A few years after they met in person, Supla and Cazuza met again thanks to common friends and created the song ‘Not everything is true’
Who would say that the nights of São Paulo in the Pool music hall They would give rise to one of the most unusual connections of Brazilian rock. In the mid -1980s, Supla he knew Cazuza personally, when both were still integrating, respectively, the bands Tokyo and Red baronwho performed at the extinct nightclub in São Paulo.
Supla He was intrigued by the costume of the carioca group, who wore coats in the style “College Kids”, As if it were a uniform. About this time, the Papit remembered Rolling Stone Brazil what Cazuzateam and bandmates were quite friendly.
Years later, Supla would become a fan of Cazuzaespecially the songs “Exaggerated” – with which one identifies a lot – and“Time does not stop“. Later, the two would come to approach and compose a song together, entitled”Not everything is true”. The link between them? In the 1980s, Supla dated Fabiana Kherlakiandaughter of Yara Neivaclose friend of Cazuza.
The partnership between the two arose spontaneously, during an unpretentious conversation, when Cazuza He let go of two striking phrases: “Damn, these models do not leave me alone” and “the luxury garbage uses the flag, only thinks of themselves and no one else”-both incorporated into the lyrics of the song.
“He wrote a good part, by the way,” he said. “I wrote another part and ended up music. It was for some telephone conversations, as he lived in Rio and I in Sao Paulo. Then we were closing the lyrics.”
The versatility of Cazuzadescribed by Supla As “a very important poet”, it has always been one of the highlights of his career. “You have to remember that his house has always been flowery of people and great artists. So he had this contact with big names and listened to a lot of good music,” he said.
He’s a guy who really left the 1980s scheduled forever, with his intelligence and talent in the lyrics, and in good melodies, too – ‘It’s part of my show‘It’s a great bossa nova.
Finally, Supla cited the producer Rick Rubindefender of the mantra of genuine artistic creation, without being attached to the expectations of others. “[Cazuza] I didn’t do it to please, I did it for himself, and it ends up pleasing to the public. When you don’t try to be good, people identify themselves, ”he concluded.
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