A banda brasiliense, instalada em São Paulo, Lafusa acaba de lançar um EP com quatro versões de músicas famosas no cenário nacional. Wilson Simonal, Os Mutantes e o rei Roberto Carlos foram os escolhidos para ganhar a homenagem da banda. E uma bela homenagem, por sinal. Nem Vem de Papo que Hoje é Dia de Cover abre com a roupagem malandra de Nem Vem Que Não Tem , de Simonal , seguindo com Namoradinha de um Amigo Meu e Papo Firme , de Roberto , e termina com [...]
Olhaí, Balândro...É 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.
In a country where factions have long dominated the music scene, Jorge Ben has remained a loner; his only allegiance has been to his own brilliant music. Paradoxically, refusing to join any one faction has led Ben to be covered by musicians from all of them. It's a phenomenon that's well documented in Tudo Ben , a new compilation of Jorge Ben covers released last month by Mr. Bongo records.
Samba em paz - Caetano Veloso Procissao - Gilberto Gil Eu vivo um tempo de guerra - Maria Bethania Samba da minha terra - Rosinha de valenca Coisa de louco - Wilson Simonal En 1972, Michel Fugain reprend Voce Abusou de Antonio Carlos e Jocafi et le transforme [...]
Summer's officially here (at least on my half of the world) and, to my ears, there are few songs as summery as Nem Vem Que Nao Tem. Today's post radiates unabashed, carefree joy, a quality that belies both the political backdrop of its creation and the tragic fate of its artist. Brazil's Wilson Simonal was a hugely popular nightclub performer during the 1960s. His sound fused samba with American soul and swing, a style that would become known as pilantragem (which, depending on the translation, means 'piracy' or 'mischief'.) People loved it — loved him — [...]
Lightspeed Champion joined in the Fashion Week madness last night with a shambolic show at the PPQ party. He walked on tables! He smashed glasses! Then he had his limelight stolen by professional dickhead Johnny Borrell. We mentioned Dev's epic new single a few days ago and an edited version of the awesome video has since appeared. Here's the b-side, his radiant version of the Hair classic The Flesh Failures, along with Wilson Simonal's classic Brazilian take and a bananas reading by the Japanese cast of 1971.
JORGE BEN Jorge Ben - Take It Easy My Brother Charlie "Of all the musicians who came to prominence in the 1960's, Jorge Ben has always seemed to be the one to whom music-making came easiest. Feted by the Bossa crowd, the Tropicalia crowd and even the rock musicians of the Jovem Guarda, Ben has always stood outside all those movements while being able to move freely between all of them." (furious.com) SERGIO MENDES AND THE BRAZIL 66 [...]
Wilson Simonal - Destino E Destino De Severino Nonô Na Cidade De São Sebastião Do Rio De Janeiro (Oh Yeah!) (Odeon 1970) Wilson Simonal – Simona / Odeon My introduction to Wilson Simonal came with my first exploration into the amazing hip-hop, jazz, funk and soul magazine, Wax Poetics (of which I now read like a bible). Featured about three-fourths way through issue number eight, Greg Casseus gives an exhaustive account of the tumultuous career of Simonal and in turn introduces one of South America's biggest fallen pop [...]
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