Classic dos Secos & Molhados gets a new version, which will arrive on music platforms this Tuesday 21st
The new version of. arrives on music platforms this Tuesday, January 21st Richie for “Fala”, a classic from the repertoire of Dry and wet. The new recording includes the very special participation of Ney Matogrossosharing his voice with the English artist.
After the version of “I’m Half Off”, released in April 2023, Richie now brings a new arrangement to another emblematic song of the 70s.
When it came time to choose the songs that would be part of the re-recorded repertoire, I decided to highlight those that had the greatest impact on me when I arrived in Brazil more than 50 years ago. My main reference was The mutantsbut the Dry and wetinstead, it was the first Brazilian pop phenomenon I witnessed when I first arrived here. The group’s debut album ended with “Fala,” a psychedelic song that always caught my attention. The text spoke to me deeply because I was still taking my first steps in the Portuguese language, which I learned little by little and by ear. ‘If I don’t understand I don’t answer, so I listen…’ – Richie
Richie he had already made two other versions of “Fala”: in the commemorative project So cookedin honor of Dry and wet (2002), and on his live DVD, released in 2009. “I started including ‘Fala’ in my shows and it was very successful: people recognized it and sang along,” he recalled.
Participation by Ney Matogrosso
The idea of inviting Ney Matogrosso to share the voice came during the participation of Richie node Program for high hours which celebrated the singer’s career, in May 2023.
“The invitation took place on Serginho Groismann. I already knew that the Richie sang this song. He asked me if I was willing to do it and I said, of course!” Ney.
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Provoked by the singer, Richie announced right there that the two would do the collaboration that is now arriving on the platforms. “I met Ney in the dressing room and asked me if he could record “Fala” with me, half jokingly. I thought maybe he couldn’t, but he accepted right away and even asked me during the broadcast: ‘Don’t you have anything to announce?'” he joked. Richie.
“I sang ‘Fala’ again on the show Bandit’s Kisswhich debuted in 2009, and I also included it in the singing and piano show I do Leandro Braga. In fact, now I feel much freer than before in singing it, because I had to remain contained in the arrangement made for the songs. Dry and wetright?”, he concluded Ney Matogrosso.
About the song, Richie added, “Now that the opportunity has arisen to re-record it with the Neywith a new arrangement by my producer and keyboardist Eron Guarnieri and the guitarist Renato Galozziit occurred to me that the lyrics to this song couldn’t be more timely. It was a luxury! I hope you like it.”
Together with the single, the music video of “Fala” and the making of the song debut on YouTube, both recorded at the Biscoito Fino studio, directed by Paulo Henrique Fontenelle.
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