Alceu Valenca was born in countryside Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance between traditional northeastern Brazilian music and a broad range of electronic sounds and effects from pop music. One can find traces of maracatu, coco and "repentes de viola" (improvising fast-paced Brazilian folk music) in most of his songs. Alceu was able to utilize the electric guitar the electric bass, and lately even a synthesizer was added to his broad scope of musical instruments.
Because of that, Alceu was able to recreate Northeastern traditional music, like baiao, coco, toada, maracatu, frevo, caboclinhos, embolada and repentes: all sung with a sometimes rock sometimes alternative sounding music background. His music and his themes are intangible, universal and unlimited. However, his aesthetic basis is genuinely Brazilian Northeastern music.
Bom Demais
Alceu Valença Lyrics
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Fazendo mesura na ponta do pé
Quando o frevo começa
Ninguém me segura
Vem ver como é
O frevo madruga
Lá em São José
Na Praça do Jacaré
Bom demais, bom demais
Bom demais, bom demais
Menina vem depressa
Que esse frevo é bom demais
Bom demais, bom demais
Bom demais, bom demais
Menina vamos nessa
Que esse frevo é bom demais
The lyrics of Alceu Valença's song Bom Demais are about the excitement and passion that comes with the start of the frevo, a high-energy carnival music from Brazil. The singer declares that he has more than just standing on tiptoes and bowing, he has an inner desire to move and dance to the music. When the frevo starts, nobody can hold him back, and he invites the listener to come and see for themselves.
The song describes the frevo scene in two locations: São José and Olinda, both in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. São José is a neighborhood in the city of Recife, famous for its frevo clubs and street parties during Carnival. Olinda, another city nearby, also hosts lively Carnival celebrations, and the Praça do Jacaré (Crocodile Square) mentioned in the lyrics is a popular gathering spot for dancers and musicians.
Overall, the message of the song is an invitation to revel in the vibrant and infectious spirit of the frevo, which Valença describes as simply "bom demais" (too good).
Line by Line Meaning
Eu tenho mais que tá nessa
I have more important things to do than to put on airs and graces
Fazendo mesura na ponta do pé
Making gestures on tiptoes
Quando o frevo começa
When the frevo starts
Ninguém me segura
Nobody can stop me
Vem ver como é
Come see how it is
O frevo madruga
The frevo starts early in the morning
Lá em São José
There in São José
Depois em Olinda
Then in Olinda
Na Praça do Jacaré
In the Jacaré Square
Bom demais, bom demais
So good, so good
Menina vem depressa
Girl come quickly
Que esse frevo é bom demais
Because this frevo is too good
Menina vamos nessa
Girl, let's go
Que esse frevo é bom demais
Because this frevo is too good
Contributed by Jasmine G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.