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.

Mamá
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Lyrics

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Todos los adornos
Que guardabas de mamá
Cayeron al mar

Me quedé encerrado
En una bola de cristal
No pude escapar

Caen los brillos
Me ponen a girar

Libertad
Llega la libertad

No me importa más
Estoy encerrado
En una bola de cristal
No puedo escapar

Brillos

Libertad, libertad
Libertad
Llega la libertad

Juan, te espero aquí
Juan, te espero aquí

No me importa más

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Los Fabulosos Cadillacs's song "Mamá" depict a sense of confinement and longing for freedom. The opening lines talk about all the adornments that were kept from the singer's mother, falling into the sea, which can symbolize the loss or absence of something cherished and significant. The next lines describe the singer being trapped inside a glass bubble, unable to escape. The mention of "brillos" (shininess or sparkle) implies that the confinement is suffocating and overwhelming, as the sparkles make the singer spin.

The chorus repeats the word "libertad" (freedom) several times, emphasizing the desire for liberation from the entrapment. The repeated phrase "No me importa más" (I don't care anymore) reflects a state of resignation or defiance towards the situation. The final lines mention someone named Juan, possibly indicating a plea for assistance or companionship in breaking free from the glass bubble.

Overall, the lyrics of "Mamá" convey feelings of being trapped, longing for freedom, and experiencing a sense of confinement that is suffocating and overwhelming.

Line by Line Meaning

Todos los adornos
All the ornaments

Que guardabas de mamá
That you kept from mama

Cayeron al mar
Fell into the sea

Me quedé encerrado
I stayed trapped

En una bola de cristal
In a crystal ball

No pude escapar
I couldn't escape

Caen los brillos
The sparkles fall

Me ponen a girar
They make me spin

Libertad
Freedom

Llega la libertad
Freedom is coming

No me importa más
I don't care anymore