My First Time Hearing Soda Stereo! Vocal ANALYSIS of 'De Musica Ligera'

It's rare that I cover a latin band on this channel, which is something I'd like to slowly change. There's so much amazing music out there, and Soda Stereo is defenitely one of them! I was blown away when I recorded this, not only at their musicality but at that massive crowd! This is an analysis everyone should see.

Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Soda Stereo for the first time, performing "De Música Ligera".
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Performed by Soda Stereo - Words and Music by Gustavo Cerati, Zeta Bosio
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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[thesilverhawaiian]

If only latin rock was as respected as English rock, these guys would be top 10 for sure

[rarstorm]

Being Mexican I can only say thank you to Argentina for gifting the world with SODA STEREO

[romeroll]

Soy Mexicano pero de verdad, que magia nos regaló Argentina con Cerati y Soda.

[leoo]

Debo admitir que los argentinos tienen un talento especial para hacer musica de alta calidad. Saludos desde Argentina.

[PassengerMX]

This is pretty much THE anthem of Rock in spanish. Gives me goosebumps everytime.

[maxrtt]

Gracias totales, Elizabeth!

A few great songs from Soda:
- En la ciudad de la furia
- Profugos
- Un millon de años luz

[claudiotalaban]

SODA STEREO is the perfect union between melody, poetry, voices and creativity. With a very own and original style

[Films]

Hey Elizabeth! I am a guitar player, NOT latin, but Soda has been one of my favorite bands for over thirty years and Cerati is one of my guitar gods. When I heard of his stroke and eventual passing it was devastating. Anyway, as for his sound here, I can tell you that he is playing a Paul Reed Smith guitar through (mainly) a Vox AC30 amp (at least that's how he recorded this song). He has it set to overdrive enough so that, when he really strums hard, the signal distorts, but upon a lighter touch it remains bell-like and tingly. For the solo there, he's using (or WAS using in studio) an Eventide H-3000 harmonizer, which was super cool and trendy back in the late 80's. It is adding harmonic elements as he plays. Also, the nature of the solo is that he is pulling notes off onto open strings, so it sounds like cascading notes at times. He was a magician and beautiful songwriter and the world lost an amazing voice in him 15 years ago. RIP Gustavo...

[emiliaguemes]

Este tema es casi que un himno para cualquier argentino. Me encantó ver tu entusiasmo mientras ibas descubriendo la canción, gracias por el video. Saludos desde Argentina!

[Shane]

Interestingly, I worked with a Mexican in the years '08-'12, and he used to play Soda Stereo a lot and occasionally some songs from Gustavo Cerati's solo work, and it grew on me so much that I ended up purchasing all of Gustavo Cerati's albums, and they are absolutely fantastic. I still listen to them. Anybody who likes Soda Stereo should check out all of Gustavo's work.

[delightfulThoughs]

Hey guys, you need some context to this particular song and event. This was supposed to be the last concert ever (they disintegrated, but came back later for a final tour) and this was the number one song in their repertoire, everyone was waiting for this song and they played it the last. That's why the emphasis in the build up at the start of the song, and the playful end of it with the drums. Gracias totales!

[emilyatwood]

Argentinian crowds are some of the best (if not the very best) in the world. Argentinian rock nacional is a wealth of incredible music! I'm from Seattle, USA, but lived there for many years. Sadly I never got to see Soda, but every single show I went to in BA was electrifying. Really the best. This entire double album of this show is excellent and I think even better when you've listened to the studio versions and know what's coming and the small changes they chose to make live. Gracias totales Soda ❤

[cristobalgarzagonzalez]

If you listen to The Police and U2, you understand Soda Stereo, but at some point in the late 90s, they developed a sound all of their own and completely unique. In time, comparisons became superfluous. Soda is one of the best bands in history in any language. ¡Viva Soda!

[osvalchaves]

There is history behind this specific version. It was their last concert forever. There was a reunion later, but nothing like this one. His last phrase, Gracias totales (something like "total thanks"), became a common phrase in Argentina when you really want to say thanks to someone. It's not common in Spanish

[hernanmaschwitz]

Alguien mas emocionado y lagrimeando por este himno?

[crabbyproductions]

You have no idea. I went to Soda Stereo’s first concert in Bogotá, Colombia. I was 21. We called them “Their Highness Soda Stereo”. They were the kings of rock in Spanish. There hasn’t been a rock group that comes close to their masterpieces of songs. The best of the best!

[sandrarodriguezbazan]

No imaginé ver a Soda Stereo en tu canal! Qué emoción 😭

[kamakirinoko]

I just discovered this band about a month ago—I'm 65 and was a professional musician through most of the 80s and 90s, which is when this music was actually made—and I've been listening to Soda Stereo NON-STOP, every single day of those thirty.

I'm kind of surprised that you picked this particular song out of their entire catalogue; while it's a great song, it does not come close to showing Cerati's incredible four-octave vocal range, which blew me away, as did his capacity for staying on the pitch throughout (actually, in this performance I heard a couple of rare flats) because, well, playing guitar, remembering the words and jumping around are not exactly conducive to staying pitch perfect.

But there are simply so many of Soda Stereo's live songs—see their "Gira Me Veras Volver" tour series, all on YouTube—where my jaw just dropped and I had to rewind time and again to say "Did that just happen? Did he really hit those notes?" because they were truly superhuman.

Later on tonight, on my daily "Soda Stereo Tour" where all I do is listen to them, I'll try to note down the songs that I'm referring to.

I swear, I cried when I found out he had lingered in a coma for FOUR YEARS before he died, and *all before I had ever heard of them.*

***LATER***

[AurigaEamane]

Uno de los mejores artistas de Latinoamérica, su música traspasa generaciones. Fue una gran pérdida para todos su temprana partida.

[leandrolopez]

Un genio que se nos fue temprano, gracias totales