The songs of Andres Calamaro They are great hits of national rock and Lali Esposito decided to do a reversal of ‘Thousand hours‘a classic of The grandparents of nothing. The release of this new cover occurred in the last few hours with great support from his fandom and a lot of criticism from his haters. But the news is that, through his networks, the renowned singer reacted to the matter. What did he say?
On Wednesday afternoon, Lali surprised her followers by sharing her new video clip, singing Thousand hours. “What a thrill to make this version of such a classic of our Argentine rock!“She expressed thanking those who chose her for this project.
Quickly, in X the word ‘Lali’ became a trend, due to this video, since some questioned her for having made this song, without the apparent permission of its authors. To which, Andrés reacted: “Thank you so much LALI for singing our song… which belongs to everyone. Of a thousand loves. Proud of the artists and musicians who recorded the songs of The grandparents of nothing. Grateful.”
Then a strong controversy arose over whether or not the authors of the song had given her permission to make this cover. Faced with this, a netizen commented on X: “I assume that to do this, Calamaro had to allow it. If the guy doesn’t mind, why does it bother you? Don’t listen to it and be ready last.”
Quickly, Salmon picked up the glove and wrote: “There are hundreds of versions of Thousand hours… The Rosario Brothers and Sonora Dynamite They took it to an unusual stage of popular music as part of a repertoire of exciting scope. You do not need to give permission“.
Later, the singer shared his opinion on the matter: “Royalties are abstract in most cases, or symbolic, but correspond. It’s the way of doing things. It is a part of usufruct whether it is sales of records or streaming reproductions. Quicksand”.
“Copyright matters if you ‘own’ the Beatles’ songs, a multinational publisher, or if there are a hundred million reproductions. Publishers acquire copyrights with advance money,” Calamaro explained.
And finally he commented: “I have no idea how much my royalties or copyrights generate. I never ask. Nor with recitals and tours. “Once a year I find out if we tied or lost.”
Faced with everything that happened, a media outlet made a note titled: “Andrés Calamaro came out to support Lali Espósito for her version of “Mil Horas”, by Los Abuelos de la Nada.” Upon seeing him, the singer clarified: “Much more than ‘banking’, I am proud and grateful. I committed to this next album, we invited Lali to sing and she said yes. “I don’t have to authorize a version either, let’s say that Lali authorized us for Los Abuelos Mark 2.”
However, this comment from Calamaro did not have the best reception from his followers, and one of them stated: “Don’t lower the price Andrés. Yes, you have to authorize, you are the legend.” To which the artist clarified: “Technically no. If it is translated then you have to ask permission. Sometimes not even that…”
“They ask us for authorization for advertising use, for advertising. As far as I remember, they never asked me for permission, nor did I, and I recorded many songs by other authors.. Important publicity, without a publisher involved, can pay more than a tour of two months, or a year…”, Andrés concluded in his X account.
