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Llegando los monos
Sumo · 1986 · Track 2
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The story behind
The song El ojo blindado by Sumo is one of those pieces where sound and anecdote blend until they become inseparable. The track takes as its basis Third Uncle by Brian Eno —from 1974—, but it doesn’t stop at imitation: the lyrics and atmosphere give it a unique twist. Luca Prodan received a pendant in the shape of an eye that, according to his interpretation, worked as a control device, as if whoever wore it could monitor every movement. That image, between the paranoid and the poetic, seeps into the song until it becomes its essence: an eye that sees everything, even when you’re not looking.
Recorded in 1986 for the album Llegando los monos, the track lasts just two minutes and sixteen seconds, but in that time it manages to capture the essence of Sumo: the blend of post-punk with touches of dub and reggae, Prodan’s relaxed phrasing, and that feeling that the song could unravel at any moment. The album was self-produced by the band, with Mario Breuer handling the mixing desk and Walter Fresco as art director. While Los viejos vinagres was the most widely broadcast single —even with a video filmed at Obras Sanitarias—, El ojo blindado steals the spotlight for its oddity: it’s short, direct, and at the same time mysterious. It’s not the song that gets the most airplay, but it’s the one that best reflects Prodan’s obsession with the hidden and the symbolic.