RE: Musical Alphabet Challenge ~ A fun way to share music
Absolutely, I do reckon all the names, I just don't listen... shame on me!
They were all gigantic and inovative! I have no idea what passed in Brazil in the 60's but so much going on, in 64 democracy fell down and the military took the chair. Back then and, even worst, during the 70's all those artists could not express a single thing. All their music had to go through censorchip, and then if approved they could release it. Because of that they had to find crazy ways to express their political visions through creative music and amazing song writing.
This song Calice by Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil is one example of that.
If you'd like to check some more modern brazilian musicians you could listen to Cazuza and Renato Russo, both unfortunately passed away during the 80's, however, they both are considered incredible song writters.
I haven't read the book Gabriela, but it's very famous, pirctured in many soap operas, series, etc.
I'm amazed that you know so much about the brazilian culture!
Here's a few of Amado's books. I know so little of Brazil really. I have never even been there. Most of what i might know came from these books and movies and listening to the music. Looking at photo's... surfing shots and videos. it's just a big beautiful amazing scary wonderful hectic fantasy in my head mostly i guess
Tieta! Duuuuude I remember that one being a soap opera.
I'm sure you know more about brazilian culture then I do, I'm a bastard tha listens to blues/rock mostly. I think you'd freak out in Rio, the beaches, the waves, the malevolence.
There are some bars there where musicians concentrate, incredible 7 string players. Have you ever heard of Yamandu Costa, hes an acoustic guitar player, fantastic.
I haven't heard of him, i will check it out.
When i think of the scary stuff it's like this movie! Whew!
I really like the architecture and the buildings and all the places i think of taking photo's.
The skimboarders from here have been going to Sununga and i have seen some amazing videos of waves there and another spot with super gnarly waves. Itacoatiara. There's lots more beach's i would like to see. That and the amazon river bore wave! I freak on things like malaria and all that. I watched that Herzog movie where they were in the amazon. It was about making the movie. it scared the crap out of me! Haha
ahahhhah that movie is hilarious! I've never been inside a favela. In 2016 I went to Rio for the Olympics and I went to Botafogo to see some Capoeira - one of the oldest Capoeira groups is there. All went smoth, however, the army was on the streets.
I don't know, still have to go there to check for myself how it is. I've heard of loads of foreigners that buy a cheap brick house with the best views on some favelas. There is violence of course, but some places it's possible to enter.
Those waves on the Amazon are called Pororoca, it's possible to surf for tons of time without stopping.
I see the favelas in movies and they just look so incredible. The winding stairways twisting and turning and all the rooftops. Everything stacked up with chase scenes... I think i remember one in a Hulk movie... The views look wild!
They are insane! Just like labyrinth. The best and most beautiful views are from those places. I would send you a video on how the favelas first started, but it's in portuguese =s
I don't speak Portuguese unfortunately but i do enjoy hearing it! Especially in singing.
So this will seem dumb but is the violence and robbery etc. mostly in the Rio area? The movies and sometimes the news make it seem like it's dangerous everywhere. Long Beach where i live has neighborhoods near me that i would never go at night and some areas not even in the daytime. I want to photograph the houses and people who live there but i hesitate to because i don't know if i would be welcome or if the people would see me as a stupid jerk exploiting them. It's a difficult thing to talk about
So, I cant speak about Rio because I'm from the South part of Brazil. What I see there is a lot of pickpockets you know, around touristic areas, the sneaky bastards go there and take your camera or something if you are not careful enough.
The favelas are a complete different beast, generally the drug lords there don't let people rob in the community, so mostly the violence is police vs drugs dealers.
Then we have robbery on traffic lights for example, happens on big cities. However, what I see is that the violence scene is all abour drug cartels and consequently by people to rob to pay their addictions.
Just as irony, yesterday a guy was stabbed at night trying to avoid a robbery, my brother saw it happen. So I think common sense applies all over Brazil; avoid some areas and pay attention to what is happening arround you.
I've never been robbed, my brother was 4-5 times. But he doesn't pay attention when he's outside.