There is no visible evidence to deny this Cesare Mascetti it has also been the first Argentine journalist to interview a Beatle. The name in question, none other than George Harrison.

The memory comes of Mascetti’s death, this Tuesday, at the age of 80.

Of course, let’s stick to the fact that the book The day John Lennon arrived in Argentina is a careful narrative by the good and beloved Juan Alberto Badía. And that the famous fake Beatles (American beetles) who raided Buenos Aires in 1964 It was a bizarre invention invented by local producers and some lazy upstart.

This report, issued by Telenoche, was forged between informality and noise. The Gaucho Mascetti was passing through Guarujá (Brazil) and on one of its beaches. “This place is a place where many notables flee from popularity in search of one thing: peace,” said the reporter.

He pointed to the palaces where the international celebrity resided. “On that one, a few months ago, he took refuge Sophia Loren“he explained in the faded black and white of that time.” In this, the Emerson FittipaldI too, a famous guest, is taking refuge in whose footsteps we walk “, he advanced.” Now yes, they are at the tip of the car, enclosed in the circle of the lens “.

With a little help from Emerson

A small sea boat reaches the foot of the beach, and César tells how the famous Formula 1 driver lowers one of his sons and George picks him up to the other daughter of the Brazilian. Curious twist of fate, Fittipaldi is now a candidate for the Italian Senate, for the Brothers of Italy party.

“We agree with Emerson, our ally, a sign, in case Harrison changes his attitude this time,” he said later. explain Harrison’s reluctance to give interviews. Within seconds, after some audio from the sea, the intrigue is defined. And the Brazilian, a divine, will act as a translator.

-What does George think of this visit to Brazil, how is the experience going?

-It’s very nice, I really like Brazil.

-Do the sounds of Formula 1 cars serve as inspiration for your musical themes?

-Yes, of course, in fact my new album, which will soon be released in Argentina, includes a song called Faster which I inspired by Formula 1. (Editor’s note: It ended up being included on the album George Harrisonpublished in 1979)

-What are the musical tips that you can offer to young people, from your 35 years old, with the enormous experience you have?

– Let them practice, let them practice a lot. Something that by the way I have never done!

-In the light of all this time, how do you analyze the phenomenon that the Beatles have unleashed in the world?

-And how something magical happened, and I just don’t know how to explain it. It was the fusion of four different personalities that made it possible.

In the short five minutes of the interview, perhaps Mascetti ended up collecting one of the best definitions ever given, by one of its protagonists, on the separation of the Beatles. More precisely, on their non-reunification, therefore only seven years from the end.

Undaunted, in a tone of Eastern philosophy, Harrison replied, “When you are a child, you live with your mother and father, and then you go to live with your wife. But you never go back to your parents“.