Gustavo Cerati He is one of the authors of the most beloved and popular songs of Latin Rock along with soda Stereo. However, one of the most famous and fan-favorite songs has a sad origin.
It is a very personal story of the band leader, with an emotional and powerful family background.
The Soda Stereo song dedicated to Gustavo Cerati’s father
The disc Animal Song (1990) marked a change in the sound of Soda Stereo, with a new direction in the 90s. The sound was closer to rock, and heavier guitars.
This turn was described at the time of the album’s release by Cerati saying that it is “The reflection that we are a pop group, but we absorb rock culture. “It’s where we distort ourselves the most, but this album is also one of our highest points.”
However, there is one song near the end of the album that stands out. sonically because it is a much more minimal ballad in sound. Musically, “Tea for three” is largely starring Gustavo Cerati with his voice and guitar, accompanied by the subtle bass of Zeta Bosio and keyboards Tweety González.
Although what stands out most is the lyrics, an emotional exploration of family pain by Gustavo Cerati. The origin of the song is the moment when Gustavo Cerati, and his mother Lilian Clark They find out that their father Juan José was diagnosed with terminal cancer which would cause his death a couple of years later (1992).
The origin of Tea for Three
Gustavo’s mother recalled the moment that inspired the song: “The three of us were there and I couldn’t stand up, logically. That’s why the ‘I saw you crying, I saw you crying for him…’. “I’m getting goosebumps right now,” he told Diario El Día.
“We were having tea because there was never a shortage of tea at home, as a good Irish heiress that I am.. The three of us were there, Gustavo, my husband and I. We had in hand the latest analysis that was going to confirm or not the disease and what state it was in. The truth is that the results were very negative,” he added.
The song was a single from Canció Animal, it became one of the most emotional in the Soda Stereo catalog, and a fan favorite.
It even received an emotional version on the album MTV Unpluggedin which he added a guitar solo inspired by “Cemetery Club” of Rabid fish.
