Los Prisioneros was a Chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, Chi… Read Full Bio ↴Los Prisioneros was a Chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, Chile in 1982 by Jorge González (bass, vocals), Claudio Narea (guitar, backing vocals) and Miguel Tapia (drums, backing vocals). They began as a local band during the early 1980s, playing small shows in their neighborhood and high school. After selling a limited press number of their first album in Chile under the independent Fusión producciones label, they signed to EMI in 1985, re-releasing the same album on an LP record and Cassette. From that point on they reached mainstream success in Chile, then Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Eventually in the early 90's their albums were re-released completely in remastered Compact Disc form, this is when Chile was no longer run by a military regime which oppressed their music in the late 1980s. Throughout the 1990s their music spread out, reaching all of South and Central America as well as some parts of the U.S., Canada and Europe.

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, former University classmate of Jorge, 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 2003. 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.

Es Demasiado Triste
Los Prisioneros Lyrics

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Hoy me voy a tomar
Un taxi a quien sabe donde
Así poder olvidar
Lo único inolvidable.

Es demasiado triste, es que es demasiado
Es demasiado triste
No puedes escapar

Estas presa why esa ventana
Y toda esta ciudad

Hoy tiene el color de tus ojos
Es demasiado triste, es demasiado
Es demasiado triste, es demasiado

Niña voy a escapar
Me ire hasta quien sabe donde
Si existe algún lugar
Que no tenga el color de tus ojos
Es demasiado triste, es demasiado
Es demasiado triste, es demasiado

Alguna vez te acuerdas cuando todo era
Amable why divertido
Con la sonrisa irónica ahora es lo único
Que nos podemos dar

Este maldito amor le gusta reirse reirse en tu cara
Este maldito amor le gusta reirse reirse en tu cara

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Los Prisioneros's song Es Demasiado Triste are about heartbreak and the struggle to move on from someone who has left an everlasting impact. The singer is taking a taxi to an unknown destination in order to forget about the one thing that he cannot forget about: the person who broke his heart. He is trapped in his own despair and unable to escape the memories of his former love. He realizes that everything around him reminds him of his lost love, as the city and its colors only remind him of her eyes. The lyrics are bittersweet and convey a sense of hopelessness, as the singer feels as though he is a prisoner to his own emotions.

The chorus of the song emphasizes the sadness and feeling of hopelessness that the singer is experiencing. The line "Es demasiado triste" ("It's too sad") is repeated multiple times, emphasizing the overwhelming feeling of sadness and the inability to escape it. The lyrics also explore the complexities of love, as the singer reflects on the past when everything was "amable y divertido" ("friendly and fun"), but now the only thing left is ironic smiles, which are a painful reminder of the love that has been lost. The final line conveys the bitter irony of love and how it seems to mock us even as it causes heartache.

Line by Line Meaning

Hoy me voy a tomar
Today I am going to take

Un taxi a quien sabe donde
A taxi to who knows where

Así poder olvidar
So I can forget

Lo único inolvidable.
The unforgettable thing.

Es demasiado triste, es que es demasiado
It's too sad, it's just too much

Es demasiado triste
It's too sad

No puedes escapar
You can't escape

Estas presa why esa ventana
You are trapped by that window

Y toda esta ciudad
And this entire city

Hoy tiene el color de tus ojos
Today has the color of your eyes

Niña voy a escapar
Girl, I'm going to escape