Antonio Vega died yesterday

Antonio Vega, one of my favourite Spanish musicians and possibly one of the best (if not the best) of his generation, died yesterday. There has been a significant response in media, and there is little I can add to contribute: his problems with drugs made him a very troubled genius, whose work was progressively obscured due to those problems. But this can't hide the objective fact that he wrote and sung some of the most beautiful, moving songs ever in modern Spanish music. This fact has been widely acknowledged by the significant response of media to Antonio Vega's death.

So let the music speak. I'd just like to say thanks to Antonio for a long career, with highs and lows, creating beauty. May he now rest in peace.

"Una décima de segundo", my favourite song:



And his most known song, "Chica de ayer":



Finally, I found a jewel: the song "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte" from Mecano, written by Jose María Cano, and sung by Antonio Vega during the presentation of the musical "A", by Nacho Cano: