La Aplanadora del Rock is known for mixing rock with Argentine folk music, and hard-to-get lyrics. The most successful point on the band's career came with the 1993 record La era de la boludez.
Other than founding members Mollo and Arnedo, different drummers have completed the normal trio: 1988 to 1990, Gustavo Collado; 1990 to 1995, Federico Gil Solá; 1995 to 2004, Jorge Araujo; and since 2004, Catriel Ciavarella.
The name of the band is taken from Sumo's favourite band and influences (the late Ian Curtis was a good friend of Luca Prodan) - Joy Division.
The band has recorded a number of covers, such as Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix and Light My Fire by The Doors. Covers not committed to CD include I Want You (She's So Heavy) and Day Tripper by The Beatles. In their shows, Divididos has played songs such as "Rock and Roll" and "Moby Dick" (Led Zeppelin), and "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix). The band also covers some Sumo songs, usually in medley format.
Salgan Al Sol
Divididos Lyrics
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nada mas
sin un maní para mascar
Cuatro minifaldas
y un patín
olvidados en un rincón
Salgan al sol
salgan al sol idiotas
desinfladas
que se creen un primor
Mesa redonda y un doctor
que les habla del amor
Salgan al sol
revienten
salgan al sol
salgan al sol
paquetes
salgan al sol
idiotas.
The opening lines of Salgan al Sol by Divididos paint a bleak portrait of a group of individuals stuck in their own worlds with nothing more than a stack of books and magazines ("Setenta biblioratos"). The lack of even a peanut to snack on reinforces their isolation and lack of connection to the world around them. The image is then contrasted with a forgotten set of mini-skirts and a roller skate, suggesting a time or place where life was more carefree, but now the objects are abandoned and unloved in a corner.
The tone then turns to mocking and almost aggressive as the chorus repeats the phrase "Salgan al sol" - "Come out into the sun". The "idiotas" appended to the call for action is a further insult, emphasizing the group's intellectual superiority and their frustration with those who are stuck in their own heads. The following lines reinforce this, with a description of "four unmarried, deflated old maids" who believe themselves to be attractive, and a talk show-like scene with a circle of women and a doctor discussing love.
Line by Line Meaning
Setenta biblioratos nada mas sin un maní para mascar
Nothing but seventy books with no peanuts to munch on.
Cuatro minifaldas y un patín olvidados en un rincón
Four short skirts and a skate forgotten in a corner.
Salgan al sol, salgan al sol idiotas
Get out in the sun, go out in the sun, idiots.
Cuatro solteronas desinfladas que se creen un primor
Four deflated spinsters who think they're beauties.
Mesa redonda y un doctor que les habla del amor
Round table and a doctor who talks to them about love.
Salgan al sol, revienten, salgan al sol, salgan al sol paquetes, salgan al sol idiotas.
Get out in the sun, burst forth, go out in the sun, go out in the sun packets, go out in the sun idiots.
Contributed by Audrey I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.