David Summers: "Sex saved me from death, having so much kept me away from hard drugs"

David Summers (Madrid, 1964) was contacted before the pandemic by a platform where you can order personalized videos of celebrities: birthday greetings, messages for bachelor parties or motivational phrases for company meetings.

Each one with his rate.

The leader of

, who in 2023 will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a world tour, thought it was a good idea to give the money to various NGOs: he said which ones and he ignored it.

Since then, rare is the day that he does not record 10 or 12 videos.

A few months ago, the head of the

called him worried to confirm if he was sure that he wanted to donate everything.

"Why not?" The musician wondered.

The answer was that his annual share was well over six figures.

There are famous and Famous.

I don't even think about it anymore.

The truth is that I managed it very well from the beginning because I always took it with a sense of humor.

When everything exploded, we were upset about what was happening to us, everything was very funny to us.

Suddenly they gave us a gold record and we said: "Damn, this is what they give to Camilo Sesto."

And the whole fan phenomenon was completely surreal for us.

We went from being normal kids to being inflated.

What I say in my song

was the fucking truth and, suddenly, we became a fan phenomenon and we discovered that we were gorgeous.

It was a major

.

I'm telling you, that was awesome.

Keep in mind that the first and only goal of all artists when they start out is to flirt.

Meet girls and flirt.

That's why we set up the group and it worked wonderfully: it made things much easier for us.

Much, much easier.

From the saying of "sex, drugs and rock and roll", Hombres G removed the drugs and put more sex: it was sex, sex and rock and roll.

And rock and roll at the end, only if we had time to spare [laughs].

Actually, sex saved me from death.

But it's true.

We were so caught up in so much sex that we stayed away from hard drugs.

There were doors that we never wanted to open, because we knew what was behind it, and that has helped us to be here today, in perfect health and so happy.

It was an inexplicable sanity in 20-year-olds in the 80s

Damn, you see.

We've had a blast, man.

It has been a privileged life, 40 hilarious, wonderful years.

Many times I think that the day I die I will be able to say: "Damn, what a good time I had."

Well, a moment has already arrived in which reality cannot be hidden.

For much of my life I saw myself more or less the same, but from the age of 50 I already noticed a change.

You are entering a phase where you are not even a mature person anymore, you are a little bit old, you are entering a dangerous phase.

But, well, I take care of myself, I try to always be in shape, when I have an important tour I prepare in the gym for a few months to feel light, I stopped smoking, I stopped drinking, I stopped doing everything that was toxic in my life .

My goal is that if something happens to me and I die, it's not my fault.

I can have a heart attack or a car can hit me, but I'm not going to buy tickets to be sick.

I am not afraid of death, what I am afraid of is disease.

Suffer something that does not allow me to take care of my people or do what I like.

That would piss me off a lot.

Of course, it's that you're all your life saying: "Bah, nothing is going to happen to me. I'm fucking good, I'm perfect."

But there comes a time when, around you, you see the people of your generation who are falling, so lately I do ask myself why it is not going to happen to me too.

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We fell for posh because they always label you with some bullshit.

We weren't, certainly much less than many other Movida musicians, but since we didn't wear crucifixes in our ears or our hair stood on end, they didn't know how to classify us.

Since we were dressed normally and went out on stage exactly the same as on the street, they unfairly labeled us posh because we never went to the regattas or played polo or wore designer clothes.

I have worn a 10-euro shirt and jeans all my life.

Until now, huh.

In my life I have never frequented posh places or mixed with them, but nothing...

More than anything, it seems absurd to me.

Also, I'm going to tell you one thing.

Indeed, the posh girls of the moment liked us, we played in Pachá and we filled it to the brim.

That was full of beautiful girls, all posh, it was a beautiful audience.

But where we really blew it up was when we played in Fuenlabrada or Leganés, posh zero zones.

That was where we put 20,000 people and our great audience was.

We have always felt it is a group of the people, of the people, popular.

We are not elite or one of those groups that posh children play at birthday parties.

We have always played for the people although no one wanted to appreciate it.

It vindicates you because we have never been given the importance that we really had and that we still have.

What has happened with Hombres G has not happened with another artist in life.

That we are here after 40 years is already a miracle, but that we are here at this level, with an international tour, playing at WiZink and selling out tickets in two weeks, at the Arena México with 30,000 people two days in a row, at the Madison Square Garden, at the FTX Arena in Miami with 16,000 people... After 40 years!

That is unthinkable.

There are artists of our generation who continue, but not like this, but in revivals of the 80s or giving the last blows.

We are at the level where today's successful young people are.

In the '80s, there were the G Men and Alaska, Duncan Dhu and I don't know how many.

In the 90s, there were Hombres G and Alejandro Sanz.

I say, "Thank you, thank you, really, thank you."

It makes me very excited.

What happens is that before it was more beautiful, because you saw the aunt how she took it off there and she threw it at you.

Now they bring it from home in a bag and leave theirs on.

Is not the same.

I sweat what they say, I'm not going to change anything, not even a comma.

But I'll tell you why: because they were never written with the intention of offending anyone.

My songs have never intended to harm, quite the opposite.

I always wanted to convey good vibes, fun, for people to be happy.

If I had a letter that I now see as offensive, I would admit it and apologize without any problem, but it is not like that.

You have to understand what a sense of humor is.

Besides, it also seems absurd to me to say: "Well, you have to understand that this song is written 40 years ago."

What does that mean?

What 40 years ago you could say what you wanted and not now?

Are we dumb?

It would have to be the other way around.

We would have to say: "40 years ago this could not be done and now it can be done because we enjoy freedom."

And it is quite the opposite

Man, of course.

You do not?

Don't you realize that we already have to censor ourselves in many things, that you can no longer tell jokes on certain topics, that you have to think twice before giving your opinion?

What is that called?

That's called censorship, lack of freedom of expression, and it's bullshit.

You can choose to hear this or see this or not see it or not hear it.

That is freedom, at least for me, although everything is honestly the same to me.

Because I don't even fucking listen.

I don't fucking pay attention to what they say or to the new political correctness or to the networks, I follow my own.

Although I admit that if now, for example, I write a line for a new song and I think it could hurt someone, I change it.

It's not that I self-censor, but I do avoid getting into trouble because, as I just told you a moment ago, what I want is to convey good vibes to people, not shock anyone.

But it is true that now you have to take it with tweezers.

Ana Morgade's comment did not bother me at all because I have nothing against her and, furthermore, I do believe in freedom of expression.

She can think and say what she wants.

What did bother me was the hypocrisy of the show.

Two days later they posted a tweet saying: "We confirm Ana Morgade's analysis of the song."

Well, if you ratify so much, why do you play the song and why do you all sing it?

That's what shocked me.

There is a great hypocrisy in everything lately.

For example, look at the World Cup...

The witch hunt that is being carried out with artists seems ridiculous and very hypocritical to me.

Let's see, are we artists the ones who have to have impeccable morals and refuse to play in Qatar because they treat women and homosexuals very badly and because of the surreal customs that these guys have?

But the footballers are going to play, the pilots are doing the motorcycle Grand Prix, the people are still flying with Qatar Airways and, most importantly, the televisions are broadcasting the World Cup and the big brands are promoting it.

What's happening?

That all these do not have double standards?

If it is so bad that the artists are going to play a World Cup in Qatar, not having organized it.

It is that they have paralyzed the European leagues!

Damn, if Qatar is so horrible why are you doing this?

For money,

because the problems that are not solved with money are solved with a lot of money.

When there's a lot of money ahead, fuck morality and their dead, but we're going to give birth to artists because they go there to play.

You have to have them square.

Of course I would go, for the same reason that they go to play football and all the others: for money, for pasta, damn it.

But, nothing, everyone to give lessons.

No, it is the best country in the world to live in, because when I think of Spain I don't think of politicians or those who do all this nonsense.

I think of the Spanish, who are the best people in the world, I think of the food, I think of the streets, I think of the bars, I think of Madrid and Cádiz.

I think about what is the essence of my country: my language and our customs.

Another huge bullshit.

If you like being Spanish is to be a looker, well, a lot of us will be, but then, if you're French and you like your country, are you a looker too?

You have to fuck yourself, what a ridiculous thing.

We are surrounded.

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