Alcione was introduced to the traditional Brazilian music by her father. He was a military musician who worked as the conductor of the corps marching band. At the age of thirteen, she was already able to give vocal performance in college parties. At this same age, she began to study clarinet, and then learnt to play the trumpet.
At age 20 Alcione moved to Rio de Janeiro. There she worked at the city's TV Excelsior, and later went on tour in Argentina and Chile for four months. On returning to Brazil, she settled in São Paulo, working in nightclub and making appearances on television. In 1970, she started her two-year tour in Europe, performing as a vocalist and a trumpet artist.
In 1972, when back to Brazil, Alcione recorded her first single. The following year, she traveled to sing in Mexico and, in 1974, Portugal, where she recorded her first full-length album. In 1975 Alcione released her LP, A Voz do Samba, which achieved gold sales status and featured several hit tracks. The most successful songs were Não Deixe o Samba Morrer, written by Edson and Aloiso, and O Surdo, written by Totonho/Paulinho Resende.
In the late 1970s, Nazaré became well-known as a samba artist and achieved international recognition. She recorded Alerta Geral for Philips Records and, in 1978, released this album, the title of which was taken from a television show that Alcione had hosted on TV Globo for two years. Following its success, Alcione continued to release several other full-length albums in late 1970s and early 1980s, including her self-titled album.
In 1997, Alcione signed with Universal Records, subsequently releasing a label debut named Valeu, through Polygram the next year. This was followed by Celebração that same year, and Claridade---Uma Homenagem A Clara Nunes in 1999. In December 2002 Alcione was recognized for playing an important part in founding the Paraíso School of Samba in London, England. She also helped organizing and preparing the stage for a British version of the Carnival Brasil, Paraíso dos Orixás (Brazil, Paradise of the Gods). In 2003, her 2002 album, Ao Vivo, received the Best Samba/Pagode Album Award at fourth Latin Grammy Award ceremony.
She has interpreted several hits such as Não deixe o samba morrer, Lá vem você, Gostoso veneno and Ilha da maré.
On July 7, 2007 she performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro.
A Flor Da Pele
Alcione Lyrics
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Só sei que me alucina
Me perdi do fio condutor
Do amor que me domina
E você me usa a seu favor
Igual mulher de esquina
E me leva embora, traidor
Assim que se termina
Mas se você quer
Eu logo vou
Sabendo da rotina
Despencamos sobre o cobertor
Devasso e libertina
Me diz coisas feias e de amor
A luz da lamparina
Me devoro corpo sedutor
Igual fera assassina
E você me arrasta nessa dor
Que aos poucos me arruína
Ando já com meus nervos a flor da pele já morfina
Tenho olheiras fundas e pavor de álcool e nicotina
Minhas noites durmo com pavor
A base de aspirina
Sei que estou secando ao seu dispor
Sei que estou ficando sem valor
Sei que você vai sumir
Eu vou, vou cumprir minha sina
Aaaaaaaaa
Vou cumprir minha sina (2x)
The lyrics of "A Flor Da Pele" by Alcione are about a love affair that has become consuming and destructive. The singer is aware that they are being used by their lover, who takes advantage of their vulnerability and controls them like a prostitute. Despite this, the singer can't resist the intense passion they share, which leads them to reckless behavior and volatile emotions. As the relationship becomes more toxic, the singer's mental and physical health deteriorate, and they are left with a sense of hopelessness and resignation, knowing that they are trapped in this doomed cycle with no way out.
The song captures the pain and desperation of a love that is too intense and too dangerous to last, highlighting the way that passion can blind us and lead us down twisted paths. The lyrics are full of vivid imagery and raw emotion, conveying the singer's turmoil with evocative phrases and a powerful vocal performance. The chorus, with its haunting repetition of "Vou cumprir minha sina" (I will fulfill my fate), underscores the sense of inevitability and fatalism that permeates the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Não sei quando ou como começou
I'm not sure when or how it began
Só sei que me alucina
I just know it drives me crazy
Me perdi do fio condutor
I lost the thread of the love that dominates me
Do amor que me domina
Of the love that dominates me
E você me usa a seu favor
And you use me to your advantage
Igual mulher de esquina
Like a woman of the street
E me leva embora, traidor
And you take me away, traitor
Assim que se termina
As soon as it's over
Mas se você quer
But if you want
Eu logo vou
I'll come quickly
Sabendo da rotina
Knowing the routine
Despencamos sobre o cobertor
We fall onto the blanket
Devasso e libertina
Dissolute and libertine
Me diz coisas feias e de amor
You tell me ugly and loving things
A luz da lamparina
By the light of the lamp
Me devoro corpo sedutor
I devour your seductive body
Igual fera assassina
Like a killer beast
E você me arrasta nessa dor
And you drag me into this pain
Que aos poucos me arruína
That slowly ruins me
Ando já com meus nervos a flor da pele já morfina
I'm already walking around with my nerves at the breaking point, already morphine
Tenho olheiras fundas e pavor de álcool e nicotina
I have deep circles under my eyes and a fear of alcohol and nicotine
Minhas noites durmo com pavor
I sleep my nights in fear
A base de aspirina
On the basis of aspirin
Sei que estou secando ao seu dispor
I know I'm drying up at your disposal
Sei que estou ficando sem valor
I know I'm becoming worthless
Sei que você vai sumir
I know you will disappear
Eu vou, vou cumprir minha sina
I'll go, I'll fulfill my fate
Aaaaaaaaa
Aaaaaaaaa
Vou cumprir minha sina (2x)
I'll fulfill my fate (2x)
Contributed by Eli N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Luciano Rodrigues
Esperei tanto por essa interpretação magnânima por aqui ao vivo… Alcione incorpora a sensualidade e a paixão da música de modo singular. Clara Nunes está orgulhosa da amiga, sem dúvidas. Valeu, Marrom!!
Leocimar Sousa
Belíssima ALCIONE! Uma Linda e verdadeira ESTRELA! Canta e Encanta!🙏❤
Leocimar Sousa
⭐🙏👏👏👏❤