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.
Sudapara
Los Tres Lyrics
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Nos dijo
Hablen algo más
Se calló
Nada más interesante
Cariño
Nadie tan crata como yo
Sufriendo
Yo sé lo que es vivir el amor
Yo sé lo que es cargar
con las piedras
Gritaba
Yo sé lo que es vivir con
Honor
Todo lo interesante de hablar
Lo que hablo
Te hará sudar
Como un militar
Como un militar
Mirando cuadros
De Dalí
Esperando volver
Nunca más
Suda para mí una vez más
Cariño
Suda para mí una vez más
Como un militar mirando
cuadros de Dalí
Esperando volver
Nunca más
The lyrics of Sudapara by Los Tres are full of introspection and pain that comes from a life of struggles. The opening lines of the song, "Hablen algo interesante / Nos dijo / Hablen algo más / Se calló" (Speak something interesting / He told us / Speak something else / He fell silent), reveal a sense of boredom with the mundane and a desire for real meaning that cannot be easily found. The singer then declares, "Nadie tan crata como yo / Yo sé lo que es vivir la vida / Sufriendo / Yo sé lo que es vivir el amor / Yo sé lo que es cargar / con las piedras / Gritaba / Yo sé lo que es vivir con / Honor" (No one as wise as me / I know what it is to live life / Suffering / I know what it is to live love / I know what it is to carry / stones / I shout / I know what it is to live with / honor). These lines may suggest the singer's sense of superiority, but they also reveal a sense of self-awareness about the hardships that have defined their life.
The song continues with the singer challenging their audience to engage with them on a deeper level, warning them that what they have to say will make them sweat like a soldier looking at a Salvador Dali painting. The final lines repeat the refrain "Suda para mí una vez más / Cariño / Suda para mí una vez más / Como un militar mirando cuadros de Dalí / Esperando volver / Nunca más" (Sweat for me one more time / Darling / Sweat for me one more time / Like a soldier looking at Dali paintings / Waiting to return / Never again). It is as if the singer is trying to push others to a level of intensity and emotion that they themselves have experienced and survived.
Overall, Sudapara is a song that expresses a deep sense of pain and struggle, but also a fierce resilience and determination to move forward despite it all. It is a call to engage with life more deeply, to embrace the struggles and sweat for something meaningful.
Line by Line Meaning
Hablen algo interesante
Say something interesting
Nos dijo
He/She told us
Hablen algo más
Say something else
Se calló
He/She stopped talking
Nada más interesante
Nothing else interesting
Cariño
Sweetheart
Nadie tan crata como yo
No one as harsh as me
Yo sé lo que es vivir la vida
I know what it's like to live life
Sufriendo
Suffering
Yo sé lo que es vivir el amor
I know what it's like to live love
Yo sé lo que es cargar con las piedras
I know what it's like to carry stones
Gritaba
He/She screamed
Yo sé lo que es vivir con Honor
I know what it's like to live with honor
Todo lo interesante de hablar
All the interesting things to talk about
Lo que hablo
What I talk about
Te hará sudar
It will make you sweat
Como un militar
Like a soldier
Mirando cuadros de Dalí
Looking at Dalí's paintings
Esperando volver nunca más
Hoping to come back never again
Suda para mí una vez más
Sweat for me one more time
Como un militar mirando cuadros de Dalí
Like a soldier looking at Dalí's paintings
Esperando volver nunca más
Hoping to come back never again
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: HENRIQUEZ, LINDL
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