Brazilian writer, currently based in Switzerland, says that years ago he even began planning a work about the partnership, but she disabled her
The relationship between Raul Seixas and Paulo Coelho generated interest and be the subject of analyzes and debates from the newly released series Raul Seixas: I am (2025). In the work, available in Globethe partnership between them in the 1970s is one of the topics covered and is fundamental for the development of the plot.
The coexistence between the two, the musical partnership and the devotion to the doctrine of Thelemafrom the English occultist Aleister Crowleycertainly insties the curiosity of the fans and would give a good book, especially written by Paulo, who saw and lived everything in the first person. However, this no longer crosses his head.
In an interview with Edgardo Martio and Luis Maluffrom the Rolling Stone Brazilthe writer said that he has even planned to make a book about his story with Raul. However, it ended up shelving the idea.
Paulo denies that such a project can be resumed:
“No, today I don’t even think. I started. It’s been a lot of years. I go to Raul’s house and on the way I’m approached inside the bus by the police, which asks for documents from everyone. And I was writing. Cristina (Oiticicawife) said, ‘It’s not good for you to release this book.’ “
Why wouldn’t it be good? He explains:
“Because it is a book that stimulated this thing of self -destruction. Today is okay, Raul is the myth he is. But compensated?
History could not be softened
Asked if it would be possible to alleviate some points in the history of Raul Seixas – especially the involvement with drink and drugs – to make the book viable, Paul rejected the idea:
“There you can’t. Either we write, or don’t write. You can’t soften, you know?”
Paulo Coelho and Raul Seixas
In the 1970s, Paulo Coelho and Raul Seixas starred in a great partnership and cooked some of the most famous songs of national rock, as “I was born ten thousand years ago”, “Fear of the rain”, “Alternative Society”, “Try again” and “Gîtâ”.
This creative effervescence is one of the themes of the series Raul Seixas: I amwhich premiered on June 26, straight on streaming. Starring RAVEL ANDRADEthe show has eight episodes and runs the 1970s and 1980s, the most intense period of Raul’s career.
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Source: Rollingstone
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