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.
Encuentra Un Lugar
Miguel Mateos Lyrics
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Estoy del otro lado, esperando llegar
Busca ese color, que vaya con tus ojos
Vístete despacio, me muero por llegar
En ese lugar entre los peces y el firmamento
Se puede ser feliz fotografiando al viento
En ese lugar yo tengo el presentimiento
Que será casi igual materia y pensamiento
No traigas equipaje no es muy largo
Ven ya si encuentro ese lugar
Perfora tu conciencia
Destruye los opuestos
Y sé que poco a poco serás uno de los nuestros
En ese lugar
Solo contamos con nosotros
Los expulsados del paraíso
Me muero por llegar encuentra ese lugar
The song "Encuentra Un Lugar" by Miguel Mateos is a song about searching for a place that is far away from where the singer is currently. He is on one side and waiting to arrive to the other side. He talks about finding the right color that goes with the person's eyes, dressing up slowly, and being excited to finally arrive at this place. Along with his journey, he talks about being able to be happy photographing the wind between the fishes and the sky, having a feeling that it will be almost equal in matter and thought.
The singer asks the listener to come to this place without bringing any luggage because it's not very far. He wants them to perforate their consciousness, destroy the opposites, and slowly become one of them. In this place, it's just them, the expelled ones from paradise. The singer is eager to find this place; he's dying to get there.
Line by Line Meaning
Encuentro un lugar, algo alejado
I have found a place that is somewhat distant
Estoy del otro lado, esperando llegar
I am on the other side, waiting to arrive
Busca ese color, que vaya con tus ojos
Search for that color that matches your eyes
Vístete despacio, me muero por llegar
Get dressed slowly, I am dying to arrive
En ese lugar entre los peces y el firmamento
In that place between the fish and the sky
Se puede ser feliz fotografiando al viento
One can be happy taking pictures of the wind
En ese lugar yo tengo el presentimiento
In that place I have the feeling
Que será casi igual materia y pensamiento
That matter and thought will be almost the same
Si encuentro ese lugar
If I find that place
No traigas equipaje no es muy largo
Don't bring luggage, it's not very long
Ven ya si encuentro ese lugar
Come now if I find that place
Perfora tu conciencia
Pierce your consciousness
Destruye los opuestos
Destroy the opposites
Y sé que poco a poco serás uno de los nuestros
And I know that little by little you will be one of us
En ese lugar
In that place
Solo contamos con nosotros
We only count on ourselves
Los expulsados del paraíso
The outcasts from paradise
Me muero por llegar encuentra ese lugar
I am dying to arrive, find that place
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Isabel Ramírez
Escucho esta canción y m transporta a mi adolescencia, cuando teníamos una grabadora en el taller d dibujo técnico :3 m ponía d buenas oírla en la radio
JCPULI
Excelente tema, la música y la letra transporta. Eso si es componer y cantar bien
pedro luis Gallegos beroiza
JCPULI comparto tu opiñion amigo,saludos
Jose Antonio Chambillo Martinez
SUPER TEMA DE MIGUEL MATEOS,GRANDE!!!
John Arley Herran Martinez
Q recuerdos tan hermosos en este 2019...tiempos de la mejor música en todos los generos
Edwin Enrique Walther Charris
EL MEJOR....!!! MIGUEL MIGUEEEEEL!!!! SALUDOS DESDE COLOMBIA!!!! GRANDE MIGUEL MATEOS!!!
Mario Barrios
Excelente canción, Mateos es un icono del rock 80 90 sos grande Miguel
María Cecilia de la Vía
COMO TODO LO DE MIGUEL, SIMPLEMENTE GENIAL !!!!!!!!!!1
Ricardo Duke
Que hermosa canción de los noventa!!!!!
Mikail Joseph
Una canción casi olvidada ^^