The singer Diego Verdaguer dies at the age of 70 1:06
(CNN Spanish) –
Diego Verdaguer died this Thursday in Los Angeles from complications related to covid-19, according to his label in a statement.
In September 2018, both Verdaguer and his wife, fellow singer Amanda Miguel, gave an interview to our Zona Pop CNN podcast about the "Siempre Juntos" tour, which they would embark on during the end of summer in the United States.
In the interview, Diego Verdaguer nostalgically remembered those who listened to his music with their mothers or his followers in the 1980s.
"It really is very beautiful what music generates throughout life and we are somehow enjoying that reality. We are reaping that fruit that was generated at that moment of impact, but that has remained in the memory of many people like you, new generations," Verdaguer told CNN Pop Zone.
Diego Verdaguer and Amanda Miguel on life "rockstar"
In the conversation they also made reference to the life they led during their tours.
They indicated that they take great care of themselves both in their meals and in their sleeping habits, in order to be able to perform on stage.
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"The rockstar's life does not include alcohol, it does not include McDonald's and large meals, it includes a lot of discipline, eating delicious food and trying to respect schedules in all aspects," said Diego Verdaguer.
"Going to bed early, all those things, leading a very healthy life because a tour of three or four weekly shows requires a lot of effort and apart from changing cities, changing beds, climate, food, water... there are many things that the body has to accept in some way and more the late nights, more trips and everything... you need to have condition, "added Amanda Miguel.
The most remembered songs of Diego Verdaguer
This is how Amanda Miguel described her husband
In the interview, Amanda Miguel said that she always imagined herself to be successful and described what her husband Diego Verdaguer meant in her career.
"I always imagined myself to be a successful woman and I was never wrong. I am really lucky, married to another lucky man, a very hardworking man, very thoughtful, very entrepreneurial, very determined and very tenacious, very tenacious," she said. singer.
"Demanding, because my husband is quite demanding. And a great composer, a man who has taken care of me, has produced my career. He has taken care of my career in a way that today I can say that almost no one of women has the songs and the repertoire that I have. I have a spectacular repertoire," he said.
They loved to sing their hits
At one point in the interview, the couple said that they never got tired of singing their hits over and over again, that they always liked to perform each and every one of their songs.
"I like to sing the songs. The interpreter unfolds from the composer on some occasions. Every day is a new life in life, it is to return to the work and live it again at that moment, to feel it again," said Diego Verdaguer.
"One evolves in life, changes the way of living in many aspects and also the way of thinking, although the essence and base is the same. Then you have that opportunity and he who is an artist, who is also a performer, has that commitment to get back into the interpretation of that work and recreate it at that moment. That leads us not to get bored. To do it again and again, "added the singer.
For Amanda Miguel, it is inconceivable that an artist steps on stage bored.
"People perceive when the artist is bored, that is, you can't be on a boring stage, that is, h****, the truth. And already people are lazy, they go to see an artist who be of h****, No, no, no! You can not allow in any way to sing one of all your boring songs, "said Amanda Miguel.
"I wouldn't put up with that situation. I get over the situation even if I'm dying, even if I have a tummy ache or really want to go to the bathroom. In other words, the artist has to get over any physical and mental situation no matter what." , he added.
His vision and opinion of current music
At the time of the interview, in 2018, the urban genre was in full bloom on the popularity charts worldwide.
Despacito
by Luis Fonsi was played everywhere and artists like J Balvin and Maluma gave people something to talk about with his songs.
What did Diego Verdaguer think of the urban genre?
"I think, I feel that the music is now simpler, but at the same time it is more
catchy
, there is no time. So it has to be very immediate. There are two chords at the beginning, a very simple introduction that catches you immediately in the aspect danceable," he said.
"The style of the singers too... and all that wave that became fashionable, which is also part of a way of capturing people. More than showing off a beautiful voice, they show off a style, they look for a style, a stamp The artists announce themselves on their own albums, they are more irreverent, we wanted to make love with four girls maybe, but we did not say it in the songs, "he added.
"It's also much easier to write the songs the way they write them now, because they use the rhyme and all the cacophony to make it all sound in a way that sticks to your ear. Use that way, they don't respect the accents. There are a lot of artists and songwriters now that no longer respect accents, they are disfiguring the language," said Diego Verdaguer.
"You can't criticize what's happening, you can just analyze it, but you can enjoy it, take what's good and positive and let the people who listen to it, the people who dance it, the people who consume it enjoy a lot because It's chewing gum, it's consumed, it lasts a little while and then it disappears," he said.
"People now want more and more and more and faster. The advantage that we can have in our reality is that we have been around for many years and our songs somehow remain in many. Yes, we do not fill the stadiums that we filled in the eighties, but we continue to fill very beautiful theaters," said Verdaguer.
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