"Fidelidade Partidária" (Nei Lopes & Wilson Moreira, 1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTgr4BzoHGM -- Minha tia-avó Rosária, partideira centenária, // My great-aunt Rosária, centenarian partideira Perguntou pra mim: "Meu neto, //Asked me, "Grandson, O que é fidelidade partidária?". // What's party loyalty?" Pergunta assim tão sumária // Such a summary question Tem que ter a necessária resposta // Requires the… Continue reading Fidelidade Partidária
Author: lyricalbrazil
My name is Victoria Broadus and I'm currently living in Oberlin, Ohio, where I teach Latin American History at Oberlin College. I learned Portuguese while working toward a Master's degree at Georgetown back in 2008/09, which is also when I began traveling to Brazil. I started this site in late 2011 when I was living in New York City, missing Brazil but fortunate to be surrounded by lots of great opportunities to hear Brazilian music. I wanted to share that music with friends and family and any other readers out there who wonder what the songs they're listening to are saying, and why. From 2012-2017 I lived in Brazil -- first São Paulo for a year, then Rio for nearly five -- before coming back to the United States for my PhD program at Georgetown, which I completed in June 2023.
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Padeirinho da Mangeira: “Favela” – “Vida de Operário” – “Cavaco Emprestado” – “Modificado” – “Como será o ano 2000” – “O Grande Presidente”
“Favela” by Padeirinho & Jorginho Pessanha (1966) --- Numa vasta extensão // On a vast expanse Onde não há plantação // Where there’s nothing planted Nem ninguém morando lá // And no one living there Cada pobre que passa por ali // Every poor man who passes by Só pensa em construir seu lar //… Continue reading Padeirinho da Mangeira: “Favela” – “Vida de Operário” – “Cavaco Emprestado” – “Modificado” – “Como será o ano 2000” – “O Grande Presidente”
Carta ao Tom/Berimbau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKoeAKt6A6w -begins min. 1:14- -- Translation Below Carta de Vinícius de Moraes a Tom Jobim ("Carta ao Tom"): Porto do Havre, 7 de setembro de 1964 Tomzinho querido, Estou aqui num quarto de hotel, que dá para uma praça, que dá para toda solidão do mundo. São 10 horas da noite, e não se vê… Continue reading Carta ao Tom/Berimbau
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