The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury started his solo career in 1997 with a techno album, Radical Sonora with his new band: Copi (piano), del Moran (bass), Ramón Gacias (drums) and former Héroes del Silencio guitarrist Alan Boguslavsky.
Recognized by his wish to always reinvent himself, Bunbury released in 1999 the album Pequeño, which sounded much different than anything he did before. His band also suffered changes, Boguslavsky was replaced by Rafa Domínguez, and the new faces, Ana Belén Estaje (violin), Luis Miguel Romero (percussion), Javier Iñigo, Javier García Vega & Antonio Ríos in the metal instruments.
This band was known as the "Huracán Ambulante" ("Rambling Hurricane") and recorded with Bunbury the rest of his solo discography, (except Antonio Ríos).
In 2005, after 8 years together, Bunbury dissolved the band and declared that will record a new album in 2006 only with his voice and a piano. Nevertheless, in early 2006 he recorded an album with spanish artist Nacho Vegas by the name of El tiempo de las cerezas.
His old band, Héroes del Silencio, reunited in 2007 for a short tour which visited Latin America, United States and Spain.
Contracorriente
Enrique Bunbury Lyrics
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El espacio abierto
Contra la pasividad
La curiosidad enciendo
Contra lo lento y cotidiano
La exploración
Contra tanto cuento
Contra el aburrimiento
Contra el balance decimal
Me someto al disparate
Contra la eternidad
La belleza del instante
Contra el vacío admitido
Me lleno de sustancia
Y contra la distancia
La unidad completa
Contracorriente
Contracorriente
Contracorriente
Contracorriente
Contra la perfección - el desorden
Contra lo elaborado - lo espontáneo
Contracorriente
Contracorriente
Contracorriente
Contracorriente
Y contra todo esto yo no me someto
Contra la corriente aún irá más fuerte
Y contra todo esto yo no me someto
Contra la corriente aún irá más fuerte
The lyrics of "Contracorriente" by Enrique Bunbury challenge the norms and conventions that limit individuality and creativity. Instead of conforming to societal expectations, he embraces the opposite and swims against the current. He rejects jealousy, passivity, monotony, and boredom, and instead chooses curiosity, exploration, and substance. Bunbury rejects the notion of balance and stability in favor of embracing the chaos and unpredictability of life. He celebrates the beauty of the moment rather than seeking permanence and immortality.
The lyrics urge the listener to resist conformity and embrace individuality, creativity, and spontaneity. It champions the triumph of the human spirit over the forces that try to crush it. By invoking the image of swimming against the current, Bunbury encourages others to take risks, challenge authority, and break free from the constraints of society.
Line by Line Meaning
Contra el absurdo de los celos
Against the senselessness of jealousy
El espacio abierto
The open space
Contra la pasividad
Against passivity
La curiosidad enciendo
I ignite curiosity
Contra lo lento y cotidiano
Against the slow and mundane
La exploración
Exploration
Contra tanto cuento
Against so much storytelling
Contra el aburrimiento
Against boredom
Contra el balance decimal
Against decimal balance
Me someto al disparate
I submit to the absurd
Contra la eternidad
Against eternity
La belleza del instante
The beauty of the moment
Contra el vacío admitido
Against the admitted emptiness
Me lleno de sustancia
I fill myself with substance
Y contra la distancia
And against distance
La unidad completa
Complete unity
Contracorriente
Against the current
Contracorriente
Against the current
Contracorriente
Against the current
Contracorriente
Against the current
Contra la perfección - el desorden
Against perfection - disorder
Contra lo elaborado - lo espontáneo
Against the elaborate - the spontaneous
Y contra todo esto yo no me someto
And against all this I do not submit
Contra la corriente aún irá más fuerte
Against the current, I will still go stronger
Y contra todo esto yo no me someto
And against all this I do not submit
Contra la corriente aún irá más fuerte
Against the current, I will still go stronger
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ALAN BOGUSLAVSKY ZONDOVICK, ENRIQUE ORTIZ LANDAZURI YZARDUY
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