The world lost a genius today. Rest in peace Gustavo Cerati.
Billboard article with videos of covers made by other bands. Includes one by his son Benito and one by Cafe Tacvba I had never heard before.
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Gustavo Cerati in critical condition
Gustavo Cerati, former lead singer of legendary Argentinian band Soda Stereo and the greatest musician ever to live on the planet, suffered a stroke after his concert in Caracas, Venezuela on Friday. The news were all over the place, including a post on his official website downplaying the problem, but now it appears that things are much worse than first reported.
I’m a huge fan of the man (he is one of my three allowed gay-crushes). I hope him a quick recovery from this. Fuerza Natural, Gustavo!
Here are some previous mentions of Gustavo Cerati in The MKX®.
Cerati – Miami
Live right now. And no, I’m not there. Looks like I’ll be kissing this tour alltogether. Sad.
Cerati + Waters
No, my dear reader, your eyes are not deceiving you.
According to the Argentinian edition of Rolling Stone magazine, musical genius Gustavo Cerati recently recorded a song with Pink Floyd‘s former bassist (and also musical genius) Roger Waters for the non-profit Fundación Alas.
Read the original articles here and here, and express yor feeling in the comments. Thanks to Xavier “el viejo” Gonzalez for the news.
Soda Stereo Monterrey
“Tarda en llegar. Y al final, al final hay recompensa”
Last Friday, I went to what was the best concert I’ve ever been to.
Thirty two thousand music lovers met at the Estadio Universitario to see legendary (and by far personal favorite) Argentine Rock en Español band Soda Stereo after a 10 year absence as part of their reunion tour Me Verás Volver. And I was only there, right in the center and only a few meters away from the stage.
Jaramillo, Cetrulo, and Correa made the trip from Austin to Monterrey to see the band as well. Locals Julia, Moishele, Lucía, Nathán, Bernardo, and many other friends went too. It was a big event after all.
To see some photos we took go to The MKX® Photo Central or you can check out the official website’s photos (1, 2).
The concert’s set, as best as my friends and I could recall (feel free to point out the mistakes) was very similar but not quite the same as in Argentina. (Spoiler warning: Do not read on if you still have to go to one of the concerts):
- Juego de Seducción
- Telekinesis
- Imágenes Retro
- Texturas
- Hombre al Agua
- En Camino
- En la Ciudad de la Furia
- Signos
- Picnic en el 4B
- Zoom
- Cuando Pase el Temblor
- Final Caja Negra
- Trátame Suavemente
- Sobredosis de TV
- Danza Rota
- Persiana Americana
- Fue
- En Remolinos
- Primavera 0
- No Existes
- Sueles Dejarme Solo
- (En) El Séptimo Día
- Un Millón de Años Luz
- De Música Ligera
- Disco Eterno
- Cae el Sol
- Prófugos
- Nada Personal
- Te Hacen Falta Vitaminas
Me Verás Volver: Two more days
Everything is ready to go.
Me Verás Volver
Nathan B. was kind enough to purchase my ticket for the long’awaited Soda Stereo concert this November. It’s going to be awesome.
These are the guys in charge of the stage. They must be decent.
Soda to tour? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE TRUE
Legendary Argentinian rock band from the 80’s and 90’s, Soda Stereo, widely considered the best music band ever in the planet, more so than the Beatles or Beethoven, may do a 12-concert tour in November, according to this Mexico City newspaper. Let’s pray it’s true and that they come to the northern hemisphere. Argentinian newspaper Clarín says they won’t play in the U.S., but will in Mexico.
[Update 6/7/2007]In the news:
Gustavo Cerati in Monterrey (¡Ahí Vamos!)
Just got back from Gustavo Cerati‘s concert in the Luis Elizondo Auditorium in Monterrey, Mexico. He played songs spanning from Ecos (1985) all the way to his latest CD (all thirteen songs) Ahí Vamos (2006), going throug every one of his solo CDs and a few songs from Soda Stereo.
Here’s the signature crappy cellphone photo:
The following images appeared on the local newspaper, El Norte:
It was a looong concert, about two and a half hours of the best argentinean rock. These are the songs he played, kind of in order:
- Al fin sucede
- La excepción
- Uno entre 1000
- Adiós
- Ecos
- Bomba de Tiempo
- Prófugos
- Te para 3
- Tu medicina
- Avenida Alcorta
- Otra piel
- Cosas Imposibles
- Vivo
- Toma la Ruta
- Caravana
- Me Quedo Aquí
- Lago en el Cielo
- Dios nos libre
- Medium
- Crimen
- Paseo Inmoral
- Puente
- Jugo de luna
El Norte claims he played 25 songs… so I’m missing one. If you know which one it is let me know.
The MKX® Reader Contest: Winner!
On April 22nd we announced our first reader contest. It was a huge success with over four participants! (read all about it).
Here are the entries:
- Edy: $125
- J Kings: $195
- Jaquito: $250
- Jack: $255
- Moi: $504
- Marcos S: $446
- Zepeda: $99
- Manuel: $268
- Picho $138.5
- Isaac: $287.75
- ME: $163
- Pastor: $240
- Sofia: $182.50
- Daniel Jaramillo: $558
- Carlos Slim: Poquito.
- Thelma Says: $354
- Neil Feiereisel: $347.50
- Arturo: $555
- Amit: $72
Keep on reading to see the winner!