His first steps as a musician were at the age of 15, in the local punk band Don Nadie. He also developed some of his musical skills in Argentina, where he travelled in 2 ocassions and played as second guitarist in the punk-metal band Diadema. and invited by the argentinian band Loquero, whose members got impressed by his skills as a performer, went to La Plata where he stayed there for some time doing live concerts at cafes and bars.
In 2007 he moves to Valparaíso to study Arts, but but drops out a little after, to focus exclusively to write and perform his songs at bars and other public locations. He started to get attention thanks to his way of playing the guitar, his androgynous voice and his ability to express. When Manuel García got to know Chinoy, he invited him to perform as the opening act at an event in the Council of Culture in Valparaíso, and in the Spain Cultural Centre, where he was being part. Soon he was traveling to various Chilean southern cities, and his song "Carne de gallina" got included in the 2007 compilation album Escuelas de Rock 1er Disco Bicentenario.
At the time he still hadn't release any record, several songs of him and illegal bootlegs were available in internet, and his MySpace reached the 130 thousand visits. His breakthrough came after filmmaker Andrés Wood asked him to create the theme song for his 2008 movie, La Buena Vida. Then he finally became a known musician in the whole the Chilean music scene. In late 2009 his long-awaited first original album Que salgan los dragones was released through the Quemasucabeza record label.
De barro
Chinoy Lyrics
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Pongo a tus pies mi farol de ermitaño
Y yo, de barro, de barro, de barro
Veo tu rostro a mi rostro calcado
Dejo brotar las manos de mi mano
Y yo, de barro, de barro, de barro
Al rumbo y al polvo que pasa a mi lado
Y cuando te miro a tu beso alocado
Dejo pasar todo lo respirado
Y yo, de barro, de barro, de barro
Te toco la curva del tiempo esperado
Dejo caer las ropas del pasado
Y yo, de barro, de barro, de barro
De barro este terrón enamorado
Míralo al medio del suelo sembrado
Y mientras pasa todo
Y todo se hace nada
Se asoma por los poros
El barro como lava
Y mientras pasa todo
Y todo se hace nada
Se asoma por los poros
El barro como lava...
The lyrics to Chinoy's song De barro talk about the vulnerability and fragility of love. The singer, in the presence of his lover, feels as if he is made of clay or mud or "barro". The use of this metaphor for his emotional state represents his feeling of being soft and malleable, open to the influence of the world around him. He sees his lover reflected in him, in a way that suggests they are intertwined, and that what affects one affects the other. He even suggests that he takes on the aspects of his lover, stating "Veo tu rostro a mi rostro calcado" (I see your face printed on mine).
Throughout the song, the singer seems to lose himself in his lover's embrace, becoming more and more absorbed into their connection. He reflects on how time seems to stop when they are together, and how he is able to let go of his past when he is with them. The final lines of the song suggest that as life passes us by and everything turns to nothing, the only constant is the love we feel for each other, and how it binds us and transforms us.
Overall, the song De barro is a poetic and evocative meditation on the beauty and transformative power of love, as well as its fragility and its ability to make us feel vulnerable.
Line by Line Meaning
Cuando te miro a tus ojos mojados
When I look into your tear-filled eyes
Pongo a tus pies mi farol de ermitaño
I lay down my hermit's lantern at your feet
Y yo, de barro, de barro, de barro
And I, made of clay, of clay, of clay
Veo tu rostro a mi rostro calcado
I see your face mirrored in mine
Dejo brotar las manos de mi mano
I let my hands spring forth from my hand
De barro, este corazón continuado
This continuous heart, made of clay
Al rumbo y al polvo que pasa a mi lado
To the direction and dust passing by my side
Y cuando te miro a tu beso alocado
And when I look at your wild kiss
Dejo pasar todo lo respirado
I let go of everything I've breathed in
Te toco la curva del tiempo esperado
I touch the curve of the awaited time
Dejo caer las ropas del pasado
I let fall the clothes of the past
De barro este terrón enamorado
This enamored clod of clay
Míralo al medio del suelo sembrado
See it in the middle of the planted soil
Y mientras pasa todo
And while everything passes
Y todo se hace nada
And everything becomes nothing
Se asoma por los poros
The clay seeps through
El barro como lava
Like lava the clay flows
Y mientras pasa todo
And while everything passes
Y todo se hace nada
And everything becomes nothing
Se asoma por los poros
The clay seeps through
El barro como lava...
Like lava the clay flows...
Writer(s): Homero Nicolas Manzione, Sebastian Piana
Contributed by Liliana F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Shemyr
valentina dinamarca zurita Hola Valentina :) Pienso que Aquiles notó que su interpretación del tema es diferente a la mía. Yo interpreté de una manera la canción, él seguramente imaginó (en su cabeza, de manera privada vio) imágenes distintas a las que yo quise crear.
Para el caso y en otros infinitos, no hay bien y mal: hay diferentes imaginarios.
¿Qué piensas, Valentina?
En el caso de que no te gustara el vídeo, ¿es malo?
En el caso de que sí te gustara el vídeo, ¿es bueno?
Pero sí, hay cosas y casos rotundamente pésimos :)
mirta van dick
Me encantó, letra, vídeo..todooo, gracias por tanto arte. Son maravilllas para apreciar..me pone felíz. Las letra de Chinoy, son alucinantes, todas.." Orgullo para ese país Chileno "
marcos pino
Este tema siempre me ha cautivado, y al ver el vídeo pensé que se venía abajo por su literalidad, pero al ver nacer a esa mujer desde el barro quedé sorprendido y entendí mucho mejor el significado de la canción. Francamente excelente complemento visual para la poesía, muchas veces las ideas mas simples son mas geniales.
Delobo - Topic
Excelente canción; y aunque a muchos no les guste la voz de Chinoy no les da derecho a desvalorar esta hermosa Rola...
Rocío Narea
Que arte! Sutil pero a la vez lleno de fuerza y sentimientos, Chinoy es un orgullo nacional.
Diego Briceño Valencia
Lo mejor es su voz, le da la autenticidad
jose villarreal
En este mundo lleno de porqueria y muerte ,hay diamantes que brillan en lo mas profundo ,no todo esta perdido hay mentes capaces de expresar el sentido comun latinoamericano,gracias chinoy por plasmarlo en el recuerdo inmenso del alma.SALUDOS DESDE BOGOTA,COLOMBIA.
katherine A.
amo esta canción <3
flymind sound
La verdad es que al principio me parecia muy al pie de la letra, pero me termino sorprendiendo al final. Que buen video gente! se zarparon.
Marta del transito Suarez
Se me eriza la piel buen tema k desir del video sensacional 😊😊😊
catalina figeroa
exelente cancion y me encantó el video *-*