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.
Oración
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Que a veces dejo pasar
¡Cuántos instantes he ignorado ya
Capaces de haberme cambiado!
Y no hay oración
Capaz de decidir por mí
¡Oh, señor!, No queda otra opción
Siempre hay una disyuntiva
Ante la cual siempre hay que elegir
No queda otra alternativa
Rápidamente hay que decidir
Y no hay oración
Capaz de decidir por mí
¡Oh, señor!, No queda otra opción
Y jamás me vuelvo a arrepentir
No hay oración
Capaz de decidir por mí
¡Oh, señor!, No queda otra opción
Y jamás me vuelvo a arrepentir
No no no hay oración
Capaz de decidir por mí
¡Oh, señor!, No queda otra opción
Y jamás me vuelvo a arrepentir
The lyrics to Héroes del Silencio's song Oración ("prayer" in English) deal with the theme of decision-making and taking responsibility for one's own choices. The singer of the song laments how many essential moments in his life he has let slip away due to his indecisiveness, and how even prayer cannot make decisions for him. He realizes that he is the only one who can take control of his life, and that he must be prepared to live with the consequences of his choices.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "No hay oración" ("there is no prayer"), emphasizing the idea that ultimately no external force can make decisions for us. The lines "¡Oh, señor!, No queda otra opción/Y jamás me vuelvo a arrepentir" ("Oh, Lord! There is no other option/And I will never regret my choice") convey a sense of determination and acceptance of the consequences of one's decisions.
The song's message is a powerful one of personal responsibility and self-determination, urging listeners to take ownership of their own lives and choices.
Line by Line Meaning
Pierdo el tiempo pensando en lo esencial
Sometimes I waste my time thinking about things that really matter, but that I let slip by
Que a veces dejo pasar
Things that I sometimes let pass me by
¡Cuántos instantes he ignorado ya
I've already ignored so many moments
Capaces de haberme cambiado!
That could have changed me!
Y no hay oración
And there's no prayer
Capaz de decidir por mí
Capable of making decisions for me
¡Oh, señor!
Oh, Lord!
No queda otra opción
There's no other choice
Y jamás me vuelvo a arrepentir
And I'll never regret it
Siempre hay una disyuntiva
There's always a dilemma
Ante la cual siempre hay que elegir
And one must always choose
No queda otra alternativa
There is no other alternative
Rápidamente hay que decidir
One must decide quickly
No no no hay oración
No, there's no prayer
Capaz de decidir por mí
Capable of making decisions for me
¡Oh, señor!
Oh, Lord!
No queda otra opción
There's no other choice
Y jamás me vuelvo a arrepentir
And I'll never regret it
No hay oración
There's no prayer
Capaz de decidir por mí
Capable of making decisions for me
¡Oh, señor!
Oh, Lord!
No queda otra opción
There's no other choice
Y jamás me vuelvo a arrepentir
And I'll never regret it
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Joaquin Cardiel Gerico, Pedro Lapiedra, Enrique Ortiz Landazuri Yzarduy, Juan Valdivia Navarro, Juan Navarro, Joaquin Jerico, Piedro Lapiedra
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