A funny mixtur… Read Full Bio ↴The correct spelling for this artist is Mamá Ladilla.
A funny mixture of progressive rock, metal, punk and hilarious lyrics, Mamá Ladilla was born as a band in Madrid, in 1994. Twelve years later, they have improved their instrumental skills and still writing one of the best lyrics in Spanish rock.
Members:
Juan Abarca: Guitars and vocals
Javi Rojas: Bass and backing vocals
Ferro: Drums
Their website, in Spanish, is: www.mamaladilla.com
Para Siempre
Mama Ladilla Lyrics
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Estés de pronto arrebatado,
Y un fugaz escalofrío
Te recorra la cerviz
Al descubrir que los fantasmas
Del pasado te perdonan
Y te abrazan entregados
A sanar la cicatriz.
Saca tu jodida cámara de vídeo.
Saca tu jodida cámara de vídeo.
Cuando en medio del concierto
Suene al fin esa canción
Que te transporta a los albores
De tu infancia, y una lágrima
Te brote al recordar aquellos años
Que pasaron, tan intensos y agridulces
Que ya nunca volverán.
Saca tu jodida cámara de vídeo.
Saca tu jodida cámara de vídeo.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y piérdetelo.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y piérdetelo.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y luego...
Pon el DVD a tus amigos y ¡piérdelos!
¡para siempre, piérdelos!
Cuando vuelvas a ese pueblo en el que tú veraneabas
Pero no lo reconozcas, sepultado por chalés.
Y de pronto aquella plaza, aquel rincón, aquel bareto
Sus tapetes y amarrados, ese viejo futbolín.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y piérdetelo.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y piérdetelo.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y luego...
Pon el DVD a tus amigos y ¡piérdelos, para siempre!
¡para siempre, piérdelos!
The lyrics of this song by Mama Ladilla, titled "Para Siempre," entail capturing and cherishing moments of the past. It describes how, when one is suddenly taken aback by a landscape or a particular event, and feels a shiver down their spine as they realize that the ghosts of the past have forgiven and embraced them, ready to heal the scars. In this instance, the singer implores the listener to take out their damn video camera to record these moments. Similarly, when a particular tune at a concert takes one back to their childhood and the melancholy of those years gone by, leaving one in tears, one should record it with their camera. The lyrics implore the listener to record it and then lose it. The tone of the song is pessimistic and melancholy, urging the listener to hold onto the memories and lose the physical copies.
The lyrics of the song continue to describe how one can visit towns and cities that they once spent their summers in, only to find that they have been replaced by modern buildings and infrastructure. They lament the loss of the old-world charm and how the future has eclipsed it. The singer continues to urge the listener to record these moments of the old and lose them to the world. The title, "Para Siempre," means "Forever," but the lyrics imply an acceptance that these moments are lost, and the only thing that remains is the memory.
Overall, the song conveys a sense of gloom and acceptance of the fleeting nature of life, urging listeners to capture and cherish moments while they can but eventually let them go as they fade into the past.
Line by Line Meaning
Cuando en medio del paisaje
When in the middle of the landscape
Estés de pronto arrebatado,
You suddenly feel overwhelmed,
Y un fugaz escalofrío
And a fleeting chill
Te recorra la cerviz
Runs down your spine
Al descubrir que los fantasmas
Discovering that the ghosts
Del pasado te perdonan
From the past forgive you
Y te abrazan entregados
And embrace you wholeheartedly
A sanar la cicatriz.
To heal the wound.
Saca tu jodida cámara de vídeo.
Take out your damn video camera.
Cuando en medio del concierto
When in the middle of the concert
Suene al fin esa canción
Finally, that song plays
Que te transporta a los albores
That takes you back to the early days
De tu infancia, y una lágrima
Of your childhood, and a tear
Te brote al recordar aquellos años
Springs up from remembering those years
Que pasaron, tan intensos y agridulces
That passed by, so intense and bittersweet
Que ya nunca volverán.
That will never come back again.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y piérdetelo.
Record it with your video camera and lose it.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y luego...
Record it with your video camera and then...
Pon el DVD a tus amigos y ¡piérdelos!
Show the DVD to your friends and lose it!
¡para siempre, piérdelos!
Forever, lose them!
Cuando vuelvas a ese pueblo en el que tú veraneabas
When you come back to that town where you spent summers
Pero no lo reconozcas, sepultado por chalés.
But you don't recognize it, buried by chalets.
Y de pronto aquella plaza, aquel rincón, aquel bareto
And suddenly that square, that corner, that bar
Sus tapetes y amarrados, ese viejo futbolín.
Its carpets and moorings, that old foosball table.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y piérdetelo.
Record it with your video camera and lose it.
Grábalo con tu cámara de vídeo y luego...
Record it with your video camera and then...
Pon el DVD a tus amigos y ¡piérdelos, para siempre!
Show the DVD to your friends and lose them forever!
¡para siempre, piérdelos!
Forever, lose them!
Contributed by Anthony L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Diego Manzanares Oliva
Grábalo y piérdetelo...
PhilipHuertas
@trompeniego el bajista es mejor que steve harris jejeje ;)