Bicho was treated as “an invitation to alienation” and “example of foreign domination” by a muzzled country
If the rigidity of the dictatorship slowly cooled in 1977, its damage was consolidated in all spheres of society. Only the lack of global perspective of a muzzled country would be able to deal with animala modern, ecumenical and celebratory LP, as “an invitation to alienation” and “an example of foreign domination”, as left-wing wings and a good part of music critics – who charged Caetano Veloso the same engagement Gilberto Gil It is Chico Buarque. And here, the Bahian man who decided to exorcise his ghosts by dancing again refers to Bob dylan that disappointed fans when it electrified their folk.
animal it was really an invitation to relax, but such foreign domination refers to dance music of Afro origins (such as disco music, the biggest villain in this story) – nothing new on the caetanic front, which also recorded “look at the boy“, in Jorge Ben. A little more goodwill would point to the impact that the Bahian man felt with poverty on his recent visit to Nigeria as the disc’s driver. The same Caetano who sings about the empowered woman who “was into politics in 1966 / but now dances in the Frenetic Dancing’ Days” in “Tigress”, and focuses on the dancing hedonism in “Odara”, emphasizes that “people are there to shine / not to die of hunger” in “People”.
Caetano Veloso he was 35 years old when he decided to point his antennae at the planet’s dance floors at the height of disco music, but he also included juju music in his repertoire, a novelty for Brazilian ears. “Two Nayra Fifty Kobo” (“In my heart of the woods cried Skin, Skin / Push your foot in Africa / The right thing is to be beautiful people and dance, dance, dance / The right thing is to make music”) is one of the underrated songs of his work. Caetano said that it was inspired by “a Nigerian bus driver who put juju music on the cassette player and danced for hours on the asphalt of the deserted street, transmitting sweetness and melancholy”.
Sweetness, by the way, is the main ingredient of “little lion”, composed for bassist dadifrom the group The Color of Sound. animal also have “an indian”, a reggae of apocalyptic verses like “And what at that moment will be revealed to the people / It will surprise everyone not because it is exotic / But because it could have always been hidden / When will it have been the obvious”. It’s as obvious as the idea that dancing is good – to be obnoxious.
HIGHLIGHTS: “Two Nayra Fifty Kobo”, “Tigress”, “Gente”.
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