“Eternal love“is one of the most endearing songs in the repertoire of Juan Gabrielnot just because of its heartbreaking lyrics, but because it was believed that the “Divo of Juarez” he had written it to his mother after her death. However, theirs are former manager Joaquín Muñoz He assures that it was actually composed for a former lover of the singer who died suddenly while the singer was giving a series of concerts in Acapulco.
“I compose many songs with great simplicity because my school was the street and the people were my books.”said Juan Gabriel, one of Latin America's most important singer-songwriters.
During his career, the native of Parácuaro was Michoacán wrote about 1,800 songs, which have been translated into different languages such as English, Portuguese, French, Italian and even Japanese!
One of his most emblematic songs, sung by various singers, is “Eternal Love”.one of those to whom the audience applauded the most when Juanga came on stage to sing, as was the case in his memorable performance in 1990, in which he performed a concert of 2 hours and 48, accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra Minutes duration offered at the time by Enrique Patrón de Rueda.
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Tonight, Alberto Aguilera Valades (Juanga's birth name) paused for a moment before performing the song to address the 1,396 people gathered at the venue and to dedicate it to all the mothers who accompanied him.
“I would like to dedicate this song with a lot of love and respect to all the mothers who come to visit me tonight, especially those who are a little further away from me.”
And while singing one of the verses, the singer added the word “Mom” at the end of the verse, confirming to his fans that it was indeed a song he wrote for the loss of his mother, who died in 1974 : “I know I could have done more for you, dark loneliness I experience, the same loneliness of your grave, mom.”
Everything seemed to fit, because in one verse of the song, Juanga expresses that it is the “saddest memory of Acapulco”, the port where he was giving a concert when he heard the news of the death of his mother, Mrs. received. Victoria Valades Rojas.
However, in a recent interview for “With Permission,” his former manager Joaquin Muñoz discredits this version and denies that “Eternal Love” was created as a result of the death of Doña Victoria, since it suggests that Juanga met one young man named Mariowho lived in Tepito, with whom he fell madly in love, but after a while he learned that he had lost his life, a news that broke his heart.
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“He was in love like everyone else, he fell in love with Mario, he's the one who made the song 'Eternal Love'.” he said to Pepillo Origel and Martha Figueroa.
“He met this guy in Mexico City, in a very rough neighborhood with very brave people called Tepito.” he assured.
These statements are in contrast to what he said one day Baby Richard, a former wrestler who said that the song was dedicated to two acquaintances of Juanga who had a homosexual love affair, and the musician told through the lyrics of the song the tragic story that one of them lived when his partner died before a late diagnosis of cancer.