Mal ,'Shindig'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
"Kanga Roo" has the best use of cowbell in any song ever, just because Dickinson (in some drug or bad vibe-haze) decided to mix it louder than anything else in the song. Awesome!
Speaking of awesome, here's a horrible-quality-but-freaking-incredible clip of Os Mutantes that includes Rita Lee screwing around with a theramin.
Wow! I just watched the clips for "Panis Et Circenses" and "Fuga No. 2" from that same link, and HOLY CRAP were Os Mutantes incredible. I kept forgetting that there were only 4-5 people playing that music. Also, I'm sure Matt Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces has obsessively watched that video many, many times.
Keeping the cereal flowing, here's a clip of Os Mutantes playing with Gilberto Gil and full orchestra. It's Tropicalia Day!
I can't believe the crowd reaction in that first video. They were like Brazil's Beatles or something.
"Trust in me". Any idea who the artist is?
Holly Cole covering the song from Jungle Book.
Wow! I just watched the clips for "Panis Et Circenses" and "Fuga No. 2" from that same link, and HOLY CRAP were Os Mutantes incredible. I kept forgetting that there were only 4-5 people playing that music. Also, I'm sure Matt Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces has obsessively watched that video many, many times.
I got a tape of Tropicalia clips at Kim's Video several years ago. I'm sure it's the same stuff. It had Os Mutantes also doing "Don Quixote" where they're out tilting at windmills on the beach and going to groovy nightclubs. It's almost like a Monkees clip. The thing about Brazilian music from that era is that most people saw it on TV before they heard it on the radio. Almost all of its documented - even the avant stuff.
Almost all of its documented - even the avant stuff.
I think that's the coolest thing about Tropicalia. It wasn't underground music, but literally Brazil's biggest stars making this insane psychedelic-pop music, and the people ate it up. Except in those videos from the TV show, where the audience just looks bored while Os Mutantes makes crazy music with just four people right in front of their eyes.
and the people ate it up
Not always - there were several near-riot incidents that were also caught on tape. They have a national song contest ever year. It's a huge deal and televised. When Caetano Veloso got up there with an electric band in '67, the crowd (many tens of thousands) tried to shout him down for perverting and destroying the Brazilian songwriting tradition. He's heard chanting (in Brazilian) "It is forbidden to forbid! / It is forbidden to forbid!" in the face of this very scary mob.
Holly Cole covering the song from Jungle Book.
Thanks!
Douglas Wolk reviews the RT box: [link]
I think he's probably right. The box is far too heavily skewed towards hardcore fans. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who has fewer than 5 or 6 of his albums.