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La la la
Luis Alberto Spinetta · 1986 · Track 1
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Fito Páez and Luis Alberto Spinetta came together in 1986 to record La la la, a double album that was not just a musical project, but a meeting point between two generations of Argentine rock. Among those twenty tracks is Folis Verghet, the first song on the first disc, where the title plays with the famous Parisian cabaret Folies Bergère. The word "verghet" sounds like a nod to "verghetta", an Italian heraldic term evoking a pole or staff, but also alludes to "verga", with its double meanings. "Folis", on the other hand, is a Spanish adaptation of "folies", which in French means "madness" and connects to the "Roaring Twenties" in Paris. The result is a name that sounds like a party, like overflow, but also something more raw, as if madness had a dark side.
The song not only opens the album but sets the tone for that encounter between two heavyweights of national rock. Spinetta and Páez shared the vocals and instruments: one on electric guitar, the other on keyboards, with Fabiana Cantilo, Fabián Lonch and Daniel Wirzt completing the live sound. The recording took place in August and September 1986, a pivotal moment for the country: Argentina was emerging from dictatorship and national rock was becoming mainstream, blending pioneers with a new wave of musicians. La la la was an album that reflected that moment, but also something more personal. Less than a month after finishing the sessions, Fito Páez experienced a tragedy that would mark him forever: the murder of his grandmother and great-aunt in Rosario, along with Fermina Godoy, a pregnant employee. Spinetta stood by him during those hard days, and years later, the pain of that moment seeped into Spinetta’s next album, Téster de violencia. Folis Verghet is not just a song that opens an album, but a bridge between two artists and two eras, where music and life blended without filters.