Ignore the legends. Jota, or Juan Ramón Rodríguez Cervilla (Granada, 1969), leader of Los Planetas, attends the journalist very willingly from his home in Albaicín. He likes to look back and remember the afternoons when his father took him to the Los Cármenes field. There he discovered rough defenses. To artists like Johan Cruyff, whose picture he no longer forgot. But also that everything that happened there, one day, would be a source of inspiration for one of the most important groups in the history of Spanish pop.

A year ago The Planets composed Eternal Struggle, when Granada was still struggling to ascend to First. The next season will compete in Europe for the first time in its history.It is a hymn we made to support Granada in the last part of the previous season in Second. His intention was to test a theory. That music can work magically, as if it were a spell, as if it were witchcraft. I said to myself, 'I'll try to see if it works.' And so far it has worked very well. It is like a spell. Hopefully it won't break. Have you ever been put in Los Cármenes? I once heard it at celebrations, when the team went to the Town Hall to celebrate the promotion. In Los Cármenes I have never heard it. Seeing what happened with El Arrebato in Seville, couldn't Los Planetas take the same role with Granada? Yes, of course. It would be a pride. I would love it. As a kid, did he kick Mikasa? Yes, I played a lot of soccer. First in school, then federated a couple of years in youth. Until I quit. I played for my neighborhood team in Granada, El Fargue. Who did I watch soccer with as a child? With my father. He was the one who took me to Los Cármenes in the 70s. Many children sneaked in. Florent [guitarist of Los Planetas] would stand at the door and when he saw an adult pass by he would say: 'Hey, let me in.' And we saw that mythical team from Montero Castillo, Aguirre Suárez, Porta [Pichichi in season 71-72] ... It was very beautiful. I remember everything very idealized. By the players. For the environment that was created. The first models with the Sol y Nieve Group of Experts were precisely named after Aguirre Suárez and Montero Castillo, two of the toughest defenders in the history of the League, yes, it was signed by Manu Ferrón and myself. We wanted to make a strong defense of the Granada culture with the project. From our land. And we think those players exemplified that tough defense very well. Strong. I had them very mythologized, they did not seem at all earthly. They were really tough. Aguirre Suárez had just been sanctioned in the Intercontinental Cup [he was even jailed for a month as a Estudiantes de la Plata player after smashing the face of Milan player Combin]. They had that fame. But in reality they were also good footballers. Does soccer get closer to art? It is one of the sports with the most artistic components. More than the physical, it counts the intellectual capacity, the mental capacity. And creativity. Has football been a source of inspiration in your career? Many times. Soccer provides very strong emotions. I made a song called The European Cup that is influenced by Ronald Koeman's goal at Wembley in 1992. Barça came from a very dark time and suddenly it seems that everything changes. I am a huge fan of Johan Cruyff, one of the best soccer players in history. A huge change was noticed when it arrived. It was he who gave way to the most glorious time of Barça. From his arrival we began to enjoy a champion team. How strong was the emotional impact that goal produced on him to give the title to one of the top songs of his career? That European Cup coincided with the time in that we would set up the group and start doing things. The song comes to explain a bit a final illumination of the artist regarding his work, his work. It seemed to me a nice metaphor with that Barça. When you were a teenager, wasn't it easier to be from Madrid at the Quinta del Buitre than from a Barça that carried so much hardship? Surely it was easier to go with those who won, but I always have the tendency to go with the weakest. I do not know why. I have been with Barça since I saw Cruyff play in Los Cármenes. He was very young. I still remember people: "That Cruyff is coming!" That was an event. Another of the songs in which soccer has been very present is The Madrid artist . It includes phrases like "as soon as you get to the area you will leave falling "or" the referees almost always whistle for him; white hunters with black hearts, you should bet on the winning horse. "In addition to the criticism against the refereeing establishment, is there not an antimadridista ode? That song is about how the refereeing groups work in the Spanish League. We have seen it this year It is a song that uses those football similes to explain advantageous situations in society. They are things that people easily understand if they are football fans and see how the referees favor Real Madrid methodically ... I thought that way many people could understand it And I used that metaphor to explain it. Who did he mean by "the Madrid artist". I was thinking about Valdano. In the song, what he meant by "Argentine accent, gold on the clock" was how important money is in That world. Would this season be valid that letter? It was rare, right? It seems, right? Especially since there has been no public. Without people, there have been no qualms [the referees] to whistle all that. On a good dayHe talks about a goal by Mendieta. The song is made of memories. That year that I composed the song, Mendieta decided to score incredible goals. He remembered one that scored against Atlético [1999 Cup final] after a hat. And another in which he spliced ​​the ball from outside the area after a corner [against Barcelona in the quarterfinals of the same competition]. I was actually referring to those goals from Mendieta at Valencia that year. I already knew him. He was our friend, he came to concerts and we had mutual friends. In that same song he sings "El Niñato has been injured". Did he like Raúl so little? [Laughs]. He was a good player. It had a very special time then. And sometimes it was good for the other teams that Raúl didn't play. Why does football not lose its power of attraction? Football is so great because it is associated with many cultures and has managed to achieve a very powerful discourse. The tactical and psychological speculations are very important, which I find very interesting. Has music made you cry? And soccer? Music provides many emotions. It is clear. I have cried many times listening to music, and also playing. With soccer, it's another kind of emotion. But also very strong. I have often felt frustration, nerves, anxiety, and also uncontrollable joy. Do we have to hate modern soccer? What modern soccer has to improve is its dependence on economic power. It would help a lot to make the competitions cleaner, less managed, less adulterated. Is the competition not clean now? I think it could be much more. I would like all the teams to play on equal terms. I don't think there is that much difference between a team with a lot of money and another with less in an issue that is at least sporty. But there are other factors that influence the results more than they should. What did you think of soccer being one of the first industries not essential to return? Bread and Circus? I missed him. But perhaps there is a discrimination with respect to other cultural activities, such as music, cinema ... There is a lot of money generated by music and other activities. And it's a little unfair. So is the world. Soccer has that dominant position because it is an uncritical culture. It is easy for established powers to support it. Because there they will never be critical, as it happens with music. Do you have any opinion about the figure of Javier Tebas? Yes, I don't like it, really. Why? I think it is not favoring that the competition is clearer, cleaner and less ultra. In the song dedicated to Granada, it refers to the Republic. Is football political? Like any cultural activity it has a political part, of course it does. But the economic part of football is gaining more and more weight, and it is not good news. Do you have a reference soccer player of recent times? The reference soccer player is Lionel Messi. He is the one who has made a difference with the rest of the players. He's exceptional. Isn't he the antithesis of a rock star? Actually, the kind of rock star that I like is like Messi. And isn't he attracted to Maradona's tormented mystique? Maradona was also incredible, miraculous. It went on to become a cultural myth because of its critical attitude. Because of their way of facing the world from an uncomfortable position, of fighting. The footballers of today are uncritical. It has to do with how economic power is gaining ground in football. It is the influence of money. The more money you have, the greater the conservative position.

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