Charly Albertithe drummer of soda Stereoconducted an interview with the magazine Billboardwithin the framework of the celebration of the 40 years of the band rock, which was also made up of Zeta Bosio on the bass, and the deceased Gustavo Cerati on vocals and guitar.
In this way, Alberti announced that Soda will release a completely new song this yearalthough he did not specify the exact date or the name. The musical piece is the first one they wrote as a band, and the drummer was in charge of giving details about it: ”The audio is quite good. The most we are going to do is a bit of masteringbut the idea is not to make another mix or divide the tracks, because I think that would lose the essence of what it means,” he said.
And he added: ”It is important that people understand how we startedhow the band sounded at that time, obviously adapting it to a more current sound, but not much more.
He referred to the lyrical content of the song, saying that “the lyrics speak of a child who looks at the sky… a very youthful, very naive letter. But, well, it was the first thing we did.” And he also mentioned that on the same tape he found a longer version, with different lyrics, of the song that was chosen as the first one, from the first album, ”Why can’t I be part of the jet set?”.
Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio talked about Soda Stereo: “The songs came from the three of them together”
He also gave details about how the band operated behind closed doors: ”About the songs, it was very particular, because, in fact, The songs came from the three of them together”We were composing and making song bases all the time, we were rehearsing all week, including Saturdays and Sundays, and the song bases came from those rehearsals. And Gustavo would add the melody and the lyrics to those bases to finish the songs.”
For example, he talked about one of the band’s most popular songs, ”Treat me gently”: “In those days, we went to see a lot of bands, and one of our favorites was Los Encargados,” says Bosio. “They were like a techno-rock band… Richard Coleman was part of that group, and there was also Daniel Melero (the composer of ‘Trátame Suave’). We were big fans of them, and became very good friends.”.
”We made a slow version of ‘Treat me gently’ because the original was more dance-oriented. Our version and our vision put the song in a melodic setting, like a love song. But originally, The lyrics were inspired by the Falklands War. (The singer) is talking to the general, not to a girl. We turned it into a love song.”
“We rented a house outside Buenos Aires, and went there for a couple of months in winter. This song was born in that situation. We assumed we would be comfortable rehearsing there, but the explosion of the band… we worked a lot. Every day of the week. We didn’t have time to rehearse because of the success,” referring to ”When the earthquake passes”.
”So we didn’t have much time, but one day when I went to the supermarket to buy food, and I came back, I found Charly and Gustavo playing this kind of folk rhythm, trying to make an adaptation with the drum and the bass drum. So I took the bass and started playing”, complete.
Source: Ambito
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