Nada Fue Un Error (None of this was a mistake) features one my favourite Latin American artists – Andrés Calamaro. My eight-year-old daughter Katherine introduced me to his music a while ago and I have been a fan ever since. Kat like a lady possessed played his tracks Flaca (Skinny) and Te Quiero Igual (I Love You Just the Same) over and over again. When I first heard the latter, I shouted to her: ‘That’s Dylan‘! Calamaro is doing a pretty sweet Bob Dylan tribute even using his signage imagery from Subterranean Homesick Blues. I always thought until hearing his music that strains of ‘Dylan-esque’ texture and music were sorely missing from Latin American music.
Nada Fue Un Error is the second track and third single composed and performed by the Argentine singers Coti and Andrés Calamaro from the debut album Coti (2003). According to the Wikipedia article below: Nada Fue Un Error became an instant summer hit in 2002 and 2003, being the most broadcast on music channels, radio and online platforms, in addition to being the most listened to throughout Argentina.
A loose English translation follows (the first verses):
[Verse 1]
I have bad news, it was not a coincidence
I wanted it to happen to us and you, and you let it pass by
I don’t want you to forgive me and don’t ask for forgiveness
Don’t deny that you looked for me
[Chorus]
Nothing, none of this
None of this was a mistake, woah-oh
Nothing was an error
None of this was a mistake, woah-oh
Nothing was an error
[Verse 2]
Mistakes are not chosen for better or worse
I didn’t fail when you came and you, didn’t want to fail
I learned the difference between the game and chance
Who looks at you and who surrenders
La Nacion article below describes that Nada Fue Un Error is a good example of what Coti Sorokin has specialized in: ‘songs that carry with them the DNA of national and popular rock‘. Coti declared that he is more on the side ‘Pop Rock’ of Andrés Calamaro. ‘We are now closer… He dares to use all the instruments that are put in front of him, but to compose he chooses a guitar and the piano….There are infinite nuances. This is art, and mathematics and theory do not enter. The Beatles: there was no group more ‘Pop’ than the Beatles. Their songs sound simple, but they are not. The important thing is that: making songs that seem simple but are not.
Reference:
1. Andrés Calamaro – Wikipedia
2. Nada fue un error – Wikipedia
3. La Formula del Exito – La Nacion
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
Observation Blogger 
There was something about this delightful tune that reminded me (albeit in a small way) of 1960s Italian R&R. This is what was big in Sicily when I was a budding teenager and I thought it was così bello, amico!
PS – Kat has good taste.
Thanks Nancy. I hold Kat’s musical appreciation in high regard. I really enjoyed Ho Rimasto – Don Backy! I can understand why it was big in Sicily. Thanks for forwarding it. Instrumentally it’s so eclectic – steeped in various genres. Work of art! That’s going straight into the collection.
Can I just point you to Calamaro’s ‘Flaca’. I think you would like it:
You thought correctly! I love this! It’s like being in a time machine back to when things were much simpler and sweeter. You can see why I love Don Backy so much! Thank you for making me smile this morning.
Very cool. Music and his words. Really like this!
I’m chuffed you like this. This song gets better the more I hear it.
Really impressive.