SERÚ GIRÁN

The beginning of a sonorous search that was to become the biggest band in Argentina. Serú Girán starts from an unknown place, with a very progressive Charly García as leader. After dissolving his previous band La Máquina De Hacer Pájaros and leaving jazz/fusion behind, Carlos began to search for a more popular sound. Let's just say that the first album didn't exactly go well for them: At their first shows they got more tomatoes thrown at them than applause. People didn't understand what the project was all about. The song that gives the album its name is a concoction of invented words (it is worth noting that during those years Gentle Giant's music was becoming popular in Argentina) that was enormously rejected by the Argentine public. Charly García was coming off the back of two very high albums and this was clearly going to go down too badly. Ironically, this album has one of the most hated songs by the public and at the same time the anthem of Argentine rock: Seminare. A song written by Charly and sung by David Lebón. A fact that amuses me a lot is that the memorable solo of this song is taken from a little musical box that the band leader had. The highlight of the album is the song "Eiti-Leda", a beautiful display of creativity and unique melodies.