After 2 albums of underground transgressive rock, the band started mixing it with Latin American rhythms such a cumbia, chacarera, candombe and cuartetazo. The lyrics, though, remained acid and critical of political and social problems.
The current line-up is: Gustavo Cordera (voice), Juan Subirá (keyboards and voice), Carlos Martín (drums), Oscar Righi (guitar), "Pepe" Céspedes (bass guitar and voice), Daniel Suárez (voice), Alberto Verenzuela (guitar), and "Cóndor" Sbarbatti (voice and charango); previous members include Charly Bianco (guitar and voice) and Rubén Sadrinas (voice).
Honoring the psychiatric hospital José Tiburcio Borda in Buenos Aires, La Bersuit performs dressed in characteristic pajamas; even though the story of Cordera spending some time in that institution is a mere urban legend, the band has an affinity with everything related to madness and marginalization.
Besides the big success, first in the Buenos Aires' underground movement and then in all the country, Bersuit Vergarabat harvested fans from many countries in South America as well as in Spain.
Discography
* 1992 - Y Punto
* 1993 - Asquerosa Alegría
* 1996 - Don Leopardo
* 1998 - Libertinaje
* 2000 - Hijos del Culo
* 2002 - De la Cabeza (live)
* 2004 - La Argentinidad al Palo: Se Es, Lo Que Se Es (double)
* 2005 - Testosterona
* 2007 - Enano Ningueto
Danza De Los Muertos Pobres
Bersuit Vergarabat Lyrics
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Macho el que no siente, marica el que llora
Discreto el que no se ríe, decente el que no baila
Y es bueno el que obedece
Obedecí y me fuí a la cama
Y soñé que a un cementerio yo fui a bailar
Y cabecié una mina del nicho cuatro
Ella bailaba en Ferrasco Velero
Y una danza, venganza de los pobres
Que hechizó a los fiambres que murieron sin pan
Movían locamente sus caderas, ¡corten! ¡corten!
No los dejen mover...
La cola pa'ca balanceando
La cola pa'ya, que se mueve
La cola pa'ca balanceando
La cola pa'ya
Así es más fácil, me vienen ganas de empezar a amarme
Quiero dejar este cuerpo que está muerto de nacionalidad
El alma se muere en el sarcófago de la elegancia
No queremos ser muertos, obscenos, no
Las autoridades no nos vayan a sancionar
Pero la pelvis se mueve, se mueve
Se mueve, se mueve en forma indecente
Con esta danza nos van a torturar
Las ligas de moral modificadas
Comenzaron nuevamente a sugerir morales
Allanaron bóvedas para picanearnos
Y la picana no podía picar, por que mueve...
La cola pa'ca balanceando
La cola pa'ya, que se mueve
La cola pa'ca balanceando
La cola pa'ya
Prócer el que mata, santo el que no goza
Macho el que no siente, marica el que llora
Discreto el que no se rie, decente el que no baila
Y es bueno el que obedece, y subversivo el que no se la banca
The lyrics of the Bersuit Vergarabat's song Danza De Los Muertos Pobres speak on the oppressive attitudes and restrictive societal expectations that have been placed on individuals. The lines "Prócer el que mata, santo el que no goza / Macho el que no siente, marica el que llora / Discreto el que no se ríe, decente el que no baila / Y es bueno el que obedece" convey the idea that society has imposed limitations on people, where those who kill are revered, those who do not enjoy are pious, and those who do not feel are masculine. Society has also dictated that individuals who cry are weak, and those who refuse to dance or show emotions are respectable. Individuals who obediently follow these narrow societal expectations are deemed "good," and those who do not conform are viewed as "subversive."
Line by Line Meaning
Prócer el que mata, santo el que no goza
A person who kills is deemed honorable, and someone who doesn't indulge in pleasures is seen as saintly.
Macho el que no siente, marica el que llora
A man who lacks emotions is believed to be tough, and someone who cries is called derogatory names.
Discreto el que no se ríe, decente el que no baila
One who doesn't laugh is viewed as being modest, and someone who doesn't dance is seen as being respectable.
Y es bueno el que obedece
It is considered good to be obedient.
Obedecí y me fuí a la cama
I followed orders and went to bed.
Y soñé que a un cementerio yo fui a bailar
I dreamt that I went to dance in a cemetery.
Y cabecié una mina del nicho cuatro
And I made out with a girl from grave number four.
Ella bailaba en Ferrasco Velero
She was dancing at Ferrasco Velero.
Y me llevó al programa 'Venga a bailar patrona'
And she took me to the show 'Come dance, Patrona.'
Y una danza, venganza de los pobres
And a dance, a revenge of the poor.
Que hechizó a los fiambres que murieron sin pan
That enchanted the corpses of those who died without bread.
Movían locamente sus caderas, ¡corten! ¡corten!
They moved their hips wildly, cut it off! Cut it off!
No los dejen mover...
Don't let them move...
La cola pa'ca balanceando
Balancing the butt back here.
La cola pa'ya, que se mueve
The butt over there, that moves.
Así es más fácil, me vienen ganas de empezar a amarme
This is easier, I feel like starting to love myself.
Quiero dejar este cuerpo que está muerto de nacionalidad
I want to leave this body that is dead in nationality.
El alma se muere en el sarcófago de la elegancia
The soul dies in the sarcophagus of elegance.
No queremos ser muertos, obscenos, no
We don't want to be dead, obscene, no.
Las autoridades no nos vayan a sancionar
The authorities shouldn't sanction us.
Pero la pelvis se mueve, se mueve
But the pelvis moves, it moves.
Se mueve, se mueve en forma indecente
It moves, it moves indecently.
Con esta danza nos van a torturar
With this dance, they will torture us.
Las ligas de moral modificadas
The modified moral standards.
Comenzaron nuevamente a sugerir morales
They started to suggest morals again.
Allanaron bóvedas para picanearnos
They raided the vaults to torture us with the picana.
Y la picana no podía picar, por que mueve...
And the picana wouldn't work because it moves...
Y es bueno el que obedece, y subversivo el que no se la banca
It's good to obey, but it's subversive to not tolerate it.
Contributed by Madison F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.