Is "Gil e Jorge" the most dumbfoundingly beautiful album ever made?

Let me take this opportunity to note that apart from Copacabana Mon Amour (imagine the album this thread is about with all the self-indulgence but none of the yield) every other Gil album released before this one is totally ridiculous. That period stands up with anybody's, ever.

3:27: WOW OK THAT was a clinker.

4:34: Both men break the syllables down to letters, stutter, prepare.

4:45: Jorge yells. Here we go.

5:24: . . . well, maybe not quite yet. Gotta vamp.

5:52: NOW we have it. "JURUBEBA! JURUBEBA! JURUBEBA! JURUBEBA!"

6:20: "Juru! Juru! Juru! Juru!" faster than anything you've heard in your life.

6:55: God this is just thrilling as fuck.

7:33: I think I just saw a tree fly by my window, figuratively speaking.

8:40: Gil speaks in low rumble, Ben croons in grainy falsetto: they're imitating each other.

9:35: Precise low-tenor/high-baritone duet; please play this for another hour, guys.

10:47: Whew.

"Quem Mandou (Pe Na Esrada)," 0:20: Now that we've had the fuck of our lives we can go get breakfast.

2:48: Gil does sound a little gamy here, I'll admit.

4:06: Elastic, falling-down drunk, sounding like a Warner Bros. cat in flirt mode.

5:40: Both these guys are just so effortlessly dramatic.

6:20: This is what I always hope chanson sounds like.

"Taj Mahal," 0:08: One of those songs that does not build up to its commanding presence: it's there immediately.

0:57: Gil goes high and sets the walking wire.

1:53: Gil tosses off a loop-de-loop every singer alive would kill to perfect.

3:46: Gil flattens his voice the way Frank Viola threw a change.

5:25: I kind of hope these aren't real words he's singing.

6:35: Ben blows through own voice, he's going so hard.

8:27: Jesus, what a couple of lunatics.

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.

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?

"Morre O Burro, Fica O Homem," 1:00: Ben on lead, Gil on backup scat syllables; they must have worked this out in advance.

I had a whim, sorry.

I figure it's OK to hijack my own thread.

3:34: The "da-da-da-da!"s just sparkle.

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.

"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.

2:54: "1-2-3-4!" in Portuguese, I think; Gil is such a natural.

4:13: He could scream, too.

Somebody distract him with a Portuguese dictionary.

haha

5:58: Fades out, a rarity.

"Filhos De Gandhi," 2:12: This album is great and I'll stop now. Sorry and thanks.

Just say no to the killer weed, kids.

no the most beatiful album is construção by chico buarque.

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

also antonio carlos jobim made some amazingly beautiful music.

matos fwiw i enjoyed yr blazed liveblog.

jurujurujurujurujurujurubeba

I just bought this album on the strength of this thread. Thank you, ILX!

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.

jurujurujurujurujurujurubeba

― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:27 PM (3 months ago)

alright im getting high every time i listen to this