maria martinez

    soy Mexicana. pero eso no me impide para admirar esta senora.. Hermosa cancion y voz.

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  • Alvaro Banda

    A mi querido viejo, quedo sin padre a los 12 y era el más enamorado de la vida, ya hace dos años que partio a encontrarse con el...

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  • DuracosInc

    La que canta esta canción es Violeta Parra.

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