Tropical truth : a story of music and revolution in Brazil /
"Caetano Veloso has personified Brazilian music for over thirty-five years. Here, in his highly acclaimed memoir, he tells how he and a group of friends from the Northeastern state of Bahia created tropicalismo--and in so doing blew apart the status quo of Brazilian culture. As a young man, Cae...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Portuguese |
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Cambridge, MA :
Da Capo Press,
2003.
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| Edition: | First Da Capo Press edition. |
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| Summary: | "Caetano Veloso has personified Brazilian music for over thirty-five years. Here, in his highly acclaimed memoir, he tells how he and a group of friends from the Northeastern state of Bahia created tropicalismo--and in so doing blew apart the status quo of Brazilian culture. As a young man, Caetano (as fans of all ages call him) rebelled against the influx of commercial, American-imported rock, choosing instead to follow in the path of bossa nova's master, João Gilberto, in devising an alternative. Tropicalismo aimed to 'cannibalize' the beauty and richness of Brazil's folk songs while assimilating the most original elements of Anglo-American pop, creating a music that has earned fans as diverse as Beck and David Byrne. Tropicalismo also celebrated personal freedom in politics, music, and lifestyle. This 'rabble-rousing, ' as the government saw it, caused Caetano to be arrested for two months and exiled to London for three years. He returned to Brazil a national hero. Interweaving a rich national history with snapshots of its most idealistic generation, Caetano talks of everything from his imprisonment and exile, to the flood of teenage girls who accompanied him to his wedding, to his admiration for an unlikely rock star--Mick Jagger. Tropical Truth also tells of a brilliant constellation of artists, including Caetano's sister Maria Bethânia, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Zé. What emerges in Tropical Truth is an unforgettable portrait of 'one of the [1960s'] great composers, period' (New York Times Book Review)"-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0306812819 9780306812811 |
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