2 | 20/02/2021 – 17:24 (GMT-4)
Cuban singer and songwriter Silvio Rodríguez shared a comment stating that controversial song “Patria y Vida”, from Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, Yotuel, El Funky and Maykel Osorbo, is “mediocre” and opportunistic.
On his Segunda Cita blog, Silvio shared an opinion on Carlos Bernal Medina’s Facebook profile, where he states that “Patria y Vida” is a mediocre and opportunistic allusion to the sacrifice and kindness of the Cuban people, to their history, to their rights. ”.
The comment also says that the play is “a cowardly line that speculates on the need that all Cubans have to build that country for everyone and for everyone. How different Martí would say: Cuba and the Night. You can’t live in peace while your homeland is contaminated, “he said.
Silvio also shared on his blog a comment on the blog of Harold Cárdenas, editor of La Joven Cuba, where he says that the video for “Patria y Vida” would have a different flavor if it did not come from the hand of the Cuban-American Trumpism, which in “A public trial has forced GDZ and Descemer to make concessions and repair their past now.”
“Almost all of these artists are in privileged positions and we all know that the piece is safe, there is a market for anti-communist art. I would like to know more about what is not mentioned, what is their alternative to the reality in which they are This exercise The optimism of the artists (now activists) does not seem to aspire to the payment of the nation’s democratic debts, but rather to the settlement of the accounts in the national history “, adds Cárdenas.
Finally, the comment quoted by Silvio says that “promoting democracy involves guaranteeing the political rights of all in a process of national reconciliation, does not come from the hand of digital platforms and influencers who make concessions or identify with a politician who does not he knows how to respect democracy even in the United States. I will continue to listen to GDZ, Orishas and Descemer, in songs that were not my fault before the market. “
Last year, Silvio Rodríguez was in the middle of a controversy after I used your song I hope by the Orishas group, to which Yotuel belonged.
The Cuban singer and songwriter stated that he did not authorize the use of his well-known song: “What do I think about this flagrant violation of my copyright of Ojalá, something notorious for 50 years? It seems to me an unfortunate act of parasitism, “he said.
After the controversy, “Ojalá pasa” was removed from all platforms.
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