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'.
Tejedores De Ilusion
La Ley Lyrics
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Tejen grandes vendas para ocultar
La estancada realidad en que vivimos
Una triste dignidad
Un día nuevo vendrá y cantaremos
Estancadores de emoción predicadores
Cuidan tanto sus costumbres
Y tu pena crece más
Y nuestra vida sigue igual
Un nuevo día vendrá y cantaremos
Un nuevo día vendrá y bailaremos
Y cantaremos
Cuidan tanto sus costumbres
Y tu pena crece más
Cuidan tanto sus costumbres
Y tu pena y vida sigue igual
La vida sigue igual
La vida sigue igual
The song "Tejedores De Ilusión" by La Ley is a commentary on the state and condition of society. The first verse references "weavers of illusion" who create "great bandages" to cover up the stagnant reality in which we live. This can be interpreted as people who create illusions or false images of how things are, rather than facing the difficult truths about the world we live in. The allusion to "a sad dignity" suggests that people may be aware of the problems, but choose to ignore them in order to maintain an illusion of stability.
The second verse mentions "stiflers of emotion" who preach about moral crises, while being rigid in their own customs. The sense of frustration and helplessness is evident in the lyrics, with the repeated phrase "and our life remains the same" emphasizing the feeling of being stuck in an unchanging status quo. Yet, the song ends with a note of hope, with the repetition of "a new day will come and we will sing, a new day will come and we will dance", implying that despite the difficulties, there is still potential for a brighter future.
Line by Line Meaning
Tejedores de ilusión comulgadores
They are the creators and propagators of false hope
Tejen grandes vendas para ocultar
They weave large bandages to hide the stagnant reality we live in
La estancada realidad en que vivimos
We are stuck in a stagnant reality
Una triste dignidad
A sad dignity, a forced facade
Un día nuevo vendrá y cantaremos
A new day will come and we will sing
Estancadores de emoción predicadores
They are the ones who stop the flow of emotions and preach
Hablan de crisis moral
They speak of moral crises
Cuidan tanto sus costumbres
They care so much about their customs
Y tu pena crece más
And your pain grows more
Y nuestra vida sigue igual
And our life remains the same
Un nuevo día vendrá y cantaremos
A new day will come and we will sing
Un nuevo día vendrá y bailaremos
A new day will come and we will dance
Cuidan tanto sus costumbres
They care so much about their customs
Y tu pena crece más
And your pain grows more
Cuidan tanto sus costumbres
They care so much about their customs
Y tu pena y vida sigue igual
And your pain and life remains the same
La vida sigue igual
Life remains the same
La vida sigue igual
Life remains the same
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALBERTO CUEVAS OLMEDO, ANDRES BOBE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@octaviorodriguez9991
La ley
Los prisioneros
Rock de Chile con elegancia y energia
Saludos desde Catamarca😃🇦🇷
@leocousino
Mi niñez y adolescencia las viví en una calle de nombre "Catamarca" en Santiago. Me fui de ahí hace ya 32 años, cómo pasa el tiempo por lpm 😅.
Cambiando de tema, estoy en una cruzada para hacer renacer el rock en español y darle la batalla cultural al mierdetón. Si quieres ayudarme, busca la Playlist "Rock Latino 80s, 90s y 2000s Vol.2" en Sptfy, con canciones de Los Prisioneros, Charly García, La Ley, Miguel Mateos, etc. Creo que te gustará y de paso me estarás ayudando en mi campaña.
Saludos 🎵🤟
@AlfredoFerminLadino7
#Catamarca de que planeta es eso..? es un planeta..? un estado del planeta marte... o de crypton..?
@vicentperez9388
GRACIAS HERMANOS CHILENOS POR PARIR LEGENDARIA BANDA... SALUDOS DESDE GUATEMALA!!!! AGUANTE LATINOAMERICA!!
@leocousino
He visto en varios videos a hermanos guatemaltecos comentando en canciones de rock chileno. Qué buena onda.
Te sugiero "Sálvame la vida" y "Sembrando en el mar" de Lucybell.
Saludos desde Santiago.
@erikaramirez3910
Bendiciones..
@renatogutierrez6005
La ley una banda de calidad, sin ser fan siempre hicieron discos de calidad
@leocousino
Mañana 14 de Octubre de 2023 la banda Los Bunkers tocan en Guatemala, te paso el aviso por si quieres ir a ver una dosis de buen rock en español 🤟🎵🔥🇨🇱
@user-eb8nb9lt3d
Escuche lucybell hermano
@jpgrygus
Hablan mucho del rock Argentino...Los Chilenos no se quedan atrás están a la par... Saludos de Paraguay