After their break-up in 1999, Sergio Algora, their singer and most prolific songwriter, went on to write fiction and eventually played at Muy poca gente and the indie "super-group" La Costa Brava with the frontman of Australian Blonde, another notorious Spanish band. Sergio and Andrés formed Tachenko.
Sergio died on July 9th 2008 due to a heart disease.
Vicente Del Bosque
El Niño Gusano Lyrics
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con las uñas pintadas.
Todos los insectos volaban con máscaras,
hacían equilibrios en bigotes de roedor.
Una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque,
una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque.
hacían un extraño ruido
que encantaba a los niños que montaban cabras.
Todos reían cuando se despeñaban.
Una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque,
una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque.
Y todos bailaban
alrededor del pelo
del leñador muerto
que con su hacha se cortaba los cabellos.
Una alegre fiesta
en un claro del bosque,
una alegre fiesta
en un claro del bosque
The first stanza of El Niño Gusano's song "Vicente Del Bosque" portrays a surreal and magical image of the natural world: "The feet of the grass with painted nails. All insects flew with masks, balancing on rodent mustaches." This description sets the tone for the rest of the song, which tells of a joyous celebration in the clearing of a forest. The second stanza introduces a darker element with the mention of "ankle bones making a strange noise" that fascinates children riding goats. Despite the potential danger of the situation, everyone laughs when someone falls off the cliff. The final stanza describes a strange scene where everyone dances around the hair of a dead lumberjack, who cuts his hair with an axe.
Line by Line Meaning
Los pies de la hierba con las uñas pintadas.
The grass has painted nails on its feet.
Todos los insectos volaban con máscaras, hacían equilibrios en bigotes de roedor.
All the insects were flying with masks on, balancing on rodent whiskers.
Una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque, una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque.
A cheerful party in a clearing in the woods, a cheerful party in a clearing in the woods.
Los huesos del tobillo hacían un extraño ruido que encantaba a los niños que montaban cabras. Todos reían cuando se despeñaban.
The ankle bones made a strange noise that enchanted the kids who rode goats. Everyone laughed when they fell.
Y todos bailaban alrededor del pelo del leñador muerto que con su hacha se cortaba los cabellos.
And everyone was dancing around the hair of the dead lumberjack who was cutting his hair with his axe.
Una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque, una alegre fiesta en un claro del bosque.
A cheerful party in a clearing in the woods, a cheerful party in a clearing in the woods.
Contributed by Nicholas G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.