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.
Carnaval na Marim
Alceu Valença Lyrics
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Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo tambor
Morena do mar
Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo tambor
Piaba de Ouro e Salú
A festa que vai começar
No baque do maracatu
Morena do mar
Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo o tambor
Morena do mar
Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo o tambor
Trazemos Erasto e Naná
Viola, Mamão, Edwin
Aninha, Luquinha, Waldir
Já é carnaval na Marim
Morena do mar
Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo tambor
Morena do mar
Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo tambor
Saudamos o Boi de Xaxá
Piaba de Ouro e Salú
A festa que vai começar
No baque do maracatu
Morena do mar
Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo o tambor
Morena do mar
Quem foi que chegou?
Sou eu batendo o tambor
Trazemos Erasto e Naná
Viola, Lulu, Edwin
Aninha, Luquinha e Waldir
Já é carnaval na Marim
The song Carnaval na Marim is a celebration of the carnival, which is a major cultural event in Brazil. The song is about a group of people who have arrived at Marim Beach to celebrate the carnival. The lyrics introduce the "Morena do mar" (brown-skinned girl of the sea), who is asking who has arrived. The response is that it is the sound of the drum, indicating the arrival of the carnival.
The rest of the lyrics mention the different people who are part of the celebration. They greet the "Boi de Xaxá," "Piaba de Ouro," and "Salú," who are likely characters from the Brazilian folklore. Erasto and Nana, Viola and Lulu, Mamão and Edwin, and Aninha, Luquinha, and Waldir are also mentioned, possibly referring to the people who are performing the music at the carnival. The lyrics suggest that the carnival is going to begin with the sound of the "maracatu" rhythm.
Overall, the song is a festive celebration of the carnival and the people who participate in it. The lyrics emphasize the importance of music and rhythm in the festivities, as well as the diversity of people who come together to celebrate.
Line by Line Meaning
Morena do mar
Addressing a dark-skinned woman of the sea
Quem foi que chegou?
Asking who arrived
Sou eu batendo tambor
It's me beating the drum
Saudamos o Boi de Xaxá
We greet the Boi de Xaxá, a popular festival character or dance
Piaba de Ouro e Salú
Piaba de Ouro and Salú, likely other festival characters or dances
A festa que vai começar
The party that is about to begin
No baque do maracatu
To the beat of maracatu, a traditional music and dance style from Northeastern Brazil
Trazemos Erasto e Naná
We bring Erasto and Naná, possibly more festival characters or people
Viola, Mamão, Edwin
Names of people who are also present
Aninha, Luquinha, Waldir
More names of people present
Já é carnaval na Marim
It's already carnival in Marim, a location or neighborhood
Contributed by London N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Vanessa Ferreira Baldoino
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