The band started when Jorge González and Miguel Tapia decided to start their own band while being high school students. They were inexperienced but enthusiastic, after many practices and writing songs, they asked Claudio Narea if he would like to join them, and impressed by the music they were making, he accepted. Towards the early 80's they went through some name changes and before settling on "Los Prisioneros" they had the name "Los Vinchukas" as their original name. In 1983, they had played a number of local shows and that's when they met Carlos Fonseca, their future manager. Through him, they managed to score a record deal with Fusión Producciones.
In 1984, the band's debut album was released, with the hit song "La Voz De Los '80" (which was never a single). They reached acclaim in the radio and by the next year they would be touring. In 1986, their long awaited second album "Pateando Piedras" went double Platinum album in Chile. By that time, the group was invited to perform at Argentina's Chateau Rock Festival and later to a similar event in Montevideo, Uruguay. They continued touring and they became more successful mainstream wise.
The band disbanded in 1992, then as a quartet with additional members Cecilia Aguayo (keyboards) and Robert Rodríguez (guitar), since Claudio Narea had left the band earlier in 1990.
The original lineup of the band decided to get back together in 2001, offering two massive concerts in the National Stadium of Santiago, and then releasing "Los Prisioneros", their first original studio album in 13 years. However, internal problems between González and Narea led again to the departure of the guitarist in 2001. Los Prisioneros continued working as a duet with guest members like Álvaro Henríquez whom with they released a cover album. In 2004 two additional musicians joined the band: Sergio "Coty" Badilla and Gonzalo Yáñez, releasing their sixth album Manzana the same year. A little while after the release of the album band members decided to establish themselves in Mexico, attempting to get more international exposure. Yáñez decided not to leave Chile and left the band. After touring through several locations in North and South America, they finally disbanded in 2006.
Corazones Rojos
Los Prisioneros Lyrics
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Espaldas débiles de mujer
(Mil insultos como mil latigazos)
(Mil latigazos dame de comer)
De comer cordura, de comer comida
Yo sabré como traicionar
(Traicionar y jamás pagar)
Porque yo soy un hombre y no te puedo mirar
(Eres ciudadana de segunda clase)
(Sin privilegios y sin honor)
Porque yo doy la plata estás forzada
A rendirme honores y seguir mi humor
Búscate un trabajo, estudia algo (algo)
La mitad del sueldo y doble labor (doble)
Si te quejas allá está la puerta
No estás autorizada para dar opinión
Corazones rojos
Corazones fuertes
Corazones rojos
(Hey, mujer)
(Hey, mujeres)
(Hey, mujer)
(Hey, mujeres)
De tu amor de niña sacaré ventaja
De tu amor de adulta me reiré
Con tu amor de madre dormiré una siesta
Y a tu amor de esposa le mentiré
Nosotros inventamos, nosotros compramos
Ganamos batallas y también marchamos
Tú lloras de nada y te quejas de todo
Para cuando a veces nos emborrachamos
Corazones rojos (corazones rojos)
Corazones fuertes
(Hey, mujer)
(Hey, mujeres)
(Hey, mujer)
(Hey, mujeres)
En la casa te queremos ver
(Lavando ropa, pensando en él)
Con las manos sarmentosas
(Y la entrepierna bien jugosa)
Ten cuidado de lo que piensas
Hay un alguien sobre ti
Seguirá esta historia, seguirá este orden
Porque Dios así lo quiso, porque Dios también es hombre
(Hey, mujer) y no me digas nada a mí
(Hey, mujeres) corazones rojos no me miren así
(Hey, mujer) y no me digas nada a mí
(Hey, mujeres) corazones rojos
(Hey, mujer) no me digas nada a mí
(Hey, mujeres) corazones rojos
(Hey, mujer)
(Hey mujeres)
(Hey, mujer)
(Hey, mujeres)
(Hey)
The lyrics to "Corazones Rojos" by Los Prisioneros are a scathing commentary on the patriarchal oppression of women in society. The song opens with the image of "red hearts, strong hearts, weak backs of women" that highlights the contradiction of women being expected to be the pillars of emotional strength while at the same time being physically and socially marginalized. The next line "a thousand insults like a thousand lashes" equates the verbal abuse women endure with the physical pain of being whipped. The singer then presents himself as the one who doles out both the abuse and sustenance (in the form of money), revealing the unequal social dynamic in which women are trapped.
The second verse continues the theme of male dominance by accusing women of being "second-class citizens, without privileges or honor" who are forced to bow to male authority due to financial dependence. The singer orders the woman to find a job, work harder for less pay, and keep her opinions to herself, illustrating the complete control men exert over women's lives. The third verse is particularly cruel, as the singer vows to manipulate and use women at every stage of their lives, from childhood to motherhood to marriage. The overall message of the song is that women are trapped in a society that values men over them, and that to be a man in such a society is to be complicit in the perpetuation of this inequality.
Line by Line Meaning
Corazones rojos, corazones fuertes, espaldas débiles de mujer
Red hearts, strong hearts, weak backs of women.
Mil insultos como mil latigazos, mil latigazos dame de comer
One thousand insults like one thousand lashes, give me food through a thousand lashes.
De comer cordura, de comer comida, yo sabré como traicionar
To eat sanity, to eat food, I will know how to betray.
Traicionar y jamás pagar, porque yo soy un hombre y no te puedo mirar
Betray and never pay, because I am a man and cannot look at you.
Eres ciudadana de segunda clase, sin privilegios y sin honor
You are a second-class citizen, without privileges and without honor.
Porque yo doy la plata estás forzada a rendirme honores y seguir mi humor
Because I give the money, you are forced to give me honors and follow my humor.
Búscate un trabajo, estudia algo, la mitad del sueldo y doble labor
Find a job, study something, half the salary and double the work.
Si te quejas allá está la puerta, no estás autorizada para dar opinión
If you complain, the door is there, you are not authorized to give an opinion.
De tu amor de niña sacaré ventaja, de tu amor de adulta me reiré
I will take advantage of your love as a child, I will laugh at your love as an adult.
Con tu amor de madre dormiré una siesta, y a tu amor de esposa le mentiré
I will take a nap with your motherly love, and I will lie to your love as a wife.
Nosotros inventamos, nosotros compramos, ganamos batallas y también marchamos
We invent, we buy, we win battles and we also march.
Tú lloras de nada y te quejas de todo, para cuando a veces nos emborrachamos
You cry about nothing and complain about everything, for when we get drunk sometimes.
En la casa te queremos ver, lavando ropa, pensando en él
We want to see you at home, washing clothes, thinking about him.
Con las manos sarmentosas y la entrepierna bien jugosa
With rough hands and a well-moistened crotch.
Ten cuidado de lo que piensas, hay un alguien sobre ti
Be careful what you think, there is someone above you.
Seguirá esta historia, seguirá este orden, porque Dios así lo quiso, porque Dios también es hombre
This story will continue, this order will continue, because God wanted it, because God is also a man.
Lyrics © SADAIC LATIN COPYRIGHTS, INC.
Written by: Jorge Gonzalez
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@Carolina-sn5bd
SIN NOSOTRAS NO HAY NADA 👎, es un HIMNO A NOSOTRAS A DESPERTAR , ABRIR LOS OJOS 👀 ❤ a hacer valer nuestra voz
@katyacabanillas7221
Este hombre tiene un talento increíble para componer letras con un mensaje que va más allá, nos invita a usar el cerebro y a reflexionar sobre los cambios que tenemos que exigir en nuestra sociedad.
@carlosenriquehernandezdela6102
Vivo con el miedo de que algún “influencer” “descubra” esta canción y tiren de qué es machista y la den de baja 😪
Puro arte esta canción
@x3rox628
Para eso está el CD,Kct y el vinilo....que hagan lo que quieran
@TdclatinsportsBlogspot
Así es ya trajeron abajo algunas canciones de los Chabelos en Perú con el pretexto de que las canciones eran muy hard y pues ya las versiones reales algunas no las encontrarás completas ya por acá
@theshiiqi
Que el diablo se haga el sordo! Se sentirán con ansiedad, atacados, vulnerados, pedirían sin duda la cancelación a nivel mundial de la canción xD
@luciano1352
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@luciano1352
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@alecsha6394
Adelantados 30 años a su tiempo, Jorge Gonzales es un genio, uno de los grandes talentos que Chile 🇨🇱 ha dado, un abrazo desde Bolivia 🇧🇴
@martinalmendras1209
Adelantado a que?, si el machismo igual estaba vigente hace 30 años jsjsjsjs salu2