Their "Mi Agüita amarilla" single (My Yellow Water) is still well-known and it stays as one of the symbols of the "Movida Madrileña" movement in the Spanish collective mind. Being their main hit, the lyrics describe what happens to the "yellow water" coming out of our body as it "spreads all over the world and turns the jungle green and falls over you all again. The group was also famous for their various appearances on the young audience targeted "La Bola de Cristal" TV Show hosted by the singer and another "Movida" symbol Alaska.
Disbanded in 1992, Pablo Carbonell is still a well known TV showman.
Vendiendo Amor
Los Toreros Muertos Lyrics
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Ahora mismo te compro un Clavelito
Te he sido infiel cariñitos
Y yo que soy, pelillos a la mar
Te deseo ahora mas que nunca
Eres la respuesta a todas mis preguntas
La luna no brilla si no sales tu
Con ésta estrofa de ésta canción
Pago una letra del televisor
Con ésta otra
Me compro unas cebollas
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Se que cuando toco tu pecho
Es mi pecho el que toco
Aunque el mío tiene pelos
Y el tuyo no
Y es que soy yo dentro de ti
Y todavía no me he acostumbrado
A lo apretado de tu sujetador
Pero ya me siento incrustado a tu cuerpo
Con la misma fuerza que la masa por aceleración
Que desprende un transistor
Oh nuestro amor
Se que me gusta el sabor de tu boca
Y cuando nuestros labios se tocan
Me gusta, lo se
Por esto que no dan nada
Con ésta estrofa de esta canción
Me compro un piso en un narcotón
Con ésta otra
Me compro una moto
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo amor
Vendiendo
amor
The lyrics to Los Toreros Muertos's song Vendiendo Amor (Selling Love) are a humorous take on the commodification of love and the lengths some will go to in order to obtain it. The song starts with a declaration of love for someone who the singer finds to be the most beautiful thing they have ever seen. They then offer to buy them a tiny little carnation as a token of their affection. However, it is quickly revealed that the singer has been unfaithful to their beloved, but they believe that everything can be forgiven and forgotten, as they offer themselves up with the phrase "pelillos a la mar" (roughly translating to 'water under the bridge').
The song then goes on to describe the physical attraction between the two, with the singer suggesting that when they touch the other person's chest, it is as if they are touching their own. They believe that they are a part of the other person and that they are inseparable, despite the fact that the other person's body may not be as familiar to them as their own. The singer then goes on to state that they will buy various items with the money they make from selling their love, including a television, onions, a house in a 'narcotón' (a Spanish term used to describe a neighborhood known for drug activity), and a motorcycle.
Line by Line Meaning
Eres lo mas bonito que he visto
You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
Ahora mismo te compro un Clavelito
Right now I'll buy you a little carnation.
Te he sido infiel cariñitos
I have been unfaithful, darling.
Y yo que soy, pelillos a la mar
But I am one to brush things off and forget them.
Te deseo ahora mas que nunca
I desire you now more than ever.
Eres la respuesta a todas mis preguntas
You are the answer to all my questions.
La luna no brilla si no sales tu
The moon doesn't shine if you're not around.
Con tu camisita y tu Canesú
With your little shirt and your yoke.
Con ésta estrofa de ésta canción
With this verse of this song.
Pago una letra del televisor
I pay installments for my TV.
Con ésta otra
With this other one.
Me compro unas cebollas
I buy some onions.
Se que cuando toco tu pecho
I know that when I touch your chest.
Es mi pecho el que toco
It's actually my own chest that I'm touching.
Aunque el mío tiene pelos
Even though mine has hair.
Y el tuyo no
And yours doesn't.
Y es que soy yo dentro de ti
And it's because I am inside you.
Y todavía no me he acostumbrado
And I still haven't gotten used to it.
A lo apretado de tu sujetador
To how tight your bra is.
Pero ya me siento incrustado a tu cuerpo
But now I feel embedded in your body.
Con la misma fuerza que la masa por aceleración
With the same force as the mass by acceleration.
Que desprende un transistor
That is emitted by a transistor.
Oh nuestro amor
Oh, our love.
Se que me gusta el sabor de tu boca
I know I like the taste of your lips.
Y cuando nuestros labios se tocan
And when our lips touch.
Me gusta, lo se
I like it, I know.
Por esto que no dan nada
For this they don't give anything.
Con ésta estrofa de esta canción
With this verse of this song.
Me compro un piso en un narcotón
I buy myself a flat in a low-income district.
Con ésta otra
With this other one.
Me compro una moto
I buy myself a motorcycle.
Vendiendo amor
Selling love.
Vendiendo amor
Selling love.
Vendiendo amor
Selling love.
Vendiendo amor
Selling love.
Vendiendo amor
Selling love.
Vendiendo amor
Selling love.
Vendiendo amor
Selling love.
Vendiendo
Selling.
Writer(s): Pablo Carbonell Sanchez, Alberto Moraga Del Riego
Contributed by Ruby Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.