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.
Tesoro
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Y no lo puedo evitar,
Se me atascan las ideas,
Amontonadas,
En mi tesoro y me esperan,
Ayer teñí de color sangre mis sueños,
Y no me queda nada sagrado que me,
Conseguiré esa sonrisa,
Si la puedo comprar,
Será de mis favoritas,
Acumuladas,
En mi tesoro y me esperan,
Ayer teñí de color sangre mis sueños,
Y no me queda nada sagrado que me,
Divierta ya,
Ayer teñí de color sangre mis sueños,
Y no me queda nada sagrado que me,
Divierta ya
The lyrics of "Tesoro" by Héroes del Silencio express the feeling of being overwhelmed by the world and the desire for something that can bring happiness and pleasure in the midst of all the chaos. The opening lines suggest that the vastness of the world can make the singer feel small and insignificant, as if they can't measure up to its expectations. The next few lines describe a cluttered mind, with ideas and thoughts piling up and becoming difficult to sort out.
The singer's solution to this overwhelming feeling is to become obsessed with collecting things that they see as valuable, as if they can find some sense of control or purpose in the act of accumulation. The repeated phrase "En mi tesoro y me esperan" ("In my treasure and they wait for me") reinforces their sense of ownership and possession over these objects that they see as important. The bridge of the song talks about the singer's desire for a smile that they can "buy" and add to their collection of favorites.
But even as they focus on collecting and accumulating, the singer is aware that something is missing. The repeated line "Ayer teñí de color sangre mis sueños y no me queda nada sagrado que me divierta ya" ("Yesterday I stained my dreams with blood and there's nothing left sacred that entertains me now") seems to be a lament over losing their sense of joy and purpose. The song ends with a repetition of this line, emphasizing the feeling of emptiness and desperation.
Line by Line Meaning
Me empequeñece la altura,
The height diminishes me,
Y no lo puedo evitar,
And I can't avoid it,
Se me atascan las ideas,
My ideas get stuck,
Amontonadas,
Piled up,
En mi tesoro y me esperan,
In my treasure, they wait for me,
Ayer teñí de color sangre mis sueños,
Yesterday, I dyed my dreams with blood,
Y no me queda nada sagrado que me,
And I have nothing sacred left that,
Divierta ya,
Entertains me anymore,
Conseguiré esa sonrisa,
I will achieve that smile,
Si la puedo comprar,
If I can buy it,
Será de mis favoritas,
It will be among my favorites,
Acumuladas,
Accumulated,
En mi tesoro y me esperan,
In my treasure, they wait for me,
Ayer teñí de color sangre mis sueños,
Yesterday, I dyed my dreams with blood,
Y no me queda nada sagrado que me,
And I have nothing sacred left that,
Divierta ya
Entertains me anymore,
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOAQUIN CARDIEL GERICO, JUAN VALDIVIA NAVARRO, ORTIZ DE LANDAZURI YZARDUY, PEDRO LUIS ANDREU LAPIEDRA
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