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La Grasa de las Capitales is the second album by the Argentine Rock supergroup Serú Girán, released in 1979. After its deeply criticized debut album Serú Girán, the band went in search for a different sound, one that could be closer to the fans' expectations. They grew distant from symphonic rock and became closer to traditional rock and pop while keeping a considerable jazz fusion element in the music, which also was present in the debut album, and to a lesser extent some progressive rock along the way.

La Grasa de las Capitales
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1979
GenrePop, rock, Latin[1]
Length43:43
LabelSazam
Serú Girán chronology
Serú Girán
(1978)
La Grasa de las Capitales
(1979)
Bicicleta
(1980)

The word "grasa" means "grease" in Spanish, but in Argentina it is also slang for "tacky".[2] As such, the title of the album was a criticism of the superficiality of Argentine society at the time (which was living under a military dictatorship following the 1976 coup) among other aspects what it was considered then "commercial" music (as opposed to the more elaborate lyrics and musicianship supposedly present in genres such as prog-rock) with disco music being parodied in the self-titled first track.[3][4][5][6] The cover of the album is a spoof of popular gossip Gente magazine, with members of the band presented as improbable celebrites (Aznar an obscure office worker, Moro a butcher, Lebon a rugbier and Garcia a petrol station worker - a criticism to petrol companies who "stuff themselves with money and run the world" according to Garcia[7][8]) one of the headlines announcing a romance between Aznar and "Olivia Neutron-Bomb" (cf Olivia-Newton John, the star of that year's blockbuster musical "Grease").

The album spurred three hit singles. Pedro Aznar's "Paranoia y Soledad" (Paranoia and Loneliness) which was a cryptically metaphoric song talking about a man's descent into insanity; "La Grasa de Las Capitales" (The Grease/Tackiness of the Capitals) which presented a sharp criticism on the paparazzi and the frivolous magazines (as showed on the sarcastic album cover) and briefly parodied disco music, and the final track, "Viernes, 3 A.M." (Friday, 3:00am) which had lyrics graphically depicting a man's suicide.

In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked it 17 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock".[9]


Track listing


Side one

  1. "La Grasa de las Capitales" (Grease of the Capitals) - 4:37
  2. "San Francisco y el Lobo" (Saint Francis & the Wolf) (David Lebón, Charly García) - 2:23
  3. "Perro Andaluz" (Andalusian Dog/Un chien andalou) - 4:59
  4. "Frecuencia Modulada" (Modulated Frequency/FM) (Charly García, David Lebón) - 3:20
  5. "Paranoia y Soledad" (Paranoia and Loneliness) (Pedro Aznar) - 6:52

Side two

  1. "Noche de Perros" (Dog's Night) (David Lebón, Charly García) - 6:34
  2. "Viernes, 3 A.M." (Friday, 3 A.M.) - 4:18
  3. "Los Sobrevivientes" (The Survivors) - 3:51
  4. "Canción de Hollywood" (Song of Hollywood) - 4:54

Personnel



References


  1. "La Grasa de las Capitales". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. Conde, Oscar (2011-09-02). Diccionario etimológico del lunfardo (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 978-987-04-1926-6.
  3. Govea, Salvador (2016-04-09). "¡Qué horror! ¡Eso es música comercial!". salvadorgovea.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. Roa, José (2014-07-03). "La peste de la música comercial". HABLATUMÚSICA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. Cantilo 101.9, Radio (2019-11-04). "Análisis: "La Grasa de las Capitales", 40 años después". Radio Cantilo 101.9 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  6. "'La grasa de las capitales': las historias detrás de la obra maestra de Serú Girán grabada en plena dictadura". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  7. "Página/12 :: radar". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  8. "El día que Charly Garcia criticó a la industria petrolera (y quedó para la historia)". El sitio de la energía en la región (in Spanish). 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  9. "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Publirevistas S. A. April 2007.

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La Grasa de las Capitales es el segundo álbum de estudio de la banda argentina de rock Serú Girán, editado en agosto del año 1979 por Sazam y presentado en el Auditorio Buenos Aires (Ex Kraft), desde el 6 al 16 de septiembre de 1979. Este trabajo fue considerado como el #17 entre los mejores de la historia del rock argentino en la lista de la revista Rolling Stone.



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