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a powerhouse name in brazilian pop music, caetano veloso is a genius.
david byrne on caetano: “It is amusing to watch North American journalists try to describe Caetano Veloso by analogy and in comparison to local models. The Bob Dylan of Brazil doesn’t quite fit, because despite his also being a poetic composer, Caetano’s voice and melodic invention are profoundly beautiful, and his arrangements are often radical at the same time. Neil Young doesn’t match either, despite the ethereal and wistful similarities. Harmonically the inventiveness rivals Lennon and McCartney, but perhaps this comparison is unfair, because Veloso is still evolving and mutating, and part of that other partnership is long gone. Hybrids? Leonard Cohen + Gil Evans? Serge Gainsbourg + Bowie? Stevie Wonder? Cole Porter + Marvin Gaye? The fact is there just aren’t any parallels.”
i was listening to one of his albums (JOIA, from 1975), and i got THIS SONG. a spellbinding chant, really unique and moving. and i thought this is required listening for nice folks with great taste in music, so i came here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7n26lWsJsI
(i’ll reserve this topic to post more links of brazilian songs i think are supreme achievements, so i won’t bother anyone.)
i’ve translated the lyrics. not ideal but serviceable:
every day the sun rises
and we sing
the sun of every daylate afternoon the land blushes
and we cry
because the afternoon endsat night, the moon’s meek
and we dance
worshiping the nightat daybreak, sky of stars
and we sleep
dreaming about them
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