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.
Estranha Loucura
Alcione Lyrics
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É tentar te entender e não ser entendida
É ficar com você
Procurando fazer parte da tua vida
Minha estranha loucura
É tentar desculpar o que não tem desculpa
É fazer dos teus erros
Num motivo qualquer a razão da minha culpa
É correr pros teus braços quando acaba uma briga
Te dar sempre razão
E assumir o papel de culpado bandido
Ver você me humilhar
E eu num canto qualquer dependente total do teu jeito de ser
Minha estranha loucura
É tentar descobrir que o melhor é você
Eu acho que paguei o preço por te amar demais
Enquanto pra você foi tanto fez ou tanto faz
Magoando pouco a pouco me perdendo sem saber
E quando eu for embora o que será que vai fazer?
Vai sentir falta de mim
Sentir falta de mim
Vai tentar se esconder coração vai doer
Sentir falta de mim
Minha estranha loucura
É correr pros teus braços quando acaba uma briga
Te dar sempre razão
E assumir o papel de culpado bandido
Ver você me humilhar
E eu num canto qualquer dependente total do teu jeito de ser
Minha estranha loucura
É tentar descobrir que o melhor é você
Eu acho que paguei o preço por te amar demais
Enquanto pra você foi tanto fez ou tanto faz
Magoando pouco a pouco me perdendo sem saber
E quando eu for embora o que será que vai fazer?
Vai sentir falta de mim
Sentir falta de mim
Vai tentar se esconder coração vai doer
Sentir falta de mim
The song "Estranha Loucura" by Alcione expresses a complex and tumultuous relationship between two people. The singer describes her "strange madness" as her attempt to understand and be a part of the other person's life, yet feeling constantly misunderstood. She takes on the role of the guilty party, always forgiving and trying to justify the other person's mistakes, even when it harms her. She is willing to humble herself and depend on the other person, even when it means being humiliated or hurt.
Despite the pain inflicted upon her, the singer also acknowledges that she loves the other person deeply and has paid a heavy price for it. She questions what the other person will do when she is gone and speculates that they will feel the emptiness and pain of her absence. In the end, she accepts that her "strange madness" is trying to discover that the other person is the best thing in her life.
Line by Line Meaning
Minha estranha loucura
My strange madness
É tentar te entender e não ser entendida
Is trying to understand you and not being understood
É ficar com você
Is being with you
Procurando fazer parte da tua vida
Trying to be a part of your life
É tentar desculpar o que não tem desculpa
Is trying to excuse what cannot be excused
É fazer dos teus erros
Is making your mistakes
Num motivo qualquer a razão da minha culpa
The reason for my guilt, for any reason
É correr pros teus braços quando acaba uma briga
Is running into your arms when a fight ends
Te dar sempre razão
Always giving you the reason
E assumir o papel de culpado bandido
And playing the role of guilty villain
Ver você me humilhar
Seeing you humiliate me
E eu num canto qualquer dependente total do teu jeito de ser
And me in some corner, completely dependent on your way of being
É tentar descobrir que o melhor é você
Is trying to discover that you're the best
Eu acho que paguei o preço por te amar demais
I think I paid the price for loving you too much
Enquanto pra você foi tanto fez ou tanto faz
While for you, it was like whatever
Magoando pouco a pouco me perdendo sem saber
Slowly hurting me, losing myself without knowing
E quando eu for embora o que será que vai fazer?
And when I'm gone, what will you do?
Vai sentir falta de mim
You'll miss me
Sentir falta de mim
Miss me
Vai tentar se esconder coração vai doer
You'll try to hide, but your heart will ache
Sentir falta de mim
Miss me
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Paulo Cesar Guimarae Massadas, Mihail Plopschi, Ivanilton De Souza Lima
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