The band was unable to secure a record deal in Mexico, as their music was considered to be insufficiently commercial, and ended up releasing their first album Latin Ska Force independently. However, in 1999 they secured a deal with David Byrne's Luaka Bop record label to release their international debut, Los de Abajo.
The follow-up Cybertropic Chilango Power was released in 2002 and won BBC Radio 3's World Music Award for the Americas. 2006's LDA v The Lunatics saw them continue to absorb influences from around the world and included a Spanish-language version of The Fun Boy Three song "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)", featuring Neville Staples.
The band are supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and have played benefits gigs for the revolutionary group. The Zapatistas' Comandante Esther features on "Resistencia", the first track on LDA v The Lunatics.
Noche
Los de Abajo Lyrics
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Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
Noche no te despidas sin decirme
Que manana tendre un nuevo calor
Noche, no escondas todas las estrellas
Deja dos, como el hechizo de unos ojos
Noche, ven y hazme saber que vivo
Una movidita suave
Va meneando todos mis sentidos
Me agita, me prende
Me deja con este sabor
Una movidita suave
Me recuerda que no hay mal que dure
Cien años, mil años,
y asi nos descargamos tu y yo
Noche, no me abandones sin un trago
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
Noche no te despidas sin decirme
Que manana tendre un nuevo calor
Con la pena y el dolor
Que me golpea y me desangra el corazón
Eres mi unica amiga
Mi unico refugio, mi mas seguro y ultimo rincón
Grito hacia la luna
Grito hacia la luna
Me domina el sentimiento de vivir esta locura,
De poder desprenderme del reloj,
De poderme liberar de la razón
Noche, no me abandones sin un trago
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
The song "Noche" by Los de Abajo is a heartfelt plea to the night to not abandon the singer without a drink, as their heart has been broken by a failed love. They ask the night to not say goodbye without telling them that they will have a new fire tomorrow. They implore the night to leave some stars visible, like the spell of someone's eyes. The singer sees the night as their faithful companion in their bohemian life, always reminding them of their vibrant and passionate nature.
The song has an upbeat tempo, with moments of smooth and lively rhythms that awaken the senses. The singer describes how these rhythms and movements leave them with a certain taste, reminding them that nothing negative lasts forever, and they can always shake it off together with the night. The night is presented as the singer's only friend and safe haven in the midst of heartbreak and pain. They cry out to the moon to be released from the constraints of time and the rational world.
Overall, the song "Noche" portrays a deep connection between the singer and the night, highlighting the role of the night as a symbol of freedom, passion, and comfort.
Line by Line Meaning
Noche, no me abandones sin un trago
Night, don't leave me without a drink
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
As love has torn my heart apart
Noche no te despidas sin decirme
Night, don't say goodbye to me without telling me
Que manana tendre un nuevo calor
That tomorrow I will have a new warmth
Noche, no escondas todas las estrellas
Night, don't hide all the stars
Deja dos, como el hechizo de unos ojos
Leave two, like the enchantment of someone's eyes
Noche, ven y hazme saber que vivo
Night, come and let me know that I'm alive
Siempre fiel a tu bohemia condición
Always faithful to your bohemian condition
Una movidita suave
A soft movement
Va meneando todos mis sentidos
It shakes all of my senses
Me agita, me prende
It agitates me, it catches me
Me deja con este sabor
It leaves me with this taste
Me recuerda que no hay mal que dure
It reminds me that no bad thing lasts
Cien años, mil años, y asi nos descargamos tu y yo
100 years, 1,000 years, and that's how we let loose, you and me
Con la pena y el dolor
With pain and sorrow
Que me golpea y me desangra el corazón
That hits me and bleeds my heart
Eres mi unica amiga
You are my only friend
Mi unico refugio, mi mas seguro y ultimo rincón
My only refuge, my safest and last corner
Grito hacia la luna
I scream towards the moon
Me domina el sentimiento de vivir esta locura,
I am dominated by the feeling of living this madness,
De poder desprenderme del reloj,
Of being able to detach myself from the clock,
De poderme liberar de la razón
Of being able to free myself from reason
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
As love has torn my heart apart
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
As love has torn my heart apart
Que un amor el corazon me destrozó
As love has torn my heart apart
Contributed by Victoria B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Naty Martinez
amo esta cancion...
Daniel Garcia
Tsssss, que gran canción, mucho sentimiento
Leticia Anna Rodríguez
me enkanta esta rolaaaaa gracias por subirla
yeye flores
me eleeevoo ♥ con esta roola
David Salgado
PINCHE ROLONON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ludmila Rigg
mi 2da favorita de este grupazo! la 1ra s la d al final 4ever!!!!!
María Magonista
sólo Liber le daba ese toque a la banda que indudablemente ya perdieron los de abajo, lástima...
Gloria Aguilar López
Saludos
jose carlos
las verguitas!
Darsketo
:)