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Honestidad brutal
Andrés Calamaro · 1999 · Track 10
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The song Maradona by Andrés Calamaro is a short but intense track, where the piano and electric guitar intertwine in a rhythm reminiscent of 80s rock, but with an unexpected twist. The sound is raw, almost as if it were recorded during a rehearsal, without studio touch-ups to soften the edges. The melody progresses with contained energy, as if each note carried the weight of a story that needs no words to be told. It's one of those songs that are felt more than heard, where the silence between chords plays almost as much as the notes themselves.
Calamaro composed this piece at a time when he had already played in bands like Los Estereotipos and collaborated with musicians such as Gustavo Cerati and Héctor Zeta Bosio on projects like Stress and Proyecto Erekto. The recording of Maradona emerged during a transitional moment, when the artist was seeking to define his own path within Argentine rock. The track, clocking in at one minute and fifty seconds, serves as a sketch of what was to come: a personal style that blends the melodic with the raw, without pretensions of grandiosity.