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Divididos por la felicidad
Sumo · 1985 · Track 7
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The story behind
The first time Mejor no hablar de ciertas cosas was played in a Sumo rehearsal, the song was nothing more than a slow, frayed draft. They performed it almost like an exercise, between sound checks at the Gimnasia y Esgrima club in Buenos Aires, while Indio Solari and the Redonditos de Ricota were preparing a show. But when Luca Prodan heard it, something in that lackluster air captivated him. The next day, in the rehearsal room, he asked Arnedo to give the bass more drive, speeding up the tempo so the song would stop sounding like a rough note and become its own thing. That’s how the version that would end up on Divididos por la felicidad was born—the album that took them out of the bars and onto the stage at the Astros theater.
Recorded at CBS Studios in Buenos Aires in 1985, the track lasts 4:48 and slipped into the songs of Sumo’s debut album without much initial fanfare. Yet its dragging rhythm and lyrics that seem to whisper more than they say ended up defining a sound that still feels fresh today. The album, released by CBS Records, premiered in May of that year with two sold-out shows, marking the start of a career that would place them alongside bands like Soda Stereo or Serú Girán. What’s curious is that, originally, the song didn’t even have that title: it began as a nameless sketch until time and its place on the album gave it its final identity.