A confession: I have this fetish about Portuguese & bossanova.
You know how all Bossa songs translated in English, and as much as I love Frank (Sinatra, that is), I have got to admit, nothing beats Jobim in Bossa. Thanks to my dad & his ambition to introduce me to Bossa, I’m hooked, since as long as I can remember. I know girl from Ipanema since I don’t know when, maybe since I crawled.
And talking about pure bossa being translated in English; Bossanova in English is fine, but bossanova in Portuguese, now that is what I call music.
I have no idea what it is that they are singing, but even if they were cursing, Portuguese sounds exotic for me. I have mastered the lyric of Garota de Ipanema in the past; I can sing it in Portuguesse. But if you asked me what it means, heck, I don’t know, I just catch this fascination about a girl , as beautiful as poetry, with mocha colored skin.
And, so, today, I am making it official; my next project would be Wave – Antonio Carlos Jobim. It may take a while, but I’ll keep you posted. If I can master Garota de Ipanema, this one should be simpler, because it’s shorter. Who knows, by the end of 2005, I might master 10 songs already.
I can keep my finger crossed, can’t I?
4 comments:
garota de jakarta....la chica de chicago
no te sientes triste. sonreir y todo el mundo la tuya..
Bluecactus,
Are you sure we've met before ? I remembered discussing OffSpring in Mikrolet, for heaven's sake... there never was a mention of bossanova anywhere. If so, we're more similar than I thought (I'm an obsessed latin jazz freak) .... scary... it's a classic case knowing people, yet actually not knowing them at all, so, well... nice to finally meet you, then.. :-)
BTW, Thanks for the advice.. You know what, I think I'm to go for it.. warts and all... at least I won't wonder what would've happened if I had.... :-)
Well,... OffSpring was also cool.
And besides, I did not think I know anybody whom I can talk to about Jobim, especially 17/18 year-old high school students. BTW, I have mastered about 1/3 of 'Wave'.
Told ya I'll keep you posted...
I got turned onto Bossanova and Jobim years ago. I think it was when I heard a recording by Stan Getz live at the Copa with Astrud Gilberto singing. I agree, it's fabulous music.
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