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Novela
Fito Páez · 2025 · Track 14
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Carrie Mode sounds like a sketch that ended up in the drafts drawer, but with one detail that makes it special: it's one of those songs Fito Páez wrote before the world knew his name. Recorded in 1988, it's part of a demo titled Novel, material that never became an official album. What's curious is that these tapes were originally meant to be the soundtrack for a short film that never premiered due to budget issues. Back then, the musician from Rosario was already making moves on the Argentine rock scene, but he hadn't yet crossed the threshold into massive fame. The song itself is brief, lasting just two minutes and twenty-nine seconds, giving it an air of a musical snapshot: as if someone had captured a moment of inspiration between rehearsals and cups of coffee.
What's most surprising about Carrie Mode isn't its final fate—ending up as a lost file among others—but its ability to survive. Two of its tracks were later re-recorded: Ace of Poker appeared in Circo Beat (1994) and Novel was covered by Fabiana Cantilo as Nothing Lasts Forever in Sun at Five (1995). Even The Little Witches had a second life in a children's album, Lice and Little Lice (1991), under the title Oh. But beyond these twists, Carrie Mode remains a piece of early history from an artist who, at the time, was still fine-tuning his voice between the Rosario Trova and the first glimpses of what would become his solo career. The technical detail—2:29 in length—reinforces that sketch-like feeling: something recorded quickly, without pretensions, but carrying the DNA of what was to come.