I guess not
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 December 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
Nope, sorry. Attended no Brazilian music related events this weekend, nor any other events.
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 December 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
I did not either!
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 December 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
Jobim should be #1 and Jorge Ben #2.
― Moka, Monday, 16 December 2013 23:25 (ten years ago) link
Caetano is awesome, but I seriously think he is overrated in English speaking countries. Jorge Ben was more prolific and imo wrote better songs.
― oscar
The whole tropicalia movement is definitely overrated by english speaking countries compared to brazil. Out of these list Vinicius de Moraes, Jobim and Jorge Ben are the ones that far as I know where extremely influential to 20th century brazilian music. I'm not actually from Brazil so I have no way of knowing. Any Brazilian ILM'er that can provide some first hand experience?
― Moka, Monday, 16 December 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link
i'd say joão gilberto is the most influential by far (entire generations of acoustic gtr players from brazil were modelled after his revolutionary batida) and jobim is almost there, compositionally-wise at least. vinicius was basically a poet, he didn't do much on his own. not sure about ben, caetano or gilberto gil, they seem kinda interchangeable in terms of influence and/or legacy.
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 04:14 (ten years ago) link
wait, edu lobo is not even on the list? fucking philistines
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
Earlier this year I reviewed reissues of four Marcos Valle albums for The Wire. Some crazy brilliant shit on there. And it's goddamn depressing that nobody voted for Chico Science in this poll. Nação Zumbi are amazing.
I actually talked to Max Cavalera about Chico Science once. He's covered some Zumbi songs on Soulfly albums. Here's footage of him playing with them on Brazilian MTV in 1997:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEc_EcQdHa4
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link
I just picked up the 1969 Gilberto Gil album (the one with the scroll/parchment thing on the cover. ). Man, it is just punk as fuck,. I'm not sure how much I necessarily enjoyed it but dude is just all over the place, switching from funky acoustic strumming to nasty fuzz guitar solos with him singing and yelling in all sorts of ways throughout. And nothing ever settles, it seems, just constant kaleidoscopic ebuilliance.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 04:27 (ten years ago) link
I don't really get Caetano Veloso, he's probably my least favorite of the 20 or so I am familiar with from this list
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 04:48 (ten years ago) link
Voted for Cartola, wished Jorge Ben would have won this poll, but João Gilberto in fact deserved #1
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 11:31 (ten years ago) link
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-vinyl-boom-002c636f8c25c3874627d7e535a92c48
This record is pretty good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffCibxUg2JM
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 29 April 2024 05:36 (one month ago) link