Founded in 2005 by Manu Ferrón and Juan Rodríguez, aka "J" from succesful spanish indie band "Los Planetas". Other members are guitar player Víctor Lapido ("091", "Lagartija Nick"), bass player Miguel López ("Los Planetas") and Antonio Lomas, drums ("Lapido").
Their first album "Alegato Meridional" (El Ejército Rojo, 2006) is a hymn to the south, the mid-day (slow-tempo) activities and the joy of life. Sung in spanish with a strong accent from their hometown, Granada, the lyrics are mainly simple stories about meeting friends in the street, enjoying lazyness at home and what life is made of under the southern sun, with a common and easy language and a strong influence of their beloved american southern folk and country-ish music.
In that way, Grupo de Expertos Solynieve also covers tracks from other latitudes: "Ballad of the easy Rider" (The Byrds), "Personalitá Empírica" (Franco Battiato), "Déjame vivir con alegría" (Vainica Doble), "Sureños" (Silvio) aswell as many other live performances with songs from Gram Parsons.
Complete tracklist from "Alegato Meridional":
01 El sur, el mediodía y la libertad
02 Alegato meridional
03 La balada de buscando mi destino [The Byrds cover]
04 Claro y meridiano
05 Una muerte lenta y dolorosa
06 Par de flamenquines (Billy total)
07 No me hace falta
08 Sureños [Silvio cover]
09 Todo lo demás
10 Se ve que hay calidad
11 Par de flamenquines (mucho de lo mismo)
12 Déjame vivir con alegría [Vainica Doble cover]
13 Una pila de cosas
14 La próxima vez
The CD included the Opendisc technology which allowed to connect to the internet and it was possible to download also two extra tracks, "El 11" (with a description of the whole trajectory of the #11 line bus in Granada) and "Reggae-Búho"
"Alegato Meridional" was preceeded by the single "Se ve que hay calidad" (El Ejército Rojo, 2006), including "24 hs al día" and the mentioned Franco Battiato cover, sung in italian and spanish and titled "Personalidad empírica" as B-sides.
Una muerte lenta y dolorosa
Grupo de Expertos Solynieve Lyrics
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es tan burdo y tan zafio que me repugna.
Nadie que se pare dos segundos a pensar
en qué sentido tiene su trabajo
estaría dispuesto a colaborar
en tus causas perversas.
Así que tienes que inventarte marionetas
para poder seguir sentado en ese trono.
Tú tienes que caer.
Y los engañas prometiéndoles riquezas
a cambio de su insulsa vanidad.
Sin darte cuenta que es tu propia avaricia
lo que va a acabar contigo.
Los que impiden que consigas
lo que necesitas tienen nombre y apellidos.
Y con el tiempo llegará su juicio.
Y cuando estés en el desierto desangrándote
con un tiro en el vientre
y yo pase al lado con mi cantimplora
no me pidas un trago.
Y cuando empiece a despuntar la media luna
tu cuerpo y tu cabeza separados por una cimitarra,
y estarás pensando todavía en mí,
no me habrás olvidado.
In Grupo de Expertos Solynieve's song Una Muerte Lenta Y Dolorosa, the singer addresses someone who is enamored with their favorite artist's speeches, but the singer finds it repugnant. They go on to say that anyone who stops to think about what the artist does and stands for, would not be willing to support the addressee's corrupt endeavors. The addressee apparently invents marionettes or puppets to spout what they, themselves, cannot for continued power in their position while manipulating and lying to others to obtain what they want.
The addressee is accused of making promises to others for riches in exchange for their insipid vanity without realizing their own avarice is what will eventually destroy them. The singer mentions that there are people who will prevent the addressee from obtaining what they need, and those people will eventually face judgement. In the last verse, the singer paints a picture of the addressee being defeated, injured in the desert, and separated from their body with a sword, with the singer passing by without helping.
The song seems to be speaking against those in power who use others to maintain it, lying and manipulating to obtain what they want, and ultimately meeting their downfall. It highlights the importance of being true to oneself and standing for what is right.
Line by Line Meaning
El discurso de tu artista favorito
The speech of your favorite artist
es tan burdo y tan zafio que me repugna.
is so crude and vulgar that it disgusts me.
Nadie que se pare dos segundos a pensar
Nobody who stops for two seconds to think
en qué sentido tiene su trabajo
about the meaning of their work
estaría dispuesto a colaborar
would be willing to collaborate
en tus causas perversas.
in your perverse causes.
Así que tienes que inventarte marionetas
So you have to invent puppets
que digan lo que tú no eres capaz
that say what you are not capable of.
para poder seguir sentado en ese trono.
to be able to keep sitting on that throne.
Tú tienes que caer.
You have to fall.
Y los engañas prometiéndoles riquezas
And you trick them by promising wealth
a cambio de su insulsa vanidad.
in exchange for their bland vanity.
Sin darte cuenta que es tu propia avaricia
Without realizing that it is your own greed
lo que va a acabar contigo.
that will end up destroying you.
Los que impiden que consigas
Those who prevent you from achieving
lo que necesitas tienen nombre y apellidos.
what you need, have names and surnames.
Y con el tiempo llegará su juicio.
And their judgment will come with time.
Y cuando estés en el desierto desangrándote
And when you're in the desert bleeding out
con un tiro en el vientre
with a shot in the belly
y yo pase al lado con mi cantimplora
and I pass by with my canteen
no me pidas un trago.
don't ask me for a drink.
Y cuando empiece a despuntar la media luna
And when the half-moon begins to rise
tu cuerpo y tu cabeza separados por una cimitarra,
your body and your head separated by a scimitar,
y estarás pensando todavía en mí,
and you'll still be thinking of me,
no me habrás olvidado.
you won't have forgotten me.
Writer(s): juan rodriguez
Contributed by Sophie E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.