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.
Sexo
Los Prisioneros Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Apela a tu liberalidad
Toca tu instinto animal
Rozando la brutalidad
Te lo encuentras en la pared
En el anuncio del licor
Pegado en un mostradorGritándote a todo color
Sexo compro
Sexo vendo
Sexo arriendo
Sexo ofrezco
Sexo compro
Sexo vendo
Sexo arriendo
Sexo, sexo, sexo, sexo, sexo
Ya no hay de qué enrojecer
Es cotidiano ya lo ves
Ahora la virginidad
Es una cosa medieval
Es tu carnet de madurez
Tu pasaporte a la adultez
Ella no es una mujer para amar
Sino un enemigo al cual doblegar
Sexo compro
Sexo arriendo
Sexo vendo
Sexo ofrezco
Sexo comproSexo vendo
Sexo arriendo
Sexo, sexo, sexo, sexo, sexo
Sexo, sexo, sexo, sexo, sexo, sexo
Las rotativas de imprenta
Ya están empezando a editar más mujeres desnudas
Y tú tienes una cara de cliente fácil
Tú compras por una promesa de sexo
Abres la boca y te meten el dedo
Y les sigues el juego
Y les das tu dinero
Y te sientes muy hombre
Y me río en tu cara de tu estupidez
El mejor gancho comercial
Apela a tu imbecilidad
Te trata como un animal
Poniendo en claro tu brutalidad
Es un trofeo la ilusión
Que quiebras en la situación
Me estas dando la ocasión
De gritarte con razón
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Gamulán que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente
Tangente de cuarenta y cinco
Gamulán que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente
Tangente de cuarenta y cinco
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
The song "Sexo" by Los Prisioneros tackles the subject of sexuality in a rather satirical manner, shining a light on the commercialisation of sex in our society. The lyrics are provocative, and they make bold statements about how sex has become a commodity. The song begins by talking about how the best marketing tactics appeal to people's liberal nature and instinctual desire. They show up everywhere, from liquor ads to posters on walls, and they scream at the viewer to buy sex. The chorus brings to light how sex has become a transactional activity that can be bought, sold or rented out like any other good in the market. It goes on to talk about how the traditional notion of virginity has become outdated and unimportant to modern society. Instead, sex acts as a symbol of maturity and adulthood. In this regard, women are not someone to be loved but rather conquered. The song ends with the singer belittling someone who is deceived by the promise of sex and easily falls victim to the commercialisation of sex.
The song was written in 1987, during the Pinochet regime in Chile. It was a time of repression, where censorship was high, and people were not allowed to express their opinions freely. It is said that this song was a reaction to the growing trend of consumerism, something that was being heavily promoted by the Pinochet government. The song was an instant hit, and it became one of the most popular songs in Latin America, making Los Prisioneros one of the most successful and influential bands of that era.
Line by Line Meaning
El mejor gancho comercial
The best advertising hook
Apela a tu liberalidad
Appeals to your liberality
Toca tu instinto animal
Touches your animal instinct
Rozando la brutalidad
Bordering on brutality
Te lo encuentras en la pared
You find it on the wall
En el anuncio del licor
In the liquor ad
Pegado en un mostrador
Stuck on a counter
Gritándote a todo color
Screaming at you in full color
Sexo compro
Buying sex
Sexo vendo
Selling sex
Sexo arriendo
Renting sex
Sexo ofrezco
Offering sex
Ya no hay de qué enrojecer
There's no need to blush anymore
Es cotidiano ya lo ves
It's daily, you see
Ahora la virginidad
Now virginity
Es una cosa medieval
Is a medieval thing
Es tu carnet de madurez
It is your maturity card
Tu pasaporte a la adultez
Your passport to adulthood
Ella no es una mujer para amar
She's not a woman to love
Sino un enemigo al cual doblegar
But an enemy to subdue
Las rotativas de imprenta
Printing presses
Ya están empezando a editar más mujeres desnudas
They are already beginning to publish more naked women
Y tú tienes una cara de cliente fácil
And you have an easy client face
Tú compras por una promesa de sexo
You buy for a promise of sex
Abres la boca y te meten el dedo
You open your mouth and they shove their finger
Y les sigues el juego
And you follow their game
Y les das tu dinero
And you give them your money
Y te sientes muy hombre
And you feel like a man
Y me río en tu cara de tu estupidez
And I laugh at your stupidity in your face
Es un trofeo la ilusión
The illusion is a trophy
Que quiebras en la situación
That you break in the situation
Me estas dando la ocasión
You are giving me the opportunity
De gritarte con razón
To shout at you with reason
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Gamulán que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente
A gamulán that falls asleep is carried by the current
Tangente de cuarenta y cinco
A tangent of forty-five
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Jorge Gonzalez
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@fabianvillanueva8676
Dejo mi comentario acá para qué cuándo a alguien se le ocurra dejar un "me gusta",me llegue una notificación y me recuerde que tengo que volver a escuchar esta joya
@achtBlut888
Ya es hora de volver a escuchar esta joya bro
@V3eTLe
compadre ya llego la hora 👀
@dokiishere1690
Vuelve pana
@samartclay3052
A escuchar🎉 SEXO
@miguelx9439
Es un copy paste, no tenés vergüenza
@hailpacmanv2805
Está canción describe lo que es el regueton actualmente
@chicarara515
LOL, minimo sabes el por qué de la canción?
@irisochoa254
El reggaeton es una basura que nacio de un homunculo sin forma
@mariomillapan3863
@@chicarara515 g