Writer, currently based in Switzerland, was one of the great partners of Crazy Beauty and helped compose some of the biggest hits of national rock
Paulo Coelho and Raul Seixas They lived an intense and very close partnership in the 1970s. During this period, they created some of the most emblematic songs of Brazilian rock.
Are part of this songbook, for example, classics like “I was born ten thousand years ago”, “Fear of the rain”, “Alternative Society”, “Try again” and “Gîtâ”.
In the 1980s, the relationship was no longer the same. Paul distanced himself from the doctrine of Thelemafrom the English occultist Aleister Crowleywhile Raul sought new partners, as MARCELO RAMOS MOTTA, Cláudio Roberto and Marcelo Nova.
In a recent interview with Edgardo Martio and Luis Maluf to the Rolling Stone BrazilPaulo Coelho commented on the times lived with Raul, but without nostalgia. According to the writer, currently based in Switzerlandthere is no missing this period.
Not because he keeps sorrows or denying the songs he created with Raul, but only for not being a feeling he likes to carry with him. Paul explained:
“I don’t miss it. I think I lived there everything I could live. Longing is linked to a feeling. How am I going to define you? I will give you an example: I did the Path of Santiago In 1986, and I never missed. Then I did it several times, by car, to take television teams and all these things, but I miss you and I don’t have it. “
He added:
“The moment I was making the way of Santiago, I was totally there. With Raul the same thing. I miss you, because I always followed a principle in my life, which is doing the thing with all the intensity.”
Paulo Coelho and Literature
After the partnership with Raul Seixas, Paulo Coelho devoted himself to literature. He became one of Brazil’s most successful writers, and sold more than 350 million books. His work was translated into 89 languages.
The Raul Seixas series: I am
Recently, the partnership between Raul and Paulo was portrayed in the series Raul Seixas: I am (2025), original from Globe. Starred RAVEL ANDRADEshe has eight episodes and travels the 1970s and 1980s, the most intense period of the crazy beauty career.
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Source: Rollingstone
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