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

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.

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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.

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― 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