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.
Eve-evelyn
Los Prisioneros Lyrics
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Mis palabras son torpes dominas la situación
Dame un poco más de tu boca toda tu piel me provoca
En el suelo embarrada está mi dignidad
Mis complejos mis traumas sabes bien manejar
Poco a poco tu asesinas al poeta estúpido y
Después de ti nací después de ti morí
Siento y río y mato y creo y piso y lloro y corro y te grito
Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Evelyn
No distingo a donde naces tu muero yo
Ya mis ojos se nublan ya tirita mi voz
Dame un poco mas de tu boca toda tu piel me provoca
Esta noche no pienso hoy me dejo llevar
Desarmado y desnudo he perdido el control
Poco a poco tu asesinas al poeta estúpido y
No vuelvo a ser igual tu me sabes transformar
Después de ti nací después de ti morí
Siento y río y mato y creo y piso y lloro y corro y te grito
Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Evelyn
The song "Eve-evelyn" by Los Prisioneros is a passionate and intense exploration of desire and surrender. The opening lines set the scene, as the singer confesses he is stalking his beloved in the shadows and is completely consumed by her. He is rendered speechless in her presence but is driven by an unquenchable thirst for her. The chorus reveals the extent of his obsession, as the repetition of her name suggests he is worshipping her as a goddess. The second verse continues this theme, as the singer describes his loss of control in her presence and how she has the power to destroy him and re-create him.
The lyrics of the song are filled with imagery of surrender and transformation, as the singer is willing to sacrifice his dignity, his poetry, and even his own identity in order to be with this woman. He sees her as the ultimate source of pleasure and fulfillment, and is willing to do anything to keep her. The repetition of the line "Después de ti nací, después de ti morí" (After you, I was born, after you I died) underlines the intensity of this obsession.
Overall, "Eve-evelyn" is a powerful and deeply personal song that explores the complexities of desire and surrender. The lyrics are filled with vivid imagery and raw emotion, making it a classic of Latin American rock.
Line by Line Meaning
Te confundo en las sombras voy tras tu respiración
I am chasing you in the shadows and getting confused by your breath
Mis palabras son torpes dominas la situación
My words are clumsy, you dominate the situation
Dame un poco más de tu boca toda tu piel me provoca
Give me more of your mouth, your skin provokes me
En el suelo embarrada está mi dignidad
My dignity is muddy on the ground
Mis complejos mis traumas sabes bien manejar
You know how to handle my complexes and my traumas well
Poco a poco tu asesinas al poeta estúpido y
Little by little, you kill the stupid poet in me
No vuelvo a ser igual tú me sabes transformar
I won't be the same again, you know how to transform me
Después de ti nací después de ti morí
I was born after you, I died after you
Siento y río y mato y creo y piso y lloro y corro y te grito
I feel and laugh and kill and create and step and cry and run and scream at you
Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Evelyn
Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Evelyn
No distingo a donde naces tu muero yo
I can't distinguish where you are born, I die with you
Ya mis ojos se nublan ya tirita mi voz
My eyes are clouded and my voice trembles
Esta noche no pienso hoy me dejo llevar
Tonight I don't think, I let myself go
Desarmado y desnudo he perdido el control
Disarmed and naked, I have lost control
No vuelvo a ser igual tu me sabes transformar
I won't be the same again, you know how to transform me
Después de ti nací después de ti morí
I was born after you, I died after you
Siento y río y mato y creo y piso y lloro y corro y te grito
I feel and laugh and kill and create and step and cry and run and scream at you
Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Evelyn
Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Evelyn
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Written by: JORGE HUMBERTO GONZALEZ RIOS
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