Leader of Camisa de Vênus denied copying other people’s compositions and compared former singer of Engenheiros do Hawaii to a “chilique old woman”
Marcelo Nova, vocalist of Condomreleased a press release refuting an old declaration of Humberto Gessinger to the biography Infinita Highway: A Ride with the Engineers of Hawaii (2016) and not published in the final edition. In the speech released just recently, the former leader of the engineers from hawaii he said that, in the 1980s, there was a perception that his professional colleague was an “old man” who “was catching the wave” of the heyday of national rock and “sucked up songs from everyone”.
In your answer, New pointed out that the description of “old” attributed to him in the 1980s does not make sense, given that he was around 30 years old at the time. The musician also denied having copied songs from other artists and recalled that The Jam was credited with inspiring the song. “Hobby”featured on the eponymous debut album by Condomreleased in 1983.
The statement, released by theWhiplash, can be read below:
“Let’s get to the facts. First, the gratuitousness of Humberto Gessinger’s statements caught my attention. Then I remembered what my father always said:
– Don’t mess with those who are quiet!
Soon I also remembered my aunt Nair, who during her pre-menstrual period used to go crazy at the window of her house, screaming and insulting anyone who passed by. It is also interesting that I never thought that one day I would make an analogy between my tantrum aunt and a pop rock singer.
Another curious thing about Humberto’s statements was that he called me old, when at the time he was referring to (the 1980s) I was in my thirties, and the fact that he was younger than me did not establish a parameter between who is, and who is not, young.
Today, at the age of 71, I imagine that he, now in his sixties, has difficulties accepting his own old age, a fact that probably contributes to the intensity of the tantrums that affect him and that put him in the position of just one ‘ chilique bitch’…
As for the ‘plagiarism’ mentioned by him, of the song ‘That’s Entertainment’anyone who looks at the back cover of the vinyl of the first album of Condom you will see that the song by the English group The Jam has been duly credited.
And then, someone who composes ‘O Papa É Pop’ should be ashamed of criticizing any song recorded in music made in Brazil.”
What Humberto Gessinger had said
the declaration of Humberto Gessinger about marcelo nova was released by journalist Júlio Ettore, who gained access to previously unpublished material recorded by Alexandre Lucchese, author of the biography Infinita Highway: A Ride with the Engineers of Hawaii(via Whiplash).
Asked about a possible fight between Nova and the first bassist of Engenheiros, Marcelo Pitz, Gessinger said he didn’t remember anything specifically. However, she took the opportunity to share her opinion about Camisa de Vênus’ lead singer.
What happened to Marcelo Nova: everyone knew he was an old man who was catching that wave there and he sucked everyone’s songs. He had that song by The Jam, ‘That’s Entertainment’, then he made ‘Só Pra Passatempo’, hey, he sucked the lyrics and the music. But, at the same time, he would go to the press and ‘shit the gum’, you’re in the middle, you know: ‘okay, leave the guy’.”
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Source: Rollingstone
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