Special edition of Rolling Stone Brasil covers the lives and careers of the new legendary octogenarians of music, who share the talent and also the year of birth
Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento and Paulinho da Viola. Recently, many legendary names in music turned 80. In addition to the four mentioned above, we could also talk about Paul McCartney and Brian Wilsonin addition to names like Tim Maia, Jimi Hendrix and Aretha Franklin, who have already left us. THE generation 1942 came to make history.
It is not explained why logically. Chance of fate, alignment of stars, ideal conjunction of factors, stroke of luck or all of these at the same time. The fact is that 1942 was the birth year of many essential artists, inside and outside Brazil.
It is trying to decipher this generation that Rolling Stone Brazilnow launches a special print edition dedicated to the new octogenarian icons. On newsstands and digital newsstands next week, the Special 80 Yearsof Music traverses the lives of these geniuses told through their most impactful works.
The edition also includes texts with testimonials from great producers and other artists, who have major references in the stars. It is the case of Russian Passopussofor whom Gil is “as if Luiz Gonzaga and Bob Marley were the same person”. josyara she also talks about Gil, who, according to her, “has the accent of Bahia, but at the same time, he is universal”.
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Milton, a special case in the 80’s generation, receives testimonials from Samuel Rosa (“Milton is a creative effervescence all the time, his composition process is incredible”) and Simone (“When I met him, he said, ‘I love you’. He replied, ‘Too'”).
As for Paulinho da Viola, the speaker is Marisa Monte: “Our lives crossed and we developed a relationship of partnership and friendship”. For Christopher Bastos“Paulinho knows everything, he doesn’t need any advice”.
Tim Maia, a nostalgic chapter of Brazilian music, is also remembered in testimonials from names such as Your Jorge (“he did not omit polemics and lived intensely”), Nelson Motta (“everything about him was different and original”). Hylon comes to the fore in the section dedicated to the trustee, with an emotional statement where he says: “he was like an older brother”. For John Barone“even ‘I threw the stick at the cat’ would be cool with him singing”. michael sullivan ends the tributes by stating: “He is not a soul singer: he is the style itself”.
THE Rolling Stone 80 Years of Music Special it also offers 10 pages of special reports on Paul McCartney, as well as a dossier on Jimi Hendrix, an analysis of the legendary Aretha Franklin, a chat with Brian Wilson and a retrospective of the world of music in 1942 – who knows, maybe there, at the origin, was part of the who gave voice to one of the most expressive generations of the 20th century and pop history as a whole.
The magazine, with 100 pages, hits newsstands in Greater São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro from January 31, 2023 and costs R$ 29.90.
Source: Rollingstone
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