:http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2006/04/10/the-raconteurI am on about day 400 of a work marathon, and this bit of '70s Brazilian experimentation is really hitting the spot. How can you not get happy when those wacky guitars start up? What a great sounding twang. It's almost _squeaky_.This song, O Abacaxi De Irará, is from Tom Zé's 1972 album Se O Caso É Chorar, which is pretty killer if you like tropicalia at all (along with everything he released between up to at least '78... and actually I like his recent albums too).This same album is home to an early, super-fast version of Vai (Menina, Amanhã De Manhã), my selection for winner of The Best Breakdown In A Song, Ever. A breakdown so excellent, I think you could understand its grandeur just by scanning the lyrics, even though they are in a foreign language. (Sort of like how you can understand that Os Mutantes were a lot of fun, just by visually inspecting "the lyrics to Bat Macumba":http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Mutantes/Bat-Macumba.html.)I will leave you with the lyrics to the end of Vai, in the hope that you can feel the pulsing rhythms, and also because I think it will be soothing to see the pretty patterns on my MOG page any time I want to. It's like a bonsai tree or something. Simple, but a little weird.Menina, a felicidadeé cheia de anoé cheia de Enoé cheia de hinoé cheia de ONU.Menina, a felicidadeé cheia de ané cheia de ené cheia de iné cheia de onMenina a felicidadeé cheia de aé cheia de eé cheia de ié cheia de oé cheia de aé cheia de eé cheia de ié cheia de oé cheia de aé cheia de eé cheia de icheia de acheia de echeia de icheia de o