As someone who line dances I get to hear lots of Spanish songs as many line dances are cheoroegraphed to these songs. One of the dances I liked was titled "Plain Spanish" to the song Ave Maria by a singer David Bisbal. It's funny cos all this while I had the impression of David Bisbal as someone with a certain age... As in, not old, but probably someone who has been a singer for many years and was probably in his late 30s or even 40s.

So when I searched for the video for Ave Maria recently, I was pleasantly surprised that David Bisbal, a Spaniard, was in fact a young chap!



Ave Maria was released in 2002 and was his debut song. My guess is David Bisbal was marketed at that time as this young, romantic heart-throb. Pretty good looking fella, but I wonder who directed that terrible video?? I'd fire the dance cheoreographer also, if one was involved in the making of the video. Have lots of issues with that curly mop of a hair too... But I guess that became his trademark as he kept it for his subsequent albums.

Fortunately, I have discovered that he chopped off that mop for his latest album released in 2006. Much more handsome, I would say. Seems like he has changed his music style too. Now he has gone on for a more rocker image, as can be seen in this song Silencio.



He is, by the way, only 29 this year. So much so for that impression of a veteran singer in his late 30s or 40s.