Heroes del Silencio started in 1984 as a band named Zumo de Vidrio. The original members were Enrique Bunbury, Juan Valdivia and his brother, and Pedro Andreu. Bunbury was originally a bass player but after Juan Valdivia heard him singing a David Bowie song and told him that he had a great voice, Bunbury became the vocalist. Later on, Joaquin Cardiel joins the line-up.
The band changed their name to Heroes del Silencio in 1986. At first they played in public places and made demos but their break came when they participated in a music contest in Salamanca and won second place - an EMI producer, Gustavo Montesano, saw the band in the contest and some time later, at a concert in Sala En Bruto, he signed the band.
Their first EP, Héroe de Leyenda, was released in in 1987 and sold 30,000 copies. The following year, the album El Mar No Cesa was released, featuring the songs "Mar Adentro", "Agosto" and "El Estanque", and sold 100,000 copies. The supporting tour followed in 1989, documented on the limited edition live album En Directo.
In 1990 they released Senderos de Traicion, their best-selling album with 2 million copies, including 400,000 copies in the first two weeks in Spain alone. The following year they started the tour "Senda 91" and released another live album, Senda 91. 1992 saw the most important CD in their career, El Espiritu del Vino. They sold 600,000 copies of this album which was played throughout America. They followed this with a tour for El Espiritu del Vino. In 1993, Alan Bogulavsky joined the band.
Due to tensions within the band, they took a hiatus and went to Benasque to take a vacation and heal the rifts within the group. After this break they gained a new producer, Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Kiss, etc.) and in 1995 released Avalancha, widely considered their best album. Avalancha was more hard rock than previous albums, with songs like "Avalancha", "Deshacer El Mundo" and "Iberia Sumergida". The album was followed by the "Avalancha" tour in 1995 and 1996, which produced the live album Para Siempre.
The band split in 1996 though this did not prevent the release of the Rarezas album in 1998.
2007 Reunion tour
20 years after their first album, and 10 years after they split up, the band announced a ten concerts reunion tour, taking in Guatemala City, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, Ciudad de México, Los Ángeles, Sevilla, Zaragoza and Valencia. For this tour, guitarist Gonzalo Valdivia (Juan Valdivia's brother) replaced former band member Alan Bogulavsky. More than 10,000 people attended each concert. The tour was followed by another live album, Tour 2007.
After the tour, singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury announced the definitive split of the band and that he would be focusing in his solo career.
La Chispa Adecuada
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Y las calles como dunas
Cuando aún te espero llegar
En un ataúd guardo tu tacto y
Una corona
Con tu pelo enmarañado
Queriendo encontrar un
Arcoiris infinito
Mis manos que aún son de hueso
Y tu vientre sabe a pan
La catedral es tu cuerpo
Eras verano y mil tormentas, yo
El león que sonríe a las paredes
Que he vuelto a pintar del
Mismo color
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado
De lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de
Promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa
Adecuada
El fuego que era a veces propio
La ceniza siempre ajena
Blanca esperma resbalando
Por la espina dorsal
Ya somos más viejos y sinceros
Y qué más da
Si miramos la laguna
Como llaman a la eternidad
De la ausencia
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado
De lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de
Promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa
Adecuada
"La Chispa Adecuada" by Héroes Del Silencio is a highly poetic song that is open to various interpretations. The song starts with lines that can be interpreted as a metaphor for a difficult time in the singer's life. The words were like wasps, stinging the singer, and the streets were like dunes, changing constantly. The singer is still waiting for something to happen, while holding on to the memory of someone ("In a coffin, I keep your touch and a crown with your tangled hair"). The singer longs for a simple and infinite thing - a rainbow.
The lyrics then shift to a mix of religious and sexual undertones. The singer's hands are still bony and the partner's belly tastes like bread. The partner’s body is described as a cathedral, which shows the strong emotional and physical connection between the singer and the partner. The relationship was like summer and storms, with the singer smiling "like a lion to walls," that they have repainted the same color as before.
The chorus shows the singer's confusion and inability to distinguish between love and commitment, or between complexity and simplicity. The partner is now on the list of promises to forget, but as the lyrics say, "everything burns if you apply the right spark."
Overall, the lyrics of "La Chispa Adecuada" can be interpreted in many different ways. However, they all seem to convey the idea of the complexity of human relationships and the difficulties of distinguishing between love and commitment.
Line by Line Meaning
Las palabras fueron avispas
The words spoken were sharp and stung like a wasp
Y las calles como dunas
The streets were like sand dunes, constantly shifting and changing
Cuando aún te espero llegar
I am still waiting for you to arrive
En un ataúd guardo tu tacto y
I keep the memory of your touch in a coffin-like box
Una corona
A crown of memories that I hold dear
Con tu pelo enmarañado
Your messy hair is a reminder of our wild past
Queriendo encontrar un
I am searching for an
Arcoiris infinito
Infinite rainbow of possibilities
Mis manos que aún son de hueso
My hands are still made of bones and they ache to hold you
Y tu vientre sabe a pan
I remember the taste of your skin and it was as comforting as bread
La catedral es tu cuerpo
Your body is a holy temple that I worship
Eras verano y mil tormentas, yo
You were a summer storm that I could not resist
El león que sonríe a las paredes
I am a lion that grins at the walls in defiance
Que he vuelto a pintar del
I have repainted them in the
Mismo color
Same color as before, a reminder of the past
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
I can't tell the difference between kisses and roots
No sé distinguir lo complicado
I can't differentiate between what is complicated
De lo simple
And what is simple in life and love
Y ahora estás en mi lista de
And now you are on my list of
Promesas a olvidar
Promises to forget, a bitter realization
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa
Everything burns if you apply the right kind of spark
Adecuada
That perfect combination of time, place, and intention
El fuego que era a veces propio
The fire that used to belong to us
La ceniza siempre ajena
The ash that is left behind always feels like it belongs to someone else
Blanca esperma resbalando
White semen slipping
Por la espina dorsal
Down the spine, a symbol of both pleasure and pain
Ya somos más viejos y sinceros
We are older now and more honest with each other
Y qué más da
And what does it matter anymore?
Si miramos la laguna
We gaze upon the lagoon
Como llaman a la eternidad
As they say, it represents eternity
De la ausencia
We cherish the moments of our absence, almost as much as when we were together
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Alan Boguslavsky Zondowicz, Enrique Ortiz De Landazuri Izarduy, Joaquin Cardiel Jerico, Juan Valdivia Navarro, Pedro Andreu Lapiedra
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Las palabras fueron avispas
Y las calles como dunas
Cuando aún te espero llegar
En un ataúd guardo tu tacto y una corona
Con tu pelo enmarañado
Queriendo encontrar un arcoíris infinito
Mis manos que aún son de hueso
Y tu vientre sabe a pan
La catedral es tu cuerpo
Eras verano y mil tormentas, yo el león
Que sonríe a las paredes
Que he vuelto a pintar del mismo color
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado de lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa adecuada
El fuego que era a veces propio
La ceniza siempre ajena
Blanca esperma resbalando por la espina dorsal
Ya somos más viejos y sinceros, y qué más da
Si miramos la laguna, como llaman a la eternidad
De la ausencia
No sé distinguir entre besos y raíces
No sé distinguir lo complicado de lo simple
Y ahora estás en mi lista de promesas a olvidar
Todo arde si le aplicas la chispa adecuada
La chispa adecuada
La chispa adecuada
La chispa adecuada
@AzraelAzrael-wy5dz
Dejo mi comentario por si alguien quiere darle me gusta, para que me notifique qué debo seguir escuchando esta obra maestra.
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Donde esta la gente Rockera que a un sigue escuchando en el 2021🎸
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Aquí
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@karenblanco2068
Yo todos los días 👌
@javiernunez4136
Manifiesto con toda autoridad que si no fuera por mi ex nunca habría sabido de la existencia de Héroes del Silencio! Demasiado agradecido!
Este tema me dejó perplejo desde que a ella la vi disfrutando de un momento suyo e íntimo con ésta canción de fondo!
Me enseñaste tanto Alisson! Sé feliz, estés dónde estés!
@motokusax485
Curiosamente lo mejor que conservo de mis ex son las bandas que conozco gracias a ellas. Así que te comprendo.
@aranderiramirez6843
Qué cosas , fue algo que me dejo mi ex el buen gusto de la música de este tipo !! ❤