The group's first single was "Corazón de Sandía", a summer hit from the first album "Mama Funk" with sixteen songs, released in 1995 under the EMI label. Two years later a second big hit "Cha cha cha" was released as a single, featuring Juan Sativo a rap artist from Chilean band Tiro de Gracia. Also in 1997 another album with fifteen songs, called "La Medicina", was released under the EMI Odeon label. This album is recognized by a lot of latin artists as one of the best latin-american funk works ever.
Los Tetas introduced a new member "Tata", who eventually took the place of Pepino on drums, but also made a huge impact on vocals and musical adjustments. With the participation of a lot of artists from local scene, such as Boomer (DJ and Raggamuffin), Zaturno and Juan Sativo from Tiro de Gracia and Anita Tijoux from Makiza, they made a solid and fun album with big influences from James Brown and Parliament funkadelic. Among the songs recorded in this perieod were "Papi... donde esta el Funk", "Bola Disco", "La Medicina" and "Primavera".
In 1998 after some dissagreements within the band, they dissolved, to reunit again in 1999 with a new formation: Tata (drums), Toly Ramirez Jr. (Bass), C-Funk (Guitar, keyboard and vocals) and Tea Time (scratch and vocals). With this band, they made their fourth album, "Independiente" containing ten songs. This album was edited and distributed by CAPITALUX Discos label. It wasn't as big a success as former albums, but they survive in the local scene with a lot of live gigs. They also made the transition to the north and begin to make some contacts to work in Mexico and USA.
In late of 2002 their last album "Tómala!", with 14 songs (including "I like", "Fiesta Funk", "Underground side" and "Sistemas"), made the band to take a huge jump to a lot of countries in Latin America, including Argentina, Perú, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela and especially México. They also started to perform in the USA. Later they shared the stage with Red Hot Chili Peppers in a concert at the Chilean Estadio Nacional.
In 2004 they dissolved for good, after one of the co-founder members C-Funk, decided to make the transition to a solo career. The remaining artists of the band changed the name to T-Funk and a few months after to FunkAttack, because C-Funk sued them for the similar name.
Tómala!
Los Tetas Lyrics
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si es ella lo que tienes tomala
si es ella lo que viene tomala, tomala, tomala
en un bar apenas la conoci
dijo mi amor esta abierto para ti
esta noche sigue-sigueme a mi sigueme a mi fui
y donde llegue no lo crei
lo que ella iba a decir lo lei en su mirada
dijo hagamoslo aca que esto ya se acaba
vamos hacia alla hacia donde
los demás no saben nada
Los Tetas's song "Tomala" talks about a man who meets a woman in a bar and is immediately captivated by her. He agrees to follow her and soon finds himself in her company in a private room. The woman sends him a message with her eyes, and they both know what's about to happen. The chorus repeatedly says "tomala," which translates to "take her." The lyrics convey a sense of desire and spontaneity, as the man acts on impulse and follows his heart without knowing what comes next.
The song's lyrics suggest that the man is willing to take a chance on this woman, regardless of the consequences. He has an intense attraction towards her, and is willing to follow her lead into the unknown. The lyrics also suggest a sense of urgency, as the woman wants to act before it is too late or before anyone else finds out.
Line by Line Meaning
Si es ella lo que quieres tomala
If she's the one you want, take her
si es ella lo que tienes tomala
If she's the one you have, take her
si es ella lo que viene tomala, tomala, tomala
If she's the one coming, take her, take her, take her
en un bar apenas la conoci
I barely met her in a bar
dijo mi amor esta abierto para ti
She said 'my love, it's open for you'
esta noche sigue-sigueme a mi sigueme a mi fui
This night, follow-follow me, I followed her
y donde llegue no lo crei
And where I arrived, I couldn't believe
estabamos en la sala y aun faltaba
We were in the living room and something was missing
lo que ella iba a decir lo lei en su mirada
What she was going to say, I read it in her eyes
dijo hagamoslo aca que esto ya se acaba
She said 'Let's do it here, this is ending'
vamos hacia alla hacia donde
Let's go over there, to where...
Contributed by Violet J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Manuel Córdova
¿Por qué esta obra de arte no está disponible en spotify?
Rodrigo Carvajal Alarcón
Cracks!!! Lo mejor del funk Chileno lleven éste disco a Spotify
Nets
tiempo atrás me encontré con Tea Time en la micro después de la polémica que causo el supuesto caso de violencia con su pareja, después de todas las funas y expulsión de la banda, lo vi en la micro por providencia, acomodandome en el transporte derrepente lo mire y me di cuenta que era camilo, el se dio cuenta que lo reconocí pero no dijo nada, no pude evitar decirle "disculpa que te moleste, demás que te lo han dicho harto, pero yo con mis amigos crecimos escuchando tu música".
Blade Ace
y que te dijo
Nets
@Blade Ace se emocionó la verdad, me dijo gracias, yo le dije que gracias, gracias a ti por tanta buena música. Y contó que lo tenían mega funado, hasta a su hijo.
Skibadeeecl
Y fue entonces cuando notaste que era el mismísimo Albert Einstein?
Felipe IA
jajajaj… a mi paso parecido. Me lo tope previo a una tocata q dio en Stgo centro. conversamos en la buena onda, típicas informalidades, y tuve la intención que decirle que era súper fan de los tetas, q me sabía el Mama funk, La Medicina y Tómala prácticamente de memoria…. pero no quise ser patero, y me contuve. A lo rana rené🐸😆
Bplus eh
Jajajaja mano yo me lo pille en una micro en viña, estaba amanecio si xD, yo estaba con pinturas y hablamos un rato de graffiti, compartimos contacto y etc.
Jorge Horna
Una de las mejores banda Latino Americanas representando el funk/rock! 👍
Beto Astorga
Este disco lo tengo firmado por todos sus integrantes. Lo compré cuando salió... me encanta. Lamentablemente no está en Spotify... supongo que por decisión del sello, quizás en otros países esté habilitado. De hecho hace poco sacaron otras canciones del Spotify de la banda :( muy malas decisiones ahí.