"Channelizing Paradise" can be purchased at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, at Sea Level Records in Echo Park, and online through Aquarius Records. "Channelizing Paradise" is also available to download through the iTunes music store, as well as eMusic, Napster, and most other digital providers. For people living in places where the iTunes music store isn't offered (Mexico and South America), eMusic is the best way to download the album. To download through iTunes click here. To download through eMusic click here (recommended for those in Mexico and South America). To download through Napster click here.
Press:
The Fader: "Less 'rock band' than all-out 'experience,' a thoroughly modern hybrid that defies easy categorization."
LA Weekly: "A theatrically vibrant blur of thrash-mariachi, psychedlic distortion, histrionic vocals, performance art, punk rock, surrealism, Mexican telenovelas and five-dollar-store fasions."
ARTFORUM: "Globe-trotting emissaries of trash in translation, a refreshing brand of cross-cultural misprision... Talk about a surprise vantage on the touchy elisions of imperialist modernism!"
Fluxblog: "This is technically an ESG cover, but there's got to be a better word for what Los Super Elegantes do with this song. The basic elements that make "Dance" one of the best dance songs ever written remain intact, but the band adds new verses and hooks that actually build on the greatness of the original. It's rather like buying a buying a beautiful old house and renovating it so that everything you add to the structure only enhances the aesthetic charm of the design."
Gorilla Vs. Bear: "The band, whose name loosely translates to 'The Super Elegantes,' is unclassifiable in its greatness. Each song seems to dabble in about 3 different genres and multiple languages, and yet it somehow comes together perfectly.
POR QUE TE VAS
Los Super Elegantes Lyrics
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Y el corazón
Se pone triste contemplando la ciudad
¿Por qué te vas?
Como cada noche desperté
Pensando en ti
Y en mi reloj todas las horas vi pasar
Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo
Me olvidarás, me olvidaras
Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
Today in my window shines the sun
And then my heart
Becomes so sad when I look at the city
Why did you leave?
Like every morning I wake up
Thinking of you
And in my heart all the hours passing by
Why did you go?
All the promises of my heart
They'll go with you
You'll forget me, you'll forget me
In the railway road I'll cry like a little baby
Why did you go?
Why did you go?
Why did you go?
Why did you go?
Y yo, sentado en un banco
En la estación de un tren
Me pregunté:
"¿Por qué quedé ahí abandonado?
Entre una multitud de gente".
Y yo me sentía tan abandonada en ese momento
Que salí por la calles corriendo, gritanto:
"¿Por qué? ¿Por qué? ¿¿Por qué?"
Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo
Me olvidarás, me olvidaras
Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo
Me olvidarás, me olvidaras
Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo
Me olvidarás, me olvidaras
Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
¿Por qué te vas?
“Por qué te vas” (Why did you go?) is a soft rock ballad by Los Super Elegantes, a Mexican-American band formed in 1994. The song tells of a heartbroken lover who is struggling to move on after being left by their beloved. In the first verse, the singer observes the beauty of the world outside their window but feels melancholy because their lover is no longer there to enjoy it with them. The chorus is a repeated plea to the now-departed lover to explain why they left, and the second verse continues in the same vein, with the singer unable to escape thoughts of their ex-lover, even in their dreams. The final chorus is sung with greater intensity, as the singer weeps at the railway station, feeling abandoned and alone.
One possible interpretation of the song is that it is about the pain of unrequited love or a relationship that has ended abruptly, leaving the one left behind bewildered and hurt. The motif of the railway station suggests that the departure was sudden and final, leaving the singer no chance to get closure or say a proper goodbye. The repetition of the question “why did you go?” also suggests a sense of frustration and confusion, as the singer struggles to understand what went wrong and why their lover chose to leave.
Line by Line Meaning
Hoy en mi ventana brilla el sol
Today the sun shines through my window
Y el corazón
And my heart
Se pone triste contemplando la ciudad
Sadness fills me as I look out to the city
¿Por qué te vas?
Why did you leave?
Como cada noche desperté
Like every night I awake
Pensando en ti
Thinking of you
Y en mi reloj todas las horas vi pasar
Watching all the hours pass on my clock
¿Por qué te vas?
Why did you leave?
Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo
All the promises of my love will go with you
Me olvidarás, me olvidaras
You'll forget me, you'll forget me
Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño
Next to the station I'll cry like a child
¿Por qué te vas?
Why did you leave?
¿Por qué te vas?
Why did you leave?
Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño
Next to the station I'll cry like a child
¿Por qué te vas?
Why did you leave?
¿Por qué te vas?
Why did you leave?
¿Por qué te vas?
Why did you leave?
Y yo, sentado en un banco
And me, sitting on a bench
En la estación de un tren
At a train station
Me pregunté:
I asked myself:
"¿Por qué quedé ahí abandonado?
"Why was I left behind?
Entre una multitud de gente".
In a crowd of people."
Y yo me sentía tan abandonada en ese momento
And at that moment I felt so abandoned
Que salí por la calles corriendo, gritanto:
That I ran out into the streets yelling:
"¿Por qué? ¿Por qué? ¿¿Por qué?"
"Why? Why? Why?"
Contributed by Aaliyah T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@ubaldoperezvallejo2643
Tenían lo suyo, ojalá aún lo puedan expresar, saludos dónde quiera que estén👋
@willywoonka8240
Saludos a los súper elegantes donde quiera que se encuentren
@winklermamanitapia605
Me encanta ❤
@carlosalbertogonzalez7954
Geniales los super elegantes
@onlysativa
versionacaaa
@nautilus2920
Que es de este grupo? Magnifica versión
@niniodeorozoe
Natalia Hernandez lo último que vi es que borraron su música de Spotify :(
@betoperdido
son una pareja de un argentino y una mexicana que ahora viven en EEUU y viven de hacer pinturas y creo que hasta tienen una galeria y ya. Creo que en realidad ya no se dedican a la música desde finales de la década pasada.
@happycowfromcali
Eran unos amigos que se conocieron en los 90s en San Francisco cuando estaban estudiando arte en universidad. En los anos de los late 90's y early 00's se movieron a Los Angeles donde comensaron este groupo. Ahora Milena esta casada con hijos y vive en Guadalajaro y Martiniano vive en Argentina y disena zapatos. Yo los vi en vivo varias veces y estube en es scene en esos anos.