Punk Rock band formed in 1979 in Agurain, (Basque Country, Spain). Its orig… Read Full Bio ↴Punk Rock band formed in 1979 in Agurain, (Basque Country, Spain). Its original founders were Evaristo Paramos (vocals), Maleguin, Txarly and bandmember]Sume. The name was somewhat controversial because in Spanish, "polla" is slang for penis. It's said, anyway, that their name was set after the Californian label "La Joya Records". They chose this name because of their habitual use of the Spanish expression "Me cago en la polla", with 'records' meaning sport records.
In 1991 a court prohibited to the band the use of the full name due to a dispute with a former sound technician expelled from the band, but ignoring the sentence they published "Bajo presión" (Under pressure), their last album as LPR. Finally, in 1996 the band changes their name, making 'La Polla' alone. In September 2002 dies Fernandito (drumer), and they pubish their last album 'El ultimo (el) de La Polla' in 2003, having published 1 EP and 16 LPs. Evaristo (composer, singer and writer) continues raising his voice against nearly everything, with irony and good punk rock, with his new band Gatillazo.

Balada Inculta
La Polla Records Lyrics

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No, se ve que no hay nivel
Nada nos van a dar
La cultura ni el que la parió

¡Joder!
Hombres del saber
¡Iros a cagar!

¡No!, podéis justificar
Vuestra inmoralidad
Es una enfermedad
Que no podéis curar

¡Y no!, nos vais a convencer
Nos conocemos bien
Lo podéis intentar
Pero os lo hacéis muy mal

Y, tu superioridad
Prodigio de humildad
Me tiene emocionao
¡Papá!

Eres un asco, ¿qué le vas a hacer?
Toda tu cultura, ni araña mi piel
Está podrida, es un puto
Insulto al buen gusto
Todo es de color y muy marrón

En el planeta basura los limpios
Hacen seguros sus negocios
Gracias al amor y la oración
¿Hay nivel o no hay nivel?

La ra la ra la la
La ra la ra la la

Tu cultura pa' los panfilos
Me cago en la...

Overall Meaning

The song Balada Inculta by La Polla Records is a scathing criticism of the intellectual and cultural elite. The opening lines of the song "No, se ve que no hay nivel / Nada nos van a dar / La cultura ni el que la parió" (No, it seems that there is no level / They will not give us anything / The damn culture or the one who gave birth to it) set the tone for the rest of the song. The band is saying that the intellectual and cultural elite are not giving anything of value to society, despite their supposed level of knowledge and sophistication. The line "Hombres del saber / ¡Iros a cagar!" (Men of knowledge / Go to hell!) is a direct insult to these people.

The chorus of the song is even more explicit in its message. The band is saying that the intellectual and cultural elite cannot justify their immorality, and that it is an incurable disease. They are also saying that they cannot convince the rest of society to follow their lead, as they know them too well. The line "¡Papá! / Eres un asco, ¿qué le vas a hacer? / Toda tu cultura, ni araña mi piel" (Dad! / You're disgusting, what are you going to do? / All your culture doesn't even scratch my skin) is a direct insult to the superiority complex of these people.

Line by Line Meaning

No, se ve que no hay nivel
It's clear that there is no level of quality, no one will give us anything, not even culture.

Nada nos van a dar
We won't receive anything.

La cultura ni el que la parió
Neither culture nor the one who created it is worth anything to us.

¡Joder!
An expression of frustration, anger or disbelief.

Hombres del saber
Men of knowledge.

¡Iros a cagar!
Go to hell!

¡No!, podéis justificar
No, you can't justify.

Vuestra inmoralidad
Your immorality.

Es una enfermedad
It's a disease.

Que no podéis curar
That can't be cured.

¡Y no!, nos vais a convencer
And no, you're not going to convince us.