The band was created in 1987 and is regarded as one of the most influential bands of the Spanish hard rock scene, besides being a complete symbol for their region. Iniesta's lyrics are often described as rude street poetry, with frequent allusions to drugs, love and self-destruction.
The band's name is a pun. Literally, Extremoduro means "hard extreme", and is also a straight-forward deformation of "Extremadura", the region where the band comes from.
Well-known songs by Extremoduro include "So payaso", "Golfa", "Salir", "Extremaydura", "Puta" and "Jesucristo García". The highest moment in the band's career was probably reached with the release of their album Agíla, which was awarded a prize for best video in the first edition of the Spanish Music Adwards in 1996.
Menamoro
Extremoduro Lyrics
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y hago siempre lo que quiero
vámonos de vuelta al moro
y nos llaman los culeros
que traemos dentro del culo
un pedacito del cielo
¿Quien me registra en los controles?
jefe, vengo de coger flores
de una frontera del amor
No vi la playa pero se ve la espuma
y un acantilado baja de tu cintura
aluien quiere comprar, algo pa poder fumar
y toser, y toser, y toser, y esputar
y toser y toser, y toser y flipar
Y si luego todo cambia
yo hago siempre lo que quiero
de Colombia hasta Tailandia
y nos llaman los culeros
que traemos dentro del culo
un pedacito del cielo
¿Quien me registra en los controles?
¿donde está el dedo acusador?
jefe, vengo de coger flores
de una frontera del amor
No vi la playa pero se ve la espuma
y un acantilado baja de tu cintura
alguien quiere comprar algo pa poder fumar
y toser, y toser, y toser y esputar
y toser, y toser, y toser y flipar
The lyrics to Extremoduro's song "Menamoro" speak of freedom, love and escapism. The singer of the song, who remains unnamed, falls in love with the air and does everything he wants. He suggests going back to the "moro", a slang term for Morocco, but is ridiculed by others who call him a "culero", someone who smuggles things inside their rectum. Despite the insults, the singer revels in the fact that he carries a piece of heaven within him, possibly referring to the feeling of freedom and happiness that comes with being true to oneself.
The lyrics also touch upon the theme of being judged and questioned, as the singer asks "Who registers me on the controls?" and wonders where the accusing finger is. He claims to have been gathering flowers at the border of love, a possible reference to him crossing the border to find love, only to discover the beauty of nature instead of the beach he was looking for.
Overall, "Menamoro" celebrates the idea of embracing one's desires and living life on one's own terms, even if it means being ridiculed by others.
Line by Line Meaning
Yo del aire me enamoro
I fall in love with the air, I fall in love with the feeling of freedom
y hago siempre lo que quiero
I always do what I want
vámonos de vuelta al moro
Let's go back to the Moro (a place maybe representing a carefree time in the past)
y nos llaman los culeros
And they call us assholes
que traemos dentro del culo
Because we carry inside a little piece of heaven (maybe drugs)
un pedacito del cielo
¿Quien me registra en los controles?
Who is checking me at the controls?
¿donde está el dedo acusador?
Where is the accusing finger?
jefe, vengo de coger flores
Boss, I just picked some flowers (maybe a euphemism for drugs)
de una frontera del amor
From a border of love (maybe a place or situation where the feeling of love and freedom is present)
No vi la playa pero se ve la espuma
I didn't see the beach but I see the foam (maybe representing that they are not really experiencing life, just a glimpse of it)
y un acantilado baja de tu cintura
And a cliff goes down from your waist (maybe representing the danger or the fall after experiencing this glimpse of life)
aluien quiere comprar, algo pa poder fumar
Someone wants to buy something to be able to smoke
y toser, y toser, y toser, y esputar
And cough, and cough, and cough, and spit
y toser y toser, y toser y flipar
And cough, and cough, and cough and trip
Y si luego todo cambia
And if everything changes later
yo hago siempre lo que quiero
I always do what I want
de Colombia hasta Tailandia
From Colombia to Thailand (stating that they are free to go anywhere)
y nos llaman los culeros
And they call us assholes
que traemos dentro del culo
Because we carry inside a little piece of heaven (maybe drugs)
un pedacito del cielo
¿Quien me registra en los controles?
Who is checking me at the controls?
¿donde está el dedo acusador?
Where is the accusing finger?
jefe, vengo de coger flores
Boss, I just picked some flowers (maybe a euphemism for drugs)
de una frontera del amor
From a border of love (maybe a place or situation where the feeling of love and freedom is present)
No vi la playa pero se ve la espuma
I didn't see the beach but I see the foam (maybe representing that they are not really experiencing life, just a glimpse of it)
y un acantilado baja de tu cintura
And a cliff goes down from your waist (maybe representing the danger or the fall after experiencing this glimpse of life)
alguien quiere comprar algo pa poder fumar
Someone wants to buy something to be able to smoke
y toser, y toser, y toser y esputar
And cough, and cough, and cough and spit
y toser, y toser, y toser y flipar
And cough, and cough, and cough and trip
Contributed by Jayden G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.