In the last show of La Renga on the Racing field, its leader Gustavo Chizzo Napoli He sent a strong message to the President after playing the legendary song again “Panic Show”: “Attention Javier. The Lion wants to eat the caste and it turns out that they are all next to you.”
The conflict between Javier Milei and La Renga It arose because in 2021, during a political event in Parque Lezama, the then candidate for deputy closed his speech with an edited version of “Panic Show”, where among the original lyrics he included the caste and his person, blending in with the lion. . A few days later, in a press release, the group set its position, detailing: “Whoever wants to is free to listen to, sing, dance and play La Renga songs, what is wrong, legally and morally, is taking the freedom to use those songs.” songs for a political campaign and personal benefit, a follower of our band would never do that.” And he concluded forcefully: “There are ties and feelings between us, we do not want to have someone disguised as a friend talking about freedom.”
But the libertarian’s response would not take long to arrive and he doubled down, as is his custom, in an interview conducted on CNN Radio: “They sang at Cristina’s events and got paid for it. It seems that they are more bothered by the use by a liberal than by the political issue and they disguise it with a euphemism.” And far from wanting to calm the waters and promise not to use it again, he added: “It seems barbaric to me that those from La Renga do not want to be my friends, but they cannot censor the use of a certain topic if I respect the copyright and make the payments.” corresponding”.
It is worth remembering that throughout the presidential campaign, Javier Milei he continued using it and for that reason La Renga He stopped playing it in his own shows, until this Thursday, January 11, where he ignored the figure of the president and its powerful chords once again made his audience vibrate.
But the relationship between rockers and politicians did not always suffer short circuits. In 2011, when Cristina Fernández de Kirchner He assumed his second term, upon reaching the Pink House, Ivan Noble singing “Avanti brunette”, a version that was harangued by everyone present and received with pride by the President herself, who adopted it as her rock anthem at that time. The ex’s mini show Knights of the Burn featured another of his hits, “Lloró, lloró.” Of course, there were no public complaints or legal conflicts of plagiarism or copyright because their political ideology was aligned. And while it was a pride for Noble to sing for his President, for Cristina it was a pleasure to be the rocker’s inspiring muse.
Another politician who used the fame of a rock band to get closer to the popular vote was Mauricio Macriwho as Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, was very close to the band So Bionic. The year was 2014 and the former president of Boca named them “Cultural Ambassadors of the City of Buenos Aires.” That night he concluded his sympathy for the Chano’s Boys with the phrase: “Today they are one of the most important bands in the region, with an enormous projection”, while the song played. “Magic City” and the president was already dreaming of it as the soundtrack to his candidacy for president a year later. And just as he dreamed, throughout his entire campaign between 2014 and 2015, Macri closed his speeches dancing and singing “I’ll stay with you, I’ll keep going, I’ll look for you, what a magical night in the city of Buenos Aires.” in performances of dubious artistic quality. The idyll ended when the ideologies of the future President and Tan Biónica became opposite and the band publicly requested that they no longer include it in their campaign. Macri did not pay attention and the band stopped playing it at the shows in those months.
Axel Kicillof He did not want to be left out of this sound strategy and for his 2023 campaign, he reversed the song Sergio Denis, “I love you so”, in a spot that read “With Axel the Province advances, always advances. Today, my dear, let’s go out to the military with joy…” The election went in his favor, although those around him doubt that it was due to the effectiveness of his propaganda chief.
