Los Fabulosos Cadillacs from Buenos Aires, Argentina play ska, rocksteady, … Read Full Bio ↴Los Fabulosos Cadillacs from Buenos Aires, Argentina play ska, rocksteady, reggae, rock, jazz, salsa, folk, rap, big band. Formed 1985, their first album, Bares y Fondas came 1986. 1998 they got a Grammy for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. They also won the MTV Latino Video Music Award in 1994 for the single 'El Matador' – which was on the soundtracks for the movies Savages, Grosse Pointe Blank and The Matador. Singer Gabriel Fernandez Capello (known as Vicentico) and bassist Flavio Cianciarulo are core members and songwriters.

The band, which collaborated with some music stars such as Debbie Harry, Mick Jones, Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades and Fishbone, received the MTV Latino Video Music Award in 1994 for the single "Matador", in what probably was the peak of popularity of the band. On September 29 of that year they produced an MTV Unplugged concert. The Cadillacs also won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album, and were nominated in the 2000 Latin Grammy Awards for Best Band and Best Music Video ("La Vida"), which received the now-defunct International Viewer's Choice Award (Southern Region) at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.

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Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Lyrics

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Qué vas a hacer
Cuando ya esté
Lejos del puerto y la ciudad
Yo ya no sé

Si vengo o voy
Sigo pensando en escapar
Cuando te alejas de todo

Puedo mirarte así

Cuando te alejas de todo

Puede reírme así
Reírme así

Overall Meaning

In Los Fabulosos Cadillacs's song Howeven, the singer reflects on the possibility of leaving everything behind and escaping. The opening lines "What will you do when I'm already far away from the port and the city? I don't know anymore" sets the tone for the entire song. The singer is uncertain about their plans of leaving and whether they are coming or going. The line "I still think about escaping" reveals that the singer is not content with their current situation and is considering leaving everything behind, including the person they are addressing in the song.

The chorus "When you move away from everything, I can look at you like this, laugh like this" reveals a sense of freedom that comes with distance. The singer has the ability to look at the person they are addressing in a different way and laugh in a way they couldn't before. The song speaks to the idea that sometimes distance can provide clarity and allow us to see things in a different light.

Line by Line Meaning

Qué vas a hacer
What are you going to do

Cuando ya esté
When I'm already gone

Lejos del puerto y la ciudad
Far from the port and the city

Yo ya no sé
I already don't know

Si vengo o voy
If I'm coming or going

Sigo pensando en escapar
I keep thinking about escaping

Cuando te alejas de todo
When you're far away from everything

Puedo mirarte así
I can look at you like this

Cuando te alejas de todo
When you're far away from everything

Puede reírme así
I can laugh like this

Reírme así
Laugh like this