terça-feira, 22 de novembro de 2011

Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso 1969 - (Isle of Wight 1970)

This second Caetano Veloso solo LP was recorded in June 1969, when Veloso and Gilberto Gil were behind the bars of the military dictatorship. The albums (Gil also recorded his own) were devised in part to provide them with a connection to the outside world through which authorities would be discouraged of attempting some violence against them. The voices were unsophisticatedly recorded with the sole backing of their own violões and a metronome, and the arrangements were added later in the studio, which was an indigenous and competent subversion of the basics of production, especially if you take into consideration the available technology at that time. The general tone of this album is coherent with the depressing moment Veloso and the rest of the country were going through. The English lyrics of his "The Empty Boat" have several strong images of desperation and sadness, and "Irene" has been largely misunderstood -- especially the verse "quero ver Irene rir" (I want to see Irene laughing). "Irene" was the "name" of a machine gun owned by Tenório Cavalcanti (a robber somewhat celebrated by leftists at the time). His fado "Os Argonautas" represents implicitly the aspiration that, as Portugal had got ridden of Salazar (in the precedent year by a stroke), Brazil could also got rid of its dictatorship. The superbly modern arrangements of Rogério Duprat and the songs "Não Identificado," "Acrilírico," and "Marcianita," on the other hand, contribute to the anarchic, chaotic, and psychedelic setting of Tropicalia in which make part the rustic fuzzed-out guitars. But maybe the most important thing here is the evident artistic sincerity felt throughout the album: it is when the listener feels himself as a voyeur, peeping through the artist's deepest emotions. AMG. Even if Caetano is not mentioned he was also in exile in England with his friend Gilberto Gil and it seems they performed together.

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5 comentários:

Anonymous disse...

On this record and on the next (Gilberto Gil 1969) the great Lanny Gordin on guitars. He's still working in São Paulo.
thank you ! João from SP, Brasil

mf76 disse...

Absolutely! Lanny is an astounding player. His work on these records is some of the trippiest psychedelic guitar work ever. I've tried to hunt down all of his sessions and he's got some stellar stuff on Gal Costa's records of this era as well.

Carlos disse...

yes! thanks!

LRRooster disse...

Carlos

C'est bien grâce à toi que j'ai pu m'ouvrir sur la brasilian wave.
Un grand merci

Carlos disse...

LRRooster, happy and glad to be useful and share! take care.