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Honestidad brutal
Andrés Calamaro · 1999 · Track 3
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The song Victoria y Soledad by Andrés Calamaro has an air that sways between playfulness and melancholy, with a rhythm that seems to escape traditional measures. The song flows in just under three minutes, but in that time it manages to build an atmosphere where the chords intertwine with lyrics that play at ambiguity. The bandoneon appears at some point, reminiscent of the first instrument Calamaro received at age eight, before turning to the electric guitar and piano, which he learned with his teacher Osvaldo Calo. It's as if the song carries the echo of those beginnings, mixed with the experience of playing in rock and blues bands in Uruguay, where he recorded his first album as a keyboardist in Raíces, recommended by Sergio Makaroff.
The recording of Victoria y Soledad came after years of moving between groups like the Chorizo Colorado Blues Band —which he formed with his friend Augusto Gringui Herrera— or attempts to imitate the style of The Platters before definitively leaning toward rock. Before consolidating with Elmer's Band, where Eduardo Cano also played, Calamaro went through sessions with Los Hermanos Makaroff and Julián Petrina. Later, Héctor Zeta Bosio invited him to join The Morgan, alongside Charly Amato, Sandra Baylac, and Gustavo Cerati. That lineup, which would later become Stress —with Calamaro replacing Alejandro O'Donell— and then Proyecto Erekto with Cerati's arrival, shows how the song fits into a moment of transition, where musicians tried different paths before finding the sound that would define them.