Released in 1984, the song on the album I have to stop It marked the course of hope in an Argentina that was just beginning to heal the wound of the dictatorship.
On January 26, 1954, Miguel Mateos, one of the great figures of Argentine music, was born. The artist created the famous group Zas in 1979, after leaving the conservatory, and years later he composed one of the most memorable songs in the history of the country.
“Pull up” appeared on the album I have to stop (1984)which laid the foundations of a new language within Argentine rock. Within the framework of the beginning of democracy, the song gave an optimistic look towards the future, which is marked in the chorus: “Pull up, pull / If you don’t see the exit / It doesn’t matter, my love / It doesn’t matter, you pull”.
Likewise, the lyrics also criticized the recent dictatorship (“Someone pulls down, I try to get away / Someone who shouts “he is one of us” / Someone who is going to look for him”) and until the international political landscape (“I have a Russian and a Yankee inside my room / Who are playing for my shoes and my graduation photo / On an Atari”).
MIGUEL MATEOS: FRONT ROW
MIGUEL MATEOS: FRONT ROW
How “Tará up”, the historic song by Zas, was composed
I have to stop was practically finished, when Oscar López suggested Mateos add one more song: “A ballad in the style of Elton John.”recalled Mateos, who added: “I went to the Liniers room where we were rehearsing and I started composing in a old Bruckner upright piano that I had inherited from my mother. I got a beginning very close to classical music, because I have a conservatory training“.
Although the lyrics did not arrive at the moment, Mateos did construct the catchy melody: “In the demo I sang in a cocoliche that pretended to be Englishjust to have the melody well defined. I sent it to López and very soon we decided to record it. We made that album at Panda studios. After recording two or three initial takes on the piano, we started trying to figure out how to orchestrate it with the whole band involved.. And the next day we ended up adding drums, bass, guitar and some synthesizer.”
On the other hand, the musician highlights that the song not only reflected current events in Argentina, but also those of other Latin American countries. “The structure is designed to have a crescendo: begins in minor keys and has a chorus in major keys, which are more effusive. The letter came out in one go. It is a theme that has stood the test of time very well… I think that, apart from reflecting very well the situation in which we lived when I made it -Malvinas, the Cold War-, it has a very particular magic that keeps it alive ”he explained.
Source: Ambito
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