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.
Estar solo
Los Prisioneros Lyrics
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Algo que no es mentira ni verdad
Malas costumbres, mal destino
Un solo camino
Del que nunca puedo renegar
Hay algo malo dentro de mi
Una especie de programa con error
Muchas diferencias
De las que nunca puedo renegar
Estar solo
Estar solo
Los meses pasan, los años se juntan
Y todo da igual
Las fantasías, las escenas de cine
Tienen mal final
Estoy bien me siento bien
Pero es este un planeta muy inmenso como para
Estar solo
Estar solo
Estoy bien me siento bien
Pero es este un planeta muy inmenso como para
Estar solo, hay algo malo dentro de mi
Estar solo, algo que no es mentira ni verdad
Estar solo, malas costumbre, mal destino
The lyrics to Los Prisioneros's song Estar Solo describe a feeling of loneliness and isolation despite being content with oneself. The repetition of "algo que siempre está ahí" ("something that's always there") suggests a constant presence of this feeling. The lyrics go on to explain that this feeling is not a lie nor truth, indicating a sense of confusion or ambiguity surrounding it.
The second verse delves deeper into the source of this feeling, describing it as a flaw or error within oneself that cannot be ignored. The line "estoy bien me siento bien pero es este un planeta muy inmenso como para estar solo" translates to "I'm fine, I feel fine, but this planet is too vast to be alone" and reveals the underlying desire for human connection.
The chorus, consisting solely of "estar solo" ("to be alone"), reinforces the feeling of isolation and emphasizes its significance. The final two lines of the song, "estar solo, malas costumbres, mal destino" ("to be alone, bad habits, bad fate"), suggest that this feeling of loneliness may be a result of self-destructive behavior and negative circumstances.
Overall, the lyrics of Estar Solo convey a complex emotional experience of loneliness and self-awareness, highlighting the importance of human connection and the consequences of isolation.
Line by Line Meaning
Algo que siempre esta ahí
Something that's always present
Algo que no es mentira ni verdad
Something that's neither true nor false
Malas costumbres, mal destino
Bad habits, bad destiny
Un solo camino
Only one path
Del que nunca puedo renegar
That I can never deny
Hay algo malo dentro de mi
There's something bad within me
Una especie de programa con error
A kind of program with an error
Una tendencia, una exigencia
A tendency, a demand
Muchas diferencias
Many differences
De las que nunca puedo renegar
That I can never deny
Estar solo
Being alone
Los meses pasan, los años se juntan
Months pass, years come together
Y todo da igual
And everything becomes the same
Las fantasías, las escenas de cine
Fantasies, movie scenes
Tienen mal final
Have a bad ending
Estoy bien me siento bien
I'm good, I feel good
Pero es este un planeta muy inmenso como para
But this is a very immense planet for
Estar solo
Being alone
Estar solo
Being alone
Hay algo malo dentro de mi
There's something bad within me
Estar solo
Being alone
Algo que no es mentira ni verdad
Something that's neither true nor false
Estar solo
Being alone
Malas costumbre, mal destino
Bad habits, bad destiny
Lyrics © SADAIC LATIN COPYRIGHTS, INC.
Written by: JORGE GONZALEZ
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