Here's what Caetano Veloso did with ??Come As You Are??. It took me a while to get into it... but now I'm a believer.Just to make this Sunday evening nicer still, I'll add another spoon... here's his version of ??Cucurrucucu Paloma??. You'll sleep tight!
http://www.caetanoveloso.com.br/ce.htmlNew album! Click on that link to hear samples from each song. (I had to stop myself; I want to sit down and hear it fresh!)Who knew about this and didn't tell me? Fess up. I had to find it all by myself. Now I gotta track it down.
This is the entry # 11 for the 365 Songs Project. - Caetano Veloso - Triste Bahia (Sad Bahia)- Transa (1972; Brazil)- Blog entry # 11You will see the "use" of capoeira music - and many others Brazilian sounds in this music.Please, listen to the post #10 too.
I've heard this song on monday night; there's this amazing brazilian movie called "o signo da cidade" (i don't know the international title, sorry); the song is so beautiful... if you ever came to Sao Paulo, certainly you'll understand the song, even if you don't speak portuguese; the message on the melody is universal...
Over the last few years, Brazilian Tropicalismo innovator, Caetano Veloso, has had his stateside stature escalated to near-god status after being name-dropped by the likes of David Byrne, Beck and Devendra Banhart. Well-known in his home country but far from a best-selling artist, he expressed to the New York Times his confusion over the hero-worship [...]