Recent blog posts about Jorge Ben from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/jorgeben/ 2012-02-14T19:08:55+01:00 text/html 2012-01-01T21:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3960101/jorge-ben-taj-mahal/
Jorge Ben was my first introduction to Brazilian music - someone put on his "best of" album The Definitive Collection so they could point out how much "Taj Mahal" sounded like Rod Stewart's hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" I'd never heard the Stewart song before, so when I did hear it for the first time later in my life I was astounded, much as Jorge Ben must have been in 1978, at the similarities. A judge eventually ruled that the song did, in fact, constitute plagiarism, as it had, in the judge's words, "been derived" from Jorge [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-15T12:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3931732/o-telefone-tocou-novamente-jorge-ben-jor-1970/
" Saudade ". Ce mot intraduisible en franais est peut-tre celui qui rsume le mieux l'oeuvre de Jorge Ben , l'homme qui a marqu la musique auriverde d'une pierre blanche. Fils des favelas de Rio, il se passionne d'abord pour le futebol et russi intgrer l'quipe junior du Flamengo. C'est son pre, Augusto Menezes, joueur de pandeiro pour le groupe Cometas De Rio qui initie le jeune Jorge aux rythmes de la samba . Sa guitare la main, il se produit pour ses copains dans les bars et [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-20T04:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3732313/musical-pairing-jorge-ben-fora-bruta/
I know it is beyond merely cliche to say so, but music truly is a universal language. And it is a good thing too because if I'm being honest, and I'm embarrassed to admit it, but my knowledge of languages beyond my own is dismal. Thanks to two semesters of evening courses at a local community college I speak a useless phrase or two in Russian; and thanks to three semesters in high school, my Spanish is sufficient to just barely get me around some (but not all) Spanish speaking countries and stumble clumsily through a Pablo Neruda [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-19T17:58:07+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3661279/substitute-teachers-monster-rally/
Monster Rally is the brainchild of 23 year old Columbus, Ohio resident and Cleveland native Ted Feighan. Producing sample - based tropical pop , his releases on Gold Robot weave old records into a wholly different beast. We asked him to close out our summer with some autumn-eschewing vibes, and he presented us with a mix that is purely indicative of his sound. Substitute Teachers: Monster Rally [...]]]> text/html 2011-07-04T02:55:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3561902/catches-of-the-week-7311/
Beyonce's recent fusion of classic American music with rhythms and guitar styles from Africa inspired us to create a brief selection of similar songs, from both sides of the pond. Of course, most music in either hemisphere consists, in at least a distant sense, of a blend of these two origins, but here it's particularly noticeable: "Taj Mahal" - Jorge Ben "End Of Time" - Beyonce "Zombie" - Fela Kuti "Domingo No Parque" - Gilberto Gil "Mr. Jones" - Talking Heads "Heartbeat" - Nneka [...]]]> text/html 2011-06-29T16:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3555709/jorge-ben-taj-mahal/
Jorge Ben was my first introduction to Brazilian music - someone put on his "best of" album The Definitive Collection so they could point out how much "Taj Mahal" sounded like Rod Stewart's hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" I'd never heard the Stewart song before, so when I did hear it for the first time later in my life I was astounded, much as Jorge Ben must have been in 1978, at the similarities. A judge eventually ruled that the song did, in fact, constitute plagiarism, as it had, in the judge's words, "been derived" from Jorge [...]]]> text/html 2011-03-16T03:07:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3286284/no-knows-dope-no-knows-bossanova-march-20xi/
Download audio file (49-Saudade-Vem-Correndo.mp3) We're going to South America with this one! From Philly toRio de Janeiro, from Cali toSo Paulo, from the D toPelourinho to Brooklyn toSalvador & right into your NKD collection! Those that know me, know that I am a huge fan ofBossa Nova/Brazilian music. It blew up by mainly youngmusicians& college studentsin the 19602s & since then has continued to be a influence in todays music from Koop to Nouvelle Vague & Jneiro Jarel. Bossanova rhythmically has Samba foundations , whileharmonically the structure [...]]]> text/html 2010-11-24T12:47:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2995906/tenha-fe-pois-amanha-um-lindo-dia-vai-nascer-os/
Os Originais Do Samba o les matres brsiliens de la samba . Le groupe se forme dans les annes 60 d'abord sous le nom de "Os Sete Morenos" et se produit dans les thtres et cabarets de la cte est du Brsil. Bigode ( tambourin ), Bidi ( cuca ), Chiquinho ( ganz ), Lelei (tambourin), Mussum ( reco-reco , chant) et Rubo ( surdo ) se font rapidement un nom grce au spectacle "O Teu Cabelo No Nega" jou au Copacabana Palace de Rio puis au cours d'une longue tourne sud-amricaine. De [...]]]> text/html 2010-11-19T23:39:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2985670/os-mutantes-excelente/
Os Mutantes are one of few artists that are truly inter-generational. Even apart from their long-standing tenure, the influential Brazilian psychedelic-rockers play music that is received amiably by audiences of all ages and backgrounds. When I saw them live this past Saturday at Webster Hall, the somewhat obnoxious crowd there for opener Ariel Pink began [...]]]> text/html 2010-07-11T05:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2677730/hand-claps-ponta-de-lana-africano-umbabarauma/
Jorge Ben : Ponta De Lana Africano (Umbabarauma) [ purchase ] I had to jump on this week's theme so that this song would be timely for the FIFA World Cup Final on Sunday. Remember, it's futbol, not soccer, and sadly for South America, none of their teams made it to the final two. Instead we've got an European face-off between Spain and the Netherlands. Jorge Ben is one of Brazil's musical treasures. This upbeat song, with its blend of Brazilian and African rhythms, was [...]]]> text/html 2010-07-05T08:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2664792/music-review-sergo-mendes-bom-tempo-and/
A fusion with jazz, funk, hip-hop, rap, electronica, reggae, bossa nova, salsa, and latino influences featured in the latest release from Sergio Mendez. Hip hop - Bossa nova - Srgio Mendes - Funk - Music]]> text/html 2010-07-05T08:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2665394/music-review-sergio-mendes-bom-tempo-and/
A fusion with jazz, funk, hip-hop, rap, electronica, reggae, bossa nova, salsa, and latino influences featured in the latest release from Sergio Mendez. Hip hop - Bossa nova - Reggae - Funk - Music]]> text/html 2010-07-02T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2660793/luna-the-best-band-youve-never-heard-of/
Luna is one of those bands I don't remember discoveringrather, it just seems like I've always been listening to them. A few days ago I stumbled upon a copy of frontman Dean Wareham's memoir Black Postcards which I had no idea even existedand quickly became absorbed in the details of the cult figure's musical evolution: from his Glen Campbell-dominated New Zealand youth to discovery of New Wave, first shot at forming a band while attending Harvard, the rise and fall of Galaxie 500, an amazing 7-album-run with Luna, and plenty of personal turmoil and triumphs, including his love affair [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-01T16:24:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2302850/de-nada/
Mas Que Nada . Jorge Ben created it and Sergio Mendes delivered. Another one of those mind blowing thrift store finds from my post-post-punk days in high school. Here's Wikipedia on it's meaning: [...]]]> text/html 2009-11-25T20:48:07+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2151473/pel-sings/
This is the 2nd part looking a Pele singing. The first part is here . Firstly a couple of curios from him. They are only snippets but still worth a listen. - This is a very rough recording from what could be from one of his documentaries. It is Edson singing along with some kids: "I like to be the best" [See post to listen to audio] » Pele with the Young Giants - I Like To Be The [...]]]> text/html 2009-11-18T02:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2133366/jorge-ben-collected/
...continuing the Brazil week... The Brazil feature began when I got an email pointing me towards some South American footballandmusic - in which all the songs actually originated from just person. The same time that I receive this mail I had just been looking through my collection of footie and music and saw this same name a few times too. This coincidence was no coincidence... or something... We need to tell the people about this. » I was going to write and expand more about today's subject, but werk elsewhere [...]]]> text/html 2009-11-14T22:03:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2126478/duas-entrevistas/
A do Pedro Alexandre Sanches com o Jorge Ben na Trip. E a da Dani Arrais do Don't Touch My Moleskine com o Fernando Catatau. Os outros vdeos esto l no blog.]]> text/html 2009-10-03T14:09:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2029384/covers-deluxe-isabelle-aubret/
Good luck wasnt always with blonde French beauty Isabelle Aubret: In 1963, Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand had chosen her for the lead role in Les parapluies de Cherbourg , but then she had a severe car accident and La Deneuve took over. Though she had won the Eurovision song contest with the melancholic Un premier amour a year earlier, Aubret never was a pop starlet, but a true chansonette. Among many fine songs, her 1971 version of the never aging Brazilian smash hit Mas Que Nada under the title La ville est l is especially remarkable, [...]]]> text/html 2009-09-16T16:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1991041/wilson-simonals-last-stand-olha-balndro-bufo-no-birrolho/
Olha, Balndro... Bufo No Birrolho Grinza! might have been the last shimmer of Wilson Simonal's brilliance before his artistic decline began to match the decline in his popularity.]]> text/html 2009-09-15T09:52:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1987753/a-tamba/
Just a quick post to say goodbye to summer in the northern hemisphere! It's over. Leaves are falling and it is getting cold already. Damn that was quick... Anyway. Jorge Ben - A Tamba]]>