Born Aug 22, 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he began his professional musical career at the age of 17 playing keyboards in Raíces.
In 1981 he incorporated to one of the main bands of the Argentinean '80s rock scene: Los Abuelos de la Nada. Although the band was led by the brilliant Miguel Abuelo, Calamaro composed most of the band's hits, like "Mil Horas," "Así es el calor," "Sin gamulán" and "Costumbres Argentinas."
In 1984 he made his solo debut with Hotel Calamaro. The album was a bizarre mix of styles and musicians, and didn't gain public or press support.
In 1985 he left Los Abuelos de la Nada and registered his second album Vida Cruel. Inspite of the important musicians and guests, such as Luis Alberto Spinetta and Charly García, the album was a disappointment: both commercially and artistically. But if as a songwriter the luck was out of reach, he had an intense and successful work as a producer of bands like Los Enanitos Verdes, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Don Cornelio y la zona. He also worked and collaborated with many artists of different styles and genres, a constant attitude through his whole career. The third album Por Mirarte showed Calamaro in a better shape with an established band. Released in 1988 it contains some outstanding songs such as "Con los dientes apretados" and "Me olvidé de los demás," while others like "Cartas sin Marcar" and "Loco por tí" helped the album to get popular.
When Calamaro released in 1989 Nadie Sale Vivo de Aquí, Argentina was living it's worst economical crisis: few albums were released. The album title suggest it all: Nobody comes out alive from here. The LP production was paralyzed, and the few that could make it were almost ignored. That was Calamaro's case. This situation lead the singer to settle in Spain, following a road taken by many Argentinean rockers. Out there in Spain he met Ariel Rot y Javier Infante, former members of Tequila. They formed Los Rodríguez in 1991, a pop-rock band that was very popular in Spain and Latin America: Calamaro's songs began to be popular like in the early '80s: the hit maker was on the road again. Curiously, from Spain, he was conquering Argentina. While being part of the band he didn't release any new solo material, just Grabaciones Encontradas 1 y 2, a couple of CDs that contained unreleased and rare material from the '80s.
After the split of Los Rodríguez, Calamaro returned to his solo career recording Alta Suciedad in 1997, an album produced by Joe Blaney. This album brought him the commercial success that seemed to fail in his previous solo efforts, and sold 300.000 copies just in Argentina. That is certainly a huge amount for the country's small market. No doubts, that album helped him to be placed between the star legends of the national rock scene. Before that album Calamaro was considered an important character, appreciated by other musicians, but not a main one. After he broke up with his spanish girlfriend he released in 1999 the double CD Honestidad Brutal. Recorded when he was 37, it contained 37 songs of despair, love loss, drugs and regret. It was not as successful at the previous album, but showed a new Calamaro: desperate, decadent and often elegant at the same time, with a new and raw lyrical approach. El Salmon followed in spring 2001.
Calamaro's next proyect, El Cantante, was released in 2005. A delicious mixture of tango, rock n'roll and flamenco guitars (mostly played by spanish prodigy El Niño Josele).
After a break, he returned to the stages with a tour full of classics that gave birth to a live album called El Regreso on 2005, recorded with members of Bersuit Vergarabat as a backing band. This album was very well received for the charts as well as for the critics, wich lead him to different awards. One year later, on 2006, Andres published a new album from the roots of tango with the collaboration of guitarrists Niño Josele and Juanjo Dominguez. On 2007 El palacio de las flores was published, although it was recorded on 2006. The album had the collaboration and musical influence of argentine composer Lito Nebbia and was also recorded on his studio. This was the return to a classic Calamaro album with new songs and hits.
Algo Contigo
Andrés Calamaro Lyrics
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Que me muero por tener algo contigo?
¿Es que no te has dado cuenta
De lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo?
Ya no puedo acercarme a tu boca
Sin deseartela de una manera loca
Necesito controlar tu vida
Hacé falta que te diga
Que me muero por tener algo contigo
Es que no te has dado cuenta
De lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos
Aunque pueda parecerte un desatino
No quisiera yo morirme sin tener
Algo contigo
Ya no puedo continuar espiando
Día y noche tu llegar adivinando
Ya no se con que inocente excusa
Pasar por tu casa
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos
Aunque pueda parecerte un desatino
No quisiera yo morirme sin tener
Algo contigo
Sin tener, algo contigo
Andrés Calamaro's song Algo Contigo expresses the desire to move beyond friendship with the object of his affection. The song's lyrics are a plea to the person he loves, expressing the singer's longing for something more than friendship. He explains that he can no longer contain his desire for her, and he needs to know who kisses her and keeps her warm at night. The singer believes that the person he desires is not aware of his feelings or the challenges he faces trying to keep the relationship platonic.
As the song goes on, he confesses that he feels as though he's running out of time and paths to take. He doesn't want to die without having been with her. He speaks to the stress of waiting around and just being friends with the person he desires. He's tired of guessing when she'll arrive or creating excuses to visit her when she's at home.
Overall, the song is a confession of love, a cry for something more than friendship, and an expression of the regret one is left with if they don't act on their feelings before it's too late.
Line by Line Meaning
¿Hace falta que te diga
Do I need to tell you
Que me muero por tener algo contigo?
That I'm dying to have something with you?
¿Es que no te has dado cuenta
Don't you realize
De lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo?
How hard it is for me to be just your friend?
Ya no puedo acercarme a tu boca
I can't even come close to your mouth
Sin deseartela de una manera loca
Without wanting it in a crazy way
Necesito controlar tu vida
I need to control your life
Saber quien te besa y quien te abriga
To know who kisses you and who keeps you warm
Hacé falta que te diga
Do I need to tell you
Que me muero por tener algo contigo
That I'm dying to have something with you?
Es que no te has dado cuenta
Don't you realize
De lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo
How hard it is for me to be just your friend?
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos
There are very few paths left for me
Aunque pueda parecerte un desatino
Although it may seem foolish to you
No quisiera yo morirme sin tener
I wouldn't want to die without having
Algo contigo
Something with you
Ya no puedo continuar espiando
I can no longer continue spying
Día y noche tu llegar adivinando
Guessing your arrival day and night
Ya no se con que inocente excusa
I no longer have an innocent excuse
Pasar por tu casa
To go by your house
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos
There are very few paths left for me
Aunque pueda parecerte un desatino
Although it may seem foolish to you
No quisiera yo morirme sin tener
I wouldn't want to die without having
Algo contigo
Something with you
Sin tener, algo contigo
Without having anything with you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Bernardo Mitnik
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@wendypaolamonterrozaibanez736
¿Hace falta que te diga
Que me muero por tener algo contigo?
¿Es que no te has dado cuenta
De lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo?
Yo no puedo acercarme a tu boca
Sin deseártela de una manera loca
Necesito controlar tu vida
Saber quién te besa y quién te abriga
¿Hace falta que te diga
Que me muero por tener algo contigo?
¿Es que no te has dado cuenta
De lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo?
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos
Y aunque pueda parecerte un desatino
No quisiera yo morirme sin tener
Algo contigo
Ya no puedo, continuar espiando
Día y noche tu llegar adivinando
Ya ni sé, con que inocente excusa
Pasar por tu casa
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos
Y aunque pueda parecerte un desatino
No quisiera, yo morirme sin tener
Algo contigo
¿Hace falta que te diga
Que me muero por tener algo contigo?
¿Es que no te has dado cuenta
De lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo?
Ya no puedo acercarme a tu boca
Sin deseártela de una manera loca
Necesito, niña, controlar tu vida,
Saber quién te besa y quién te abriga
Niña no quisiera yo morirme sin tener
(Algo contigo, algo contigo)
Triste el destino que me espera sin poderte conocer
Ya no hay excusa, ya no hay nada que tenga que perder
(Algo contigo, algo contigo)
Esclavo para siempre no me importaría ser
Niña no quisiera yo morirme sin tener
(Algo contigo, algo contigo)
Triste el destino que me espera sin poderte conocer
@maryboh8395
¿Hace falta que te diga que me muero por
tener algo contigo?. ¿Es que no te has dado
cuenta de lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo?.
Ya no puedo acercarme a tu boca, sin deseartela
de una manera loca. Necesito controlar tu vida,
saber quién te besa y quién te
abriga.
¿Hace falta que te diga que me muero por
tener algo contigo?. ¿Es que no te has dado
cuenta de lo mucho que me cuesta ser tu amigo?
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos, aunque pueda
parecerte un desatino, no quisiera yo morirme sin
tener algo contigo.
Ya no puedo continuar espiando día y noche
tu llegar adivinando, ya no sé con
qué inocente excusa pasar por tu casa...
Ya me quedan muy pocos caminos, aunque pueda
parecerte un desatino, no quisiera yo morirme sin
tener algo contigo.
Sin tener algo contigo. Sin tener, algo...
contigo.
@delaplata9174
Escucharla a medianoche, cuando no existe más sonido que el de tus auriculares, es un placer inexplicable.
@erickgonzalezperez7403
real!
@cesarhidalgo8550
tal cual!!
@pachangamarrana1
en esa estoy ahora
@DiegoClaudioSergio
1:33 de la madrugada cuenta? mientras la veo en fotos
@bibyibarra7298
De La Plata justamente son las 11:33 P.M casi media noche y es lo que decidí hacer para dormir agusto :3
@mafwolff9643
Me la dedicó mi novio cuando aún eramos amigos... tuvo que partir a otro mundo. Te sigo amando en donde quiera que estés...
@sidersick
🥺
@j.fernandochicaiza1375
Triste.
@gustavoruben6282
se la dediqué a mi mejor amiga
... ahora en 3 meses me casaré con ella :)