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.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
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.
Hayden - Mar 13, 2006 5:56:53 am PST #2577 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hayden - Mar 13, 2006 6:00:36 am PST #2578 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Keeping the cereal flowing, here's a clip of Os Mutantes playing with Gilberto Gil and full orchestra. It's Tropicalia Day!
Jon B. - Mar 13, 2006 6:11:01 am PST #2579 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I can't believe the crowd reaction in that first video. They were like Brazil's Beatles or something.
DavidS - Mar 13, 2006 6:11:33 am PST #2580 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"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.
Hayden - Mar 13, 2006 6:31:21 am PST #2581 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
DavidS - Mar 13, 2006 7:01:22 am PST #2582 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Lee - Mar 13, 2006 7:57:36 am PST #2583 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Holly Cole covering the song from Jungle Book.
Thanks!
Jon B. - Mar 13, 2006 10:12:54 am PST #2584 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Douglas Wolk reviews the RT box: [link]
Hayden - Mar 13, 2006 1:19:20 pm PST #2585 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
Hayden - Mar 13, 2006 2:16:14 pm PST #2586 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I just got kicked out of the band I was going to play SXSW with this year. Over the phone. Less than a week before the gig. After putting quite a bit of work into learning that guy's songs exactly the way he wanted me to play them. If he'd let me quit 3 weeks ago when I offered to do so, I might have a positive opinion of the guy. But he didn't and I don't.
The lesson is: if you can't make up your mind before the last minute, you're kind of an asshole.