Brilliant socio-political commentary! Chico Buarque - Construção | REACTION

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[@anapaulafernandes7732]

"Comeu feijao com arroz como se fosse um principe" como um estrangeiro vai entender o tamanho disso?!

[@anapaulafernandes7732]

Como explicar proparoxitona pra uma pessoa que a lingua mae é inglês?

[@zeebzeebo]

Como não ser babaca num comentário de youtube? Taí mais uma questão pra você.

[@caleb_sousa]

@@anapaulafernandes7732 proparoxítonas também existem no inglês ué

[@Urimagnetlink]

@@caleb_sousa sim mas o portugues usa as silabas de uma forma diferente, vou dar um exemplo "meu caro patrão" do Chicho Buarque (pros saltimbancos) ele usa os recursos de tonicas e silabas pra brincar com o tema da música e de q ela foi feita numa maquina de escrever (por algm q provavelmente n sabia escrever """formalmente""" o portugues), entao ele inverte as tonicas pra usa-las como recurso de rimas com outras palavras que elas nao rimariam se fossem da mesma forma que escritas tecnicamente.

[@nothigamestudio7832]

​@@Urimagnetlinkmeu mano, aí tu eleva a parada a um patamar que eu não tenho ideia de como chegar, vlw pelo desafio 😅

[@parallel23s]

Everyone here in Brazil remembered this song and the verse "he died in the wrong lane messing up the traffic" when, four years ago, a man died inside a supermarket where he worked in, the managers covered his body with beach umbrellas and people continued working as If nothing had happened. Chico is a pure genius.

[@thgrotto]

Yes! I always remember this when I hear this song.

[@renan929]

Carrefour

[@PukeBox]

cara, é sempre bizarro ver o quão atual o passado é.

[@mathero13]

@@PukeBox bizarro é saber q isso foi no meu bairro

[@quandovcestivernoyoutube]

@@renan929 empresa francesa.

[@rmlazzari]

Genius. Right after saying "He died in the wrong lane missing up the traffic" the orchestra explodes with horns, trumpets, trombones etc. as if the car horns were complaining not about the worker's death but rather because this death disrupted traffic. Not to mention the symmetry of the verses, the use of proparoxytones at the end of these verses, proparoxytones that, when interchanged, alter the meaning of these verses in a dramatic crescendo...

[@ren2658]

“He died in the wrong lane” can also be interpreted as on the other side of the political spectrum. If you’re not in the “right” side, you’ll be ran over, simply. You’re either in or out!

[@retirante_fps]

Yes, and it comes back to the title where this symmetry looks like a brick wall (solid, logical, magical... Construction!)

[@1789Henrique]

One thing you (and some Brazilian people as well) don't notice is the criticism of the censorship in this music. It was written during our military dictatorship, which censored all songs, news, movies, etc. By writing the same story three times, but only changing the last word in each verse (in Portuguese, bc the English translation sadly cannot get this right), you change how the story is told. In the first, it's the unaltered news: a guy with a loving wife worked hard, ate his lunch and fell. In the second time, a guy who cheated on his wife came to work drunk, ate his lunch "like a prince" and, being drunk, fell, messing with the public. The second version looks like the version of the building company, who only blame the victim who fell from their building. The third version, to me, looks like a police report of what happened. Shorter, looks like it was written by someone who don't really care about the situation. And it messes the saturday, because all the paperwork the police have to fill (usually workers don't work on saturday).

[@MaurícioDonizeteFernandes]

Musica escrita por um cara tão bonzinho, que nesta época Chico Buarque era ladrão de carro conte direito a história não seja um canalha petista, Chico foi um gênio como artista mas um escroto como pessoa.

[@FabioOliveira-my4np]

Eu já interpreto como sendo três homens diferentes que têm um destino trágico devido às condições da época e que não importa o quão bom você seja ou não, todos estão sujeitos ao descaso. Tanto o dito cidadão de bem, quanto o ordinário morreram em decorrência daquele movimento industrial que não se importava com o social.

[@silviamunoz6863]

Excellent analysis!!!

[@ItsTella_]

​@@FabioOliveira-my4np eu também tive a mesma interpretação, vidas negligenciadas pelo sistema com o mesmo final trágico que só serviu pra "atrapalhar" o cotidiano, só mais um

[@leoefege9255]

Seu ponto de vista estabelece a possibilidade de um diálogo artístico com a peça "o Boca-de-ouro" de Nelson Rodrigues, que conta o mesmo fato sob três pontos de vista diferentes, a depender do momento. Abriu uma chave pra pensar... AGRADECIDO.

[@ChicoTune-GameAudio-yt1zv]

Brazilian music is extremely underrated. If Dylan won a Nobel Prize for literature, Chico deserved to win 10

[@nunoivo512]

deserve more, he wins Camões, for the literature in portuguese (a equivalente of Cervantes to spanish literature)

[@poltergeist7125]

Já ouviu falar de Wilson Simonal? então, ele sim merecia. infelizmente faleceu sem o devido reconhecimento...

[@ohbabybaby4087]

@@poltergeist7125 o que tu quer dizer com "ele sim merecia"? se tu quer exaltar ele não precisa depreciar o chico pra isso

[@thebaboobs]

@@poltergeist7125 eu tenho parentesco de sangue com ele kkkkkk

[@isabelaandzico]

And for attempting at world peace or at least Paz pro nosso povo.🇧🇷✊🏻

[@franciscodeassispintodasil1257]

This music is about all of us. All of us, specially the working class.

[@CP200S]

✊️

[@lucascamposdh1]

De a ordem camara Francisco ✊🏽

[@shogum]

É nóis 🤘🏼

[@ElleDursten]

Venceremos camaradas

[@filipedelduque9407]

✊

[@luhaguilar]

Yet another important detail: every line in those first three verses of that song is written with twelve poetic syllables. Not only is that really hard to achieve in Portuguese, but it is also often used in epic poetry to address the sublime, the heroes, their great adventures and conquests. Chico subverts that and uses them to tell the tale of a construction worker, a figure who would usually be frowned upon or ignored by most people...

[@brenomg1]

brilhante... tem razao

[@Edgar2023ES]

Nessa música, há três narrativas para o mesmo fato: a queda de um homem de um prédio. A primeira narrativa mostra o homem como ele realmente é: um excelente trabalhador e é cheio de virtudes ("construiu quatro paredes solidas", "beijou sua mulher como se fosse a última [com intensidade]). As outras duas narrativas só tentam denegrir o coitado para amenizar a responsabilidade dos responsáveis pela queda do coitado ("construiu quatro paredes flácidas", "construiu quatro paredes mágicas [sem os devidos cuidados] ; beijou cada filho seu como se fosse pródigo [o filho pródigo é aquele da Biblia que pega a herança antecipada e gasta tudo]). Em outras músicas, Chico também usa as imagens bíblicas, como em "Calice", em que ele associa o sofrimento de Jesus Cristo com o do povo simples do Brasil. As duas últimas narrativas desumanizam o trabalhador transformando-o em um acessório. Essa música é do início da década de 70, e o Brasil nessa época era muito ogro. Essa música contesta o capitalismo e o capitalista, pois só há sobras para os mais pobres narrada com muita ironia na parte final onde se agradece pela fumaça que respiramos, pelos andaimes que caímos, etc. Pelo menos, houve um significativo melhoramento na legislação, fiscalização e no salário dos trabalhadores da construção civil. Como dizemos aqui: "pedreiros estão sendo pagos a laço ", para dizer que se contrata esses profissionais facilmente. Entretanto, o Brasil continua tendo muitos pobres. Precisamos defender os mecanismos existentes que começa a interferir na perpetuação da pobreza, tais como o sistema de cotas e a universalização da educação. Tanto um como outro estão sendo ameaçados pela elite. Se os 30% mais pobres fossem menos pobres o Brasil teria melhores indicadores sociais e, por conseguinte, seria mais desenvolvido. Onde há qualquer tipo de segregação, todo o país sofre, porque os efeitos são certos.

[@Edgar2023ES]

Putz, que textao!

[@Taruky11]

Cara, faz um mês que você postou este comentário, mas não posso deixar de elogiá-lo, tanto pela gramática, tanto pela interpretação perfeita da música e contexto dela.

[@osentidodahistoria2670]

Ótima análise!

[@UnoPontoZero]

Aula

[@gleicecallegari4310]

@@Edgar2023ES parabéns pela analise!!

[@MM-vs2et]

"He died in the wrong lane messing up traffic". The triviality of death under a dictatorship. My personal favourite is "His eyes were blunt with cement and tears". Such vivid and real writing. If you've ever fallen or tripped on concrete, you know the feeling of being rocked to your core. And your eyes being level with the ground, dust and concrete getting in your eyes, as your tears well up cause you're in pain. That line was absolute genius. Perfectly pictures the scene.

[@Aquificae]

only one thing to note, it's not exactly the triviality of death under a dictatorship, but under capitalism

[@brenomg1]

eys blunt with cement and tears to me is evocative of weeks, months, years of the same suffering, the same landscape. beautifully put

[@nelsonbezerra7886]

​@@Aquificaesim, essa canção tem uma crítica muito enfatizada ao processo de alienação do trabalho

[@tassiaaccioly2355]

​@@brenomg1 it also equates to the prison cells during the dictatorship. It was all people saw: cement and tears. The repetition of days and the inevitable ending.

[@diogosimao]

So… Buarque composed this as an opera. The meaning of the word opera is “construction/work.” So…the style of the song quite literally matches the theme of the lyrics … and as the guy builds the construction, Buarque builds the song by changing the order of the words at the end of every verse.

[@vitorialima8399]

Chico Buarque is a genius. I will never forget how I found out about his songs in History class. My teacher made us copy the lyrics from "Cálice", after we finished and asked why she was teaching that song to us, she started to breaking down the lyrics to us, because of the period that Brazil was going through, the military dictatorship (1964 - 1985), every piece of media need to be analyzed, and lots of things were censored, so Chico Buarque and many other artists found ways to sneak their criticism of the dictatorship to still be able to have their songs played at the radio, in a hope to open more people's eyes from what was going on at the time. I absolutely love Chico Buarque, but I don't listen to his song very often because they are so good that I'm scared of getting tired to listen to them, that's how good they are.

[@BrazilDan1]

True. And, still, he manages to be quite clear, albeit in a poetic way. The final part is open criticism of the dictatorship and the last sentence "e pela paz derradeira que enfim vai nos redimir" (for the final peace that will finally redeem us) is a direct reference to the regime, which was called by some of its supporters back then "a revolução redentora" (the redemptive revolution), that would bring order and social peace (by destroying the "enemies of the nation" - i.e. the left opposition). Only a censorship agent living in those times who wasn't paying attention, or who couldn't think with enough nuance to get such references, would miss this. And in fact, they did.

[@alexandrebarzani8204]

Eu tenho minhas dúvidas se eles realmente não perceberam a diferença entre "cálice" e "cale-se". :/ . Penso que o momento político de transição do governo Geisel foi mais decisivo para o lançamento da música que uma ignorância dos agentes militares.

[@jeanmichel6255]

An interest thing is that when the first part of the song repeat the second time, he repeats the same lyrics swapping just the last word with words of the next verse (in the translation probably the penultimate, because of different syntax). It causes the sensation of confusion of the worker and even the sensation of days repeating exhaustingly whith you loosing your sense of yhe things

[@veiodorrio]

He was a construction worker during the dictatorship. He loved his family, lived a mediocre daily life and ate basic, everyday Brazilian meals. He fell from the building he helped build. No one mourned his death. But they regretted the interruption of traffic.

[@ktmtxt]

Chico Buarque is the greatest living artist in the Portuguese language. No one even comes close. I'm portuguese and I was able to finally watch him live in Porto in 2022 and I cried like a baby, it was unreal. Long live Chico Buarque de Hollanda ❤

Meus irmãos portugueses... Que orgulho dessa língua.

[@ewokssa]

Another layer in this is the way he rhymes; he ends each verse in words tonic at the third from last syllable (proparoxítonas in portuguese), and make these rhyme is very difficult. He makes this, then changes the words around and the music STILL MAKES SENSE, still rhymes, and add new meanings to the song. A genius. Period.

[@VitorAugustoVTR]

Exactly!

[@afonsolins]

This song is about the simple man, with a hard life, who undergoes dangerous work that pays poorly. This explains why he drinks at work. But the most admirable fact about this song is Chico's poetic skill where, in the Portuguese language, all the sentences end in proparoxytone words, such as: sábado(saturday), bêbado(drunk), tráfego(traffic), príncipe(prince), náufrago(castaway), etc."

[@haterdoibere6895]

Errado. Ele não bebe no trabalho. " Como se fosse um bêbado" ou seja, ele não era um bêbado, mas os outros o julgaram como um bêbado irresponsável que caiu do prédio no meio do caminho.

[@Ahrtros]

Pode ser que ele estivesse "bêbado de cansado" sabe ​@@haterdoibere6895

[@hugomartinspj]

robocop gay do mamonas tbm é assim

[@romulino]

⁠exatamente, ele só tava cansado. Quem não tá?

[@afonsolins]

@@haterdoibere6895 não discordo. mas fui influenciado pelo fato dessa situação existir

[@ksp221]

Chico is incredible and you are right about being a political song Brazil in the 70s was going through a military dictatorship so any direct criticism of the government would lead to censorship so artists like Chico made criticism in a subtle way as to not get censored. I would strongly recommend you listen to Chico Buarque song Apesar de você it's one of my favorite songs and if you pay attention to the lyrics you can clearly see the criticism against the dictatorship in a indirect way. Would love to see you reacting to this song.

[@edmilsonandre3802]

Chico é um gênio da nossa música.

[@antoniocesardouradosouza6602]

Upon hearing that the daughter of one of the generals liked his songs, Chico wrote "Jorge Maravilha", to mock the situation. The lyrics were written from the perspective of a guy who responds to a girl's father who doesn't approve of the relationship. However, the chorus says "Você não gosta de mim, mas sua filha gosta", "you don't like me, but your daughter does", in a clear allusion to the general and his daughter.

[@lucapellari5985]

Minha mãe fala que os discos deram vendidos lacrados e em uma embalagem escura.

[@Teodoroviski]

You've just reacted to the best lyricist the world has ever kwown: incredibly deep, ironically sharp, but sweet at the same time, sagacious, and profoundly poetic. I don't like throwing around the word "genius", but he is definetly one. "Construção" is the kind of song you can call perfect in all aspects. But Chico has got about 30 songs you could call perfect. He is in a league of his own

[@pedrojosedasilva2146]

???????

[@pedrojosedasilva2146]

Como fã de Chico, envergonho-me do desnecessário ufanismo.

[@Teodoroviski]

@@pedrojosedasilva2146 Então descarte a palavra "fã ". É cafona e ufanista. Algo que eu jamais usaria. Eu apenas dei a dimensão da grandeza da obra

[@RenatodaSilveira.]

Perfeito.

[@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu]

@@Teodoroviski Isso.

[@LorenaAnjoss]

If you notice the tension between the music after the deaths, you see the notion of tension changing: The fist time, he died messing up the traffic, the music then comes loud and messy, reming us of cars pumping their brakes, horns, etc... The secong, he died messing up the public, but the music doesn't follow quite as tense. The third time, theres almost no tension at all in the music, giving us the impression that soon people are accostumed with seeing those workers just... die.

[@LorenaAnjoss]

And by the end, when the thank yous start, the music is all tension.

[@salanderlisbeth4319]

Today (19/jun/'24) Birthday's Chico Buarque! 80 years young!🎉🇧🇷🌹❤️🇧🇷🌹🍻🚩🎶🎵❤️🌻

[@victor_xxt]

Eu tbm 19/06

[@sergioaparecida1691]

Salve Chico Buarque de Holanda. Ave!🙏

[@gleamus902]

This music is a fuking masterpiece. Unfortunately "translation is treason" and some aspects of the music can only be noticed in the original version, for me one of the most brilliant of those is how chico ends every verse. Not only he changes the verses last words but all of them have the stress on the 3th syllable prior to the end of the word, that is extremely difficult to do in Portuguese as words like this are considered the rarest type of word in the language. It was completely intentional as the stress in this place makes a "fall down" sound (to the words an in this case for every verse), helping with the general theme of the lyrics. Historical aspects have a huge factor in this song as well, but as far as i can see loads have already talked about them, and i have no intention of repeating them all ...

[@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu]

Yep, that. My favourite definition of Poetry is: "What is lost in translation". I've read Joyce, Wilde and Shakespeare both in the original and translated into Portuguese. It is okay (Joiyce's, I couldn't really tell; I'm yet to understand... there are actually four totally different versions of the same Ulysses in Portuguese). But... I tried to read an English translation from João Cabral de Mello Neto's "Morte e Vida Severina", which totally discouraged me from trying Machado and Guimarães Rosa (that'd be wild...)'s English versions. Learn the languages from the authors you love, that's it. It works a treat! Cheers!!!

[@Empireo-]

Chico Buarque is the greatest alive poet in Brazilian culture.

[@reidacoerencia185]

It's about the horrible situations hard physical workers have to live through. The fatal accidents they suffer, alcohol addiction, bad familiar relationships, etc. And how they still try to love life despite these conditions imposed by the ruling class (may god pay them back).

[@nairocamilo]

It's also about that

[@marcosleonidio]

Uma obra-prima de Chico Buarque. Não é só uma música, é uma construção poética e reflexiva profunda e bela.

[@crisantolopesdeoliveira9384]

Comentário resumido e maravilhoso. Parabéns

[@ironstorm2957]

Chico Buarque is one of the greatest intellectuals of our generation and his songs are full of subliminal messages that require a certain intelligence.

[@amvasconcellos]

I love Bob Dylan, and for me, as a lyricist, Chico Buarque is "our" Dylan - and even a richer musician. Pure genius.

[@viralataavulso]

No. Our Dylan is Belchior.

[@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu]

I'm a sucker for Roger Waters's writing. But, still... Chico takes the cake. Cheers!

[@MarkGond]

Errado! Chico buarque é o Dylan dos americanos. Chico supera qualquer um.

[@trombonete]

Man, I'm Brazilian and a musician. I love the fact that you are so excited about his music. One thing about Chico Buarque, though, is that he is a very skilled writer and poet. So, if you don't understand Portuguese and don't understand the local culture and politics, you won't get the nuances. In the second part of the song, he is simply playing with the words, shuffling them out of order but giving them amazing new meanings. Also, he uses the musicality of the language to emphasize the end of each verse with a word with three syllables that are accented on the first, like: sábado, último, próximo, pródigo, etc. It is brilliant poetry and amazing music

[@skc4188]

I rarely listen to Portuguese songs (I mean the language, I know the singer is Brazilian), but *MAN* this one is really cool. I don't understand the lyrics, but the music and vocals already sold it to me. ^_^

[@trismeg]

Imagine if you could enjoy all this and also understand the poetics of the song like a brazilian native? That's why he's a genius for us.

[@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu]

Glad to hear it. You'd be dazzled and confused, lol. It's worth it.

[@giovannesouza6870]

You can listen to Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina and many others. There's a lot to dive into, like we do for artists outside our country.

[@sorayaneves3918]

Chico Buarque, um poeta, teve um papel importantíssimo no Brasil. Compôs várias canções consideradas como hinos e obras primas. Gritou pela democracia de todas as formas em suas canções. Chico Buarque é pura história!!!

[@denilsonreis984]

Teve não! Ainda tem! Ouviu seu último disco! “Que tal um samba”

[@paulovictor8909]

This song always surrounds me with goosebumps, no matter how many times I listen to it. Chico is a genius

[@veiga4755]

Chico is the greatest Brazilian artist of all time. Composer, singer, writer and playwright. A genius!

[@israelcabral7804]

Your request at the end, it's literally another two songs from Chico: Apesar de Você and Cálice. In English this last one is Chalice, but in Portuguese Cálice is homonym with the expression "Cale-se", which means "Shut up". The song goes "Father, let this shut up (chalice) far from me" in an attempt to avoid the censorship. Also, it was Chico's birthday last week. Thank you for this great video 🙏🏼

[@jotar4762]

I loved your analysis, but one thing that those who don't speak Portuguese don't notice is another brilliant thing: ALL the verses end in proparoxytones, that is, all the last words of the verses have the penultimate syllable as the stressed one. Not a just any Portuguese-speaking poet can achive this feat with such brilliance.

[@riccardo6498]

and, also, the same number of syllables !

[@rrcrambo]

Música, Tráfego,Bêbado.. não é a penúltima

[@rafaelcdionisio]

Man, you got all the hidden meaning of the song (it was a political statement) and fair play to you for understanding them all and for recognizing the song which, in my opinion as a Brazilian, is a masterpiece

[@markabusireactions]

Thank you!

[@silviamunoz6863]

You nailed it! Chico was a genius in criticizing the dictatorship. The censors didn't understand his lyrics and passed them hehehe.

[@dionescarpelli]

Chico Buarque's work is powerful, I love it. Any song of his is a poem. Excellent composer. Thanks for bringing it.

[@edmilsonandre3802]

As pessoas zombam de mim, mas eu amo tudo que ele compôs,

[@jcguimas]

Chico’s masterpiece. Another Brazilian gem is “Àguas de março” with Tom Jobim and Elis Regina. A Portuguese indication is “O gente da minha terra”. Marisa live version at Belém Tower.

[@danbsb]

👆

[@renatadelduque9064]

The irony of "God pay you" is overwhelming and reminds us of something typical Brazilian. The music is from the 70s, a time of military dictatorship in Brazil. Songs of protest and denouncing social dramas were important during this period, although many were censored by dictators. Chico Buarque had to release songs under a pseudonym (Julinho de Adelaide) to circumvent censorship.

[@Just_Ve]

The song name is Construction but during the song he completely deconstructs the daily routine of a worker and the way how he is seen and treated by his surroundings. Btw, the verses of the song is writing using a style called Alexandrine, so they have twelve poetic syllables and a split in the sixth syllable. The most brilliant thing about it is that all the verses ends with proparoxytones (Portuguese grammar) words whose stressed syllable is the antepenultimate. There are 17 proparoxytones that are interspersed in the 41 verses that make up the song.

[@beatrizsilvasouza4393]

The first time the trumpets sound after death is announced my heart always races, because it sounds like several car horns, it gives me the feeling that the guy just fell.

[@CelticBotansDigitalArt]

Awesome, "Construção" is definitely one of our greatest pieces of music here in Brazil, it's legit one of my top favorites exactly because it's SO wild in so many ways. People already explained to you the political background this particular song has (that this is a protest song commenting on the BR dictatorship going on between the 60s-mid 80s). So, I'll comment on the instrumental part, which is easily one of my favorite aspects in this - the song starts really calm, just the acoustic guitar and some other small sounds here and there, up until the first repetition, when we have "the drop" (lol), and the orchestra fully kicks in at 5:29 , as if they were the horns of the cars, as the traffic is disrupted by the construction worker's body falling on the street. And after that, the orchestra just gets louder and louder and more chaotic, just like he starts to change and mix the lyrics up, thus changing the narrative / PoV / version of the story. The lyrics are so highly praised here,, and for a very good reason, and I go further saying the instrumental is paramount to deliver this story the way it does. It's just fucking amazing and I'm so happy to see you like this song so much, and really caught on the main interpretation even without context! HIGHLY recommend other songs from the same era! Like Elis Regina - O Bêbado e a Equilibrista; Chico Buarque e Miilton Nascimento - O Que Será; Gal Costa - Vapor Barato; Paulinho da Viola - Sinal Fechado. All of these are commenting on the dictatorship and were written in such a way to hide their messages, in one way or another. Another banger similar to Construção, but more like in the chaotic way they chose to tell the story in it, would be Gilberto Gil e os Mutantes - Domingo no Parque, this one is another I easily consider masterpiece in storytelling music!

[@igelixo]

I especially like it at 07:03, when the word music is accompanied by one note, and only one note, played on the cuíca in the background, suggesting a samba that is interrupted.

[@victordefreitas1620]

This song isn't for everyone. And your perspective about the lyrics was really on point.

[@elenar4709]

Lyrics are insanely good, I love this song!

[@neycavalheiro]

As letras do Chico são letras dificeis, cheias de referencias ao período em que foram escritas, a coisas que só os brasileiros conseguem entender, fatos relacionados aos nossos costumes, história, muita ironia e critica aos desníveis sociais preconceitos, a ditadura militar, a repressão, as situações de apatia, desconsideração com a vida alheia, especialmente dos trabalhadores pobres, as injusticas sociais, anestesia das pessoas perante as tragédias que corriqueiramente ocorrem nas grandes cidades e ao preconceito de classe. Esta musica fala sobre a classe dominante incomodada por ser "atrapalhada" pela morte de um trabalhador que morre em uma rua na contra mão apos se suicidar se atirando de um prédio em construção aonde trabalhava. O rico mais preocupado com seu sábado do que com a vida e a tragédia de um pobre homem. A vida triste e sem perspectiva de um trabalhador que acaba se suicidando de uma construção. É uma tragédia ironicamente diluída e dessignificada pela loucura do mundo moderno das grandes cidades aonde uma vida a menos é só uma vida a menos, desde que não atrapalhe o meu sábado, o transito, nada significa.

[@ginaldocapistrano5234]

Na verdade, a morte do personagem não é por suicídio, mas puro acidente de trabalho que na construção civil acontece aos montes. Tive um primo que morreu assim e muitos brasileiros pobres também têm.

[@LucasBrazilice]

O cara do vídeo entendeu e não é brasileiro

[@romulino]

Brazil mentioned, we were summoned.

[@jujuka488]

How great it is to see you listening to music from my country. Have you heard others? "Cotidiano" is one of my favorite Chico Buarque's songs, it is quite simple and works a lot. I hope to see you listening to more music from Brasil, great reaction!!

[@markabusireactions]

I will be listening to more! I have only just discovered how much I like this music ☺️☺️

[@brazilpaz8559]

My country???? NOSSO!!!

[@Vrealita]

Chico is genius. He wrote these lyrics as a 15 y/o! For his musical genius as composer/arranger try "Meu Guri", "As Vitrines", "Vida" or "Fantasia" (some more subtle than others, all of them exhuberant)

[@Antonio_0722]

One way to see the music is: it tells three versions (or three different workers) and none of their deaths matter, the working class doesn't matter at all. Another way to understand is as a guy said here in the comments, about the military dictatorship using different descriptions and changing the scene as they used to by that period.

[@86esposito]

Chico Buarque de Hollanda is one the most influencial brazilian song-writer in all times. Chico has a many popular success songs over de decades since the 1960's. Tom Jobim have a greatest love and admiration for Chico and his lyrics: "Chico is a single and rare person: he's has the know-how of the portuguese language", say's Jobim. Chico Buarque, is known one the major artist critical of the brazilian Military Dictatorialship (1964-1985). And at the time when Brazil turns to a democracy, Chico have been identify the left-wing politics. His father, the academic researcher in history, Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, is one the founders of the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, the PT). Until today, Chico, is one the famous person symbols and synonimous of "being left-wing" in Brazil. He is a great friend of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. But the songs, the work, of Chico Buarque are one the most important piece of brazilian cultural landscape.

[@OscarRodriguez-jx4ft]

Hola, amigo. Tu reacción fué muy buena. Es totalmente política. Chico Buarque es un fenómeno. Excepcional artista muy querido en toda Hispanoamericana y seguro más allá. Marco mi juventud su música y esta canción en particular. Te recomiendo escuchar música brasileira de esa época . Hay mucho para deleitarse. Soy un uruguayo que vive en Buenos Aires desde hace 40 años. La mitad de mi familia mora en Brasil, ja. Somos nosotros!

[@Djanck000]

12:17 And... You got it. It is a political song. Chico is a beast.

[@lucasestevam93]

Ele criando teorias do que a música queria transmitir e nos 45 do 2º tempo, BINGO! Uma crítica político social foda.

[@marcorj72]

Construção" is one of Chico Buarque's masterpieces, released in 1971, and is widely recognized for its innovative structure and the depth of its lyrics. The song addresses the lives of workers in the context of urbanization and modernization in Brazil, particularly during a period of military dictatorship, reflecting on the alienation and dehumanization of labor. The song is notable for its repetitive and nearly hypnotic structure. Chico uses the repetition of the initial line and the construction of interspersed stanzas to create a rhythm that evokes the arduous routine of workers. Each stanza culminates with the phrase "ele partiu" ("he left"), which becomes a mantra, reinforcing the idea that the life of a worker is marked by the continuity of labor and the lack of individuality. Dehumanization of labor: Workers are depicted mechanically, as if they are merely parts of a machine. The song describes the death of a worker, but the focus is not solely on his individuality, but on how his life and death are absorbed into the daily grind of work. Alienation: There is a strong critique of how society treats workers, disregarding their personal lives and human dignity. The worker becomes an object, and their struggle is rendered invisible in the grand enterprise of civil construction. Relationship with society: The song also critiques societal indifference toward the lives of workers. While they sacrifice themselves, there is a disconnection between hard work and the acknowledgment of human value. Political Context During the 1970s, Brazil was under military dictatorship, and the song reflects a climate of repression, but also the resilience of the people. "Construção" can be interpreted as a metaphor for the struggle for freedom and social justice, reflecting the difficulties faced by the working class. Conclusion "Construção" is a work that transcends a mere account of a worker's life. Through its form and content, Chico Buarque provokes a profound reflection on working conditions and the dehumanization of individuals in the modern era. The song remains relevant, resonating in discussions about labor rights, dignity, and the valuing of human beings in any social context.

[@claudiofsr9132]

I believe it was the first and only song in Portuguese with all the rhymes in proparoxytones: prince, drunk, unique, traffic, bird, music, ... "Robocop Gay" by Mamonas Assassinas also rhymes with proparoxytones (but not all rhymes). Proparoxytone words are those that have the stressed syllable in the antepenultimate position, that is, the third syllable from back to front, and are accented.

[@Fabio-tq8ed]

Tem uma música mais antiga, com rimas em proparoxítonas: "O drama de Angélica", da dupla Alvarenga e Ranchinho. Tem no KZbin uma gravação de 1957, mas parece que é dos anos 40. Tocava no programa do Rolando Boldrin (o ranchinho chegou a participar do programa, ainda na Globo).

[@fabriciodenovaeskucinskis1293]

I've always understood the second part of the song, after the fall, as the poor guy delusioning while dying, with all recent memories being mexed up in his head. This song is genius indeed.

[@Vinicram]

In this song, there is something as unbelievable as its beautiful and tragic poetry, which I don't know if a foreigner would be able to understand. It's about the Portuguese language. In this song, Chico Buarque managed the incredible feat of using only proparoxytone words at the end of each sentence (última, único, tímido, máquina, sólidas, mágico, lágrima, Sábado...)!!! This is a very difficult thing to do because proparoxytone words are the rarest in the Portuguese language!

[@KozureOkami888]

YOU GOT IT! It is a very political written during the worst of the Brazilian military dictatorship. I speak Brazilian Portuguese fluently and my take is the three versions are three different perspectives: first, his point of view of loving father and husband, exhausted but having to work during the weekend to make ends meet. Second point of view is his wife’s thinking that he is a cheat that makes love mechanically but doing magic raising walls and earning a living for them. The third one is the construction owner, that thinks he he fell because he was an inconsiderate drunk (instead of exhausted) that fell and messed up his weekend. Finally, he sings that there is nothing you can do do but conform because the dictatorship will not allow any complaints or dissent. In other words, just be thankful for what we let you have and shut-up. The lyrics are Genius!

[@gustavolobocps]

The arrangements are by the most brilliant conductor on the planet: Rogério Duprat

[@qimaior3443]

Chico é uma lenda viva. Um gigante intelectual em todos sentidos. Obrigado Chico por viver no nosso tempo.

[@Nosceteipsum166]

Thanks for talking about this song, mate! Chico Buarque is pure poetry. Chico Buarque is arguably one of the most important musicians/composers/writers in Brazil, especially for his work in dark times, during the military dictatorship between 1964-1985. He wrote a bunch of songs with hidden meaning because he couldn't be explicit, otherwise his songs would get censored. He also wrote at least three plays and a bunch of books. Construção is basically an "opera/play" about how the working class struggle to meet ends and how their mundane lives mean nothing to those in power. The structure of the song is amazing. The phrases always end with a proparoxytone word, but by repeating words from other parts of the song, he can tell three stories that are actually the same, but from different perspectives. It's freaking genius. He has other absolutely beautiful songs like "João e Maria", "Cotidiano", "Apesar de Você", and many more!

[@GCSoundArtifacts]

This is indeed a fuckin' masterpiece of a song, and I'm very glad to see that a foregner that doesn't know any detail of Portuguese language can feel how impactful "Construção" is. This song still brings me chills since when I first listened when I was 12, and made me wanting to be a songwriter as well. So, Chico Buarque has to have his place of recognition in a worldwide importance.

[@nickobulla1]

Hola amigo!, escribo esto antes de terminar de ver tu video reacción, para decirte que estoy sorprendido de ver que reaccionas a esta canción memorable, impresionante y magistral del gran maestro y poeta brasilero Chico Buarque !. Un gran ejemplo del movimiento llamado "tropicalía" de los años 60's junto a otros monstruos de la, entonces nueva, música brasilera. Por cierto, el protagonista decide suicidarse, haciendo creer a su familia que solo iba a trabajar como cualquier día !. El maestro Chico no podía contarlo como cualquiera lo haría !. Un gran abrazo desde Buenos Aires !. Hello friend!, I write this before finishing watching your reaction video, to tell you that I am surprised to see that you react to this memorable, impressive and masterful song by the great Brazilian teacher and poet Chico Buarque! A great example of the movement called "tropicalía" of the 60's along with other monsters of the then new Brazilian music. By the way, the protagonist decides to commit suicide, making his family believe that he was just going to work like any other day! Teacher Chico couldn't tell it like anyone else would! A big hug from Buenos Aires!

[@skotadiscomfortzone2500]

Fun Fact! This song is actually about worker exploitation of the time You see, during the 70s Brazil was going through a military dictatorship and people had to get REALLY creative to get around censorship

[@alexandretorres5087]

Buarque is also a great writer with several published books and some film adaptations, plays, and much more. He worked with Jobim helping the Bossa Nova style to reach new levels. But he is limited as a singer, knowing what to do and not. You show try Elis Regina singing como nossos pais, another political song from Brasil. She was a great singer, and the lyrics by Belchior are amazing. Easy to find with subtitles with live performance

[@TagusMan]

"Fado Tropical" is my favorite Chico song. A brilliant mix of Brazilian tropicalia and Portuguese fado. A tribute to Portugal with poetic lyrics that are incomprehensible yet beautiful. Checi it out.

[@paulamichelin6401]

You've got that right my friend. This is one my favorite songs which tells about life in Brazil during the military dictatorship. Thank you for your work!

[@Rasfa]

I just learned from the comments the reading of this as the pov of different parties (the actual facts vs the employer's pov vs the polive pov etc) which is interesting and really makes sense, but to me this has always been different people he's talking about in each verse and how we're all expendable in society especially as members of a working class. Like yesterday this person like this died like that, and today at this other working place this other person like that died like this and so forth, and how in all of these cases their deaths meant nothing. A nuisance if anything really. Maybe, the only people who'd care are their families, who have absolutely no voice in the matter. This world we've built is fkd up. This song always punches me in the gut when I listen to it.

[@FellLu]

I would recommend "Desalento" from Chico too, its another amazing music of his. Great video!

[@sergiocunha100]

Meu pai comprou em 1976 uma coletânea que se chamava “Nova História da Música Popular Brasileira” em que vários compositores brasileiros faziam parte, como: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, João do Vale, Paulinho da Viola, Tom Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Martinho da Vila, Jorge Ben (hoje Jorge Ben Jor), Dorival Caymmi, João Gilberto e outros. Porém, de longe, o que mais me impressionou foi Chico Buarque, principalmente em “Construção” e em “Roda-Viva”, as duas músicas que considero suas duas maiores obras-primas, dentre as diversas que ele compôs e interpretou. Todos os LPs vinham acompanhados das letras das músicas e desenhos do maior ilustrador brasileiro de capas de todos os tempos, Elifas Andreato. Havia ainda textos assinados por críticos musicais da época. Para um garoto de apenas 8 anos foi um despertar para a riqueza da poesia das letras, para a dura realidade do meu país e para a maravilha que era a chamada “MPB” que, infelizmente, parecem estar sendo esquecidos nos tempos atuais no Brasil. Mas eis que surgem estes vídeos de “Reactions” de fora do nosso país em que estão “redescobrindo” a MPB depois de 50 anos! Obrigado, #markabusi !!! Sua análise foi excelente! Apesar das diferenças de idioma e de cultura, você conseguiu capturar a essência da música "Construção". Será que um dia teremos novos Chicos, novos Caetanos, novos Jobins, novos Vinícius? Ainda tenho essa ingênua esperança... no entanto, creio que só meus netos ou bisnetos irão conhecê-los. Mas... viva Chico Buarque! Viva a MPB!!! Para sempre!!! In 1976, my father bought a collection called “New History of Brazilian Popular Music” in which several Brazilian composers took part, such as: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, João do Vale, Paulinho da Viola, Tom Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Martinho da Vila, Jorge Ben (today Jorge Ben Jor), Dorival Caymmi, João Gilberto and others. However, by far, what impressed me most was Chico Buarque, especially in “Construção” and “Roda-Viva”, the two songs that I consider his two greatest masterpieces, among the many songs he composed and performed. All LPs were accompanied by song lyrics and drawings by the greatest Brazilian cover illustrator of all time, Elifas Andreato. There were also texts signed by music critics of the time. For a boy of just 8 years old, it was an awakening to the richness of lyrical poetry, to the harsh reality of my country and to the wonder that was the so-called “MPB” which, unfortunately, seems to be being forgotten in current times in Brazil. But here are these “Reactions” videos from outside our country in which they are “rediscovering” MPB after 50 years! Thank you, #markabusi!!! Your analysis was excellent! Despite the differences in language and culture, you managed to capture the essence of the song "Construction". Will we one day have new Chicos, new Caetanos, new Jobins, new Vinícius? I still have this naive hope... however, I believe that only my grandchildren or great-grandchildren will know them. But... long live Chico Buarque! Long live MPB!!! Forever!!!

[@vladislaopereira7430]

Chico Boarque is very, very good.

[@InBurnout]

“Construction” is a protest lyric/poem, considering the historical context in which it was created, in the years when the country was under military rule. It is all written in Alexandrian verse, They are verses of 12 poetic syllables in which the 6th and 12th syllables are stressed. As in: “A/mou/da/que/la/VEZ/co/mo/se/fos/se/a/ÚL/tima…” In fact, there are 12 syllables with a split in the 6th syllable, which occurs all Alexandrian verses end with a proparoxytone word and the 12th stressed syllable is always the 1st syllable of that word.

[@InBurnout]

It's sad that English couldn't convey 100% of the feeling the song has, but your video was really cool. The interpretation of the song is basically this, a daily life of a worker.

[@Mr17051963]

Poetry masterpiece with great and theatrical orchestration! Bravo!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@arthurcassuli]

I really liked your reaction. Thanks for shining a light on this amazing brazilian artist. You should react to Cartola next "Preciso me encontrar". But there are an infinite number of brazilian songs that are masterpieces, just like this one, waiting to be listened.

[@weslleyoliveira9751]

Man, believe me: that's the greatest brazilian song of all time.

[@jamilyribeiro7739]

Everytime I heard this music, I wanna cry. Chico is briliant...

[@stevekane4922]

Recommend Caetano Veloso "Leãozinho". One of the greatest songs from this group of artists. As EMO as fork. Also Gal Costa, Ney Matogrosso, and sooo many more. These are the "Tropicais" genre. Went down this rabbit hole before I turned Japanese via bandmaid.

[@stevekane4922]

These guys were all persecuted by the military regime and many fled to London and were influenced by the music of the early seventies there. Most of them were communists or anarchists

[@stevekane4922]

Just about every boomer in Portugal knows most of their output by heart. There was a time when the output of the English speaking World was almost background noise and this was the main event. Much was recorded in London and they were hanging with each other but also the coolest people in the local scene. Maria Betânia was Caetano Veloso's sister and was also a genius, and everyone was making out with everyone else and everything in the alphabet soup was "whatever" for them. There was an expression "sexodiversidade" which covered it all. "sexual diversity"

[@miss_val255]

Love you Brazil 💚💛💙 Greettings from Ceará 📍🌵☀️

[@saffis]

This song is pure art. The lyrics AND the music are fantastic! One of the top songs of Brazilian pop music ever.

[@bizarrewindow]

you quoted yojimbo and rashomon. amazing. perfect movies.

[@patriciamedeiros8559]

Chico is an amazing songwritter an poet!

[@indigouink]

FUN FACT ABT CONSTRUÇÃO Idk if someone said it here on the comment section but: There’s a grammar rule in portuguese called tonic accentuation, one of them is the proparoxítona, a word is a proparoxítona when it has a tone/accent on the third syllable seen from the end of the word to the start An example is the word “último”, “úl” is the third to last syllable on the word and has a tone/accent, it is a proparoxítona word My point is, all the verses of this amazing song ends with a proparoxítona word! That’s why it rhymes in portuguese!! ALSO before EVERY proparoxítona word at the end, there are exactly 12 syllables (in portuguese we sepparate syllables in a different way, its a bit complicated to explain here so I wont lmao) This song is insane and Chico is a genius, i love this song so much aa extra: “Beijou sua mulher como se fosse LÓGICO” (he kissed his wife as if it was logical) Lógico (logic) is the proparoxitona Syllabic separation: Bei-jo-u su-a mu-lher co-mo se fos-se (…) 12 syllables!! (Kissed his wife as if it was (…)) Im such a nerd

[@pablotrobo]

What a masterpiece this is. Agreed. 😢 I'm glad that you've gotten to know this hero of us. Chico's music has been a lighthouse in the night. His blending of the trivial with the transcendent is like a perfect puzzle coming together in a clear picture. Check up Milton Nascimento's "Que sera" Not a political statement per-se but an immensely humanistic redemption. There are gigants in the music of south america waiting to be seen. Thanks for the curiosity.

[@Xiquexiquebaia33]

Essa música é simplesmente... Uma obra prima.

[@frednicolas3811]

felt quite the same back in 2000, when a friend of mine made me discover that masterpiece.

Amazing!!

[@diogopelaes2218]

The repetition also refers to a day to day routine, it changes a little but its a story that repeats itselfe over and over in any working class life. he reapeats his routine everyday and workers live and die every day. The ending is an ironic "thank you" for providing the basic as if food, flor, identity, smile, smoke and alcohol is worthy of blind devotion and appraisal. Its a direct atack to the capitalist opression against the working class and the regime (brazilian dictatorship) that upholded it. At the last verse he says "and for the ultmate peace that will finally redeem us, may god pay you back" in that verse he's reffering to the inevitable end of the dictatorship and the "pay back" that will come.

[@DJVINNYPR]

I love your reactions, and I’d like to suggest a special one. Could you react to Elis Regina performing Como Nossos Pais? It’s one of the most iconic songs in Brazilian music history. Como Nossos Pais (Like Our Parents) is a powerful song written by Belchior, but it became widely famous through Elis Regina’s unforgettable performance. The lyrics explore themes of generational conflict, societal expectations, and the yearning for authenticity. It’s a mix of melancholy and defiance, reflecting the political and cultural climate of Brazil in the 1970s during the military dictatorship. Elis Regina performed this song live on the Brazilian TV show Fantástico in 1976. Her delivery was so emotional and intense that it became one of her defining moments as an artist. She’s known for her deep connection to the lyrics and her ability to captivate audiences with her voice and presence. I think it would be fascinating for your audience to discover this masterpiece and learn more about Brazilian music and culture through her performance.

[@lgonzalez1244]

Este álbum todo é uma obra prima. Pra mim, um dos melhores de todos os tempos. Rolling Stone, Billboard e todos os outros fazedores de listas estão em débito com o velho Chico.

[@marianasouza9806]

Chico is amazing! You would definitely like to react to "Geni e o Zeppelin"!!

[@soltasideias]

"Construção" is about the life of a construction worker who works until he dies in an accident. The song criticizes how workers' lives are seen as repetitive and undervalued. To reinforce this idea, the phrases repeat with small changes, creating a sense of chaos that reflects the disorder and lack of control the worker has over his own life, showing how society ignores the value of these workers.

[@agameraeritthya7896]

I really loved your reaction, you gained a subscriber 🎉 Other suggestions: Apesar de você (Chico Buarque); E agora José (Carlos Drummond de Andrade);

[@4lefcristian]

Great reaction! Chico is amazing! You should try Roda Viva, Apesar de Você and O Que Será also from him. All these songs were written during the Brazilian military dictatorship, at that time there was a lot of artistic censorship, so Chico had to be very creative so that his songs, that criticized the military regime, were not censored, that's why he is a genius and his songs always have a hidden meaning.

[@isabelaandzico]

Obrigada for all the ♥️♥️♥️ The Samba Enredo is 100 Anos de Liberdade, Realidade ou Ilusão da Estação Primeira de Mangueira ~ 100 Years of Liberty, Reality or Illusion from Mangueira Samba School, which is the school of Chico and me. Year 1988, Celebrating (questioning) the 100 years of Slavery Abolition (May 13 1888). I’ve shared your video on Chico’s Construção with my dad! I think he’ll love it!🇧🇷✊🏻🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 7:09

[@isabelaandzico]

A cachaça de graça que temos que engolir = the propaganda the government is trying to force feed us. 11:20

[@SamRodrigues77]

Essa música é uma obra prima. Uma das minha preferidas do Chico. Realmente um gênio e só de pensar que um dia ele não estará mais vivo, sera uma perca enorme.

[@alicegentil9072]

Eu fiquei tão feliz com esse vídeo e os comentários, pois infelizmente a maioria pensa que Brasil é só Samba e Funk, e é muito mais que isso! Gostaria de te recomendar "Cálice" também de Chico Buarque e "O Bêbado e A Equilibrista" de Elis Regina (ambas são na época da ditadura). Mas caso queira saber de outros artistas (com temática política ou não), segue uma lista: Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil Djavan Rita Lee Raul Seixas Milton Nascimento Tim Maia Cazuza Ney Matogrosso Gal Costa Cássia Eller Lenine Renato Russo(Legião Urbana) Isso é o básico 😅😅

[@RenanFelicianoOn]

My father always was a "chicólatra", a slang for a Chico Buarque huge fan, and always showed me his music with a shine on his eyes. When he showed me this one, I, as a little kid, told him "but the brass instruments are too loud" and he answered "that's for the context of the song". My child brain couldn't understand the deepness of this masterpiece. Try "Geni e o Zepelim".

[@spinnymathingy3149]

Very nice 👍, definitely adding Chico to my Bossa Nova playlist

[@edmilsonandre3802]

Pra quem é de fora do Brasil as vezes fica muito difícil entender a letra dessa canção escrita com muita maestria pelo Chico Buarque,

[@mocasale1]

Chico Buarque é um dos nossos gênios da musica brasileira. E nesta composição há uma complexidade na forma, na harmonia que, mesmo cíclica, é preenchida por contrastes harmônicos orquestrais. Ela se desenvolve num ritmo peculiar, apesar de inspirado no samba e no jongo. E a letra, o "poema", é algo genial, pela crítica social e pelo apelo emocional, além de oferecer três ângulos de visões sobre o mesmo acontecimento narrado.

[@IvanPg-o9g]

The lyrics of this song are masterpiece 😮 the different views of reality or possibilities of life...wow...god bless Brazil. I love Buarque.