ya, I think that was a rush job !! the first one I saw(rolling in the deep) was awesome and I like how the lil gal finishes by raising her eyebrow's
on both vid's...that is shure to be her trademark !!!
Hope this young lady will be able to handle the 'glory' at the young age of 10. This is some young performer. I wish her all the success she is
bound to achieve.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ten-year-old Angie Vazquez has become an Internet phenom belting out a soulful cover of Brit pop star Adele's "Rolling in the
Deep." In an online video seemingly shot at home, her teenage brothers Abelardo and Gustavo play the keyboard, guitar and drums.
The video drew almost 18 million views, interviews on Mexico's major television networks and a mention on Good Morning America. Within weeks of its
Nov. 11 posting, the so-called Vazquez Sounds signed a contract with Sony Music Mexico. They released their first album this week that includes
another Internet smash cover, of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You."
Their nearly overnight success online evokes the now legendary saga of Canadian 'tween idol Justin Bieber, who was discovered after his mother posted
online amateur footage of him crooning and strumming.
"We make a lot of videos of a lot of things, but my son Abelardo wanted to record this song and share it with friends and family," said father
Abelardo Vazquez in a telephone interview from the family's hometown of Mexicali, on the California border. "We really didn't expect the cover to
become such a phenomenon on the Web."
Before you call the Vazquez clan Mexico's version of Bieber-mania, consider this: The elder Abelardo Vazquez is a professional music producer
instrumental in creating the sound of well-known Mexican bands such as Reik and Nikki Clan, also from the border.
The videos of Angie and her brothers in their home studio are also professionally produced, mixed and lighted, with slick camera work.
Abelardo Vazquez says he's not driving his kids into the music business, though he acknowledges they've had a leg up.
"My kids have had a musical education since they were very young, because I have worked producing groups for many years," the father said.
When the video sparked interest in a few million people beyond the Vazquez's immediate circle, the decision to cut a CD was natural, Vazquez said.
He added that he retains total control over the project, and Sony music is working as a distributor.
"The contract with Sony isn't the traditional type," Vazquez said. "It isn't the typical contract with record companies, in which they used to control
the artists' career. This is a family project."
Although Vazquez has had an eight-year relationship with Sony, Roberto Lopez, president of the label, said he and his team were unaware of the Vazquez
Sounds and first heard the group like everyone else — on the Internet.
Working with such a young group poses special challenges and "very strong personal care," Lopez said.
"It is something special because they are children, and we want them to stay in school," he said. "The agreement was that their involvement in music,
which has been going on for years now, would continue without affecting their lifestyle."
Vazquez said other record companies had expressed interest, but Sony was the only one that met his conditions for the kids. Cynics note that Sony is
also the label that signed some of Vazquez's other acts.
The CD includes the original cover of "Rolling in the Deep," a remix of that crowd pleaser and, at least in its online version, a more wobbly cover of
the Mariah Carey song. Coincidentally, it's the same song Bieber included in his holiday season "Under the Mistletoe" disc.
In the meantime, the Vazquez Sounds have been invited to perform on television programs in the United States, Italy and England.
But they can pick and choose.
"The kids are not obligated to do promotional work like other acts," said the elder Vazquez. "We want them to live a life like any other child their
age."
Who could possibly have advised these kids to associate themselves with this trashy song? Somebody must have known that could have enlightened them
as to their mistake.
Originally posted by DENNIS
Who could possibly have advised these kids to associate themselves with this trashy song? Somebody must have known that could have enlightened them
as to their mistake.
Well, there certainly is precedent here. In the 50's and 60's Pat Boone took a series of songs by Little Richard and other black artists which had
lyrics that could not be played on mainstream radio, made the lyrics more acceptable to white america and had a series of hits that dominated the
charts and made him a fortune. He then became a Bible thumper without ever, to my knowledge, acknowledging the original content or the artists whose
songs he "interpreted." Just sayin----
Originally posted by KurtG
Well, there certainly is precedent here. In the 50's and 60's Pat Boone took a series of songs by Little Richard
Can't remember anything off-color about Little Richard's stuff in "The Girl Can't Help It" days. In fact, the word "crap" would have gotten an artist
arrested.
But....I can't remember everything.
Originally posted by DENNIS
Who could possibly have advised these kids to associate themselves with this trashy song? Somebody must have known that could have enlightened them
as to their mistake.
They are doing the "clean" version... Forget YOU" instead of the other language version. I don't see a problem with it.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
Originally posted by Bob H
They are doing the "clean" version... Forget YOU" instead of the other language version. I don't see a problem with it.
Kinda like doing the Dirty Boogie with your clothes on??
I don't know which version parodies the other, but it's hard to imagine hearing one without hearing the other. Under the circumstances I think they
could have chosen a less tainted tune. Their involvement with this song will be remembered long after the dust settles.
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others
cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
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