Andrew Loog Oldham tenía diecinueve años cuando descubrió y se convirtió en mánager y productor de una banda desconocida llamada...The Rolling Stones. Sus grandes ideas llevaron a un grupo de chicos sin un peso, que tocaban blues en el sur de Londres, hasta la mismísima cumbre del mundo del rock. Oldham llegó a Colombia para presentar su nuevo libro 'Rolling Stoned', un puñado de historias que relata la vida de Mick Jagger, Keith Richards y compañía durante sus años más productivos y salvajes en el marco de una década, la de los 60 que dejó rastros indelebles.
El productor, arreglista, compositor y mánager británico Andrew Oldham asistió al conversatorio con Hugo Chaparro en el marco de la edición 25 de la Feria Internacional del libro de Bogotá. Oldham relató cómo llegó la música a Londres, cómo crecieron los Rolling Stones; comentó experiencias de su vida y analizó la actual situación de la música en el mundo. A continuación las frases más memorables del exmánager de los Stones en su paso por la capital colombiana
"La música americana en lo años 60 era un escape para los ingleses. La música hecha en Estados Unidos tenía nuevos ritmos, nuevas palabras, era un escapismo. Estábamos impresionados con la poética americana, los ingleses éramos más discretos a la hora de componer mientras que los estadounidenses decían 'Te amo', 'Te quiero', 'Abrázame fuerte' en sus canciones. Estados Unidos era el sueño de cualquier banda".
"En los años 60 todo el mundo aprendía sobre la marcha, las bandas tenían el instinto pero no la experiencia, cuando empezamos con los Rolling Stones aprendíamos el uno del otro".
"Los Rolling Stones eran como los negros de Londres. Yo motivaba a los Stones a mantener la energía arriba y jamás mostrar la falla".
"Conocer a Frank Sinatra fue sensacional. Él, o era muy perezoso o trabajaba con personas de gran calidad, cantaba una canción y así quedaba grabada".
"Charly García trabaja de la misma manera que lo hacía Frank Sinatra, Charly graba una canción y así queda, trabaja 5 minutos. Para eso se necesita tener mucho talento y ser un animal".
"A mi me gustan más los discos cuando se hacen en diez días, no soporto estar cinco meses en un estudio, prefiero vivir; estoy acostumbrado a esa energía".
"The Rolling Stones ya no es una banda, es una marca, una empresa comercial. Han sido bendecidos, el público solo quiere verlos y recordarlos. Al comienzo nuestra música era una invención, ahora es un recuerdo".
"La razón para que los Rolling Stones lleven 50 años juntos es pasarla bien, hacer música es un hábito; a Mick Jagger y a Keith Richards les sirve el dinero, están por costumbre".
"No creo que el pop esté envejeciendo, pero nadie ha inventado nada más; por eso el pop continúa, no hay nadie que reinvente la rueda. Para que un artista sea exitoso solo tiene que repetir lo que ya está hecho, no hay innovación. La industria de los discos está casi muerta. Ser músico es una droga, incluso si usted no consume droga".
"Colombia no tiene una conexión total con el rock por eso no hay grandes referentes en este país, de hecho, ya no se sabe si Shakira es colombiana, es muy disciplinada con su twitter y tiene grandes hits musicales.
"Para manejar a un artista tiene que ser como un matrimonio, cuando funciona es una relación increíble, hay que adaptarse".
"Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Brian Jones se veían agotados, ya no les quedaba cuerpo, ya no tenían energía, se cansaron de batallar con la música".
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Andrew Loog Oldham, images and their most memorable phrases from his speech in Bogota
The producer, arranger, composer and manager Andrew Oldham British attended the discussion with Hugo Chaparro as part of the 25th edition of the International Book Fair of Bogota. Oldham told how music came to London, how they grew the Rolling Stones, said his life experiences and analyzed the current state of music in the world. Then the most memorable phrases exmánager the Stones on their way through the Colombian capital.
Andrew Loog Oldham was nineteen when he discovered and became manager and producer of an unknown band called ... The Rolling Stones. His ideas led to a great group of guys without a weight, which played blues in south London, to the very summit of the rock world. Oldham came to Colombia to present his new book 'Rolling Stoned', a handful of stories that chronicles the life of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and company during their most productive years and wild within a decade, the 60 who left indelible traces.
"American music in the 60's was an escape for the English. Music made in America was new rhythms, new words, it was escapism. We were impressed with the American poetry, the English were more discrete when composing while that Americans say 'I love you', 'I love you', 'Hold me tight' in their songs. America was the dream of every band. "
"In the 60's everybody was learning on the fly, the bands had the instinct but not the experience, when we started with the Rolling Stones learned from each other."
"The Rolling Stones are like the blacks in London. I motivated the Stones to keep the energy up and never show the failure."
"Meet Frank Sinatra was sensational. Him, or was too lazy or worked with people of great quality, and sang a song was recorded."
"Charly Garcia works the same way he did Frank Sinatra, Charlie writes a song and it is so, work 5 minutes. For that you need to have much talent and be an animal."
"I like when more disks are made in ten days, can not stand being five months in a studio, I prefer to live, I'm used to that energy."
"The Rolling Stones is no longer a band, is a brand, a commercial enterprise. Have been blessed, people just want to see them and remember them. At the beginning our music was an invention, it is now a memory."
"The reason for the Rolling Stones take 50 years together is a good time, making music is a habit, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards is the money they are in the habit".
"I do not think pop is aging, but no one has invented nothing, hence the pop continues, no one to reinvent the wheel. To be successful an artist only has to repeat what has been done, no innovation. The drive industry is almost dead. Being a musician is a drug, even if you do not consume drugs. "
"Colombia does not have a total connection with the rock so there are no major figures in this country, in fact, we no longer know if Shakira is Colombian, is very disciplined with your twitter and has great musical hits.
"To manage an artist has to be like a marriage, when it works is an incredible relationship, we must adapt."
"Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Brian Jones were exhausted because they had no body, had no energy, tired of battling the music."
The producer, arranger, composer and manager Andrew Oldham British attended the discussion with Hugo Chaparro as part of the 25th edition of the International Book Fair of Bogota. Oldham told how music came to London, how they grew the Rolling Stones, said his life experiences and analyzed the current state of music in the world. Then the most memorable phrases exmánager the Stones on their way through the Colombian capital.
Andrew Loog Oldham was nineteen when he discovered and became manager and producer of an unknown band called ... The Rolling Stones. His ideas led to a great group of guys without a weight, which played blues in south London, to the very summit of the rock world. Oldham came to Colombia to present his new book 'Rolling Stoned', a handful of stories that chronicles the life of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and company during their most productive years and wild within a decade, the 60 who left indelible traces.
"American music in the 60's was an escape for the English. Music made in America was new rhythms, new words, it was escapism. We were impressed with the American poetry, the English were more discrete when composing while that Americans say 'I love you', 'I love you', 'Hold me tight' in their songs. America was the dream of every band. "
"In the 60's everybody was learning on the fly, the bands had the instinct but not the experience, when we started with the Rolling Stones learned from each other."
"The Rolling Stones are like the blacks in London. I motivated the Stones to keep the energy up and never show the failure."
"Meet Frank Sinatra was sensational. Him, or was too lazy or worked with people of great quality, and sang a song was recorded."
"Charly Garcia works the same way he did Frank Sinatra, Charlie writes a song and it is so, work 5 minutes. For that you need to have much talent and be an animal."
"I like when more disks are made in ten days, can not stand being five months in a studio, I prefer to live, I'm used to that energy."
"The Rolling Stones is no longer a band, is a brand, a commercial enterprise. Have been blessed, people just want to see them and remember them. At the beginning our music was an invention, it is now a memory."
"The reason for the Rolling Stones take 50 years together is a good time, making music is a habit, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards is the money they are in the habit".
"I do not think pop is aging, but no one has invented nothing, hence the pop continues, no one to reinvent the wheel. To be successful an artist only has to repeat what has been done, no innovation. The drive industry is almost dead. Being a musician is a drug, even if you do not consume drugs. "
"Colombia does not have a total connection with the rock so there are no major figures in this country, in fact, we no longer know if Shakira is Colombian, is very disciplined with your twitter and has great musical hits.
"To manage an artist has to be like a marriage, when it works is an incredible relationship, we must adapt."
"Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Brian Jones were exhausted because they had no body, had no energy, tired of battling the music."
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