They were originally formed in 1987, and was meant to be a techno/new rave band led by a female vocalist. The original vocalist of the band was Lucía "Shia" Arbulu, female singer that returned to her hometown, Spain, in 1988, shortly after the release of the first EP of the group, which was entitled La Luna. This release that was later not considered part of La Ley's discography. Some time after Beto Cuevas joined as the new vocalist, and after a failed first album, Desiertos (1989), they released Doble Opuesto (1990), which appears as the official first album of the band. Singles like "Desiertos," "Tejedores de Ilusión," and "Prisioneros de la Piel" made them popular in Chile, Argentina and Mexico, especially after the release of La Ley, their second recording (1992).
After Bobe's death in 1994, La Ley continued with a new guitarist, Pedro Frugone, and released two more albums, Invisible (1995) and Vértigo (1998). Before the release of Vertigo, Rodrigo Aboitiz left the band, and in 1999, in the middle of the tour, bassist Luciano Rojas, left the band. They went on to form a new group named Saiko with former La Ley member, Ivan Delgado.
Their music became more pop and less experimental, and the musicians dropped their dark image. Not all of their fans were on board with the new style, but the album, Uno (2000), showed their maturation as a band and as a group. The band also became a trio after the departures of Rodrigo Aboitiz and Luciano Rojas. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album.
La Ley also performed on MTV Unplugged in 2001, and released an album of the performance, which went on to win a Latin Grammy award. Libertad (2003) is La Ley's last official album, also earning them their second Latin Grammy. In 2004, they released a greatest hits compilation (featuring three new songs: Mírate, Bienvenido al Anochecer, and Histeria) titled Historias e Histeria.
In 2005 Rodrigo Aboitiz and Luciano Rojas performed with the band at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar) and after a tour around Latin America, the band said goodbye in Buenos Aires on September 29 of the same year, to work in their personal projects. They left open the possibility for a come back of La Ley in the future though.
Recently however, in 2014, the band has currently made a return and have embarked on a tour simply entitled 'The Re-tour'.
Cielo Market
La Ley Lyrics
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Corazones ardientes, estrellas calientes por papel
Por mientras se come tu imagen
Algún sucio magazin
Que estampa en tu frente un precio de moda
Cielo me has marcado
Como la estrella que logra ver su estela
A sonreír al morir
Despierten lectores de ese trance que los masturba
Mientras leen farándula la A.M.I.A. exploto
Los rumores de mil amores
Son solo una mentira, que se vende bien
Y si existe algo cierto
A quien le importa
Cielo me has marcado
Como la estrella que logra ver su estela
Me has petrificado
Como una estatua
Con una linda cara
Cielo me has ordenado
A ser verdugo de mi propia cabeza
Cielo me has mandado
A sonreír al morir
Cielo me has marcado
Como la estrella que logra ver su estela
Me has petrificado
Como una estatua
Con una linda cara
Cielo me has ordenado
A ser verdugo de mi propia cabeza
Cielo me has mandado
A sonreír al morir
In La Ley's song "Cielo Market," the lyrics touch on the dangerous and superficial world of fame and the media. The opening lines describe how some people disguise their strong desires to become famous as burning hearts and hot stars on paper. The media feeds on this hunger for attention and sells it back to the public, putting a price on their image and turning them into a commodity. The chorus of the song refers to the singer being marked and ordered by the "cielo" or heaven, possibly representing fate or karma, to smile and be content with death while being turned into a statue with a pretty face.
The second verse of the song urges readers to wake up from the daze caused by the masturbation-like obsession with gossip and entertainment news. The mention of the A.M.I.A. explosion in Buenos Aires in 1994, a terrorist attack that killed 85 people, highlights the idea that while the public may be fixated on shallow rumors, significant events are happening right under their noses. The rumors of a thousand loves are nothing but lies, designed to sell papers and generate profit. The final lines of the song question whether anything in this world is truly significant, and if it is, who cares?
Overall, "Cielo Market" is a commentary on the dangers of putting too much value on fame and how the media can manipulate the public's desires for celebrity. The lines about being marked and ordered by the heavens suggest that this fixation on fame ultimately leads to a hollow and unfulfilling existence.
Line by Line Meaning
Algunos disfrazan sus crudas ganas de figurar
Some disguise their raw desire to stand out
Corazones ardientes, estrellas calientes por papel
Burning hearts, hot stars for paper
Por mientras se come tu imagen
Meanwhile, they eat your image
Algún sucio magazin
Some dirty magazine
Que estampa en tu frente un precio de moda
That stamps a fashion price on your forehead
Despierten lectores de ese trance que los masturba
Wake up readers from the trance that masturbates them
Mientras leen farándula la A.M.I.A. explotó
While reading gossip, the A.M.I.A. exploded
Los rumores de mil amores
The rumors of a thousand loves
Son solo una mentira, que se vende bien
They are only a lie that sells well
Y si existe algo cierto
And if something is true
A quién le importa
Who cares
Cielo me has marcado
Sky, you have marked me
Como la estrella que logra ver su estela
Like the star that manages to see its trail
Me has petrificado
You have petrified me
Como una estatua
Like a statue
Con una linda cara
With a pretty face
Cielo me has ordenado
Sky, you have ordered me
A ser verdugo de mi propia cabeza
To be the executioner of my own head
Cielo me has mandado
Sky, you have sent me
A sonreír al morir
To smile when dying
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LUCIANO ANDRES 'LAITA' ROJAS BARLARO, LUIS ALBERTO 'BETO' CUEVAS OLMEDO, MAURICIO HERNAN CLAVERIA ANDRADE, PEDRO FRUGONE POBLETTE, PEDRO FRUGONE POBLETE
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@E5P4NT4P4J4R05
No entiendo como esta canción no tiene más visitas! Esta muy bien lograda. Acá tienen un sonido muy Duran Duran! sobre todo en el solo del min 2:19.
@gloriaramon6735
Era lo máximo en mi época de secundaría, y aun ahora a mis 36 años sigue siendo un placer escucharlos...like si lo escuchas en 2019.
@chonagamer1552
Yo los ubicó dese 1994 siempre han tenidos buenos temas
@visionastral2767
Gloria me encanta La Ley soy de Mendoza Argentina! la mejor banda de Chile.
@RukiFurude1
Como chileno, me siento orgulloso de esta gran banda... Y Estoy seguro que muchas mas también piensan como yo
@alberto-kt6fp
Incomprendida en su epoca papu
@yonathanalejandrogalleguil6286
Bobe vuelve uu
@edithdlp8045
Yo soy estadounidense de padres mexicanos y abuelos espanoles. Y admiro a La Ley y Soda Stereo. No hay que ser chileno ni Argentino para apreciar la buena musica. Yo naci en 1975
@paulinajara6698
si toda la razon muy buenos
@felipefernandez2501
Si yo fuera chileno también estaría orgulloso, saludos desde Bogotá