woensdag 27 december 2006

Rita


Tropicalismo, also known as Tropicália, is a Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960s and encompassed theatre, poetry and music, among other forms. Caetano Veloso is one of the leaders of this movement, trio Os Mutantes one of the key bands. In his book Tropical Truth, Veloso described Tropicalia as antropofagia; cannibalism of all kinds of art forms. Which meant that musicians listened to, borrowed from and got inspired by everyone ranging from Brazilian legends like Joao Gilberto to the Mothers of Invention. And, ofcourse, Françoise Hardy, for this is the late sixties we're talking about. On Os Mutantes' debutalbum (also called Os Mutantes) Rita Lee and her boys did a pastoral version of Le Premier Bonheur du Jour - be sure to light some incense while listening. Francoiz Breut did a great cover as well on Une Saison Volée (2005). See Françoise sing the song here. (Merci à Bibi for the mp3s)

Françoise Hardy - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
Os Mutantes - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
Francoiz Breut - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour

5 opmerkingen:

  1. A later album by Os Mutantes, meant to introduce the band to English-speaking and wider international audiences and I believe the last with Rita Lee (although members of the band worked on her two subsequent solo albums)- Tecnicolor, has a different arrangement of the song (which i kinda prefer)- appropriately recorded in Paris.

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  2. Que du bonheur...
    Merci.
    Bon rêveillon.

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