Talk:Rubén Blades

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How do you pronounce Blades? As in English or as in Spanish? -- Error 02:37, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Guess it would depend on who you ask. Blod-hes is correct but most gringos would probably pronounce it like razorblade. -- Viajero 07:18, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)

For speakers of Spanish it may be "Blah-des" but his family says it like razorblades, as he has explained in many interviews and also in the song "West Indian Man"* - his grandfather, Reuben Blades from St. Lucia, was a black Englishman, and the name is English. So to gringos, and in Panama, he says "Bleids" but in the rest of Latin America he may say it either way himself.

I've heard Rubén spontaneously pronouncing it as razorblades. Somewhere in the 'Net there's a memo from his sister stating the same thing... Demf 16:32, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

My father is actually a childhood friend of him and his brother (Panama is a small place). He says the family pronounces it as if it was in english. --Rab 16:02, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[*There is now an audio clip at www.maestravida.com at the entry for "West Indian Man" with that line. Weinwalk 12:19, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)] hhhh Another question: the article states that he has called recording "Nothing But the Truth" in English a mistake, but I've never seen that in any interview I've read. On the contrary, I've seen him defend it as a worthy non-commercial effort. (Also, it came after "Agua de Luna" not "Escenas.") Is there a source for that? Thanks. Weinwalk 17:22, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Whatever!! la musica es mi vida, mi companera y mi amiga....