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Salsa Wars
By: Priscilla
Posted on: Tue, 06/05/2007 - 8:06pm
Posted on: Tue, 06/05/2007 - 8:06pm
Marc Anthony gets sized up by his idol Hector Lavoe.
By: Priscilla Aviles
With the much anticipated release of the guaranteed blockbuster hit, El Cantante, the film about salsa legend Hector Lavoe, the comparisons between Marc Anthony and the legendary singer are only natural. In fact, they have existed long before this movie came around. Makes ya think the similarities are too keen to be ignored.
| HECTOR LAVOE | MARC ANTHONY |
| Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Hector left the island for The Big Apple to pursue a career as a musician. | Born in East Harlem New York, or Little Puerto Rico because of this area’s large Boricua population. |
| Hector and his band mates in the “Fania All Stars,” essentially put the salsa genre on the map. | Marc’s career was born when he started singing freestyle but took off when he switched to singing Salsa and helped resuscitate it. |
| He chose his last name “Lavoe” as a take on his amazing and extremely distinctive voice. If you can’t recognize Hector immediately…your barrio pass is revoked. | Amazing voice but we’ll have to wait to see if it will be as distinct to younger generations. |
| His songs spoke about everything from cheating women to politics and religion. | His melodies have strictly been about el amor. C’mon Marc, let’s switch it up! |
| Hector’s music evolved as his experiences did. Once he went solo, each record is a reflection to that period of time in his life. | Marc’s albums can easily melt into each other--mainly because of the lyrics--but with the exception of a few songs, musically the sound is similar. |
| Hugely popular among blue-collar, Latino crowds. | Extremely popular with Latino AND Anglo audiences. |
| Was a part of the legendary “La Fania All-Stars,” where he collaborated with other legends, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades and Johnny Pacheco. | Mostly a solo artist with the occasional collabo, mainly with his sugar mama, J Lo. |
| Had two children with two women. | He has three children with two women. |
| Only married once. | On his second marriage. |
| Was able to “freestyle” in Salsa. | Is a freestyle singer and a pretty good Was a freestyle singer and a pretty good improvisator. |
| Started his singing career belting out traditional romantic boleros. | Began his career singing dance and freestyle music. His jams weren’t bad, but they clearly weren’t cutting it. |
| Hector was known to be really rude to his fans by openly insulting them and almost always showing up late to performances. | Marc is very polite and conscious of his fan base (at least to their faces). |
| Battled a heroin addiction, among his other vices (women and alcohol). | Has continuously looks like the walking dead hence rumors about drug use. |
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