They value the “wonderful” treatment they receive in all the Spanish communities where they operate from Galicia to Catalonia
MADRID, 21 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
After almost a lifetime together, the Cádiz duo Andy and Lucas (Andrés Morales and Lucas González) present a compilation of their two decades on stage with the album ’20 años en más de 20 canciones’ in which they collect their greatest hits through throughout its trajectory. For this reason, they got on an impressive stage in Madrid’s Plaza de Cibeles at the Feast of the Resurrection last Saturday and they are also open to participating in Gay Pride if they receive the call, although they would refuse to do so if EH Bildu calls them.
“If they call us at Gay Pride, we go too. We make music. Another thing is that they call me Bildu. If Bildu calls me, I won’t go, they are ETA members and they have killed people,” Lucas answers emphatically in an interview with Europa Press when asked about the concert organized by the Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACdP), under the title ‘The Feast of the Resurrection’.
In this context, the artist wanted to make it clear that the musical group is not of any political color, but rather “insipid”. “If the answer is what political party Andy and Lucas are from: insipid”, the man from Cádiz answered.
At the same time, he has rejected labels on personal tastes, beliefs or sensitivities, assuring that they are “nobody’s”. “If you go with the Catholics, you are from the right or extreme right. If you go with the gays, you are from the extreme left. We belong to nobody. We are our homeland. My flag is my son,” adds Lucas.
There have been numerous artists who have volunteered to collaborate on this compilation album on several well-known songs by the Cádiz-born duo such as Lérica, Abraham Mateo or Los Rebujitos, and, although they admit that they would have loved to have had a few more, on the album “they are those who had to be”.
“The album is a tribute to us, to our fans, to our career. And those who have been… blessed glory for them,” says Andy, who is excited about the work done.
According to Lucas, when writing the songs “you think of the people” but in particular he also takes into account his partner and friend Andy because of the different tones in which they sing. “I think of his part and that’s where I try to put the most beautiful lyrics,” says the singer, using ‘Pido la palabra’ as an example, a song dedicated to the young Sevillian Marta del Castillo who disappeared on January 24, 2009 at 17 years.
“The most complicated thing, more than the tone, is that he dances with me”, says Lucas proudly and flattering Andy in his ability to adapt to improvisations on stage without prior rehearsal.
With total emphaticity, the duo from Cádiz assures that the best song they have created is ‘Son de amores’, although they also fondly remember ‘Tanto la quiería’, both from their first album ‘Andy
“Songs came out that I didn’t think they wanted. I haven’t told them ‘to sing these’, I’ve let them”, says Lucas.
Since 2003 Andy and Lucas have not separated or stopped composing songs, although they do admit that they have had “ups and downs” more on the personal than professional side, although they consider themselves “very lucky” people, Andy points out.
For his part, Lucas explains that over time he has learned to put “problems” into perspective. Of course, he assures that he did suffer “real sorrows” a long time ago. “Today, if I have a bit of a downturn, it’s because I haven’t rested well or because I hit it one weekend and, since we’re 40 years old, the hangover lasts five days,” he explains with a laugh.
Despite the events, concerts, promotions and personal life, Lucas assures that he also tries to catch up with what is happening in the world and likes “a lot” to read the news and listen to the radio. “My life is the radio”, he recounts it.
Having said this, and without wanting to give away more information so that it “comes true”, the artists say that they are excited about future projects in Latin America that will soon see the light of day.
The duo has sung of love, heartbreak, the social scourge of mistreatment and, of course, their land of Andalusia and their little corner in the South where they were born, Cádiz. But they also claim their love for each and every one of the Spanish communities that they have set foot in and where they have always been treated “wonderfully”.
Moving away from controversies about stereotypes that “can give them a tail”, the people of Cádiz assure that “there is everything in the lord’s vineyard”, but they value the human quality of northern lands such as Asturias, Cantabria, Galicia, Castilla y León or Catalonia, to name a few, where they have been very kindly received. “We enjoy Spain in all its splendor,” they emphasize.
