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 Moertos Pobres
Bersuit Vergarabat Lyrics
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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 bueno el que obedece
Obedecí y me fuí a la cama
Y soñé que a un cementerio yo fui a bailar
Y cabeceé una mina del nicho cuatro
Ella bailaba en Ferrasco Velero
Y me llevó al programa "Venga a bailar patrona"
Y una danza, venganza de los pobres
Hechizó a los fiambres que murieron sin pan,
Movia 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 falsa
El alma se muere en el sarcófago
De la elegancia.
Y 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 sancionar
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 paya paca paya pca
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
Balanceando,
La cola pa' aya,que se mueve.
La cola pa' aca balanceando,
La cola pa'ya, pa'ya, pa'ca, pa'ya, pa'ca.
Balanceando,
La cola pa'ya,que se mueve.
La cola pa'ca balanceando,
La cola pa'ya, pa'ya, pa'ca, pa'ya, pa'ca.
La cola pa'ca balanceando
La cola pa'ya que se mueve
La cola pa'ca balanceando
La cola pa'ya que se mueve
La cola pa'ya paya paca paya pca.
The lyrics of Bersuit Vergarabat's song "Danza de los Muertos Pobres" explore societal norms and expectations, particularly those related to gender roles and behavior. The song criticizes the idea that a hero is someone who kills, a saint is someone who refrains from pleasure, a man is someone who suppresses emotions, and a "sissy" is someone who cries. It challenges the notion that being discreet means not laughing and being decent means not dancing. The lyrics also suggest that obedience is seen as a virtue.
The singer of the song shares a dream where they go to a cemetery to dance. They dance with a woman from niche four, and she takes them to a dance show called "Venga a bailar patrona." The lyrics describe a dance that seeks vengeance for the poor, bewitching those who died without having enough to eat. The singer is instructed to cut off the dance, as it is seen as indecent.
The lyrics then go on to express a desire to break free from societal expectations and norms. The singer wants to leave behind their dead body, which carries a false nationality, and find a way to revive their soul that is dying in the sarcophagus of elegance.
Despite not wanting to be seen as obscene, the singer acknowledges that their pelvis moves indecently during the dance. The lyrics mention authorities modified moral laws and searched their vaults to punish them, but their punishment couldn't happen because the dance moves too much.
Overall, the song criticizes societal expectations, particularly those related to gender and behavior, and seeks liberation from imposed norms.
Line by Line Meaning
Es prócer el que mata
A person is considered a hero if they kill.
Santo el que no goza
A person is seen as holy if they do not enjoy themselves.
Macho el que no siente
A person is considered masculine if they do not feel emotions.
Marica el que llora
A person is deemed weak or effeminate if they cry.
Discreto el que no se ríe
A person is seen as discreet if they do not laugh.
Decente el que no baila
A person is considered decent if they do not dance.
Y bueno el que obedece
A person is deemed good if they obey.
Obedecí y me fuí a la cama
I obeyed and went to bed.
Y soñé que a un cementerio yo fui a bailar
And I dreamt that I went to dance at a cemetery.
Y cabeceé una mina del nicho cuatro
And I made out with a girl from grave number four.
Ella bailaba en Ferrasco Velero
She was dancing in Ferrasco Velero.
Y me llevó al programa 'Venga a bailar patrona'
And she took me to the show 'Come and dance, patroness.'
Y una danza, venganza de los pobres
And a dance, revenge from the poor.
Hechizó a los fiambres que murieron sin pan
Enchanted the corpses that died without bread.
Movia locamente sus caderas
She moved her hips crazily.
¡corten! ¡corten!
Cut! Cut!
No los dejen mover...
Don't let them move...
La cola pa'ca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya,que se mueve.
The behind over there, moving.
Así es más fácil
That way it's easier.
Me vienen ganas de empezar
I feel like starting.
A amarme
To love myself.
Quiero dejar este cuerpo que está muerto
I want to leave this dead body.
De nacionalidad falsa
With a false nationality.
El alma se muere en el sarcófago
The soul dies in the sarcophagus.
De la elegancia.
Of elegance.
Y no queremos ser muertos, obscenos, no
And we don't want to be dead, obscene.
Las autoridades no nos vayan a sancionar
The authorities might punish 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 sancionar
With this dance, they are going to punish us.
Las ligas de moral modificadas
The modified moral leagues.
Comenzaron nuevamente a sugerir morales
They began to suggest morals once again.
Allanaron bóvedas para picanearnos
They raided vaults to blackmail us.
Y la picana no podía picar, por que mueve...
But the electric prod couldn't shock, because it moves...
La cola pa'ca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya, que se mueve
The behind over there, moving.
La cola pa'ya
The behind over there.
paya paca paya pca
over there here over there
Balanceando
Swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya, que se mueve
The behind over there, moving.
La cola pa'a
The behind over here.
Balanceando
Swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya
The behind over there.
La cola pa'ca
The behind over here.
Balanceando
Swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya
The behind over there.
La cola pa'ca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya que se mueve
The behind over there, moving.
La cola pa' aya, que se mueve.
The behind over there, moving.
La cola pa' aca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth over here.
La cola pa'ya, pa'ya, pa'ca, pa'ya, pa'ca.
The behind over there, over there, over here, over there, over here.
La cola pa'ca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya que se mueve
The behind over there, moving.
La cola pa'ca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya
The behind over there.
La cola pa'ca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth over here.
La cola pa'ya, pa'ya, pa'ca, pa'ya, pa'ca.
The behind over there, over there, over here, over there, over here.
La cola pa'ca balanceando
The behind swinging back and forth.
La cola pa'ya
The behind over there.
La cola pa'ya que se mueve
The behind over there, moving.
La cola pa'ya paya paca paya pca
The behind over there here over there.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Carlos Alberto Bianco, Carlos Enrique Martin, Gustavo Edgardo Cordera, Rene Ysel Cespedes Duarte
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