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Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:13 pm
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Part of the vogue article from Januari about the Spanish album, for those who haven't read it yet
Anthony is producing Lopez's first Spanish-language album, something she has always wanted to do. He has never produced anyone else's music but his own, so their relationship over the last several months has included a kind of double experiment of working together. "I think we asked each other for the same thing, which was patience," says Anthony. "I said, 'You know what? It's going to be all about the ride.' But it wasn't that difficult. We have a lot of shorthand because we've been friends for so many years." And Lopez uncharacteristically ceded control. "He's very sure of himself," she says. "You just feel like you're in very good hands. This is right, this is wrong, this is good, this is not good. And you're like, It's good? It's good! You get that type of security. You feel that safe." They have already finished eight songs, two of which will show up on Rebirth.
The Spanish album, she says, "is turning out to be the biggest passion project I've ever done. First of all, I didn't go to the record company and ask for money to make it. I just did it on my own with this writer, Estefano. He wrote every song but one, and I get to really sing on them. When I sing in Spanish. " Here she holds a note: "Aaaaaaa." Suddenly she says that she wants to play me a couple of songs from the album, and we head back upstairs. The first one is called "Baila Lola," and it is a tribute to Lola Flores, the legendary flamenco dancer from Spain. But it is the second song that is the real revelation. It is a big, melodramatic ballad tentatively titled "Como Ama una Mujer," which loosely translates to "the way a woman loves."
Lopez has the sound engineer cue up the song, then stands next to me singing along with herself with obvious emotion. Unable to understand the lyrics, I am nevertheless surprised by how big her voice is and weirdly moved by the sincerity of the moment. "If I'm ever going to talk about my personal life again," says Lopez, "I will only do it through my music. And this song basically starts off saying, 'Maybe I've done this, maybe I've done that, but the only sin I've ever made is loving like a woman loves.'"
She plunks down in the chair next to me. "We've lost a certain sense of mystery," she says. "When Frank Sinatra sings 'My Way,' you get the essence of his life. He didn't have to @#%$ sit there and tell you. They didn't have to dig through his garbage. You get it. That's what I'd like to get back to."
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