Becoming involved in music since he was 15, in 1979 he and his brother Alejandro formed underground rock band ZAS. The following year he managed to contact Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and gain a spot on stage as the opening act for the British group for their Buenos Aires concerts. He turned ZAS into one of the most important argentine rock bands of the early 80s.
In 1986, Mateos recorded in the United States his first solo album (officially, but in practice he still used members of ZAS as supporting band). With a much more polished sound, and greater pop accessibility than the ZAS works, Mateos jumped on the crest of the wave of Argentine rock acts that dominated the 1986-1988 period all over Latin America, Spain, and elsewhere.
Solos en América was considered a watershed album containing cuts that would become classics of Rock en Español from that time, including the homonymous track, "Cuando Seas Grande", and "Mi Sombra en la Pared".
Riding a wave of massive popularity in Mexico, Mateos introduced the slogan "Rock en tu Idíoma" (Rock In Your Language) in 1987. He began touring that nation, introducing along the way local acts such as Caifanes and Maldita Vecindad, among others. All those groups would become major acts in their own right within a short period. In the 1987-1988 Mateos would tour Latin America to sell-out stadiums.[1] He was among the first Rock en Español acts to receive active support from fledgling MTV International.
The 1990s would be a period of continued solo success for Mateos and his now adult-pop rock music across the Spanish-speaking world, though ironically he would drop off somewhat in popularity in his homeland. In general, what in the rest of Latin America is considered rock, in Argentina tends to be seen as pop. This has sometimes led to cultural confusion about how to categorize the current Miguel Mateos musical output, as outside Argentina Mateos remains an iconic figure of the Rock en Español movement.
Mateos went on the so-called first Rock en Español tour of the United States in 1990, where he was awared the Bravo Musical Award. He released Bar Imperio in 1998 and after a hiatus released Uno in 2005.
Crac
Miguel Mateos Lyrics
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Solo, en medio de la noche
Después otro crac
Y otro corazón que se rompe
Quién esta ahí?
Quién anda ahí?
Quién ahoga el sentimiento?
Se prende un cartel
Se apaga y todo vuelve a empezar
Vuelvo a escuchar, Crac!
Otro sueño que se fuga De la verdad
Justa y emancipada de los pueblos
Que puedo hacer yo sin tu amor?
Puedo montarme a una ilusión
Con la seguridad, que nunca habrá nada mejor
Nena sin tu amor Se escucha un crac
Ahí viene el Rey de los desposeídos
Espíritu audaz Saluda y se arroja al vacío
Para nadar en la abundancia
Hay que arrastrarse en el fango
Que puedo hacer yo sin tu amor?
Divagar sin ton ni son En plena libertad
Que puedo hacer yo sin tu amor
Se escucha un crac
Solo, en medio de la noche
Después otro crac
Y otro corazón que se rompe
The song "Crac" by Miguel Mateos starts off with the sound of a cracking noise, which is heard alone in the middle of the night. Then, the cracking noise is heard again, followed by the sound of a heart breaking. The singer asks who is there and who is drowning out their emotions. A sign that says "No va mas" is turned on and off, and everything starts all over again. The singer hears the cracking sound again, revealing that it is another dream that has escaped from the truthful and liberated people. The singer wonders what they can do without love, how they can just wander aimlessly in freedom, going nowhere.
Throughout the song, there is a sense of hopelessness and desperation as the singer tries to make sense of their emotions without the love they desire. They feel lost without it, as if they are wandering aimlessly without any direction. The imagery of the cracking noise emphasizes the pain and despair felt by the singer as they try to cope with their emotions.
Overall, "Crac" by Miguel Mateos is a powerful and emotive song about heartbreak and the struggle to move on without love.
Line by Line Meaning
Se escucha un crac
A sound is heard
Solo, en medio de la noche
Alone, in the middle of the night
Después otro crac
Then another sound is heard
Y otro corazón que se rompe
And another heart is broken
Quién esta ahí?
Who is there?
Quién anda ahí?
Who is walking there?
Quién ahoga el sentimiento?
Who is drowning the feeling?
Se prende un cartel
A sign lights up
Que dice: No va mas
Saying: It's over
Se apaga y todo vuelve a empezar
It turns off and everything starts again
Vuelvo a escuchar, Crac!
I hear it again, Crack!
Otro sueño que se fuga
Another dream that escapes
De la verdad justa y emancipada de los pueblos
From the just and emancipated truth of the people
Que puedo hacer yo sin tu amor?
What can I do without your love?
Puedo montarme a una ilusión
I can ride on an illusion
Con la seguridad, que nunca habrá nada mejor
With the certainty that there will never be anything better
Nena sin tu amor Se escucha un crac
Baby without your love, a sound is heard
Ahí viene el Rey de los desposeídos
Here comes the King of the dispossessed
Espíritu audaz Saluda y se arroja al vacío
Audacious spirit greets and throws itself into the void
Para nadar en la abundancia
To swim in abundance
Hay que arrastrarse en el fango
You have to crawl in the mud
Divagar sin ton ni son En plena libertad
Rambling aimlessly in full freedom
Que puedo hacer yo sin tu amor
What can I do without your love?
Se escucha un crac
A sound is heard
Solo, en medio de la noche
Alone, in the middle of the night
Después otro crac
Then another sound is heard
Y otro corazón que se rompe
And another heart is broken
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@rossmartell6231
No crei que crack pudiera escucharse mejor, pero con este video me doy cuenta que este hombre se supera a si mismo, el es un Crack.
@sergiocejas7380
" en plena libertad que puedo hacer yo sin tu amor"
Excelente canción!!!.
@vicmancop
Una joya, maravillosa canción.
@lilianarago1
Uno de mis temas preferidos.Grande Miguel.
@maia59
Siempre escuche algunos temas puntuales de este gran artista. Y este me encantó. No veo la hora que llegue el 16 de septiembre para verlo en vivo y disfrutar de su gran show. ..
@vicmancop
Mateos, el Jefe del Rock en Español
@waltermarco1942
Que hermosa cancion, y que bien que suenan, que lujo tener a un artista como Miguel en este pais. Los años a vos Miguel en vez de afectarte te hacen cada vez mejor musico. Te admiro.
@aletei1556
Por suerte es Argentino y de exportacion!
@vicmancop
El Jefe del Rock en Español.
@ariellazzaro3258
El jefe sigue siendo el jefe excelente versión y que calidad de músicos tiene!