Los Tres is a rock band from Concepción, Chile. Band members are Álvaro Hen… Read Full Bio ↴Los Tres is a rock band from Concepción, Chile. Band members are Álvaro Henríquez (vocals and guitar), Ángel Parra (guitar, lapsteel and backing vocals), Roberto Lindl (bass, double bass and accordion) and Francisco Molina (drums and percussion). Their first album was released in 1991.

In 1982, three guys from Concepción, Álvaro Henríquez, Roberto Titae Lindl, and Pancho Molina started a band called Los Dick Stones, whose set list was based on songs by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Gene Vincent. They quickly became very popular in universities, bars, and peñas around the southern city of Concepción. Given their ambition to achieve success in the Chilean mainstream, they decided to move to the capital city of Santiago and changed their name to Los Tres. In 1988 Ángel Parra joined the band and even though Los Tres is Spanish for "the three", they decided to keep the name.

During years when culture and art began to rise again -after the cultural and night life had been reduced for almost 20 years due to the military regime that had ruled Chile since 1973-, the times were right for their music to develop and their popularity to grow. They recorded 9 albums during their first stage together, from 1982 until 2000.

In 2000 the band went into an indefinite break and its members continued their musical careers in personal projects.

On 2006 Los Tres, with the exception of Pancho Molina, announced their reunion including a show in May, the festival Vive Latino in Mexico City, and a show in Santiago de Chile. The first single Camino was already released. Their tenth album (Hágalo usted mismo) was a result of this reunion. The band is still together.

Agua Bendita
Los Tres Lyrics

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Quién podría hablar
Tan groseramente
Quién sería digno
De merecer la muerte

Quién sería el cerro
Cuyos árboles crepitan
Quién podría apagar esa llama

Con agua bendita

Quién podrá matar a esa mujer
Sólo por matarla
Quién podrá morir por ella
Sólo por amarla

Quién podría hablar en serio
Con toda esta gente
El sol, cielo, tierra y mar
Suenan diferente

Quién podrá matar a esa mujer
Sólo por matarla
Quién podrá morir por ella
Sólo por amarla

Quien podría hablar
Tan groseramente
Quien sería digno
De merecer la muerte

Cuando estés sola
Por favor vente aquí
Porque si no lo haces
Podría morir sin ti

Podría morir sin ti
Podría morir sin ti

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Los Tres's song "Agua Bendita" explore the theme of power and the impact it has on different individuals. The song poses several rhetorical questions about who is worthy of speaking with authority or of deserving death. The first stanza asks who can speak with grossness and who could deserve death. The second stanza continues with the questions asking who can put out the flame that burns with holy water and who can kill a woman just to kill her or die for her just to love her.

The song also touches on the idea of loneliness and the importance of having someone by your side. In the last stanza, the singer pleads with someone to come to him or her when they are alone because they may die without them. The song ends with the repeating lyrics "Podría morir sin ti," which means "I could die without you."

Overall, the song seems to be commenting on the corrupt nature of power and the importance of human connection. The rhetorical questions suggest that no one is truly worthy of excessive power or of taking someone's life. The plea for someone to come to the singer underscores the idea that being alone can be deadly, and that connection with others is essential to survival.

Line by Line Meaning

Quién podría hablar
Who could dare speak?

Tan groseramente
So rudely?

Quién sería digno
Who would be worthy?

De merecer la muerte
Of deserving death?

Quién sería el cerro
Who would be the hill?

Cuyos árboles crepitan
Whose trees rustle?

Quién podría apagar esa llama
Who could put out that flame?

Con agua bendita
With holy water?

Quién podrá matar a esa mujer
Who could kill that woman?

Sólo por matarla
Just for the sake of killing?

Quién podrá morir por ella
Who could die for her?