George Harris chatted with Billboard’s Ingrid Fajardo on the red carpet of the 35th Anniversary of Latin Music Week Concert.
George Harris conversó con Ingrid Fajardo de Billboard antes del concierto celebrando 35 años de Billboard’s Semana de Música Latina.
George Harris conversó con Ingrid Fajardo de Billboard antes del concierto celebrando 35 años de Billboard’s Semana de Música Latina.
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00:00Well, friends of Billboard, welcome George Harris to the 35th anniversary of Billboard Latin Music Week.
00:05How does it feel to be here with us?
00:08Happy, because 35 years ago a lot of things happened in music,
00:12and that's one of the things I'm here to do tonight in this opening that I've been invited to,
00:16and I'm very honored and very happy, because I just thought,
00:20what was playing, what was happening in music, how the songs were made known,
00:26what was happening in the music industry, today it's completely different.
00:30Today we have platforms, we have YouTube, we have Spotify,
00:34we have so many ways to promote and make music, but also before there was a magic,
00:39and that's what I'm here to highlight tonight, of the 35th anniversary, I'm very happy,
00:4435 years had to pass for me to be here, I never imagined a comedian opening a show like the Billboards,
00:50so I'm very excited, and I've put some music inside the show,
00:55I think people will love it, I think there will be a different mood to start a show like this.
01:00Do you feel that we took you out of your comfort zone?
01:03No, not at all, I feel that comedians in the United States, for example, in English,
01:09are the ones who are always in the awards, and are always the ones who open,
01:13also I think the audience is waiting for them, when they've been in the Oscar, Billy Crystal,
01:18for so many years, and Ellen DeGeneres, and Whoopi Goldberg, and all those great comedians,
01:23I think they give a different flavor to the award, they put that funny thing, that angry thing,
01:32that sometimes they take away that rigidity to the award, that people are very nervous,
01:35that I don't forget to say thank you to my mom, that I don't forget to say thank you to my husband, to my wife,
01:39you know, all that rigid thing, they put that spicy thing, that somehow people relax and laugh,
01:46and I think the spectator who is at home, the one who receives the show from home,
01:50is very interested in what the comedian is saying, I think the comedian gives a different spicy thing.
01:56You are obviously very spontaneous, but we know that you have to be very bright,
02:02because you have to have a lot of knowledge to be able to talk about so many things,
02:06obviously in your sketches and everything you do, how did you prepare yourself for tonight,
02:12for what you are going to be presenting today?
02:14Well, I took this number just when they told me that it was the 35th anniversary,
02:19I started to research about Latin music, of course,
02:23what was happening in our Latin American countries with Spanish music,
02:27and that's when I took the information,
02:29let's say, with two or three data, I can always put together a routine,
02:34I can talk about a historical moment, I like to go to people's nostalgia,
02:40and that when people hear the show and when they hear the routine,
02:44they say, wow, I didn't remember this,
02:47I mean, it's like you brought me a memory that maybe was sleeping inside of me,
02:52and I think that's what I want to do tonight with the audience,
02:55I think the audience is going to be surprised, and they are going to sing,
02:57and they are going to laugh at what we are singing,
03:01and the way the routine is presented.
03:03I am very excited and I know that the people are going to respond well.
03:06If you could tell me what the last three songs are, without cheating, that you heard today.
03:13Oh, today?
03:15Or this week?
03:16Look, today I listened to Luis Miguel.
03:20Oh, very good.
03:21I like Luis Miguel a lot.
03:23I listened to Luis Miguel, but old songs by Luis Miguel.
03:26I listened to Luis Miguel and I listened to Rocio Durcal, imagine that.
03:31But because I was listening to the radio,
03:34and it was not Rocio Durcal, and I stayed listening to it.
03:37So those are the last three songs I listened to today.
03:42But it has nothing to do with me going and learning,
03:44but I stayed listening, I think they are part of my childhood,
03:48and I enjoy them when I listen to them because they remind me of a lot of things from the past.
03:53Well, thank you for coming to share a little bit of your magic,
03:57that you enjoy tonight too.
03:59And now if you give us a greeting for Billboard.
04:00Of course, look, from here?
04:02Yes.
04:03Let's go, look.
04:04How are you guys?
04:05I am George Harris, and let me tell you that I am very excited
04:08because we are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Latino Billboards.
04:12What better time to be with you, share,
04:15and above all make you laugh through the music that has made us all enjoy so much.
04:21A big kiss.