How Brazil's Music Hid Protest Inside Harmony

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[@CharlesCornellStudios]

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[@Eliyahillel]

Hi Charles, I watched the video on Nebula and I have to say it's a bit annoying to get the "academy" promotions over there too...

[@millacabral9475]

Thank you so much for the effort, it's so cool to see foreigners understanding and sharing the history of Brazil

[@gabrielfm92]

Wow, this video was incredible! As a brazillian myself I can say that I've learned a lot from this because actually people nowadays kind of consider bossa nova as "boomer music" and don't really pay attention to history classes (myself included). On another topic, I thought it was alright to show music in YT's videos if you was reviewing/criticizing it. Isn't this the case anymore?

[@mandala_skies]

Really, thank you so much for this, Brazil is having such a hard time, with fear that something like 1964 could be happening again... Is nice to see that we are not alone here

[@detectordegados5292]

As a Brazilian...Sabiá gives me chill to the spines everytime I hear...

[@4uartaOnda]

I never thought that the Brazilian history is so dificult to explain to a non-brazilian person until now... For us brazilians this is just another thursday

[@jonnyso1]

Nah, Brazilians don't really know their history very well, that's the problem.

[@4uartaOnda]

@@jonnyso1 we... We know... But try to explain what happened between the first republic and 1986 without looking like a "B" movie script

[@edy680]

@@jonnyso1 we don't think we know, but if you compare the knowledge of our people about our history with the knowledge of people from another countries you'll see how ahead of the most part of them we are. As said before, Brazil's history have some very hard things to explain, mainly when you're talking about anything after the proclamation of our republic (and this is the "real problem", I woud say) , that's a total mess, but I believe we brazilians stil have a great amount of knowledge about it.

[@JanilGarciaJr]

@@4uartaOnda Try explaining the last 10 years without looking like a B movie script.

[@4uartaOnda]

@@JanilGarciaJr You have a really really good point

[@wdazzle]

"Construção" never rhymes, but the words at the end of each line go together because all of them have the same intonation pattern. So it's even more amazing if you speak Portuguese.

[@brownrafael89]

Actually I believe that “Construção” is one of the best music letters of Brazilian music. And there are rhymes, the last word of the verses are proparoxytone, and beside there are sense between them are rhyming if you look carefully to tonic syllables.

[@Mykahaia]

It rhymes one time right? Ultima with ultima right?

[@leticia-zo8pd]

@@brownrafael89 music lyrics*

[@brownrafael89]

@@leticia-zo8pd thx

[@sansplayer6254]

@@Mykahaia you... Can't rhyme a word with itself

[@willyamfernandesteixeira1052]

"Construção" from Chico Buarque is a masterpiece. All the song uses alexandrine verses, 12 syllables, ending on proparoxytones at each verse. It was not random, this was on purpose! It's poetry, not only music. Also, the song is about a construction worker, so the rythm tries to give the idea of a construction going on, step by step, one element after the other. That's genius!

[@VitorAugustoVTR]

So cool!

[@marinalodi6313]

Yes! To the point I don't like this music despite it's brilliancy!! I get so overwhelmed, distressed and sad hearing it lol

[@Kashimana]

@@marinalodi6313I think that’s the point to appeal to the subconscious

[@leticiacastro8588]

Charles, please consider activating subtitles in Portuguese so that we can share this video away with our Brazilian fellows. Brazilians have a deep rooted challenge when it comes to recognizing their own value and this video is extremely helpful in order to try to make them see the greatness of this era. Thanks!

[@craigcj5953]

This. I met a somewhat famous Brazilian musician and even HE didn't know about this....he called Bossa Nova "boring"....and that was that.

[@mariuspoppFM]

​@@craigcj5953sounds like a perfect assh0le

[@allanfigueiredo8440]

Belas palavras Letícia.

[@vulgoblackthug33]

@@craigcj5953 qual musico?

[@michelcomenta]

nossa sim! talvez com um gringo falando eles reconheçam o valor da música brasileira

[@Calabresa022]

One of the best songs that got through the censorship was "Cálice", by Chico Buarque. The chorus of the song is: "Pai, afasta de mim esse cálice! De vinho tinto de sangue." (Father, move this chalice away from me, Of red wine of blood). The thing is that "Cálice" has the same pronunciation as "Cale-se!", which means "Shut up!". So the song is literally asking God to move the "Shut up!" away, which symbolizes the censorship, but at the same time references a chalice filled with "red wine of blood", which symbolizes the torture and death at the hands of the government. I don't know how it got through the censorship, but it did.

[@Calabresa022]

@@fusososososo3507 Those 20.000 missing are dead. Or do you think they are still locked up somewhere? The 400 is just what was acknowledged by the military. Sure it can be a low number, but nothing justifies the torture and murder. If only one person was tortured under federal orders, it's already one too many.

[@MoisesCaster]

Until today we Brazilians suffer censorship. 🥺

[@shar559]

It didn’t get through the censorship, actually. When Chico tried singing the song on a show in 1973, he had his microphone muted. It was only released for the public in 1978. You can actually find the 1973 document confirming the censoring if you search something like “cale-se musica vetada”

[@AruanDrako]

Some songs got through censorship cause despite extremely competent in violence, military tend to also be stupid with pretty much everything else. There are also stories of censors who were kinda turned by the artists. There were publications that had a in-house military censor in the editorial and stories of the editors getting these guys drunk before work hours lol

[@DexterTaturanah]

O bizarro é que o gringo foi incapaz de entender que o chico Buarque é da Mpb 🤣🤣🤣

[@AaronAnaya]

I totally love that you can’t talk about the history of any South American country without a part where the USA intervened and made it worse.

[@collinbeal]

French Guiana hasn't really seen any U.S. involvement, since its colonization predated the U.S. and the country has remained a French property since. During WWII, the U.S. beefed up security in Suriname to protect the Bauxite trade from a potential attack from Vichy French Guiana, but nothing ultimately came of it. I would probably describe its relationship with the U.S. as neutral. Suriname is the only South American country with a net positive relationship with the U.S., receiving infrastructure, defense spending, security forces, etc. Other than that, though, the U.S. has fucked up everything else in South America to a staggering degree, and the two exceptions were fucked by France and The Netherlands, respectively.

[@alvarostockle]

As Chilean, can confirm.

[@BrazilianImperialist]

Because that's necessary propaganda to make the US look bad, so they can say things are better now than then(they aren't)

[@BrazilianImperialist]

@@collinbeal Lol, it's the US fault not yours, keep believing that

[@ynotds6205]

USA intervened and prevented a communist dictatorship.

[@stephaniemoura9325]

In português, these lyrics sound like poetry! The translation doesn’t “translate” the amazingly smart choice of words and subtle meanings behind it!

[@pernambuco92]

se os guerrilheiros tomassem o poder vc nao estaria nem aqui no youtube, vc veria o significado por trás delas

[@omoirin]

@@pernambuco92 ????

[@pernambuco92]

@@omoirin ja existia guerrilheiros muito sntes do regime militar...

[@omoirin]

@@pernambuco92 Mas o que tem haver?

[@pernambuco92]

@@omoirin que se os militares não agisse vc não estaria aqui falando bobagem, já tão querendo censurar tudo rm plena democracia pior num regime socialista

[@Leonardogborghi]

“Morreu na contramão, atrapalhando o tráfego..” this phrase it’s so poetic cause its also a reference to dying as opposition. A lot of people disappeared during those dark times. Families would be trying to find some awnsers, which obviously never did.. his lyrics got so much layers.. startles me the fact the we almost got hooked by the same sort of poison so recently.. it feels like we were on a verge of new tropicalia once again.

[@uvod]

o judiciario prendendo gente, aplicando multas sem crime, sendo vitima e julgador ao mesmo tempo. Um criminoso como presidente. Sim, nós estamos em um novo regime da mesma espécie, só que agora é o seu lado q ta no poder, então ta tudo ok né

[@henry-imperium]

Infelizmente o nosso querido e amado Brasil disputando pelo indisputavel...

[@carolimagma1]

Infelizmente recentemente saímos de um veneno pra entrar em outro

[@henry-imperium]

@@carolimagma1 Mais tóxico e tenebroso...

[@pernambuco92]

guerrilheiros comunistas que já existiam bem antes do regime militar

[@cuppiesaur]

as a brazilian I can say that you should be SUPER proud of this video because it's super amazing, well presented and researched!

[@Stoneeeeemo]

sim!!!!

[@AlexanderMatos]

Boraaaa brasillll

[@nestorcarrera]

100%!! much better than what I had in art class back in the day when they walked through that subject

[@OCara1300]

brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr

[@ZeroShow]

HECK YEAH!! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, and im a musician, this video is just *chefs kiss*

[@MrDanMunozMusic]

I'm a Brazilian historian and researcher of the military years, I just would like to congratulate you for the research of this video, you've got it very right even summarizing and trying to adapt to a KZbin content. Never take this for granted because I'm tired of seeing academics that couldn't even reach the level of explaining and comprehending you got it. Congratulations really, amazing content! In music, I am no expert in nothing, but I would also recommend you take a look in the origins of Brazilian music when examined in the correlation with influences it got from the melancholic Portuguese "fados" and the African and Native American rhythms, I'm sure it'll blow your mind!

[@marcelodepaulos9117]

Actually, samba derives from the French version of polka, which became maxixe when met with the syncopated African drums. Maxixe evolved to become samba.

[@CamaradaGagarin]

@@marcelodepaulos9117 ah tá. samba francês.

[@kogu9676]

@@CamaradaGagarin bem provavel, o nome e formato de festa do Carnaval também vem da europa, muita coisa vem de lá. Na alemanha eles comemoravam o carnaval de um formato bem semelhante ao nosso, com carros alegoricos e um desfile dançante de alguns membros da alta sociedade e dos "dançarinos"(só por curiosiade: os "dançarinos" eram os açougueiros e fazedores de facas, que contestaram a proibição do evento e conseguiram o direito de mante-lô.

[@jackyex]

@@kogu9676 Acho que todos temos o conhecimento que o Carnaval derivou-se de festas europeias, o entrudo para ser mais específico, entretanto essa não é a questão, mas sim a origem do samba, e que por algum motivo maxixe foi colocado no meio?

[@myname-mz3lo]

he forgot the part where bossa nova is an AFRO latino genre. created by black people way before antonio carlos jobim ever played it ...

[@josecamilojimenez2784]

I'm not brazilian but holy molly, bossa nova is just amazing, the harmonies, the rithm, the lyrics, everything it's just perfect and really different to everything else

[@vulgoblackthug33]

Escuta racionais mc,s você vai amar

[@historikerzindasgameplay7889]

​@@vulgoblackthug33O cara falando que gosta de bosa nova que é uma mistura de samba com jazz e o meu mano recomendando racionais, nem faz sentido kkkkk

[@ak_akemi]

​@@historikerzindasgameplay7889 Vai que ele gosta? Indiquei bossa nova pra uma colega, depois mostrei forró, amou ambos.

[@historikerzindasgameplay7889]

@@ak_akemi exato, forró e bossa nova ainda tem alguma coisa em comum, mas racionais?

[@beliniitalo]

Eu nunca imaginei que veria um vídeo estrangeiro falando da musica brasileira de protesto dessa forma com tanta visibilidade! Obrigado por mostrar que o BR não é apenas festa.

[@droiid6547]

poise tem futebol e imposto tambem!

[@AllanGuiHaya70]

​@@droiid6547não se esqueça que a gente mora na floresta e todas as mulheres têm bunda grande

[@toca-discos6353]

@@AllanGuiHaya70 e são prostitutas de graça

[@eddu4674]

Chico Buarque de Hollanda , comunista apoiador de ladrão, lutou para instituir a ditadura do proletariado nos moldes de Cuba, adorador de assassinos frios como Che Guevara e os irmãos Castro.

[@daal8392]

@@AllanGuiHaya70 e tem macacos e onças no meio da rua

[@pedroh.pereira8292]

A curiosity from Chico's construção: every verse finish in a proparoxytone word, very rare in portuguese language, in a way that the words don't rhyme and yet flow in a very noticeable rhythm. It's a work of genius!

[@PedroRDoudement]

if you don't know what a proparoxytone is and don't want to look it up: It's basically when the stress on the word is on the third to last syllable. TRÁ-fe-go (traffic), ÚL-ti-ma (last), MÁ-qui-na (machine) and so on...

[@1000jamesk]

Not very rare in portuguese language but I get your point.

[@pedroh.pereira8292]

@@1000jamesk é literalmente o tipo de sílaba tônica mais rara na língua. O português, diferente do italiano que tende para as proparoxítonas, é uma língua naturalmente paroxítona. Então pela quantidade de palavras que tem na língua como um todo, as proparoxítonas são bem raras sim...

[@1000jamesk]

@@pedroh.pereira8292 É que toda palavra proparoxítona tem que ter no mínimo 3 sílabas, e das palavras com 3 sílabas só um terço seria desse tipo, então com certeza é incomum. Mas muitas palabras comuns são proparoxítonas, só pegar Construção ou Robocop Gay como exemplo, então não considero muito raras na língua portuguesa.

[@henriquealvesxavier2313]

@@1000jamesk Mesmo se você só considerar palavras de 3 sílabas (que podem, portanto, ser proparoxítonas) as proparoxítonas são a minoria, seguidas das oxítonas. É por isso que às vezes acentuamos as oxítonas e paroxítonas, mas *sempre* acentuamos as proparoxítonas - porque elas são a excessão. Isso é real o racional usado pra decidir que palavras são acentuadas, a prevalência da tônica em cada posição. Dentre as oxítonas e proparoxítonas, a gente sabe que as palavras que acabam em -i, -u e ditongos (além de -r etc.) são mais comumente oxítonas, então acentuamos se forem paroxítonas. Da mesma forma, palavras que acabam em -a, -e e -o (a absoluta maioria) são geralmente paroxítonas, por isso acentuamos as oxítonas que acabam com esses sons. Por fim, as proparoxítonas não são as mais comuns em nenhum dos casos, portanto sendo acentuadas todas as vezes.

[@SteveBluescemi]

Construção is not only one of the greatest Brazilian songs, but one of the greatest songs ever made, and I'm thrilled to see it discussed on this channel. Cornell actually undersells how brilliant the lyrics are: The story of the death of a construction worker is repeated from three different perspectives, each time becoming increasingly hostile towards the worker. This is accomplished by merely rearranging the last word of each line (which happen to all be three syllable words with the stress on the first syllable). Having the same words but in a slightly different order completely changes the context and meaning. By the third and final verse, the construction worker is completely dehumanized; his death a mere inconvenience. From there Buarque launches into a furious refrain, an invective against the dictatorship for twisting reality with propaganda and bringing harm to its people: "for [all that you've done], GOD WILL REPAY YOU!". It's a masterpiece lyrically and musically.

[@freule]

You, sir, made the complementary comment and analysis of this already brilliant video. Cheers 💜

[@nathalykim1263]

yes! the lyrics to most of the songs from this period need a paragraph of explanation for each line, they're so complex, and if you don't know portuguese that's even harder to grasp

[@renatonyc]

Amen.

[@aindatenhoconta]

The second part is a version of Deus Lhe Pague which is sarcastically thanking an unnamed provider for all the misery being granted. When sang together with this music in the same rhythm it becomes even more emotional

[@rodrigofreitas4847]

As a Brazilian, I need to thank you! Our rich culture is sometimes not recognized due to the chaotic development context. The country contains the culture of populations of African, European and indigenous origins. It went through dictatorship, slavery and other various processes. It is always difficult to show and explain our culture, our world. Brazilian music is much bigger than funk and pop.

[@uvod]

and now is into a communism dictatorship, congrats. the Musicians dream became alive.

[@fernandosr2001]

Very funny! @@uvod

[@Gigacom]

Brazilian history teacher here: congratulations and thank you very much!

[@sunraiii]

I’ve been listening to bossa for the last 20 years and it’s impossible not to pick up on the bitter sadness in many melodic and harmonic motifs, but I have never been able to have a deeper understanding of it. This video is amazing!

[@vitorvg2148]

Listen to "Onde Anda Você"- Vinicius de Moraes, "O pato" João Gilberto or "Chega de Saudade" João Gilberto!!!!!!! You will love it!!

[@sunraiii]

@@vitorvg2148 O pato and Chega De Saudade are classics, and I can actually play them on guitar and piano! lol. Onde Anda Voce is a great recommendation. Thank you!

[@saberlivre]

I guess the bitter sadness actually stems from the profound influence of our colonizers. The melancholy one finds in Bossa Nova can also be felt in the Portuguese Fado, and Joao Gilberto loved Fado. Some people even argue (informally) that Bossa Nova is Fado made beautiful. The jury's out on this one, I love both but to me Bossa is Bossa :-)

[@ypob2007]

@@saberlivre I’d say that bossa is just fado but a bit of samba (slowed down) and some other things from different cultures

[@jeeomaisfodao9841]

Listen to cartola, jorge ben jor and milton Nascimento, greats brazilian musician

[@philipmcp]

As a longtime listener of Bossa Nova and Tropicalia, it's so refreshing to see a piece that explores the political messages within the music of that time. Most US listeners think of bossa nova as sort of cheesy jazz (as its so often been used as a music cue for laughs), rather than the wildly complex and rich creative expression of deeply oppressed people. Well done.

[@JessBonomo]

I once met someone who said he loved brazilian music because we can put some f*cked up messages in such beautiful and joyful melodies

[@rafaellecavalcanti9446]

I have this opinion when it comes to carnivals. Because people just think about the party and stuff, but... Brazilian "carnaval" is a huge black culture resistance. There are Brazilian historians who dedicate their whole careers to study popular culture, samba, carnival, soccer and its importance in our society (like Luiz Antonio Simas). I love the beaches, nature etc, but I wish that tourists in Brazil were more interested in the meanings, history etc.

[@vick7224]

I am Brazilian btw , and everytime I listen to Construção by Chico, I get goosebumps and my eyes tear up. Such a powerful piece of art.

[@killerpea]

I'm Portuguese, have never been to Brazil, and I get the exact same reaction. I truly think it's one of the best musical pieces ever made. Um abraço.

[@fernandosr2001]

Comigo acontece quando ouço "Apesar de Você"... principalmente depois dos últimos anos de escuridão que passamos.

[@danielrofer4858]

Chico é o maior artista vivo no Brasil! Man I'm a brazilian musician living in the usa, and I really liked your video. Congrats! There's something else about "Construção" which is about how he start to change the order of the words throughout the song and the song kind of keep having the same meaning. There's so many ways of understanding it, as the whole lyrics were a construction where everything is moving around but at the end it has comum goal. There's another Chico's protest song called "Cale-se" and this is in my opinion the most incredible one, in terms of meaning.

[@korwinkressmann425]

Bossa nova touched me to a point where I was asking myself "What happened in brazil?". The lyrics where lost in translation but the harmony wouldn't let me go. My 2 month only bossa nova loophole binge concluded in finding this video of yours. Great video, Much apprechiated !

[@itsacopy]

Yeah, even if you speak Portuguese very well some lyrics are "devious" to understand because of censorship. Usually they used lots of allegorical wordplay to say something. One of the most famous protest music from Brazil is "Pra não dizer que não falei das flores" (something like "not to say that I didn't mention the flowers"), it's kind of a call to action against the regime. It almost say something, but not clearly.

[@michaelrapp8452]

Post bossa Nova I've been hooked on the incredible work of chico buarche and caetano veloso for 45 years rhythms, melodies are beautiful even without knowing Portuguese,

[@BrazilianImperialist]

@@itsacopy Lol, no, it's pretty easy to understand the meaning

[@viniciusdeluca]

Believe, even to us Native Brazilians are "hard" to understood some lyrics. And this is intentional to avoid censorship

[@michaelrapp8452]

@@viniciusdeluca Fascinating I googled Sabia and I learned of Cancao do Exilio". So Chico's reference is very powerful. Would most Brasileiros knows this reference?

[@DK2ez]

I don't think I've ever seen a video like this on KZbin that covers politics, history, and how music played such an integral role in it all. Really puts a different perspective on how music can be much more than just what you hear on the radio on your morning commute.

[@SGDrummer7]

If you want something similar, check out Adam Neely’s video Music Theory and White Supremacy

[@matthewcline8580]

Check out Tantacrul's video on Shostakovich and Stalin!

[@SgtPowell]

Agreed. Adam Neely and Tantacrul put out content on this level regularly. It's pretty amazing.

[@b.c.slumber3694]

Listen to Blindboy!

[@jaderanderson]

I mean the 90 seconds explaining the first half of 20th century Brasil is just pure GOLD. Thank you for this.

[@dfk09]

Great video! I'm Jamaican but I speak Portuguese fluently. This video reminds of when I was in Salvador with a friend. She was telling me about how much she liked Bob Marley's music. I told her that they are a lot of messages in the lyrics to his songs. It's much more than a seductive Reggae rhythm. She said that about Chico Buarque is like that as well. When I listen to "Samba De Orly" and "Construção", I understand what she was saying.

[@chicosuman]

“Construction” is haunting to this day. It ends with “God Bless You” being repeated over and over while Chico piles up verses like “for the floor where I sleep, for the bread I eat, for letting me breathe, for letting me exist” while the chords go back and forth on an Em cadence you just want to leave the country.

[@aindatenhoconta]

It's part of this song, which is also haunting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKnMkpmvmLKGirs

[@gabifilgueiras9550]

the poem that originated sabiá is called “canção do exílio”, which means, “song of exile” and, while it was about a traveler originally, it’s not that much of a stretch if you consider people were literally getting exiled for speaking up against the dictatorship. Of course all of this went by unnoticed without being censored and it’s definitely clever because it hides the protest behind what seems like strong patriotism, converting the wish to go back to Brazil geographically into going back to a different political scenario within Brazil

[@samirSch]

All those poor little communists...exiled for trying to overthrow the government and install a communist dictatorship. Well, at least the ones doing urban guerrilla training in Cuba, like the Worker's Part main members. Others, from the Social-Democratic party, were just like Chico Buarque, livin' la vida loca in France, instead of being a part of the socialist revolution they so love in Cuba.

[@eusamuel]

uma galera com o ingles afiadissimo aqui meu deus kkkk

[@victorcarvalho8580]

@@eusamuel e os "americanos" não sabem a capital da Espanha kk

[@PedroLimaPTS]

It kinda makes my heart flutter to see people from all over the world creaming over how much they like Brazilian culture. It is absolutely heartwarming as a Brazilian 😊

[@F1guRas]

As a mexican I just cant help it, from your funny accents to amazing music Brazil was always my favorite ❤

[@0r1x]

Man, I love Bosa Nova, but I never knew this. You've just opened an entire realm of appreciation for me. Amazing video!

[@refrergrdtdsxt]

Glad to see Chico Buarque making an appearance in the video. He doesn't seem to be as noticed by foreign people as he should, probably because his stuff stands out mostly due to the geniality of his lyrics. He's probably the greater portuguese-language songwritter of all times.

[@mariom6884]

And an other's songs byer.Just like Roberto Carlos.

[@millacabral9475]

Fully agree, and I suppose Chico's music didn't always sit nicely in the Bossa Nova category but it is amazing both in lyrics and in melody + harmony.

[@CyberMonkey-su3xt]

@@millacabral9475 his music isn't Bossa Nova, it's MPB

[@preciat816]

Chico’s music is what made me start learning Portuguese. He’s a fucking genius

[@joaquinbonilla706]

I did a medley arrangement of his music, I think you would like it if you wanna slide by my account 👍🏼

[@alexandrebier4581]

This is wonderful, Charles. My grandpa was one of the people who 'went missing' during the 70's. Music was always a big part of our family and you managed to capture... all of it. I'm sharing this vid with everybody I know, and as an english teacher, it'll be my pleasure to translate and subtitle this lovely video into Portuguese, so more Brazilians can learn our own history from this amazing and rich, well-researched and inspired video. Thank you for this.

[@StephenAR]

Brave man. Hope Charles takes you up your offer!

[@last_droogie]

bah seria top essa legenda, não consegui entender tudo

[@pablobaesler3447]

I hope you guys have a good result in the coming election. Solidarity from Chile

[@lucasouza4846]

@@pablobaesler3447 there's no good outcome for the next election lmao, but thanks

[@pablobaesler3447]

@@lucasouza4846 anything is better than fascism. Going from total disrespect towards the opressed and the working class to at least recognition is a great outcome. I wish latin america had better options than social democracy, but it is definitely a first step.

[@mayavmarinho]

I’m History teacher in Brasil, and you should be so proud, this was GREAT! ❤

[@CristalPNL]

I’m a Brazilian human and my childhood in the authoritarian regime. I really appreciate your analysis of our music, “Construção“ is one of my favorite musics , thank you

[@odonodarazao3801]

I'm very happy to see someone who experienced the Vargas regime, my grandfather used to tell me stories, unfortunately he's gone.

[@djr4finha]

YES, BRAZILIAN CONTENT ON CHARLES CORNELL CHANNEL!! I'm super honored to see the history of bossa nova around here, and how u guys got so much effort to explain everything with all the details, it's amazing and I love it! Thank you Charles crew, always here to support 🇧🇷❤️

[@ludoviajante]

So happy not to see so many dictatorship apologists in the comments. It was a dark and terrible time, many people disappeared forever. Unfortunately, some insist on defending the indefensible. Congratulations on the amazing video!

[@vitorescolarich2308]

Te amo ludo

[@gabiferreira6864]

ludo

[@evk-1350]

Ludo!

[@Leonardotl52]

LUDOOOOO!

[@eduardotomazine2588]

Eu não esperava encontrar você aqui, mas foi uma surpresa agradável.

[@annepandesal]

listening to these, its so haunting and beautiful. reading the comments of brazilians about construção and their interpretations of it is so interesting and makes me appreciate this even more

[@alexcunhapinto]

I grew up with Portuguese and Brazilian music and gotta say, you nailed it in construção. I wish Portuguese were your first language. You would feel it even more. Buarque won the Camões prize, meaning he is assuredly one of the best craftsmen of my colourful language. Well done. Loved the respect. Respect.

[@wagnrsilva]

É lindo ver estrangeiros entender essa fase da música brasileira dentro do contexto. Dá até um fio de esperança.

[@paoeletrico]

vdd, kkk

[@thomazplays9305]

"Reconhecimento" no seu pais por estrangeiros te dá esperança por quê?

[@kodapotata4147]

verdade

[@kodapotata4147]

o melhor e que ele bota musicas boas

[@q_1-]

@@thomazplays9305 Ajuda a impedir preconceito, imagina você sair do Brasil e alguém chega em você e pergunta se você morava em uma selva ou se você sabe dançar samba, é uma situação bem chata e as vezes mesmo após explicar que nem todos os brasileiros sabem dançar samba ou que nem todos vivem na floresta, ainda tem gente que se nega o que você disse ou nega que você é brasileiro. Para muitos gringos, o Brasil é apenas Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Amazônia, é preciso mudar esse visão, o Brasil tem tantas culturas diferentes que não pode diminuído a 3 lugares

[@erikzarko2880]

As a Brazilian, everytime I listen to Construção I get the chills thinking about the tortured people of that time. This song is definitely a masterpiece!

[@patriceoneal478]

Everyone should get chills that song is amazing! Saludos desde México

[@cicerodeaguiardutra4631]

Só quem sofreu no regime militar eram comunistas que queriam transformar o Brasil em uma nova Cuba. Inclusive faziam atentados terroristas assassinando inocentes como aconteceu com Mário Kozel Filho e entre tantos outros. O regime militar foi pedido pelo povo brazileiro em 1964 com mais de 1 Milhão de pessoas na Avenida Paulista, principal avenida de São Paulo, na Marcha Pela Família Cristã. Inclusive com faixas escritas "Intervenção Militar Já!" além de outras como "O Brasil não será uma nova Cuba!". Agradeço ao regime militar por hoje estar podendo usar o KZbin pelo meu smartphone. Se não fosse por isso, hoje o Brasil seria uma nova Cuba e naquele lixo de lugar não tem nem Internet!

[@erikzarko2880]

@@cicerodeaguiardutra4631 êêêêta que esse discurso aí eu já conheço kkkkkk. Boa noite, Cícero... Durma bem kkkk

[@cicerodeaguiardutra4631]

@@erikzarko2880 Nao há argumentos contra fatos verdadeiros. Viva o Regime Militar de 1964! Graças a isso o Brasil não é uma nova Cuba! Durma bem também.

[@erikzarko2880]

@@cicerodeaguiardutra4631 você não vai ganhar atenção aqui... volta lá pro seu presidente kkkk

[@ClaytonRozza]

Another brazilian here. This was a beautiful display of respect to our culture and our History. The way you presented “Construção” actually gave me goosebumps. Congratulations! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheSirAlexand]

Wow! As a Brazilian, I feel extremely humbled seeing you diving so deep into our history, and giving this masterclass to all of us. Congratulations for this amazing work. I really wish you get all the great recognition and support that you deserve! Kudos!

[@dre____]

eu não acho que humbled seja a palavra certa, acho que proud é melhor kkkk

[@TheSirAlexand]

Thank you for the suggestion, Dre. 🤍 But I indeed mean that I feel humbled and inspired to see a foreigner taking a deep dive to learn our history, while the majority of our population does not know it. We should look up to people like Charles and understand how important it is to learn, not only about our history, but other important events worldwide.

[@AraiiarA]

Apparently my granduncle was one of the people who went "missing" during the dictatorship. He was very vocal about his dislike for Brazil, even saying that living under the Empire of Japan would've been much better, refusing to speak Portuguese with people and always shouting Japanese at them. What's funny is that he came to the country with this idea of a tropical paradise where everyone was always warm and happy, only to have all his views shattered by the government.

[@dudalina9223]

Sorry for what happened. I also have family members who were against the dictatorship at the time, including a guerilla member. Because there was a guerilla member in my family, some of us were stalked by government officials and interrogated for hours. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame that family member who was part of the guerilla. She was arrested back then, but she's fine and well nowadays

[@brushark9090]

Really sorry for that, tbf he wasn't wrong, the people from here are indeed warm and friendly in general, he was "just" very unlucky to see one of, if not THE worst moment in our history...

[@emmeline4688]

The history of japanese immigration is actually really sad :( The thought they were going to make money when they were working almost as "modern slaves"

[@dolaski]

This is still the idea people get from here. Things are the same as in the 50s, yet, it's not noticeable unless you pay close attention. Whenever someone says "I'm going to Brazil" I usually reply "Don't". I'm so glad I'll be able to leave in a few years!

[@joselucasalves2880]

Seu tio avô era um merda com um pensamento bem racista, o governo estar errado não faz dele certo

[@mariapaula-mg7pi]

I'm Colombian, and I'm studying political Science, this video was everything I needed for my music and politics subject. Literally today we were talking about protest and how music is so important for societies to show political discomfort. We were mainly focus on Colombian protest music, and now, due to your video, I'm got really interested in Brazilian music and thet way they use it to resist by it. I hope I made myself understand, my English it's kind of broken.

[@malfunction1185]

Escuchar "cálice" by chico buarque no te arrepentirás, also "sinal fechado" by chico too

[@brunovb2650]

I’m gonna watch some videos about these Colombian protest music! I like Colombian history, even though I have a shallow understanding of it. Gran Colombia is really interesting too. Best regards from Brazil!

[@Lipona_]

Could you recommend me some protest in Colombian music?

[@mariapaula-mg7pi]

@Lipona_ ​ @brunovb2650 Protest music in Colombia (and Latin America) has changed a lot over time, the "roots" of Colombian protest music (and in Latin America) were set in the 60s and 70s, from some artist like: Eliana - I recomend "casas de cartón" Luis Gabriel - I recomend "Así es mi pueblo" Pablus Gallinazus - I recomend "Una flor para mascar" Ana y Jaime - I recomend "Ricardo semillas" (my personal favorite") That genre is known as "cancion social" or "canción protesta"; nevertheless, there are other genres in Colombia that express political discomfort. If you like Rap music, U'll probably like: Alkoliricos - la caza de nariño Crew peligrosos - Mera vuelta Crazy man - La calle está que arde Desorden social - SOS Colombia if You're into Rock and Punk, then I'll highly recommend: I.R.A (Punk) - Antisocial La Pestilencia (Punk) - Soldado Multilado Aterciopelados (Rock) - Untados 1280 almas (Rock) - Antipatriota Odio a Botero (Punk) - No importa Doctor Krapula (Rock) - Exigimos There are tons of Colombian artist that sing about resisting and denunciate political power abuse. A comment isn't enough to enunciate all artist, u can start with the ones I gave, but I left behind others like: La muchacha, Herencia Timbiquí, Los suziox, Reincidentes, Joe arroyo, etc.

[@brunovb2650]

@@mariapaula-mg7pi Thanks! I’ll check it out.

[@dulcespinelli]

Let me just say, WOWWW!!! What an INCREDIBLE lesson in Brazilian music through the dark, awful years of the military dictatorship! I unfortunately lived in that horrible regime from age 2 to age 23, and the analysis you made is SO spot-on!! As someone who experienced the horror of censorship, torture and killing of innocents for so long, I can attest to the fact that our AMAZING musicians and their INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT music was all that pretty much made sense and gave us solace through all those years. It remains, in my opinion, the very best of what pop music can ever represent, and it is very, very sad to witness the pathetic excuse for music that has unfortunately reigned absolute in the last ten or twenty years in Brazil. THANK YOU SO MUCH for this incredible video!

[@vilmarmoccelin]

As a Brazilian I really like this kind of research. It's very positive that with music in focus you help to spread the politics of the 20th century and even cites the fact that the USA government has a huge influence in the military coups. Music is just powerful!

[@matheusp.c.]

O cara da uma aula de história e de música, irado! Fico é feliz que ele conte sobre nós brasileiros, e compartilhe com o resto do mundo que não sabe bem português.

[@younglussbeats1317]

pois é

[@JoaoPedro-iw3qd]

As someone from brazil, it's always great seeing foreigners interested in brazilian History and Culture! I encourage anybody who is interested in this kind of protest music to also research the tropicalia movement. Um salve do Brasil Charles!

[@dicastrolucas]

As a brazilian, I'm really happy to watch this video. Chico Buarque's "Construção" is one of my all-time favorite songs! Is also really nice to see someone from another country also studying our political history and sharing a little bit of our mess to the whole world.

[@tiluriso]

'Goulart' is pronounced as Ghoul -art'. PS: you really took a rather deep dive into Brazilian 20th century History, never seen anything like it in a music channel.

[@eduf2000]

As a Brazilian, I cannot describe with words just how ecstatic and proud I am that you made this video. Thank you Charles!

[@GjaP_242]

14:17

[@gabriellipereiradiniz5504]

Thank you so much for not denying the influence of the United States in the Brazilian Dictatorship, you have no idea how this is the greatest gesture of respect you can have for our history and culture.

[@josh44026]

And also music

[@bexigah]

@@josh44026 The militar regime was good too, thanks USA for that help. It's not a great thing if Brazil was ruled by soviets instead CIA.

[@CLEITOM_GAYMES]

​@@bexigaho rege militar foi tão bom que até hoje a gente tá pagando a dívida dele

[@mathinho1237]

​@@bexigahmano, inflação de 3 dígitos, do que você tá falando

[@axrftsla7105]

​@@bexigahkkkkkkkkkkkk vsf

[@r1qu]

É triste ver videos gringos falando dessa parte do Brasil pq os proprios brasileiros não dão a atenção q ele merece. Muito obrigado por esse video

[@AarteDepensar-zw4xu]

Não dão atenção porque o Brasil é um lixo

[@censurad_]

Eles protestaram contra a ditadura militar e apoiam a ditadura petista. Essa galera é podre. Tinha censura, mas pelo menos antes o Brasil não era um esgoto como é hoje.

[@r1qu]

@@AarteDepensar-zw4xu lixo é a tua cabeça pds pensar uma coisa dessas

[@SomosPapel_OFC]

​@@AarteDepensar-zw4xu O problema é o povo, não o país

[@AarteDepensar-zw4xu]

@@SomosPapel_OFC o povo é o país.Eu moro em Salvador,quando vou pegar metrô dá nojo de ver as pessoas se empurrando pra ir sentado,parecem animais ,essa semana uma mulher com uniforme de professor de uma escola particular tava no meio da baleiro e, segundo as pessoas em SP ,no RJ ...o Brasil todo é assim,total falta de educação,povo corrupto, preguiçoso,burro, incompetente, ignorante ,romantiza filho,romantiza crime,romantiza a mediocridade.To de saco cheio desse país.Só nisso que é bom de música mas a coisa é tão feia aqui que nem dá pra ter orgulho.

[@makotoyamakami]

As a Brazilian History teacher and amateur musician, I'm really positively impressed on how you guys were able to squeeze so much information and analysis in such a short time and to do it with so much precision. Sure it's all more complicated than you make it seem, but that's the kind of introduction that someone who is really into History and music needs to begin deep diving in this rich subject. Congratulations!

[@adamangeles9570]

Hi! huge latin american literature fan here! The way you mention Construção is written is called constructionism and was a literary movement in latin america in which you change the adjectives in a sentence to change its meaning. The song repeats itself three times, each deforming the perception of the listener about the protagonist (the worker) and the world around him getting bleaker and bleaker until reality sets in, a place in which we mean nothing to those in power, oppressed, poisoned and left to rot..."Deus lhe pague"

[@aquelegabriel]

there are several ways to see this song. some see every repetition as the story being changed by the media (under dictatorship, the media was the voice of the government). since the main character of the story becomes a drunk, his wife becomes a whore, and he was the one responsible by his own death at the last version. and the story gets shorter, because the "details" are worthless, since he's "nobody". only the key "facts" play, to tell that the traffic is bad (the only "important" part). another explanation is that it's not the same main character, but several. the same death on loop, with small changes, but doomed to repeat itself, like a machine of killing poor people. and it doesn't matter if you were a good husband, or a bad one. a good worker or a drunk. at the end you will always end up dead at the streets and people will complaint about how you became a problem for them. the "deus lhe pague" was from a different song, but Chico plugged them together to create this powerful meaning, that at the end of all that exploitation you have to thank for your own death. it's such a rich song

[@tjr930]

​@@aquelegabriel the wife becomes a whore? i thought he becomes the whore?

[@amplifymysound]

This was cool. I had no idea how powerful bossa nova could be. That traffic song with the horns hit me in the feels.

[@jwardbass4452]

The entire Construcao album is perfection from start to finish

[@brendaheissler9794]

Most important.bossa nova comes from samba and choro not jazz.

[@princesssachikoikeda1050]

It is powerful! Music is the manifestation of power that arises from unity within the diversity of human culture

[@0228christian]

If you're new to Chico Buarque you should check out the song Roda Viva (or Rotativa if you're listening to the Italian version, which is my personal favorite). Yet another song with deceptively happy lyrics that are subverted by the melody. And the chorus is incredible. I can't recommend him enough.

[@amandaevangelista9234]

I’m very impressed! I’m brazilian and it’s noticeable how much you studied and made a very well written script. Wish I could send it to many people, but sadly they don’t speak english. Congratulations on the video!

[@camilafernandes7783]

Some brazilians are in need to remember our history. You did an excelent job here. ❤

[@olegariocamara9308]

In BOTH sides of the political spectrum

[@anarossiter6198]

Construction also has some nuance that are extremely hard to translate to English because it involves grammar play and how Chico manipulated that to create meaning. For instance, all those words he switches at the end of the sentences like "máquina", "lógico", "música", they are proparoxítonas, meaning the stress is at the beginning of the word (more precisely on the antepenultimate syllable). That helps mark the beginning, but especially it keeps and builds the cadence as he switches the meaning to make it less and less literal and more and more poetic, surreal, hectic and dauting. Up until the worker's announced death, ironically messing up a Saturday, the day of resting (and the traffic and the public.... messing up the social order of acting like a proper useful piece of machinery). After that, all the words ending the verses are oxítonas, meaning the stress is at the end. Words like "comer" (to eat), dormir (to sleep), existir (to exist), they are the end that justify the means (a tortured existence) and they mark the end of the worker's life, and the end of the song. Like an oxítona word, the stress is at the end, and there's nothing after it. Just brilliant songwriting from beginning to end.

[@lucasangelim4450]

Meudeus que coisa incrivel!! É uma pena que esse tipo de conhecimento é TÃO nichado e faz com que as pessoas não valorizem o quanto deveriam esses artistas. Isso é genial, e acredito que nunca veremos musicas e liricas de tamanha qualidade. Sem querer desmerecer a arte e musica atual, mas isso aqui é simplesmente 🌟absurdo🌟

[@Igor_Vinicius]

Eu nunca tinha feito essa leitura sobre as oxítonas. Essa parte final, "Deus Lhe Pague", aí junto com "Construção" já tem um arranjo meio nervoso. Mas na versão isolada, onde tem só ela, o arranjo é ainda mais perturbador e tenso. Palmas pro arranjador, que aliás, eu tinha pra mim que era o Rogério Duprat, mas incrivelmente ele não consta da ficha técnica, embora seja apontado na wikipedia como tendo dividido os créditos de arranjos com o Magro, do MPB-4. No site Discos do Brasil, diz lá que esses dados não constam da ficha do disco, mesmo. Mas eu tinha lido em algum lugar que era o Duprat. De qualquer forma, obrigado por essa leitura tão interessante. Subtextos e camadas que dão um orgulho danado da música brasileira, sem dúvida. Abração!

[@Renan_A.]

pois é, @@Igor_Vinicius, eu achava até que a versão original tinha sido composta sem esses versos da Deus lhe pague que casam muito bem de fato como a @anarossiter6198 escreveu.

[@gilmarmaia89]

Belíssimo comentário

[@Rugalzz]

Wow

[@lowwfeh]

One of my favorite pieces of Chico Buarque music is "Jorge Maravilha". The context to this song is that it was revealed that the son of the dictator was listening to Chico in secret and had some of his casette tapes. In the song he tells the story of these lovers that have a relationship which is disapproved by the father, and the chorus is just a dig into the dictator saying "You don't like me, but your daughter does". The cesnors did not catch that this was a song making fun of the govt as he used a pseudonym when submitting it to them. It's just so petty and perfect.

[@karolwynelindseydasilva3421]

Eu amoooo esse babado

[@davidphilipp16]

Apesar de voce

[@larissasamarafernandeslins7961]

Esse babado é brabo...mas nera a filhA de um general???

[@liversinthefridge]

It was actually because he was detained at one point and one of the agents detaining him asked for an autograph for his daughter while they were in the elevator lmao

[@Tuiiim1]

what a great video! as a Brazilian I feel very happy for our history to be understood worldwide so it gives our songs a whole new meaning for the listeners around the world

[@chcorreia17]

As a Brazilian thta lived that era, I loved to hear your point of view. Tks

[@guilhermegalhardo441]

Esse vídeo precisa de legenda em português para muito mais pessoas verem essa obra de arte.

[@Namaswitch7]

siiim, tô usando tudo que aprendi desde o 1 ano do fundamental até agora para entender

[@GZ-69]

aprende ingles po

[@joao._.8283]

@@GZ-69 tu ta realmente comentando isso? bruh

[@rafaelitolegai]

@@joao._.8283 ele não ta errado

[@lotusytb]

​@@joao._.8283sim

[@PumaArg]

As an Argentinian I never imagined our history would be so similar to Brazil's! I actually always thought they were pretty different from us and...that's why we often don't get along lol, but during your whole explanation of the political situation I kept laughing because it sounded like our history at the time but with the dates mixed. Oh Latin America, always so fun! :,D And the protest music reminded me SOOO much of our protest music too, especially Charly García. "Ou panis et circensis" made me feel right at home! Congratulations on your AMAZING music! It gave me SHIVERS

[@pepinopenguim]

Basically the whole Latin America became a dictorship because of the influence of the USA during the cold war (although it was not the only reason)

[@PumaArg]

@@pepinopenguim Exactly 😭

[@trixiedinkydoo]

We don't get along bc yall racist smh

[@kaykysantos2405]

Com o Milei na presidência vocês vão passar o que passamos com Bolsonaro de 2018-2022, as histórias vão se igualando.

[@pethiahrjwhwywkdhwjdro]

And now you guys have your own Bolsonaro!! Good luck, you'll need

[@arquitetocarioca]

Parabéns pelo excelente conteúdo! Eu, como carioca, fico orgulhoso de ver a cada dia nossa cultura ser entendida e valorizada pelos estrangeiros. A Cultura Brasileira, em todos os setores, seja música, teatro, literatura, arquitetura ou ilustração, tem grande profundidade de conceito e de técnicas.

[@inaenobrega2667]

My dad one night, as we were listening to Construção on the car, told me about how genius it is that Chico, in a song named construction, plays around with the semantic construction of the lyrics, reorganizing sentences as if their meanings were interchangeable. Since then I have always tried to make my friends notice the brilliancy of the song the way I did, but they just didn't seem to listen to it with the same ears I do. For that reason, watching a guy who's not even brazilian react to the song with the exact same excitement I do (specially in the traffic bit, that gives me goosebumps all the time) was quite surprising but really really thrilling to me, specially followed by such an in-depth analysis that added so many layers to my interpretation of this brilliant piece of art. I love you for that. Also the video was amazing. Greetings from Brazil🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@iuricunhamurakami8261]

Cool song indeed

[@inaenobrega2667]

@@iuricunhamurakami8261 amou daquela vez como se fosse a última

[@iuricunhamurakami8261]

@@inaenobrega2667 Beijou sua mulher como se fosse a última

[@-Bodd-]

Hey Charles You forgot to mention that Chico Buarque is the lyricist of "Sabiá" Also Jobim included the verse without consulting Chico which led to some disagreements between the two But in the end Jobim agreed to drop the verse entirely!!!

[@milesmeetsmonk]

o que foi rapidamente resolvido e o chico continuou a se referir ao jobim como seu "maestro soberano"

[@kuromori_6472]

E o Tom fez parte do disco Construção

[@eggaiug]

Os dois são muito fodas, lembrei nesse vídeo que a professora de português fez a gente analisar Construção na aula, obrigado profe Jose!

[@ericmackrodt9441]

The period of the dictatorship is when we got the best art in Brazil. It feels that the best art is created in the worst situations. That's why the best artists tend to be kinda disturbed. Chico Buarque is a genius and his lyrics are pure poetry of the highest caliber.

[@MrAhbauer]

As a Brazilian, I must only say, amazing video ! Accurate description and awesome approach to the fact and cultural context!

[@gvmrpg]

As a Brazilian Who has been living in the US for the past 10 years, I became SO happy to read the thumbnail - and it only got better from there. I was already a huge fan of yours, but my respect for your content increased almost exponentially! Side note: the fact that you even mentioned how our dictatorship was sponsored by the US when introducing its history… You really did your research. All the examples, great analysis and attention to detail, seriously! Thank you Charles!!

[@fusososososo3507]

Engraçado como o brasileiro que sai do Brasil vira patriota, né? Mas quando tá aqui só age como um vira-lata.

[@faobi]

​@@fusososososo3507 as vezes é o único jeito de enxergar nossa grandeza. não critique, apenas tente melhorar e propagar nossos pontos fortes pra outros brs

[@RuiCBGLima]

I'm not brazilian, but portuguese, but I can say for sure brazilian music is very much alive in Portugal too. It's really really nice to listen to an analysis from the US, both respectful of History, but also with a spin for everybody. You made it international!

[@maxizredder4271]

Wow, its so cool to know that Brazillian music spread sp far tbh

[@maxizredder4271]

Not just portugal lol

[@cyndibelgoat8196]

Puxa, que legal, eu não sabia que a música brasileira havia sido ouvida fora daqui. Saudações! 😄🌹

[@lofortebambo3959]

Música brasileira é á mais escutadas entre os palopes também

[@gabrielduarte5950]

@@lofortebambo3959 o que é "palope"?

[@caiomoussalem2532]

As a Brazilian I can say that this video is incredibly well researched and spot on! 🙌

[@fhfabio]

If I remember correctly, the lyrics of Sabiá were actually written by Chico Buarque as well (Tom Jobim did the harmony and melody)

[@delgrandephotos]

As a Brazilian, here is my playlist, i can say my favorites are: Construção Cotidiano Trem de Doido Chega de Saudade É preciso dar um jeito Preciso me Encontrar Agua de Bebe Menino das Laranjas Azul da cor do Mar (its not bosa nova, but its a great song) along many others, but its such a vibe to listen to this and imagine a noir 50s - 70s era Rio. its my favorite brazilian music for sure.

[@Gustxr1]

Playlist muito boa! Vc curte Guinga? A música dele me lembra muito essa estética que ta cada vez mais difícil de achar. Se não conhece escuta Delírio Carioca, prometo q vc vai adorar.

[@gabiferreira6864]

caraa tu tinha q ter colocado Cálice! Com certeza é uma música com critica muito mais direta q a Bossa Nova da época mas ainda sim pra mim é uma das melhores daquele tempo, simplesmente rica em conteúdo, cada frase tem pelo menos um sentido "oculto"

[@Henriqueleal0609]

já ouviu “pela luz dos olhos teus”? Mt boa a musica

[@lauraabreu6545]

Nuh, trem de doido é minha favorita do clube da esquina desde minha adolescência… eu sempre senti o tom político dela mesmo antes de entender

[@kaitoranstudios2649]

Nessa lista estão faltando também canções como "Para não dizer que não falei das Flores" por Geraldo Vandré e "Calice" por Chico Buarque

[@LorenaAnjoss]

As a Brazilian, I'm so proud not only to see our revolutionary music being studied and spread, but also to see a foreign content creator who talked about it pointing out the responsibility that U.S.A has in the dictatorship period. That was a great video! And of you want a little bit more to study, you can search about the song "Cálice" by Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento and everything the hip hop movement been through since it started

[@r0387843]

Cálice é Chico Buarque e Gilberto Gil. Cantada pelo Milton - depois do fim do AI5.

[@Celtic_Ninja]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@fredericosilva540]

Pensei que essa música estaria no vídeo

[@taskfailedsuccessfully4791]

​@@fredericosilva540 tinha esperado também, mas suponho que a palavra 'Cálice' significa algo desemportante em inglês, e ficar brincando com fonética brasileira é inferno à estrangeiros como ele.

[@diogocarvalho4534]

A minha tristeza é que não sei inglês e não tem legenda kkkk

[@mirafujisaki9908]

Yt has just recommended this video for me and as a Brazilian I'm shocked and amazed at how you did such and amazing work. This video is perfect in so many ways I don't even know where to start complimenting. Thank you for telling our history and showing the world our music.

[@DanielMarques2020]

Legendas? um vídeo incrível desses sem legendas para ser apreciado é quase um crime.

[@vitorperes4575]

SIIIIIIM! Estou triste por não saber inglês

[@ChristianAlmeidabr]

2023 meu jovem!!! Saber ingles é mais que fundamental!! E nunca é tarde nem velho demais pra aprender!!

[@sem_criatividade._.5021]

Triste demais pra gente que não sabe inglês

[@GiovanniMyo]

o elitismo nesses comentários...

[@ChristianAlmeidabr]

@@GiovanniMyo não confunda elitismo com falta de preguiça ! Qualquer um pode aprender inglês hoje!! Não precisa pagar cursinho caro nem prof particular!! Eu aprendi ouvindo música!! Basta para de passar 6 h por dia no Instagram e ao invés disso passar 1h assistindo aulas no YT!

[@tedekstrand1485]

Hey Charles, I'm currently working on a school presentation on how music is used as a form of resistance in Latin America, and I'm totally using this as a source! Thank you for all the great content!

[@mr_quote1790]

@@BocaoZ It's not. Where did you hear that it was a US invention? Latin America concept comes from the fact that we speak languages that derived from latin. And thats not all, why would US want to make our hyper geographical region look homogeneous?

[@mr_quote1790]

Thats amazing Ted! I hope it turns out great!

[@julianasilva6946]

@@mr_quote1790 You sound very naive. What kind of question is that? For the same reason people from the South and Southeast of Brazil think the 9 states of the Northeast of Brazil are the same thing.

[@lolgorwow]

@@BocaoZ Eu acho que hoje em dia, América Latina foi um pouco ressignificada é usada pelos próprios países como uma forma de resistência

[@mariaritapereiradelima2988]

If you need help let me know. Hugs.

[@kayo0cs579]

You have missed one of the most amazing feat about the music Contrucao from Chico Buarque, which is how he uses the same adverbs from the first part of the music and relocate them in different sentences giving a different meaning to the second and third part of the song. Its like a puzzle were he uses the same pieces and you get 3 different frames at the end with the same story. Simply magical

[@thairyckfarias577]

The fact that this video does not mention or analyze the song "chalice" is very sad, it is the most perfectly constructed song to fight against censorship. All work with cognates, all sensation that nothing could be done is simply magical!

[@QuinnJACKSON-zx1dx]

American jazz music brought me here to hear Brazilian Bossa Nova....and I love the journey.

[@doutorpacheco]

6:48 This band, Mutantes, has recorded several of their greatest "tropicália" hits in english, and toured by europe and USA between 1968 and 1972. Great psychedelic sounds!

[@evandropba90]

Hi, Charles. About Construction, from Chico Buarque. The music narrates an 'official' report about an accidental death of a man. But we all knew he didn't died by that supposed accident. He died by the hands of the regime, and the reports are telling a lie. It's not about the government not caring about the death, it's about the government CAUSING the death, and reporting it as an accident. The name of the song it's because many contruction (and many of the Construction companies were allied with the regime) sites were used by the regime to silence many of its opposers.

[@CristianRacansky]

I was happily surprised with how interesting this video was. Very good job, I found this video very enriching.

[@Neva252]

My dad, a first generation Brazilian immigrant, recently told me about his absolute favorite singer, Chico Buarque. So hearing more about him is wonderful! With the little bit Ive heard from him, I find my favorite of his songs is "meu Caro Amigo", the lyrics are like a letter to his friends to deliver news about how hes doing and whats going on around him.

[@cargueconcuidado]

I learned of Chico Buarque's Contruçao as a kid in the spanish version by the Argentinian Cesar Isella, and yes, it's a totally devastating piece of art. There's something in how the lyrics start linear and straightforward and slowly get all mangled up and psychotic, that haunts you forever.

[@VitorAugustoVTR]

So true!

[@felipefefa]

And Chico Buarque wrote this amazing lyrics in decasyllable verses. The guy is genius

[@kitesapenas]

I literally studied this a month ago, and it is BEAUTIFLE. And im so happy that someone from out of Brazil is interested!!

[@policratus]

The most well presented, accurate and historically deep video I've ever seen on a non-brazilian KZbin channel, talking about brazilian history and the coolest thing: from a guy that I follow for so many years and admire his content. Absolutely fantastic. Hands down. As I musician wannabe (which I studied a lot) I'm proud to see the respect here for brazilian culture. My father lived on these veiled and hateful days, was beaten in the protests and always told me how the music by Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso (and others) were the fix for these broken-soul people (by the coup, the censorship, and so on). You didn't mention another classic censorship deceiving, which was the cover of the album "Todos os olhos", by Tom Zé, which is an anus with a marble. The censors didn't realized and let it be launched!

[@pardolagames8994]

I mean, he did go to riots.

[@guilhermev3545]

😂😂😂😂🤦🏼‍♂️

[@pardolagames8994]

@@guilhermev3545 🟥💊

[@cadeomarcio]

And the Calice song from Chico, passed the dumb military censorship as a gospel-like song A work of a genius, indeed

[@pardolagames8994]

@@cadeomarcio I'm not a fan of that "it's just 4d chess" conspiracy theories, but what if they knew it and just turned it into christian propaganda or smth like that?

[@barbietilllz4767]

How insane is it that I was never taught this! I love you Brazil you deserve more 💗😣

[@michelcomenta]

please put subtitles in Brazilian Portuguese, you can't imagine how important this video is and how many Brazilians need to watch it because our music is very underestimated by our own people

[@CaioMiranda88]

Please, make more videos about brazilian music! Love the channel, Charles! Thank you!

[@candioco]

Charles, muito orgulhoso de você. Muita gente quando vai falar da cultura brasileira acaba caindo na superficialidade do discurso vendável, ainda mais em relação à galera dos USA. Então ver você indo atrás e estudando de verdade a história do país me dá esperanças. Ótimo vídeo, continue!

[@LeonardoGPN]

You should do "Águas de Março" from Tom Jobin and Elis Regina. The namerefers to the idea that the song don't flow like a river, instead it drops and change melody depending on where it droped like a rain. The name "March waters" refer to the fact that in Brazil you usually have more rain in march.

[@etenaldofelipesantiago2834]

Congratulations from Brazil! the review of this historical period is perfect!

[@suddenheat2218]

As a Brazilian I must say I’m impressed with your analysis, and thanks for a better understanding history class then the one I had in school 🤣

[@raidocaps3377]

It's so interesting how simple this is for us Brazilians yet so fascinating... Fun fact: Chico Buarque was also a playwright, very influenced by Bertold Brecht. You can see how Construção was perfectly put together, just close your eyes and you can picture the scene, it's impeccable

[@santana4899]

As a Brazilian I have to say that this video was an absolute delicacy, so much research and so much accuracy, you made an amazing work, we are all proud of you

[@ItsMeAndru]

I'm so glad to see you talk in depth about Construção. It's a piece so unique in so many levels that I wish people knew portuguese just to grasp how we feel listening to it.

[@EricaUToob]

Thank you for making this video. I am Brazilian and seeing someone who is not from my country talking about our culture really makes me happy! I love Chico Buarque's work, he is truly an amazing artist who was brave enough to face the dictatorship, knowing what he could be put through.

[@andre_nofx]

Existe uma coisa muito interessante, além de inúmeras outras, sobre a música "Construção" do Chico Buarque. Cada verso dessa música termina com uma palavra proparoxitona, ou seja, uma palavra cuja sílaba tônica é a antipenúltima. Além de ser muito difícil compor poemas em português com esse tipo de palavra, elas são as palavras com menor abundância na língua portuguesa, existindo uma quatidade muito maior de palavras paroxitonas, e oxitonas. Como se isso já não fosse difícil o suficiente, Chico repete a mesma história da música, onde narra o suicídio de um trabalhador, três vezes. Porém, não é uma simples repetição: ele troca a ordem das palavras proparoxítonas nos versos mudando o sentido semântico das mesmas palavras usadas. Além disso, embora sejam usadas as mesmas palavras, mas de formas diferentes o que muda o sentido semântico das mesmas, a história narrada, no sentido global da música, continua sendo exatamente o mesmo: o suicídio de um trabalhador. Na primeira vez, temos um estilo descritivo, um pouco materialista. Na segunda vez, temos o mesmo fato sendo narrado, mas numa linguagem um pouco mais metafórica. Na terceira vez temos a mesma história sendo narrada numa linguagem poética e lírica. Tudo isso apenas mudando a ordem de uso das mesmas palavras, as proparoxítonas, as palavras mais difíceis de rimar na límgua portuguesa. De fato, essa música é uma "master piece" que me faz sentir orgulho de ser brasileiro.

[@arnch2701]

Não se esqueça amigo, quem escreveu não foi o Chico

[@Luciana-wg8gb]

​@@arnch2701 Não? De quem seria, então? Há teses e livros sobre a música, atribuindo a composição ao Chico, declaração do próprio Chico explicando sua ideia inicial, o arranjo, de quando começou a escrever, versos que deixou de fora, etc. Fui até buscar informação contrária depois de ver seu comentário mas só encontrei o que eu já tinha lido antes.

[@elianemiranda7094]

​@@arnch2701foi ele sim

[@LinuxIsNotAnOperatingSystem]

Suicídio? Eu tive a impressão de que foi um acidente, visto que a primeira estrofe afirma que ele tropeçou quando bêbado.

[@andre_nofx]

@@LinuxIsNotAnOperatingSystem "Amou daquela vez como se fosse a última Beijou sua mulher como se fosse a última" Conota despedida "Seus olhos embotados de cimento e lágrima" Conota tristeza "E tropeçou no céu como se fosse um bêbado E flutuou no ar como se fosse um pássaro" A palavra "como" aponta uma dubiedade, mas é reforçada a ideia da intenção suicida através de "tropeçar no ar" apoiado nas ideias dos versos acima e também nesse: "Subiu a construção como se fosse sólido", que aponta para uma instabilidade psicológica