That Universal has filled his pants ... Rock for all RECORDING
vox populi is the confrontation between two gangs at that time friends like
Las Manos de Filippi and Bersuit Vergarabat
from
song "Mr. Collections" (in case some unaware even do not know we say that the topic is
Hernán "Goat" De la Vega , singer of the Hands). Back in 1998 all the streets saw the lyrics of the song on billboards, after it has been censored to be on the radio.
From there,
Universal, the label with which he had signed Bersuit (in association with the seal groove, Gustavo Santaolalla
), was responsible for using their favor censorship, pure and marketing the album began to sell and earn a place in the Argentine rock (note that the same, at least for those writes, is terrific). Up here is nothing that a multinational not do every day in the quest to find your business to be round, but missing one small detail: the disk had not been on the streets, and could not leave because Las Manos de Filippi had not edited the song.
dig a bit more: namely, as we noted at the beginning, "Mr. Collection" (so called bersuitero disk without the plural s) belonged in the germ to Las Manos de Filippi. This band plays live, and in fact, had recorded an album called home
"Hands up, this is the State" , but it was not edited, so the version could not go Bersuit light as do unpublished original version. What happened then? Universal released the album you home to Las Manos de Filippi and then could take its successful Bersuit
"Debauchery" and everyone is happy. Does everyone happy?
In an interview with the Abasto
Magazine June 2005 (Issue No. 66) , Hernán "Goat" De la Vega had a vision of the facts in very strong:
"We were recording the album hands up in a house, or home. On the other hand Bersuit Vergarabat was already the subject in their shows. But all good, we went and sang with them, but still had no contract with Universal. When the contract recording the hit album including the track and we were shocked when we heard on the radio. He came all the whispering of censorship and they needed our permission to release the album, because the issue was unprecedented, because we had recorded home so it was not edited. That slowed the release of his album. Then come the Bersuit with the company and tell us they wanted us to buy the album and was was a waste. And there was yet a whispering that they wanted to promote and flannel that lead to their lackeys as Pergolini. Later come and tell us' Why do not you sign the permission to Bersuit and can make the record? ". And the bare Cordera also came and told us "these people are recopa with you." And we signed the permit and the next day we returned the contract and left. Removed, yes, our album, but never anything, nor promoted. And gave Bersuit handle everything. " One of the clauses to sign the contract was that Las Manos de Filippi cede copyright of the eleven songs that made" Hands up, this is the state, " so that any subsequent gain product of the success of "Mr. Collection" would not go into the pockets of its original author.
Going back further, in 2002, the same De la Vega told the web
rock.com.ar also some interesting details of the previous situation, and again taking the example media Pergolini:
" When he left Mr. Collections in '94 (and still did not Bersuit), everyone seemed outrageous. Do not let us not burn. But now that speech is over all caretones like (Mario) Pergolini before you said: "No, you can not, things have to be said another way, more poetic" . And adding a color data regarding
Gustavo Cordera, lead singer of Bersuit:
"Until I heard him say how he came to the subject. I grab a heat inside that I want to kill. Karma is what it is because lying and knows it. " In 2009, tells Clarín:
"La Bersuit and the company that represented them at the time acted in bad faith and we fucked. Before writhing us more, but we do not give ball. I think there are more important than fighting with bare Cordera ".
Anyway, Bersuit always took care to stress the fact that the song belonged to Manos de Filippi, even after outbreak and that brought to light certain issues related to what happened. But never explained nor denied this, and eventually, the issue became more of Bersuit that Filippi's Hands.
It goes without saying that there was no second album for The Universal Hands-on with the label and the band showed their resentment in the EP later released entitled "Las Manos Santas go to Mass," in which graphic art among other things, Daniel Grinbank surrounding a crucified, bananas in pajamas in the middle of a Santa Claus with a "Santa's pot full of money saying Collections (pictures).
And to top it, the track no. 6 referred to the situation with exquisite metaphor for Jesus, Mary and Joseph starring in the story that had been with the label Universal. Here the letter, highlighting a couple of good juicy phrases:
JESUS \u200b\u200bTHE CROSS
What will I do with my kid the Jesus
laburar I want and I pay the electricity
woodwork leaves a lot to me no And the kid
Jesus saw me grab the
The Virgin Mary took his side, the kid is god, let José
And Universal acordate that the contract signed by 600 stamps
The Virgin Mary did his part, José leave it, the art does
Y Universal acordate in the contract signed by 600 stamps
Ma 'that I feel sorry for me chubby
all day with the Cross
and his twelve friends do not laburar not one
we want, which I do not mind ...
Firmame Jesus here, next to the cross
If all goes well we pay an extra
spent time and money did not come
And an afternoon stroll was suddenly Maria
He got in Santeria, I ask by Jesus of the cross
To see if it was or was pure fantasy
The thing is that the salesman said I ran out
I'm tired of selling to that bastard
And poor artist or even entire Universal
That has filled his pants
A Universal lords watching them day and night celestial
The top capo
Whenever a Santeria sell one of Jesus
Les bean sprouts a pus ...
in the ortho!
"When we bought the CD Universal" hands up "I sold the copyright for it is responsible for distributing it, but soon left to make it, and now, to increase awareness of the disc we have to hack. It is ridiculous that we have to produce in this way while we were the authors. In thirteen years since the band was formed, we did everything, but never let it interfere with the company to do something that did not agree. Companies are looking for sale, and for us this is not the sense of having a rock band . So De la Vega synthesized in an interview ANRED in 2005, his band's relationship with the record in its history. ..
SR. COLLECTION - ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE HANDS OF FILIPPI:
SR. COLLECTION-VERSION OF Bersuit Vergarabat: