Pirotecnia Barata
Joan Colomo Lyrics


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Necesidad de incrementar la productividad
Crecimiento exponencial, violencia estructural
TRABAJAR CONSUMIR Y DORMIR
COMER TRABAJAR Y VOLVER A CONSUMIR
El nuevo orden no es ya ninguna novedad
Y se reparten el pastel, en la plática y en el papel
Los dueños de los medios de la producción
Y los demás a su merced, entre la espada y la pared
Contentos de poder ver la televisión
La ambición de toda gran corporación
empuja a cualquier mortal a su propósito final
Cine, música, publicidad y retransmisiones deportivas
Disimulo espectacular con el que hay que comulgar
Y se reparten el pastel en la plática y en el papel
Los dueños de los medios de la producción




Y los demás a su merced, entre la espada y la pared
Contentos de poder ver la televisión.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Joan Colomo's song Pirotecnia Barata criticize the current state of society and the system that governs it. The first two lines show the pressure on people to increase their productivity, which leads to structural violence. The following lines "WORK, CONSUME, AND SLEEP, EAT, WORK, AND CONSUME AGAIN," emphasize the monotony of the lives people lead. The line "the new order is nothing new," refers to the cycle of working hard to accumulate wealth, which gets concentrated with the owners of the means of production. The lyrics then present the rest of society at their mercy, a hard place with no escape. The masses may watch TV, and consume the media's propaganda that further fuels their addiction to consumption.


Line by Line Meaning

Necesidad de incrementar la productividad
There is a need to increase productivity.


Crecimiento exponencial, violencia estructural
The exponential growth leads to structural violence.


TRABAJAR CONSUMIR Y DORMIR
The cycle of work, consume, and sleep.


COMER TRABAJAR Y VOLVER A CONSUMIR
The cycle of eat, work, and back to consume again.


El nuevo orden no es ya ninguna novedad
The new order is no longer a novelty.


Y se reparten el pastel, en la plática y en el papel
The cake is shared in words and in deeds.


Los dueños de los medios de la producción
The owners of the means of production.


Y los demás a su merced, entre la espada y la pared
The rest at their mercy, caught between a rock and a hard place.


Contentos de poder ver la televisión
Happy to be able to watch television.


La ambición de toda gran corporación
The ambition of every big corporation.


empuja a cualquier mortal a su propósito final
Pushes any mortal towards their final purpose.


Cine, música, publicidad y retransmisiones deportivas
Movies, music, advertising, and sports broadcasts.


Disimulo espectacular con el que hay que comulgar
Spectacular pretense to which we must conform.




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