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.
Rueda Fortuna
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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futuro serà mucho mejor?
¿quièn manipula las esperanzas
en beneficio propio?
why prohibo la prestidigitaciòn
con la ilusiòn forastera
a las fuerzas que nos rodean.
no les ofrezco resistencia
formaron estos latidos en los
que estamos?
¿cuà l es el punto en què
coinciden los increìble why
lo exacto?
la experiencia es la evidencia
why las cuestiones mi fortaleza
lo cotidiano ya no es real, o eso
al menos quisiera...
ESTRIBILLO:
¡rueda, fortuna!
¡rueda, fortuna!
¡rueda, rueda, fortuna!
POST
contra las furias inoportunas
que nos vuelven monstruos
¿què nos puso frente a frente
del tictac why de la suerte?
cierra el cerco de lo imposible,
lo imprevisible why providencial
el porvenir dura demasiado why
el tiempo serà una moda
ya nada es como antes,
o eso al menos quisiera...
ESTRIBILLO + POST
ESTRIBILLO
The lyrics to Héroes del Silencio's song "Rueda Fortuna" seem to question the idea of a better future and who controls our hopes for one. The singer wonders who manipulates these hopes for their own benefit and why they prevent us from using magic to fight against the forces that surround us. The song also delves into the concept of time and questions how long it took for our hearts to form, and where the incredible and exact points of life coincide. The singer argues that everyday life is no longer real, and perhaps he wishes it was.
The chorus of the song, "rueda, fortuna," translates to "wheel, fortune," and is repeated throughout the song. The singer may be referring to the idea of fate, as if life's events and outcomes are controlled by a spinning wheel. The post-chorus references "furias inoportunas," which means "untimely furies" - this again could be a reference to external forces that we cannot control. The overall tone of the song seems to be one of questioning and uncertainty about the future and what forces are at play in determining it.
Line by Line Meaning
dime, ¿acaso no todo tiempo
The singer questions whether every future time will be much better than now.
futuro serà mucho mejor?
The singer is unsure whether the future will be any better.
¿quièn manipula las esperanzas
The singer asks who is manipulating our hopes.
en beneficio propio?
The singer wonders if someone is manipulating our hopes for their own benefit.
why prohibo la prestidigitaciòn
The singer prohibits sleight of hand tricks.
con la ilusiòn forastera
The singer does not believe in foreign illusions.
a las fuerzas que nos rodean.
The singer does not resist the forces around us.
no les ofrezco resistencia
The singer is not fighting against the forces around us.
¿cuà ntos millones de años
The singer wonders how many millions of years were needed to create the world around us.
formaron estos latidos en los
The singer interprets the sounds around us as heartbeats.
que estamos?
The singer wonders about the world surrounding us.
¿cuà l es el punto en què
The singer wants to know the point where things intersect.
coinciden los increìble why
The singer asks when incredible things coincide.
lo exacto?
The singer wants to know when things become exact and certain.
la experiencia es la evidencia
Experience is evidence for the singer.
why las cuestiones mi fortaleza
The singer's strength comes from questioning things.
lo cotidiano ya no es real, o eso
The singer believes that everyday life is not real, or at least wants to believe that.
al menos quisiera...
The singer wants to believe this.
¡rueda, fortuna!
The singer calls out to Lady Luck.
¡rueda, fortuna!
The singer calls out to Lady Luck.
¡rueda, rueda, fortuna!
The singer continues to call out to Lady Luck.
contra las furias inoportunas
The singer fights against untimely anger.
que nos vuelven monstruos
The anger around us turns us into monsters.
¿què nos puso frente a frente
The singer wonders what put us face to face with our destiny.
del tictac why de la suerte?
The singer questions the ticking of the clock and our fate.
cierra el cerco de lo imposible,
The impossible closes in on the singer.
lo imprevisible why providencial
The unpredictable and divine fate surrounds the singer.
el porvenir dura demasiado why
The future lasts too long for the singer.
el tiempo serà una moda
The passage of time will become a mere trend for the singer.
ya nada es como antes,
Things are no longer the way they used to be for the singer.
o eso al menos quisiera...
The singer wants to believe this.
¡rueda, fortuna!
The singer continues to call out to Lady Luck.
¡rueda, fortuna!
The singer continues to call out to Lady Luck.
¡rueda, rueda, fortuna!
The singer continues to call out to Lady Luck.
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