On the subject of what Brazilian youth are listening to, all the Brazilians
I've met in South America (excluding Brazil, which I unfortunately have yet
to visit) are far from enthusiastic about the music we all love. Artists
like Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben and the like are considered
parent's music, along the line of how North American youth approach Bob
Dylan and 60s classics. When I mention artists like Joyce, or jazzier stuff
like the Tamba Trio, Milton Banana, etc. I usually get snickers, but more
often no one's actually heard of the artists. Though some Brazilians have
exposed me to some labels that put out music that perpetuates, at least to a
certain extent, the rich tradition of MPB, (Trama, for example, which has
signed Otto) the most popular stuff is typical North American tripe (Blink
182 is allegedly hugely popular) and South American pop (better than its
North American counterpart, but far more laden with depressing
socio-political baggage given the polarisation of wealth). In any event,
this is just anecdotal and I'm sure that in urban centres, especially those
as massive as Sao Paolo and Rio, real Brazilian music still thrives and that
crazy rhythms are still being produced in Bahia.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: stephanie [mailto:nnine@yahoo.com]
Sent: January 30, 2001 11:22 PM
To: Leslie N. Shill; Steve Catanzaro
Cc: acid
Subject: who knows about brazil? was rant...
ok so one of the things i've been struggling with as a
responsible bleeding heart liberal, is this: yes, all
these wonderful things should get funded, but is
governement (as we know it) even the appropriate
channel for that? (obviously this is quite a paradigm
shift...so let's leave it alone for now)
but with this talk of money and poverty and funding
and art and the discreet charm of the bourgoisie and
its pandering to minorities in the form of latin
megastars, and the role of audience and how we don't
value art from the guts out, you gotta think of
brazil, right? one of the most respected origins of
shake-yo-ass-cofuse-yo-mental art and they are pretty
poor. So where does it come from? Africa? Goverment?
A tendency to break into impormptu song? the need
for a coping mechanism for poverty? And what of this
rumor that the kids these days distance themselves
from sambe like we shy away from country, and are more
into american-ized styles?
I'm not even going to try to answer b/c I don't know
jack shit.
If anyone knows something, it'd be cool if you could
share.
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