Tkank u!
― Mauro Francisco, Saturday, 25 January 2003 07:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Millar (Millar), Saturday, 25 January 2003 07:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 25 January 2003 07:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jens (brighter), Sunday, 26 January 2003 14:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
The 17-year-old who inspired Vinicius de Moraes to write this set of lyrics turns 74 today. Helô Pinheiro. Couldn't help noticing the juxtaposition with João Gilberto's passing. De Moraes was 49 when he was ogling this girl (!)
― Josefa, Sunday, 7 July 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
wow
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 July 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
I adore Joao's music and have for years, but had no idea anything about his personal life until I was googling him last night. I had no idea that Astrud left him for Stan Getz in the 60s. I had no idea that he was poor and in debt in Portugal. He was one of my absolute favourites and it's weird to realize that I didn't now anything about him really except his records
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 7 July 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
this is wild:
Gilberto's first recordings were released in Brazil as two-song 78-rpm singles between 1951 and 1959. In the 1960s Brazilian singles evolved to the "double compact" format, and João would release some EPs in this new format, which carried four songs on a 45-rpm record.Soon afterward, Gilberto's father, upset by his son's bizarre singing style and refusal to take 'normal' work, had him committed to a mental hospital. In a psychological interview there, Gilberto stared out of the window and remarked "Look at the wind depilating the trees." The psychologist replied "but trees have no hair, João", to which Gilberto responded: "and there are people who have no poetry." He was released after a week.
Soon afterward, Gilberto's father, upset by his son's bizarre singing style and refusal to take 'normal' work, had him committed to a mental hospital. In a psychological interview there, Gilberto stared out of the window and remarked "Look at the wind depilating the trees." The psychologist replied "but trees have no hair, João", to which Gilberto responded: "and there are people who have no poetry." He was released after a week.
― omar little, Sunday, 7 July 2019 23:43 (four years ago) link
There’s a lot in the Ruy Castro book about Bossa Nova.
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 July 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
xp that's amazing
sounds like something out of a bolaño novel or similar
― budo jeru, Monday, 8 July 2019 06:42 (four years ago) link
machado de assis maybe closer to home
― budo jeru, Monday, 8 July 2019 06:45 (four years ago) link