El Carretero

Buena Vista Social Club knows how to make poetry with simple life, the things that we saw and don't consider at that right time, but always get back to our mind when we start to anlalyze our life. The song called "El Carretero", shows this to us. The singer tells the story about a simple man. His job is very humble, he only wants to marry with his loved woman, and he said "I would be a proud man if i get married". And besides, he doesn't to leave the countryside; he doesn't know another life. To explicite it, in Spanish: "Porque el campo es el Edén más lindo del mundo entero".


So when I heard this song, 4 years ago, because my grandma loves "Salsa" and cuban rythms, it makes me think: I have all the advantages of city, near to hospitals, services, technology, and sometimes, I was dissapointed with this city, this life, the way that we are living. But there are so many people, that maybe lives far away from main cities, with some troubles of health, or they must travel many kilometers to arrive to work or school, and maybe they don't have basic services, but they are happy at the same time, living in peace and enjoying the country life, plenty of nature and silence - and fresh air too -, not as the fast-food lifestyle of capital cities.

After that, i started to listen rock and i forgot to include it in my cell phone or another musical devices, but, i get bored to rock or heavy metal, and i began to explore another musical styles. And then, i remembered this song, and i don't think to delete it or forgot it again, because i love the way that this gropu play the musical instruments, and the simpleness of the lyrics, as well as its wiseness.

PS: "A caballo vamos pal monte"