Music- Bésame mucho

Buenas Dias, Amigas y Amigos.


As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm interested in the way music can help an author set a scene. In two scenes in "Gabriel's Inferno," the song Bésame mucho (recorded by Diana Krall), plays an important role. However, the meaning of the song shifts with the narrative.

You can listen to the song on my playlist. Here are the lyrics by Consuelo Velazquez, a Mexican songwriter and pianist who wrote the song at the age of sixteen, before she had been kissed:

“Bésame, bésame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La última vez ....

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Published on August 24, 2011 04:33 Tags: gabriel-s-inferno, spanish
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