The mp3 player goes ting-dun-dun-bring-ung-ung... i know its my favourite bossa nova tune ...
Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes composed this little gem, and a guy no less than Frank Sinatra covered it.
And its also the song that set me off on the discovery of bossa nova.
Olha que coisa mais linda
mais cheia de graça
É ela menina que vem e que passa
nun doce balanço, caminho do mar...
Moça do corpo dourado, do sol de Ipanema
O seu balançado é mais que un poema
é a coisa mais linda
que eu já vi passar...
Ah! Porque estou tão sozinho
Ah! Porque tudo é tão triste
Ah! A beleza que existe
A beleza que não é só minha
que também passa sozinha
Ah! Se ela soubesse
que quando ela passa
o mundo sorrindo
se enche de graça
e fica mais lindo
por causa do amor
por causa do amor
por causa do amor
I'd trust the reader to google for the english translation.
Incidentally the lyrics are based on a real girl called Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (yeah that's how she looked!), better known as Helô, who walked along the Rua Montenegro on the way to the beach (and to her school), and was the object of much admiration among patrons of the Veloso Bar which Jobim and Moraes also frequented. Interesting!
And then Stan Getz joined Jobim and the Gilberto couple on tour in the US which sparked off the bossa nova craze.
Had to write this. More on jazz and how I feel about it in some other post.
Monday, February 20, 2006
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