Tequila was an Argentine-Spanish rock band, active between 1975 and 1983. T… Read Full Bio ↴Tequila was an Argentine-Spanish rock band, active between 1975 and 1983. The group consisted of Ariel Rot (guitar), Alejo Stivel (voice), Julián Infante (guitar), Felipe Lipe (bass) and Manolo Iglesias (drums). Tequila was one of the most popular bands in the early years of democracy in Spain.

Tequila emerged after the fall of the Franco regime, years before la Movida Madrileña days. Their music has influences from artists such as Chuck Berry and The Rolling Stones, a sound very different from the symphonic rock and urban rock groups predominant on the Spanish scene at the time. Songs like Salta!! (which was played for the first time in the well-known television show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), Quiero besarte, Me Vuelvo Loco, and Rock and Roll en la plaza del pueblo, catapulted the five Tequila members to stardom.

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Mister Jones
Tequila Lyrics

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Mister Jones abrió la puerta,
vio a su madre recién muerta
y la sangre del chaleco se limpió.

Guardó a su madre en el ropero,
le pusó más leña al fuego
y el invierno muy crudo se avecinó.

Llamó a su esposa y le dijo:
Mamá esta muerta en el ropero;
por supuesto, si yo la asesiné.

Ella puso mal la mesa,
le hundí un hacha en la cabeza
y la sangre el tapizado me manchó.

Y Mister Jones trabajaba
y su esposa asesinaba
y los chicos correteaban por ahí.

Se comían los pajaritos,
los perros y los gatitos
y otros bichos que vagaban por ahí.

Y llegó la policía
con dos carros y un tranvía
para toda la familia encarcelar.

Yo no sé por qué el sargento
me lleva al destacamento
si somos una familia muy normal,

si somos una familia muy normal,
si somos una familia muy normal.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Tequila's song Mister Jones tell the story of a man named Mister Jones who comes home to find his mother dead and covered in blood. He places her in the wardrobe and adds more wood to the fire as he knows a harsh winter is on the way. He then tells his wife that he killed his mother and left her body in the wardrobe. His wife apparently doesn't react in horror or shock but instead sets the table poorly, leading Mister Jones to hit her in the head with an axe, thus staining the upholstery with blood. The children in the family are described as running around and eating birds, dogs, cats, and other creatures that roam around. When the police arrive, they arrest the family and take them away in handcuffs. The song concludes with Mister Jones expressing confusion as to why they are being arrested when they are just a normal family.

The lyrics of Mister Jones have been interpreted in a number of ways. Some see it as a satirical take on the idea of the "perfect" family, while others view it as a commentary on society's tendency to turn a blind eye to domestic violence. The specific details in the lyrics have not been explained by the songwriters themselves, which has left room for different interpretations.

Line by Line Meaning

Mister Jones abrió la puerta, vio a su madre recién muerta y la sangre del chaleco se limpió.
Mister Jones opened the door, saw his recently deceased mother and wiped the blood from his coat.

Guardó a su madre en el ropero, le pusó más leña al fuego y el invierno muy crudo se avecinó.
He put his mother in the wardrobe, added more firewood to the fire and a very harsh winter was coming.

Llamó a su esposa y le dijo: Mamá esta muerta en el ropero; por supuesto, si yo la asesiné.
He called his wife and said to her: Mom is dead in the wardrobe; of course, I killed her.

Ella puso mal la mesa, le hundí un hacha en la cabeza y la sangre el tapizado me manchó.
She set the table wrong, I buried an axe in her head and the upholstery stained with blood.

Y Mister Jones trabajaba y su esposa asesinaba y los chicos correteaban por ahí.
And Mister Jones worked, his wife killed, and the children ran around.

Se comían los pajaritos, los perros y los gatitos y otros bichos que vagaban por ahí.
They ate the little birds, the dogs and cats and other animals that roamed around.

Y llegó la policía con dos carros y un tranvía para toda la familia encarcelar.
And the police arrived with two cars and a tram to arrest the whole family.

Yo no sé por qué el sargento me lleva al destacamento si somos una familia muy normal, si somos una familia muy normal, si somos una familia muy normal.
I don't know why the sergeant is taking me to the station if we are a very normal family, if we are a very normal family, if we are a very normal family.

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