Baron Red Batista reflects on the late bandmate and his influence on Brazilian music, especially in the lyrical aspect
The work of Cazuzadeceased artist in 1990, remains alive in the popular imagination. Own Red baronband that the singer joined before pursuing a solo career, continues to honor his original frontman whenever possible.
In a recent interview with Igor Miranda for the Rolling Stone Brazilthe drummer Guto Goffi He talked about various topics that permeate the band’s career of more than 40 years. One of them was the primary role that Cazuza It had for Brazilian rock.
About this specific aspect, Guto argued that the great innovation of the late colleague was to deepen the lyrical content of the songs and write letters of real impact on people’s daily life making use of the Portuguese language. He explains:
“Cazuza put a ‘little thing’ in Portuguese in rock. Not that rock has not had good Brazilian letters, we had already had Raul Seixas, Paulo Coelho, Rita Lee. But we are postMutant And the mutants sang ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’, while, with Cazuza, it was’ Yeah, Yeah, it was’ Yeah ‘to space. Good poets know how to make good use of the word. “
Despite the acidity and socio-political criticism of the songs composed by Cazuza, Guto highlights what he considers to be a mark of the late lyricist: the optimistic tone. And beyond that, the informal and easy to assimilate vocabulary.
“At the baron, it was rare for you to get some letter that has no good message. Cazuza opened our door. It was our lyricist Guru. Then we tried to continue, not imitating, but knowing the value of marginal poetry and ‘being straight to rock, without much metaphor, without being prolix. We learned from him.”
New Barão Vermelho tour and music with lyrics from Cazuza
The Red Baron is one of the attractions of Best of Blues and Rockfestival that shakes São Paulo On two June weekends: first, on 7 and 8, and then 14 and 15.
The band performs on Sunday, 8, and it is certain that their repertoire will have “Life size”new song that names the tour and was composed based on a poem left by Cazuza.
According to Maurício BarrosBaron’s keyboardist, the idea came from a meeting in which Lucinha Araújomother of the singer, revealed the existence of unpublished letters of the son. The text was adapted and guided the new composition of the group:
“The lyrics of this came from a poem of his called ‘The center girls’But we extracted a piece of the lyrics that managed to take the music only from this universe of prostitution, which was what it proposed in the lyrics at first. Became more comprehensive. “
Service – Best of Blues and Rock 2025
Location: Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo
Tickets: EVENTIM
Lineup:
- Saturday, June 7: Dave Matthews Band, Richard Ashcroft, Great Dog, Vitor Kley
- Sunday, June 8: Dave Matthews Band, Richard Ashcroft, Red Bar, Soul Lee: Paula Lima sings Rita Lee
- Saturday, June 14: Alice Cooper, Black Pantera, Charlie Brown Jr Marcão Britto & Thiago Castanho
- Sunday, June 15: Deep Purple, Judith Hill, Hurricanes
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