Songs like “A Pipa do Vovô”, “Abre Alas” and “Mamãe eu Quero” have become timeless anthems of the revelry period in Brazil
Nostalgics say it’s not done anymore carnival like old times. Despite the resumption of roadblocks and the success that samba school parades continue to have in 2023, it is more difficult to come across carnival marches on the streets of some cities. The Estadão recalls five to kill the underlying nostalgia.
Grandpa’s kite
Over the decades, the presenter Silvio Santos has dedicated a large part of his programs to carnival marches, many with an obvious double meaning. It’s hard to pick just one, but perhaps the most bubblegum is “Grandpa’s kite won’t rise again/Though I pushed hard, grandpa was passed backwards”.
Mom I want
“Mom I want, mom I want/mom I want to breastfeed/give the pacifier, give the pacifier/give the pacifier so the baby doesn’t cry”. Since 1937, this letter has been part of the Brazilian imagination during the season of revelry. In 1940, she was in the film Serenata Tropical, sung with the voice of the eternal Carmen Miranda.
Oh open wings
From the bottom of the trunk, the song dates back to 1899. That year Chiquinha Gonzaga composed what would be considered the first carnival march in the history of Brazil. It’s been a while, but it’s still a landmark.
Hey you there!
“Give me money there? Give me money there?!”. Admit it, reading the above sentence, you mentally completed the text of the melody that was successful in the carnival revelry of the last century.
Go… in a good way, go!
In the second half of the fifties, Emilinha Borba recorded the song by João de Barro in a version that was successful for years.
Source: Terra
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