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.
Chutando Pedras
Alceu Valença Lyrics
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Sair comigo
Chutando pedras
Latas de lixo
Se ela pusesse
Tudo de lado
Seu lenço branco
Mas as pessoas
Sem querer se escondem
Muito mais longe
Da linha do olhar
São barcos brancos
Com medo do vento
Do movimento
Das ondas do mar
Das ondas do mar...
In Alceu Valença's song "Chutando Pedras," the lyrics suggest a desire for a woman that is seemingly unattainable. The singer expresses a willingness to go to great lengths, even if it means kicking stones and rummaging through trash cans, if only the desired woman would agree to go out with him. The singer imagines a scenario in which the woman sets aside her barriers, like her white handkerchief and her cold, to be with him. However, the singer recognizes that people often unintentionally hide themselves, and the woman remains elusive, just like the white boats that fear the wind and the motion of the waves.
Line by Line Meaning
Se ela quisesse
If she wanted
Sair comigo
To go out with me
Chutando pedras
Kicking stones
Latas de lixo
Trash cans
Se ela pusesse
If she put
Tudo de lado
Everything aside
Seu lenço branco
Her white scarf
Seu resfriado
Her cold
Mas as pessoas
But people
Sem querer se escondem
Unwillingly hide
Muito mais longe
Much farther
Da linha do olhar
From the line of sight
São barcos brancos
They are white boats
Com medo do vento
Afraid of the wind
Do movimento
Of the movement
Das ondas do mar
Of the waves of the sea
Das ondas do mar...
Of the waves of the sea...
Contributed by Emma F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Rubenita Ferreira
Quando escuto Alceu Valença da uma saudade enorme de uma época fantástica. tu é massa show!🐛🦋
Pedro Braga
Como é que essa música não tem nenhum comentário? Essa música é muito massa.
Dj Rafa Seixas
Muita linda essa obra,
demais.
Éwerton Melo
Chutando Pedras
(Alceu Valença)
Se ela quisesse
Sair comigo
Chutando pedras
Latas de lixo
Se ela pusesse
Tudo de lado
Seu lenço branco
Seu resfriado
Mas as pessoas sem querer se escondem
Muito mais longe da linha do olhar
São barcos longos com medo do vento
Do movimento das ondas do mar
Das ondas do mar
Das ondas do mar
Das ondas do mar
Das ondas do mar
Se ela pusesse
Tudo de lado
Seu lenço branco
Seu resfriado
Mas as pessoas sem querer se escondem
Muito mais longe da linha do olhar
São barcos longos com medo do vento
Do movimento das ondas do mar
Das ondas do mar
Das ondas do mar
Segura, Lula!
Das ondas do mar
E o Celinho tá gravando, tá botando pra quebrar
Das ondas do mar
E o Eustáquio tá olhando, tá ficando
SRoseJ
Éternel!
ALKAMUZY
SALVE MESTRE ALCEU!!