I agree that this is a fun song- I remember dancing some crazy mix of norteno, banda and ranchera to it with this norteno engineer in grad school at all the Chicano caucus events.
I've always thought this song had some deeper meaning behind the actual lyrics. It's so over the top! I mean, the guy kills his ex gf bc era ingrata? It seems a bit much. I've always taken it to be a satire on the forms of music it imitates- showing their inherent violent machismo for what it is through exaggeration.
The fact that it was such a huge success seems to compound the irony- everyone liking it, and not gettingth at it was satirizing them.
Though I could be entirely wrong. I have nothing from the band's own mouth on this. It could just be an expression of how homicidal an ex can make you feel.
I agree that this is a fun song- I remember dancing some crazy mix of norteno, banda and ranchera to it with this norteno engineer in grad school at all the Chicano caucus events.
I've always thought this song had some deeper meaning behind the actual lyrics. It's so over the top! I mean, the guy kills his ex gf bc era ingrata? It seems a bit much. I've always taken it to be a satire on the forms of music it imitates- showing their inherent violent machismo for what it is through exaggeration.
The fact that it was such a huge success seems to compound the irony- everyone liking it, and not gettingth at it was satirizing them.
Though I could be entirely wrong. I have nothing from the band's own mouth on this. It could just be an expression of how homicidal an ex can make you feel.