Caetano Veloso, Anjos Tronchos (ao vivo / live), Farewell Tour, March 29, 2024 (4K)

Caetano Veloso plays his song "Anjos Tronchos" (Twisted Angels) live in concert before a sold-out crowd at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California on March 29, 2024. Anjos Tronchos was the lead single from Veloso's most recent album, Meu Coco (2021).
(Caetano Veloso toca sua música "Anjos Tronchos" ao vivo em um concerto para uma plateia lotada no Paramount Theatre em Oakland, Califórnia, em 29 de março de 2024. Anjos Tronchos foi o single principal do mais recente álbum de Veloso, Meu Coco, seu primeiro álbum novo em quase dez anos.)
Billboard said this about the song: "Veloso brings out his most risky vein, a tune with rock nuances that provokingly tackles the technological wave and its negative effects, a subject he was somewhat oblivious of. 'It’s a theme that I thought I wasn’t able to deal with because I don’t use it much, I don’t have a smartphone or use social media, but then all these thoughts arose, and I ended up writing a whole song. It’s crazy, it makes sense and taught me a lot.'"
In the single's press release, Veloso said: "Anjos Tronchos é uma canção que terminou ficando extremamente densa. Vivemos hoje mergulhados num mar de algoritmos, possibilidades diversas de redes sociais e aparatos tecnológicos que avançam muito depressa"
This concert, presented by SFJazz, was the third night of Veloso's U.S. Farewell Tour. Joining Veloso onstage were Lucas Nunes (guitar), Alberto Continentino (bass), Rodrigo Tavares (keyboards), Pretinho da Serrinha (percussion), Kainã do Jêje (percussion), and Thiaguinho da Serrinha (percussion).
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Anjos Tronchos - letras / lyrics
Uns anjos tronchos do Vale do Silício
Desses que vivem no escuro em plena luz
Disseram: vai ser virtuoso no vício
Das telas dos azuis mais do que azuis.
Agora a minha história é um denso algoritmo
Que vende venda a vendedores reais,
Neurônios meus ganharam novo outro ritmo
E mais e mais e mais e mais e mais
Primavera Árabe - e logo o horror.
Querer que o mundo acabe-se:
Sombras do amor
Palhaços líderes brotaram macabros
No império e nos seus vastos quintais
Ao que revêm impérios já milenares
Munidos de controles totais
Anjos já mi ou bi ou trilionários
Comandam só seus mi, bi, trilhões
E nós, quando não somos otários,
Ouvimos Shoenberg, Webern, Cage, canções...
Ah, morena bela
Estás aqui
Sem pele, tela a tela:
Estamos aí
Um post vil poderá matar
Que é que pode ser salvação?
Que nuvem, se nem espaço há
Nem tempo, nem sim nem não. Sim: nem não
Mas há poemas como jamais
Ou como algum poeta sonhou
Nos tempos em que havia tempos atrás
E eu vou, por que não? Eu vou, por que não? Eu vou
Uns anjos tronchos do Vale do Silício
Tocaram fundo o minimíssimo grão
E enquanto nós nos perguntamos do início
Miss Eilish faz tudo do quarto com o irmão
Written By / Escrito Por: Caetano Veloso
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Caetano Veloso: U.S. Farewell Tour dates (2024):
March 24 - Houston, TX @ Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
March 27 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
March 29 - Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
March 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
April 3 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Academy Of Music
April 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Academy Of Music
April 6 - Newark, NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
April 9 - North Bethesda, MD @ The Music Center at Strathmore
April 11 - Princeton, NJ @ McCarter Theatre Center
April 13 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
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Official show announcement:
"One of Brazil’s, and the world’s, most graceful and innovative songwriters” (NY Times), Caetano Veloso returns on his FINAL TOUR to share gems from his five-decade career and music from his latest Sony release, Meu Coco.
Blessed with an otherworldly voice and an Ellingtonian understanding of harmonic color, Veloso co-led the bossa nova and Tropicália movements of the late 1960s and has since taken on everything from funky samba workouts to ethereal balladry and orchestral pieces. His self-titled 1968 LP was a revolutionary statement, single-handedly launching Tropicália and helping to contemporize Brazilian popular culture in its embrace of international musical influences. Over 40 albums followed that have continued to expand the scope of Brazilian music, including his celebrated Carnegie Hall collaboration with David Byrne in 2004 and the 2007 rock-informed Nonesuch release Cê that earned two Latin Grammy Awards. For this night, Veloso brings music from 2021’s Meu Coco, his first album of new music in nearly a decade and his most direct and personal recording to date.
Now 81, Caetano Veloso has attained a global stature as a songwriter on par with the likes of John Lennon and Bob Dylan. His influence across musical genres and geographic borders has been vast, yet his riveting concert appearances remain the most important aspect of a legacy still in progress.
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