Saludos, en este nuevo martes, día de la mejor iniciativa musical de todo Hive: Three Tune Tuesday, del amigo @ablaze, que ya alcanza la edición número 140, y aquí estoy para compartir tres canciones, que también son parte de mi playlist personal, y que pertenecen a uno de los mejores cantantes de rock en español, el argentino FITO PÁEZ.
Greetings, on this new Tuesday, the day of the best musical initiative in all of Hive: Three Tune Tuesday, from friend @ablaze, which has already reached issue number 140, and here I am to share three songs, which are also part from my personal playlist, and that belong to one of the best rock singers in Spanish, the Argentine FITO PÁEZ.
I heard Fito Páez for the first time in the late 80s, and it wasn't on the radio in my city. I remember that it was thanks to a cassette that one of my cousins brought to my apartment and there I heard it and thought it was GREAT, and although at that time his voice did not have the maturity that it reached later, its strength, its lyrics and its excellence as musician were (and are), overwhelming, so I was immediately hooked on their music. And to give you an idea of the quality and integrity of this musician, it is enough to say that in the 80s he was part of the band of fellow Argentine rocker Charly García, who is a musical phenomenon, and who was and still is, super demanding regarding the quality and the professionalism of the people who make up his band. Let us remember that Charly has extensive musical training at the academy level, and also has absolute hearing... That being said, let's look at my #ttt songs today.
Ahora vamos con mis canciones / Now let's go with my songs
I open my trilogy today, with the first song I heard by Fito Páez, the heartbreaking and visceral one: “City of Poor Hearts”. To put them in context, and for those who don't know, this song was written and composed by Fito, following the brutal murder of his grandmother, his great-aunt and the woman who assisted these two elderly women in their house, in the year 1986. It should be noted that Fito was orphaned by his mother as a baby, so he was raised by his grandmother and his great-aunt. The crime was very violent, they were literally massacred, and the author was a former high school classmate of Fito, The reason for the crime: Envy, hatred, that is, pure and simple evil. This tragedy destroyed the musician, plunging him into a deep depression, which he could only channel through music, creating the album of the same name. When I heard this song and learned the story behind it, I felt deep sadness in the face of such an enormous loss and I knew once again that evil can hide in any corner, in any crevice. I wanted to share with you two versions of the same song: The first is the official video for it, which corresponds to a live performance, from 2008, and the second, is also live, but from 2023. I like the strength and feeling with which this musician interprets the song in both videos. I hope you appreciate the strength of it.
Now we go with my second song “Polaroid of ordinary madness”, a beautiful and also visceral song, which reflects how difficult, complicated and even destructive, a loving relationship can be. If you pay attention to the lyrics, it describes precisely that, a relationship that goes through encounters, disagreements, a super intense relationship that ends with the woman's suicide. I like this song, because at a certain time I was in a relationship of that type, that is, disastrous, and thanks to that experience I understood that not only attraction, the desire to be with someone and the feelings that may be there, are needed, but common points are required, clarity in the goals of both, sincerity, tolerance, communication and maturity. Here I leave you a live performance from 2013, where the guitar sounds spectacular. Enjoy!
And as there must always be hope in human beings, especially in that complex issue of love and relationships, today I complete this trilogy dedicated to Fito Páez with the beautiful and powerful song “Love after love”, a song with an extraordinary melody, and although its lyrics are nothing to write home about, it calls us to keep the faith that love can always exist for us, always and when we first love ourselves, by resonance, by affinity, that will bring love into our lives, (well, that's how I interpret this song). This song gave me hope and faith in finding love, and so it was. Enjoy this gem, of which I share the official video, which is also from a live presentation.
Este ha sido mi aporte para esta genial iniciativa del amigo @ablaze en su edición número 140, compartiendo con todos ustedes tres estupendas y viscerales canciones de FITO PAÉZ
This has been my contribution to this great initiative by my friend @ablaze in its 140th edition, sharing with all of you three great and visceral songs by FITO PÁEZ
- Hoy he traído una sola fotografía, la cual ilustra la portada, y ésta se encuentra adecuadamente identificada // Today I have brought a single photograph, which illustrates the cover, and it is adequately identified.
- Los divisores son de libre uso y se pueden encontrar / Dividers are free to use and can be found: