What better way to get into the weekend than with a brazilianized France Gall? This track from 1968 isn't really a duet; France merely answers a male chorus. The lyrics to Zozoi are very, very simple: "Zozoi, what does it mean? - It has no meaning, I just like the sound of it. Zozoi!" To quote Martin Hemmel's liner notes on the French Cuts 2 compilation (from which I lifted the song): "Probably too much caipirinha's." France sounds very jolly, giggling and laughing to the end of the song. Lovely sound.Cesar Camargo Mariano, whose band France fronts, is a musical hero in Brazil. He was part of the Sambalanco Trio (with superpercussionist Airto Moreira and bassplayer Humberto Clayber), and worked with Ivan Lins, Gilberto Gil, Joao Bosco and a string of other bossanova-legends. He's name is most connected with Elis Regina, the Edith Piaf of Brazil. Mariano arranged and played piano on what is arguably the best bossanova record ever made, Elis & Tom.
France Gall & Cesar Camargo Mariano - Zozoi
I wish she'd explored further the slinky erotic funkiness of this song. It's a classic.
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