This is pretty cool, but I guess I'm a philistine after a track or two at a time I'm like "ok, when is the band gonna show up, guys?"
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 13 July 2009 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
philistine BECAUSE after...
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 13 July 2009 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
this is an absolute go-to summer record for me
― Malcolm Money, Monday, 13 July 2009 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
meu gloroioso saooo cristavaooooooamemmmmmm
― Gérard Depardude (m bison), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yesssssssss
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
another poll could be which dudes songs on this do you prefer, gil or jorge (the latter, pra mim)
― Gérard Depardude (m bison), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i understand comments abt being impatient with this record but its hypnotic and repetitive qualities are so much of the appeal.
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh this record underscores what annoys me about "tropicalia" proper--these guys (veloso too) were so fuckin' good they were basically the last dudes ever who needed adornment.
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:05 (fourteen years ago) link
anything Jorge Ben does is so dope.
― kickstand. kickstand? kickstand! (los blue jeans), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
srsly. africa brasil is g.o.a.t. stuff to be sure.
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm trying to resist the urge to spam this thread with youtube embeds... Ben is really well represented.Also, Os Originais do Samba is some hot shit.
― kickstand. kickstand? kickstand! (los blue jeans), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I like this album, but is it just me or does it sound like the guy's singing "Nigga!" a lot in track two? I mean, I know it's really "Nega," but still. Not gonna play this record in front of the missus, no sir.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 13 July 2009 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
no dude it's def "nega." i mean knowing that in advance how could anyone be offended. also have u heard gil's album version of "nega"?
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I know he SAYS "Nega" and the song is called "Nega" and everything; it's just weird how much it sounds like "nigga" and how easy it is to mishear it. Especially since the word "nega" is spoken about 10,000 times throughout the song.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 13 July 2009 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i'm sure people will be offended by a black brazilian dude singing in portuguese a word that sounds a little bit like nigga. So offensive.
― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:38 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efr4OOh8y0Q
― PappaWheelie V, Monday, 13 July 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
one of a handful of albums that, whenever I listen to it, I think it's my favorite album ever.
― ryan, Monday, 13 July 2009 02:18 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG snrub u tell it like it is
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 13 July 2009 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
jurujurujurujurujurubeba
― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Monday, 13 July 2009 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i kinda only wanna hear my Brazilian music with female singers, but i will check this out
― J0rd D. (velko), Monday, 13 July 2009 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm trying to resist the urge to spam this thread with youtube embeds
Please spam this thread with YouTube embeds.
― Matos W.K., Monday, 13 July 2009 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ yes please do that its the only reason i'm here
― bentley cadence (gbx), Monday, 13 July 2009 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-gY9Y6p3Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSlnTUJ8JCohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBJSkbtUc44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRHaFl0b8Vghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiDJr6duECw
― kickstand. kickstand? kickstand! (los blue jeans), Monday, 13 July 2009 04:46 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_odKLzlFlC0
Re: the Nega thing: It really makes you think he's singing Nigga especially because ALL THE OTHER LYRICS ARE IN ENGLISH.
― Dan Majerle and the Wailers (Whitey on the Moon), Monday, 13 July 2009 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link
oh ffs
― Matos W.K., Monday, 13 July 2009 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
can we fucking delete the nega/nigga comments which are disrupting a beautiful thread??
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 06:09 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't say this lightly but u people are being retarded.
I didn't mean to drag us back into that when the focus should be on the beautiful music; I'm just listening for the first time and it definitely is something you (I) notice.
― Dan Majerle and the Wailers (Whitey on the Moon), Monday, 13 July 2009 06:14 (fourteen years ago) link
aka I don't know why I phrased/capitalized that so argumentatively.
― Dan Majerle and the Wailers (Whitey on the Moon), Monday, 13 July 2009 06:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Awesome record.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 13 July 2009 06:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Voted 'probably'. 'Taj Mahal' is probably my favourite ever tune to bellow along to - I'd say this was one of my favourite versions, except that I don't think there are any bad versions.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
rod stewart "do ya think i'm sexy" melody is a bit of a buzzkill
― kamerad, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I've always liked the first minute of every song on this album but then I get kind of annoyed
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Just bought this for €10 from ebay on the strength of this thread. I know I'm going to love this.
― Duke, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
voted probably
this album is great
― dr. morb's adventures beyond the ultraworld (s1ocki), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 13 July 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
― kamerad, Monday, July 13, 2009 5:41 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
u do realize rod ganked that melody from taj mahal don't u?
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 23:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Surprisingly good turnout, thanks y'all.
― Matos W.K., Monday, 13 July 2009 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Rod got his ass sued off by Jorge for it, donated proceeds to UNICEF.
― Matos W.K., Monday, 13 July 2009 23:24 (fourteen years ago) link
thank YOU matos--imo we should talk about this album every july.
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 July 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
wow this is great can't believe I hadn't heard of this before
― Bizarro Morbius (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 July 2009 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
that's surprising--it's totally a Shakey kinda record
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah rod's disco days came later, but still, hard to get over. not that echoes of rod's sampling ruins the album or anything, just jolts the mood weirdly
― kamerad, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
wow guys thank you for this thread
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i love how it opens with that strumming and crooning. always gets peoples attention. this album is almost psychedelic with the repetition, especially filhos de gandhi (my fav track).
― ryan, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Just blazed up and put it on. God, it's going to be a good night.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"Meu Glorioso Sao Cristovao," 2:33: Gil on the left, fast-talking glossolalia, Ben on the right, sturdy as a ship, occupying different islands and in absolute perfect sync.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
4:08: Cibula referred to Gil as being way out of tune throughout and this is probably one of the moments he means. But even though I can hear that he is, he doesn't sound like it to me, at all, anywhere on this album.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
5:19: Exact same note at exact same time, held for two whole seconds, shivers.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
2:48: Gil does sound a little gamy here, I'll admit.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
4:06: Elastic, falling-down drunk, sounding like a Warner Bros. cat in flirt mode.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
5:40: Both these guys are just so effortlessly dramatic.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
6:20: This is what I always hope chanson sounds like.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:28 (fourteen years ago) link
"Taj Mahal," 0:08: One of those songs that does not build up to its commanding presence: it's there immediately.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
0:57: Gil goes high and sets the walking wire.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
1:53: Gil tosses off a loop-de-loop every singer alive would kill to perfect.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:31 (fourteen years ago) link
3:46: Gil flattens his voice the way Frank Viola threw a change.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:33 (fourteen years ago) link
5:25: I kind of hope these aren't real words he's singing.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link
6:35: Ben blows through own voice, he's going so hard.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
8:27: Jesus, what a couple of lunatics.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link
9:24: I totally get why Ben didn't want this released. I wouldn't want it released if I'd made it. I wouldn't be able to hear it. "That thing I did that I barely remember . . . ugh." Someone I know whose writing helped transform my thinking has this reaction to his old stuff that he wants to disappear forever. The fact that Ben allowed himself to be talked into it is one of his great artistic decisions.
11:50: Lovely flamenco flourish to finish.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I swear I posted in this thread just a minute ago. What thread did I post to??? Anyway, the clips I'm hearing are pretty good. And what's going on in here?
― what u arrestin me for, innit (╓abies), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"Morre O Burro, Fica O Homem," 1:00: Ben on lead, Gil on backup scat syllables; they must have worked this out in advance.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I had a whim, sorry.
I figure it's OK to hijack my own thread.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
3:34: The "da-da-da-da!"s just sparkle.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:49 (fourteen years ago) link
5:06: They're back to carving circles around one another in midair, but this still feels more deliberately arranged than the others. Still flies, of course.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:51 (fourteen years ago) link
"Essa E Pra Tocar No Radio," 0:00: This would lead off any other album.
0:26: The bassist, Wagner, stops following (like a bloodhound), steps out, gets funky, countergrooves.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
2:54: "1-2-3-4!" in Portuguese, I think; Gil is such a natural.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
4:13: He could scream, too.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Somebody distract him with a Portuguese dictionary.
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:56 (fourteen years ago) link
haha
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
5:58: Fades out, a rarity.
"Filhos De Gandhi," 2:12: This album is great and I'll stop now. Sorry and thanks.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 05:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Just say no to the killer weed, kids.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 July 2009 05:04 (fourteen years ago) link
no the most beatiful album is construção by chico buarque.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i was just listening to chico this morning on my ipod.
this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncBjLOVR4rg
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcyV-SgZnGQ
― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:15 (fourteen years ago) link
also antonio carlos jobim made some amazingly beautiful music.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
matos fwiw i enjoyed yr blazed liveblog.
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
jurujurujurujurujurujurubeba
― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I just bought this album on the strength of this thread. Thank you, ILX!
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 8 October 2009 08:31 (fourteen years ago) link
The options on this poll are very much in the spirit of this album. I can't say I listen to this all the time, but every so often it's the best thing ever.
― Brio, Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:27 PM (3 months ago)
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 October 2009 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
alright im getting high every time i listen to this
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 October 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link