The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) written in 1962- Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portugeuese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes with English lyrics written later by Norman Gimbel. The song was inspired by -a fifteen-year-old girl living in the fashionable Ipanema district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Everyday she would stroll pass the "Veloso" bar-cafe on her way to the beach, attracting the attention of Jobim and Moraes who were regulars there.
One verse translates:
"the exemplar of the raw Carioca (a person from Rio de Janeiro): a golden-tanned girl, a mixture of flower and mermaid, full of brightness and grace, the sight of whom is also sad, in that she carries with her, on her route to the sea, the feeling of beauty that fades, of the beauty that is not ours alone -- it is a gift of life in its constant, beautiful and melancholic ebb and flow."
Now think of that translation and watch the video. There is so much feeling on the faces of these men, who reunite to perform and relive this song even in their old age...enjoy!
2 comments:
amazing. i love it.
If only our musical collaborations would about something other than bodily functions I bet we could create something comparable to The Girl from Impanema. We'd also have to cut out our undying devotion to alliteration and nonsense words as well. But musically we're there.
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