Watch the YouTube Video and read along as I break down the structure of this Bulerias de Jerez:
Salida:
Dale dale dale... “Give it give it give it”
(I feel this might be translated as "wow, look at that!" or "take that!" close in meaning to "toma que toma"
Notice that he stays in the air and the guy in the pink shirt behind him gives the remate on the &-3-4-5 (which is the same as &-9-10-11) so that when he goes down to his final "da" that becomes "6-7-8-9-10" which the guitar ties off (remata).
Letra:
Segun eso que te han conta'o Because of what they've told you
Ya tu vuelves la cabeza Now you turn your head
cuando pasas por mi la'o when you pass by my side
Tu dices que te vas (x2) You say you're leaving
Pero tu vuelves la cabeza But you turn your head
por si yo voy detras detras in case I'm following behind...
detras detras
So the OTHER guy in the pink shirt walks out while this letra is being sung and does the remate in the same place: he waits for "detras detras detras" to get all the way down to the home tone, and then he does &-3-4-5-, followed by 9-10. This is a great way to come into a bulerias: it's the other basic way, after saying hello and calling the singer in when you reach the center. The guitars also do this remate, but they keep going till 11 and start on 12 with a clear declarative bulerias rhythm. The dancer starts marking and all wait for the singer to come in again.
Letra:
Pure Jerez:
Porque quise divertirme Because I wanted to have some fun
Yo habia entra'ito en una casa mala I went into a whore house
Me presentan a una dama They introduced me to a girl
Frio como el marmol me quedé I became cold like marble
Cuando vi que era mi hermana when I saw that she was my sister.
Note that this is a 5 line verse - a fandango - that the dancer treats as a 3 line plus a 2 line verse. First line he marks and does a backwards cambio. Second line he does a llamada and into a "silly section" a repeating pattern of sixes and does a false remate on "me presentan a una dama": false, because he extends into another "silly" motif of bouncing and throwing a ball which forces the singer to extend "dama" –
Then in the 2-line part, he again marks the first line and calls on the second line: to the corner, which brings in the
Estribillo:
No me hagas desprecio, gitana Don't disdain me, gitana
Porque yo soy santo y bueno, gitana Because I am good and saintly, gitana
...over which he does the "call to silliness" on the "6" of the first line, and leaves, wagging his butt, he does a "finish" to the audience on "10" and goes back to the circle.
This is a classic "vuelta" : The singer does his salida and intro, the 1st letra the dancer just finishes, then stays in place for #2. He dances #2, goes to the corner, calls to "silliness," and leaves. If you don't count the first letra, he really just dances 1 letra and 1 estribillo, just like the bulerias de jerez we worked with two years ago of "Jerez por bulerias."
Dale dale dale... “Give it give it give it”
(I feel this might be translated as "wow, look at that!" or "take that!" close in meaning to "toma que toma"
Notice that he stays in the air and the guy in the pink shirt behind him gives the remate on the &-3-4-5 (which is the same as &-9-10-11) so that when he goes down to his final "da" that becomes "6-7-8-9-10" which the guitar ties off (remata).
Letra:
Segun eso que te han conta'o Because of what they've told you
Ya tu vuelves la cabeza Now you turn your head
cuando pasas por mi la'o when you pass by my side
Tu dices que te vas (x2) You say you're leaving
Pero tu vuelves la cabeza But you turn your head
por si yo voy detras detras in case I'm following behind...
detras detras
So the OTHER guy in the pink shirt walks out while this letra is being sung and does the remate in the same place: he waits for "detras detras detras" to get all the way down to the home tone, and then he does &-3-4-5-, followed by 9-10. This is a great way to come into a bulerias: it's the other basic way, after saying hello and calling the singer in when you reach the center. The guitars also do this remate, but they keep going till 11 and start on 12 with a clear declarative bulerias rhythm. The dancer starts marking and all wait for the singer to come in again.
Letra:
Pure Jerez:
Porque quise divertirme Because I wanted to have some fun
Yo habia entra'ito en una casa mala I went into a whore house
Me presentan a una dama They introduced me to a girl
Frio como el marmol me quedé I became cold like marble
Cuando vi que era mi hermana when I saw that she was my sister.
Note that this is a 5 line verse - a fandango - that the dancer treats as a 3 line plus a 2 line verse. First line he marks and does a backwards cambio. Second line he does a llamada and into a "silly section" a repeating pattern of sixes and does a false remate on "me presentan a una dama": false, because he extends into another "silly" motif of bouncing and throwing a ball which forces the singer to extend "dama" –
Then in the 2-line part, he again marks the first line and calls on the second line: to the corner, which brings in the
Estribillo:
No me hagas desprecio, gitana Don't disdain me, gitana
Porque yo soy santo y bueno, gitana Because I am good and saintly, gitana
...over which he does the "call to silliness" on the "6" of the first line, and leaves, wagging his butt, he does a "finish" to the audience on "10" and goes back to the circle.
This is a classic "vuelta" : The singer does his salida and intro, the 1st letra the dancer just finishes, then stays in place for #2. He dances #2, goes to the corner, calls to "silliness," and leaves. If you don't count the first letra, he really just dances 1 letra and 1 estribillo, just like the bulerias de jerez we worked with two years ago of "Jerez por bulerias."
