In my family there was always a culture for music. It is very varied. He likes all kinds of styles, such as cumbia, romantics, pop, but ROCK moves us all. The five members of my family love rock, whether it is Argentine or international. The first person who introduced us to international rock bands was my father, who always played Creedence Clearwater Revival vinyl records. Those afternoons were unique! Dad would sit on a chair and tell us... come on, he's listening to that guitar solo. The voice. How does the bass sound? It was a unique experience for us and from there it gave us a taste for music and two of our three children ended up being musicians. In my case it is a hobby but in the case of my brother, he turned professional.
In my childhood and adolescence, the one who discovered gangs was my father. He came with some VHS video with an international band and told me... look at this son, I think they are incredible, and he was right. He had a very good ear to make me know great rock bands in history and in the world. And it was he who introduced me to a band that marked my adolescence and my passion for the electric guitar, he brought me a video of an Australian band with a guitarist they called the DEVIL of Rock for his characteristic little horn when he played the guitar. This band was nothing more and nothing less than AC-DC!
Me and my brother spent hours trying to figure out how he played that song. Like he did those guitar solos. We tried to imitate them with their steps on stage. It was the most incredible rock band live! Listening to their records live were better than the ones recorded in the studio, which told you what a quality band they were.
One day dad came home from work and said, I have a surprise for the whole family. Just because!. The whole family was a fan of this band! Even my mother who was not a fan of rock, she went crazy with the rhythms and riffs of Angus Young, the guitarist. It was there that he told us in the kitchen of my old house, family... let's all go to the River Plate stadium to see ACDC!!!. I could not believe it!!!. All my family in the stadium?. Am I going to see live the band that marked my entire adolescence? It was a dream come true!.
The day came, we were all in the upper tribune. We were very far away, but in River everything is far away due to the enormous size of the stadium. So with binoculars and big screens, we could see everything that was happening on stage. The show was about to start. People began to fill every corner of the place. When it was time for ACDC, River exploded!!! I have videos where my parents are filmed, waving their hands, jumping around, singing in a language I don't know what it was because neither of them knows a word in English, but they were happy!!!
I will never forget such a memory, I will never forget the smile on the face of each one of them. I will never forget the experience of being in the best music show of my life!
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En mi familia siempre hubo una cultura por la musica. Es muy variada. Gusta todo tipo de estilos, como la cumbia, los romanticos, el pop pero a todos nos mueve el ROCK. A los cinco miembros de mi familia nos encanta el rock, ya sea argentino o internacional. La primera persona que nos mostro bandas de rock internacionales fue mi padre, quien siempre ponia discos de vinilo de Creedence Clearwater Revival. Esas tardes eran unicas!. Papa se ponia en una silla y nos decia...veni, escucha ese solo de guitarra. La voz. Como suena el bajo. Era una experiencia unica para nosotros y de ahi fue que nos dio el gusto por la musica y terminamos dos de los tres hijos siendo musicos. En mi caso es un hobby pero en el caso de mi hermano, el se volvio profesional.
En mi niñez y adolescencia quien descubria bandas era mi padre. El venia con algun video VHS con una banda internacional y me decia...mira esto hijo, creo que son increibles, y tenia razon. Tenia muy buen oido para hacerme conocer grandes bandas de rock de la historia y del mundo. Y fue el quien me presento una banda que marco mi adolescencia y mi pasion por la guitarra electrica, me trajo un video de una banda australiana con un guitarrista al que llamaban el DIABLO del Rock por su caracteristico cuernito cuando tocaba la guitarra. Esta banda era nada mas y nada menos que AC-DC!
Yo y mi hermano pasabamos horas intentando descifrar como es que tocaba esa cancion. Como hacia esos solos de guitarra. Tratabamos de imitarlos con sus pasos sobre el escenario. Era la banda de rock mas increible en vivo!. Escuchar sus discos en vivo eran mejor que los grabados en estudio, lo que te decia la calidad de banda que era.
Un dia llego papa del trabajo y dijo, tengo una sorpresa para toda la familia. Porque si!. Toda la familia era fanatica de esta banda!. Incluso mi madre que no era fan del rock, se volvia loca con los ritmos y los riff de Angus Young, el guitarrista. Fue ahi que nos dijo en la cocina de mi vieja casa, familia....vamos todos al estadio River Plate a ver ACDC!!!. No lo podia creer!!!. Toda mi familia en el estadio?. Voy a ver en vivo la banda que me marco toda mi adolescencia?. Era un sueño hecho realidad!.
Llego el dia, estabamos todos en la tribuna superior. Estabamos muy lejos, pero en River todo es lejos debido al enorme tamaño del estadio. Asi que con unos binoculares y unas pantallas gigantes, podiamos ver todo lo que sucedia en el escenario. El show estaba por comenzar. La gente empezaba a llenar cada rincon del lugar. Cuando llego el momento de ACDC, exploto River!!!. Tengo videos en donde estan filmados mis padres, agitando sus manos, pegando saltitos, cantando en un idioma que no se cual era porque ninguno de los dos sabe una palabra en ingles, pero estaban felices!!!.
Jamas voy a olvidar semejante recuerdo, jamas olvidare la sonrisa en el rostro de cada uno de ellos. Nunca olvidare la experiencia de haber estado en el mejor show de musica de mi vida!