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Tren al Sur
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Wikipedia article
'Tren al sur' ("Southbound train" in English) is the first track from the album 'Corazones' by the Chilean group Los Prisioneros, released by several Chilean radios in May 1990, is one of the best known songs of Chilean group Los Prisioneros. There are two versions of this song made by Los Prisioneros, the first is the one that appears on the album Corazones and lasts about 5:34 minutes, and the second is a remix that lasts 4:08 minutes published in his single respective. The cover of the promotional single is a photograph of Jorge Gonzlez and Miguel Tapia. And with an intimate, somewhat intense and melodramatic lyrics, added to a catchy and creative musical base, "Tren al Sur" became one of the group's most successful songs in Latin America and also one of the most remembered.
Gonzlez stated in a 1990 interview with the magazine Rock & Pop that "Tren al Sur" and "Es demasiado triste" he wrote them in a slight state of intoxication. In July 2018, the American magazine 'Rolling Stone' included it at number 19 of "The 50 most influential Latin Pop songs", in an episode of the Chilean animation series "Diego and Glot", Los Prisioneros appear on a train performing this song.
Release
According to Jorge Gonzlez and Carlos Fonseca, the single was sent to the radio at the end of 1989, but for six months no radio station wanted to air it because according to the radios: "The Prisoners were from the past, the Prisoners were the band of the eighties Latin rock. And the Latin rock no longer worked".
It was not until after the premiere of the video clip on the program 'Extra joven', that the song received rotation on radios and became a hit.
Music video
The music video, directed by Cristin Galaz, begins at Central Station of Santiago and then the band members are seen traveling on the train Two children are also shown playing, thus representing part of the musicians childhood. The music video he was nominated for "MTV Video Music Awards 1990" in the category "MTV International" by MTV, losing to Oye mi Canto by Gloria Estefan.
References
Category:Los Prisioneros songs
Category:Chilean songs
Category:1990 songs
Category:New wave songs
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