Caetano Veloso - Livro
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Artist: Caetano VelosoEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-06-01
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Os Passistas
- Livros
- Onde O Rio E Mais Baiano
- Manhata
- Doideca
- Voce E Minha
- Um Tom
- How Beautiful Could A Being Be
- O Navio Negreiro
- Nao Enche
- Minha Voz, Minha Vida
- Alexandre
- Na Baixa Do Sapateiro
- Pra Ninguem
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Music Review: An album of ideas...
Rating: 2 Stars
I am a great Maria Bethania fan and I do respect her brother Caetano. He is a superb composer, poet and interpreter, and what is most important, he has PERSONALITY... a truly brilliant personality ;) I was fascinated by him when I heard his songs Leaozinho and Estrangeiro (on BELEZA TROPICAL compilations by David Byrne). But this album was a bit of a disappointment for me. In fact, it justifies its name - "Book". The lyrics are sophisticated and crammed with Caetano's philosophic ideas, in each song he tries to express an IDEA of global importance... and the music, frankly speaking, doesn't benefit from it. That is, in fact, Caetano's way - if his sister's manner is dramatic and violently sensual, he is a rationalist to the backbone, even at his most lyrical moments he is a bit aloof, he never loses his rationalism. In Livro, he tries to put as much SENSE as possible in each song, to the detriment of the MUSIC and of the EMOTION. The result is that the arrangements are plain boring, his vocals in Baixa do Sapateiro lack expression, as well as in almost all the songs of the album... But I know that he CAN DO IT BETTER, he can write such gems as Leaozinho and Qualquer Coisa, superbly arranged and very sensual, not necessarily carrying a message of vital importance to the mankind, but just - BEAUTIFUL... beautiful like the sunset over the ocean, like flowers, like simple human emotions. The essence of music is emotion. And as far as great ideas go, it is better to express them on paper... ;)
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Caetano Veloso has been tied in a kind of historical knot for decades with Gilberto Gil, with whom Veloso helped spur the Tropicalia movement in the 1960s. And just as Gil's moved on to reference and discuss a panoply of themes in his music, so too is Veloso on an extended foray into nonmusical subjects. The sprawl of this package, with its lengthy, swirly-painted accompanying booklet, is aided by Veloso's essay on pop culture in his native Brazil. And while the points he makes--mainly about what literary theoreticians call the "simulacrum"--are cogent, you can't really hear the mark of his ideas in the music. No matter, really, since the music itself is a vertical stack of styles that's both tall and thick. On top of Bahian rhythms, frequently played in the style of drum troupe Olodum, are strong, swaying samba elements. On top of that are riffing, sometimes mellifluously floating horns, and on top of that is Veloso's smooth voice, which moves at an eased speed that counters the thronging sound of all the instruments under his voice. As a whole, the sound is aptly luxurious, with flügelhorns and double reeds and strings, but there's always a rhythmic parade underneath. --Andrew Bartlett
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