Created in 1981, Canção was only recorded in the studio on the album The Pan of the Devil, responsible for marking the farewell of the crazy beauty
Throughout the 1980s, especially in the second half, Raul Seixas It was languishing both musically and regarding health. Delivered to alcoholism, dealing with diabetes and having already removed part of the pancreas, the Crazy Beauty He lived his last days on earth.
The artist’s final sigh came from 1988, when he was invited by his friend Marcelo Novaex-Venus shirtmaking joint tours and recording a new album, the The Devil’s pan (1989). It would be Raul’s final album.
According to Marcelo’s report, who met Raul Seixas in 1984, the situation of the Brazilian rock icon was depressing. He told the magazine Tripin a special article published in 1998, that the artist no longer existed. Before the partnership, Raul was on the brink of death.
“In fact, there was no career anymore. He had been standing for four years, away from his audience. One day I arrived at his house and he was without a downtown, drunk, weighing 55 pounds. Something needed to be done, I couldn’t watch it with his arms crossed.
The idea of recording the album The Devil’s pan It was an attempt to invigorate one of the biggest names in Brazilian music. And in a way it worked. Although for a short time, Raul has improved and managed to say goodbye with a strong disc and to the height of his legacy.
Raul Seixas’ performance in “Nuit”
According to the producer report Penalty Schimidtwhich led the recordings, this was explicit in the music “Nuit”. This song had been composed by Raul in 1981, but until then had never been recorded. Symbolically, she was kept for the “Swan Corner”, the farewell of the crazy beauty.
Too bad, the studio routine was slow, respecting Raul’s delicate conditions, already very weak:
“The rhythm of the recordings obeyed Raul’s rhythm. We were stanzaing in the morning, we stopped in the afternoon, returned the next day and so it was all the time.”
However, when it was time to record “Nuit”the producer saw Raul find the last forces to sing and, albeit briefly, resume the rebellious and indomitable spirit that had enchanted Brazil in the 1970s.
Pena Schimidt recalls:
“He asked all the lights to be turned off and demanded to record the vocals on one shot, unless it was, although Raul lost his voice in the last verses. When the lights came on, everyone in the studio had shallow eyes, because they understood that that letter was a farewell note.”
A farewell in the letter
The own letter of “Nuit”In itself, it allows a farewell interpretation, who knows that it is close to the end and will soon receive the “kiss” of death.
And how long the night is
The eternal night of time
Compared to the short dream of life
Arrives adorning in blue
The Great Lover of Men
Keeping from the sun, your unusual kiss ….. Ah!
Despite having created “Nuit” In 1981, Raul was postponing his recording until he could no longer. The song was born when the Bahian singer and songwriter was, in fact, about to die.
The Devil’s pan and the death of Raul Seixas
The Devil’s pan15th and last studio album of Raul Seixas, was released on August 19, 1989. Raul died two days later, on August 21, at 44.
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Source: Rollingstone
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