Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert on 29 March 1940; died 5 Ju… Read Full Bio ↴Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert on 29 March 1940; died 5 June 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s with her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema", earning a Grammy for Song of the Year and a nomination for Best Vocal Performance by a female. In April 2002, Gilberto was inducted into the "International Latin Music Hall of Fame". In November 2008, she was awarded a "Lifetime Achievement" Award by the Latin Recording Academy.
The daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, Gilberto was raised in Rio de Janeiro and moved to the USA in the early 1960s. In her mid-teens, she became part of (her own words) a "musical clan" when she met João Gilberto, whom she described as the clan's musical "guru". She married him a few months later, in 1959. She frequently sang duets with him, or sang while he accompanied her on guitar, and he acted as her musical tutor. She also sang publicly with her husband in a concert at the Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Architecture, but did not sing professionally at that time.
The couple moved to the United States in 1963, where she performed on the influential Getz/Gilberto album with João Gilberto, Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim. While rehearsing "The Girl from Ipanema", João asked her to sing a verse in English, and then persuaded Getz to include this in the final recording. Getz agreed, and Astrud's professional career began. After the recording Getz told Astrud it would make her famous, and was proved correct.
In the mid-1960s the couple divorced.
The success of Gilberto's vocal work on the song "The Girl from Ipanema" quickly turned her into a jazz star, and soon she started recording solo. She started as an interpreter of Brazilian bossa nova and American jazz standards, but started recording her own compositions in the 1970s.
Gilberto's recordings exposed the nations of the World to the sensuality of Brazilian music and to her unique vocal interpretations of American music, such as "The Shadow of your Smile", "It Might as well be Spring", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Look to the Rainbow" (from her album of the same title, with Gil Evans), "Love Story", etc...
Following the hit with "Ipanema", her recording career quickly took off. Her first solo effort, "The Astrud Gilberto Album", was an immediate best-seller and was itself nominated as album of the year. Her next albums were all chart-toppers and were released on a yearly schedule. Her talents were much in demand in other areas as well as she appeared in two motion pictures, "The Hanged Man" and "Get Yourself a College Girl" and also recorded the soundtrack for "The Deadly Affair", arranged by Quincy Jones. She made appearances in all of the popular US television shows of the time, and had TV specials built around her in Europe, Japan and Africa. For many years she was the voice of Eastern Airlines, having recorded award-winning commercials.
In the early seventies, Gilberto revealed another facet of her talents, her songwriting, which was introduced on the albums "Astrud Gilberto Now" (1972) and "That Girl From Ipanema" (1977). On the "That Girl from Ipanema" album, Gilberto recorded one of her songs, "Far Away" (with lyrics by Hal Shaper), as a duet with the legendary Chet Baker. As she has revealed in interviews, this was one of the most rewarding events of her career, since Baker had been one of Gilberto's idols dating back to her teenage years. In 1976, one of her compositions, "Live Today" (co-written with Jerome Schur), received an award at the Tokyo Music Festival.
In the early eighties, Gilberto formed a group, a sextet comprised of piano, bass, drums, trombone, guitar and percussion. Her son, Marcelo Gilberto, joined her group as bassist. With this group format, she toured Europe, Japan, Canada, and the United States. With the aid of Marcelo's valuable musical contributions, she polished the group's arrangements and entered a different phase in her career, as her music became more diversified and her songwriting more proliferous. Her shows, from the beginning of her career up to her last public appearance (2001), have been usually sold out and at many venues she has broken the house record in attendance. Seeking for a way to overcome her stage fright, which was sometimes overwhelming, Gilberto attended the Stella Adler School of Acting, for a couple of years, in the early eighties. The experience was helpful. Although still shy, Gilberto learned to control the stage fright to the extent that she can "live with it".
Her album "Astrud Gilberto Plus The James Last Orchestra", released in 1987, solidified her career as songwriter. The album includes a few of her own original compositions of which "Champagne & Caviar", "Amor e Som" and "I'm nothing without you" (Astrud's lyrics to A.C. Jobim's melody) are best known. The release of this album combined with the reissuing of some of her early records as CDs has created a whole new generation of fans for Astrud Gilberto all over the world, in addition to her already large number of followers. The "Astrud Gilberto Plus the James Last Orchestra" album was extremely well received by critics, as well as fellow artists.
In 1990, Gilberto, along with her sons Marcelo Gilberto and Gregory Lasorsa, formed Gregmar Productions, Inc. In the years that followed, Gilberto toured extensively, developing her live show and writing new material.
In 1992, Gilberto received the "Latin Jazz USA Award for Lifetime Achievement" for her outstanding contribution to Latin jazz music.
In 1995, the first project by Gregmar studios was released on an album as tribute to Jobim on the label Ps Flag/BMG ("Heirs To Jobim"). The song, "Forever Green", one of Jobim's last compositions before passing away, features saxophonist Michael Brecker. In that same year, in a sold-out Thursday night appearance, Astrud Gilberto became the first "Jazz" Artist to sing at the trendy "House of Blues" in Los Angeles, which had until then presented Blues and Rock acts, exclusively. She has also broken house records at the very popular "Jazz Cafe" club in London.
In early 1996 the first album from Gregmar was released in the Asian territories, including Japan, on the Pony Canyon label. It is comprised of various live performances recorded in NYC in 1989, for which is called "Astrud Gilberto - Live in New York".
The "Desafinado" duet with George Michael, in the Fall of 1996 included on the "Red Hot & Rio" album, gained international attention, and exposed the Bossa Nova style to a large number of Pop music fans. "Desafinado" has also been included on George Michael's 1999 release "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Best of George Michael".
Also in 1996, Gilberto recorded a duet with the famous European vocalist, French Pop star, Ettienne Daho. The song, "Les Bordes de Seine", included on Daho's "Eden" album, was co-written by Daho and Gilberto and was particularly well received by "Hip-Hop" fans.
In late 1997, a studio album (also by Gregmar Productions), produced by Astrud and Marcelo Gilberto, was released in the Asian territories by the Pony Canyon label. Comprised entirely of Astrud Gilberto's original compositions (with the exception of just one American standard), the album bears the title of "Temperance". Yet to be released outside of Asia, the album features guests Michael Franks and the New York Voices.
Gilberto's sold-out performances at the "House of Blues", and her legendary shows at NYC's SOB's continued to be musical "happenings" to her fans up until 2001, when she decided to take indefinite time off the "road", in order to be able to spend more time with her family, and do more writing and painting (she is also a fine art artist (click here to view some of her artwork).
Gilberto's style has been a strong influence in contemporary music. Many artists have revealed the fact that they have been inspired by her musical style, among them: Basia (who recorded a tribute to Astrud, a song named "Astrud"), Sade, Sinead O'Connor, Michael Franks, Pat Metheney, and Suzanne Vega. Several "avant-garde" groups have also professed having Astrud as their "inspiring muse".
Gilberto's work as songwriter has gradually but surely developed from a "side thing" in the beginning of her career, to an integral part of it, in the later years. Since the mid-eighties, her live shows featured a large number of her own original compositions, to which audiences have been just as receptive as they have always been to old standards such as "The Girl from Ipanema", "One Note Samba", or "Quiet Nights".
Gilberto's 2002 "Jungle" album release, is a showcase of her songwriting, as it features ten original new compositions.
In April 2002, Gilberto was inducted into the "International Latin Music Hall of Fame".
In November 2008, Gilberto was awarded by the Latin Recording Academy the "Lifetime Achievement" Grammy Award.
The daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, Gilberto was raised in Rio de Janeiro and moved to the USA in the early 1960s. In her mid-teens, she became part of (her own words) a "musical clan" when she met João Gilberto, whom she described as the clan's musical "guru". She married him a few months later, in 1959. She frequently sang duets with him, or sang while he accompanied her on guitar, and he acted as her musical tutor. She also sang publicly with her husband in a concert at the Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Architecture, but did not sing professionally at that time.
The couple moved to the United States in 1963, where she performed on the influential Getz/Gilberto album with João Gilberto, Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim. While rehearsing "The Girl from Ipanema", João asked her to sing a verse in English, and then persuaded Getz to include this in the final recording. Getz agreed, and Astrud's professional career began. After the recording Getz told Astrud it would make her famous, and was proved correct.
In the mid-1960s the couple divorced.
The success of Gilberto's vocal work on the song "The Girl from Ipanema" quickly turned her into a jazz star, and soon she started recording solo. She started as an interpreter of Brazilian bossa nova and American jazz standards, but started recording her own compositions in the 1970s.
Gilberto's recordings exposed the nations of the World to the sensuality of Brazilian music and to her unique vocal interpretations of American music, such as "The Shadow of your Smile", "It Might as well be Spring", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Look to the Rainbow" (from her album of the same title, with Gil Evans), "Love Story", etc...
Following the hit with "Ipanema", her recording career quickly took off. Her first solo effort, "The Astrud Gilberto Album", was an immediate best-seller and was itself nominated as album of the year. Her next albums were all chart-toppers and were released on a yearly schedule. Her talents were much in demand in other areas as well as she appeared in two motion pictures, "The Hanged Man" and "Get Yourself a College Girl" and also recorded the soundtrack for "The Deadly Affair", arranged by Quincy Jones. She made appearances in all of the popular US television shows of the time, and had TV specials built around her in Europe, Japan and Africa. For many years she was the voice of Eastern Airlines, having recorded award-winning commercials.
In the early seventies, Gilberto revealed another facet of her talents, her songwriting, which was introduced on the albums "Astrud Gilberto Now" (1972) and "That Girl From Ipanema" (1977). On the "That Girl from Ipanema" album, Gilberto recorded one of her songs, "Far Away" (with lyrics by Hal Shaper), as a duet with the legendary Chet Baker. As she has revealed in interviews, this was one of the most rewarding events of her career, since Baker had been one of Gilberto's idols dating back to her teenage years. In 1976, one of her compositions, "Live Today" (co-written with Jerome Schur), received an award at the Tokyo Music Festival.
In the early eighties, Gilberto formed a group, a sextet comprised of piano, bass, drums, trombone, guitar and percussion. Her son, Marcelo Gilberto, joined her group as bassist. With this group format, she toured Europe, Japan, Canada, and the United States. With the aid of Marcelo's valuable musical contributions, she polished the group's arrangements and entered a different phase in her career, as her music became more diversified and her songwriting more proliferous. Her shows, from the beginning of her career up to her last public appearance (2001), have been usually sold out and at many venues she has broken the house record in attendance. Seeking for a way to overcome her stage fright, which was sometimes overwhelming, Gilberto attended the Stella Adler School of Acting, for a couple of years, in the early eighties. The experience was helpful. Although still shy, Gilberto learned to control the stage fright to the extent that she can "live with it".
Her album "Astrud Gilberto Plus The James Last Orchestra", released in 1987, solidified her career as songwriter. The album includes a few of her own original compositions of which "Champagne & Caviar", "Amor e Som" and "I'm nothing without you" (Astrud's lyrics to A.C. Jobim's melody) are best known. The release of this album combined with the reissuing of some of her early records as CDs has created a whole new generation of fans for Astrud Gilberto all over the world, in addition to her already large number of followers. The "Astrud Gilberto Plus the James Last Orchestra" album was extremely well received by critics, as well as fellow artists.
In 1990, Gilberto, along with her sons Marcelo Gilberto and Gregory Lasorsa, formed Gregmar Productions, Inc. In the years that followed, Gilberto toured extensively, developing her live show and writing new material.
In 1992, Gilberto received the "Latin Jazz USA Award for Lifetime Achievement" for her outstanding contribution to Latin jazz music.
In 1995, the first project by Gregmar studios was released on an album as tribute to Jobim on the label Ps Flag/BMG ("Heirs To Jobim"). The song, "Forever Green", one of Jobim's last compositions before passing away, features saxophonist Michael Brecker. In that same year, in a sold-out Thursday night appearance, Astrud Gilberto became the first "Jazz" Artist to sing at the trendy "House of Blues" in Los Angeles, which had until then presented Blues and Rock acts, exclusively. She has also broken house records at the very popular "Jazz Cafe" club in London.
In early 1996 the first album from Gregmar was released in the Asian territories, including Japan, on the Pony Canyon label. It is comprised of various live performances recorded in NYC in 1989, for which is called "Astrud Gilberto - Live in New York".
The "Desafinado" duet with George Michael, in the Fall of 1996 included on the "Red Hot & Rio" album, gained international attention, and exposed the Bossa Nova style to a large number of Pop music fans. "Desafinado" has also been included on George Michael's 1999 release "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Best of George Michael".
Also in 1996, Gilberto recorded a duet with the famous European vocalist, French Pop star, Ettienne Daho. The song, "Les Bordes de Seine", included on Daho's "Eden" album, was co-written by Daho and Gilberto and was particularly well received by "Hip-Hop" fans.
In late 1997, a studio album (also by Gregmar Productions), produced by Astrud and Marcelo Gilberto, was released in the Asian territories by the Pony Canyon label. Comprised entirely of Astrud Gilberto's original compositions (with the exception of just one American standard), the album bears the title of "Temperance". Yet to be released outside of Asia, the album features guests Michael Franks and the New York Voices.
Gilberto's sold-out performances at the "House of Blues", and her legendary shows at NYC's SOB's continued to be musical "happenings" to her fans up until 2001, when she decided to take indefinite time off the "road", in order to be able to spend more time with her family, and do more writing and painting (she is also a fine art artist (click here to view some of her artwork).
Gilberto's style has been a strong influence in contemporary music. Many artists have revealed the fact that they have been inspired by her musical style, among them: Basia (who recorded a tribute to Astrud, a song named "Astrud"), Sade, Sinead O'Connor, Michael Franks, Pat Metheney, and Suzanne Vega. Several "avant-garde" groups have also professed having Astrud as their "inspiring muse".
Gilberto's work as songwriter has gradually but surely developed from a "side thing" in the beginning of her career, to an integral part of it, in the later years. Since the mid-eighties, her live shows featured a large number of her own original compositions, to which audiences have been just as receptive as they have always been to old standards such as "The Girl from Ipanema", "One Note Samba", or "Quiet Nights".
Gilberto's 2002 "Jungle" album release, is a showcase of her songwriting, as it features ten original new compositions.
In April 2002, Gilberto was inducted into the "International Latin Music Hall of Fame".
In November 2008, Gilberto was awarded by the Latin Recording Academy the "Lifetime Achievement" Grammy Award.
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Astrud Gilberto Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Astrud Gilberto:
(Take Me To) Aruanda Vai, vai, vai pra Aruanda Vem, vem, vem de Luanda Deixa tudo…
17. Non-Stop to Brazil Silver jet Take me I'm all set Take me Through…
23-So Nice Someone to hold me tight That would be very nice…
A Banda Una tristezza così Non la sentivo da mai Ma poi la banda…
A Certain Sadness Look out the window when that rain storm I let the…
A Certain Smile A certain smile, a certain face Can lead an unsuspecting…
A Felicidade Tristeza não tem fim felicidade, sim A felicidade é como a…
A Million Miles Away Behind The Door Send back the world There′s too much night for me The sun…
Agua De Beber Tiba-dum-dá, badebadabadá, tiba-dum-dê, badebadabadá, tiba-d…
All That There's no use to pretend We have come to the end All…
Amor E Som Vou pelo mundo afora cantando Cantando eu vou, pelo mundo af…
And Roses and Roses Everyday he sent a little present Just to let me know…
Aqua de Beber Eu quis amar mas tive medo e quis salvar meu…
Aruanda C'и una terra di sogno Dove il cielo и piщ azzurro E…
Ãgua De Beber Tiba-dum-dá, badebadabadá, tiba-dum-dê, badebadabadá, tiba-d…
Baiao Eu vou mostrar pra vocês Como se dança o baião E quem…
Beginnings When I'm with you It doesn't matter where we are Or what…
Berimbau Quem é homem de bem não trai O amor que lhe…
Bim Bom Bim bom bim bim bom bom Bim bom bim bim bom…
Black Magic You got me turning turning, you got me spinning around You…
Brazilian Tapestry Olê mul'é rendera Olê mul'é rendá Tu me ensina a f…
Bridges I have crossed a thousand bridges In my search for somethin…
Call Me If you're feeling sad and lonely There's a service I…
Canoeiro Louvado seja Deus Ó meu Pai Louvado seja Deus Ó meu Pai …
Canto de Ossanha O homem que diz dou não dá Porque quem dá mesmo…
Caravan Night and stars above that shine so bright The mystery of…
Certain Sadness Look out the window when that rain storm I let the…
Champagne And Caviar You are, to me, as good as apple pie As summer…
Chovendra na Roseiro On the day I was born, said my father, said…
Chup Chup I Got Away Chup, chup, badungeh, badungeh You′re gonna cry 'cause I got…
Chup, Chup, I Got Away Chup, chup, badungeh, badungeh You're gonna cry cause I got …
Come Softly to Me / Hushabye Oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo Ah ah ah ah Oo…
Corcovado Quiet nights of quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitar Flo…
Crickets Sing for Anamaria Hey Maria Papa said You better go to bed Maria Mama said You…
Dancing When you called me, late in the night I thought I…
Day By Day Day by day I'm falling more in love with you And…
Daybreak Daybreak creepin' through the city Pretty soon I'll have to …
Desafinado Se você disser que eu desafino amor, yeah Saiba que isso…
Dia Das Rosas When the morning is cold and the wind chills my…
Didn't We This time we almost made the pieces fit, didn't we? This…
Dindi Writer(s): antonio carlos jobim Sky, so vast is the sky, w…
Don't Leave Me The willow weeps And having wept Can weep no more But sti…
Dreamer Why are my eyes always full of this vision of…
DUPLICATE Um cantinho e um violão Este amor, uma canção Pra fazer fe…
E eu voce Podem me chamar e me pedir e me rogar E podem…
El Preciso Aprender A Ser So Ah if I could tell you Would you understand How safe my…
Eu E Voce Podem me chamar e me pedir e me rogar E podem…
Far Away (Astrud Gilberto / Hal Shaper) Far away You seem so far…
Felicidade Tristeza não tem fim felicidade, sim A felicidade é como a…
Fly Me to the Moon Fly me to the moon and let me play among…
Forgive Me Forgive me, if I'll still call you baby I know you'll…
Frevo (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Vem Vamos dançar ao sol Vem Que…
Funny World Funny, how loves can be Funny, how you wanted me I dreamed…
Garota de Ipanema Olha que coisa mais linda Mais cheia de graça É ela, menina …
General Da Banda Chegou o general da banda, he he Chegou o general da…
Gentle Rain We both are lost And alone in the world Walk with me In…
Gingele Gingele ye le Gingele ye la If you give me gingele I wo…
Girl From Ipanema (Dim, dum, dum, bim gum-gum, bim-gum-gum) Olha que coisa mai…
Goodbye Sadness La la la- la La la la la- la la la La…
Goodbye Sadness (Tristeza) Tristeza The big sadness the heart feels Let it leave mine f…
Here Maybe I should have saved those left over dreams Funny, but…
Here There and Everywhere To lead a better life I need my love to be…
Here's That Rainy Day Maybe I should have saved those left over dreams Funny, but…
Historia De Amor Qué difícil es secar la fuente inagotable del amor Contar la…
Holiday Holiday Celebrate If we took a holiday Took some time to…
How Insensitive How insensitive I must have seemed When he told me that he…
I Had The Craziest Dream In a dream the strangest and the oddest things appear And…
I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do I never loved him, he never reached me He was just…
I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do (No Tengo Nada Mejor...) I never loved him, he never reached me He was just…
I Think Of You If it takes forever, I will wait for you For a…
I'm Nothin' Without You I know as far as you know It's the way it's…
I'm Nothing Without You I know as well as you know it's the way it's meant…
In My Life There are places I'll remember All my life, though some have…
In Spite of the Odds Together We're still together Yes, we're together In spit…
Inner Song I would have given it all to you My love for…
Insensatez A insensatez que você fez Coração mais sem cuidado Fez chora…
It Might As Well Be Spring The things I used to like, I don't like any…
It's A Lovely Day Today It's a lovely day today So whatever you've got to do You've…
Jungle It's fire, it's light It's the star that shines so bright …
Le Casse: Una Donna Che Ti Ama Tu non m'hai toccato mai Ma vivi qui Negli occhi miei Sì, io…
Let Go O homem que diz dou não dá Porque quem dá mesmo…
Light My Fire You know that it would be untrue You know that I…
Lilies By Monet And now you're painting of lilies A true work of art And…
Listen To Your Heart Don't be afraid To listen to your heart And don't be afraid …
Look to the Rainbow On the day I was born, said my father, said…
Love For Sale (Cole Porter) Love for sale Appetizing young love for sale…
Love Is Stronger Far Than We Avec notre passé pour guide On se devrait d'être lucide Ma…
Love Story Qué difícil es secar la fuente inagotable del amor Contar la…
Lugar bonito (Carlos Lyra) On the road of life I travel Looking forward…
Make Love to Me (Astrud Gilberto & Eumir Deodato) Come to me Talk to me …
Mama eu Quero Mamãe eu quero, mamãe eu quero Mamãe eu quero mamar Dá a…
Manha De Carnaval Manhã, tão bonita manhã Na vida, uma nova canção Cantando …
Manha De Carnival Manhã, tão bonita manhã Na vida, uma nova canção Cantando só…
Maria Quiet They say that I was born Of slave Mogama and white…
Meditation Quem acreditou No amor, no sorriso, na flor Então sonhou, so…
Meditation (Meditação) In my loneliness When you're gone And I'm all by myself And …
Meu Piao O meu pião, ele só roda com a ponteira A ponteirinha…
Meu Piau Beija-me, beija-me Como fosse beijar o seu próprio orgulho M…
Misty Roses you look to me like misty roses, too soft to touch…
My Foolish Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart Ho…
Nega Do Cabelo Duro Ondulado e permanente Teu cabelo é de sereia E a…
Never My Love You ask me if there'll come a time When I grow…
Non-Stop To Brazil Silver jet Take me I'm all set Take me Through…
O Morro O morro não tem vez E o que ele fez já…
O Pato O pato vinha cantando alegremente, quém, quém Quando um mar…
Oba Oba Oba, oba, would you like an orange moon Or a diamond…
Ocean Dreams Lay down beside me, my love And close your eyes Let the…
On My Mind On my mind these days you're on my mind These days…
Once I Loved Once I loved And I gave so much love to this…
Once Upon A Summertime Once upon a summertime, if you recall We stopped beside a…
One Note Samba This is just a little samba Built upon a single note Other…
Only Trust Your Hear Talking by the pool of light, language from America. She put…
Parade There′s a circu's parade And there′s a lion's parade And the…
Parade (A Banda) There's a circu's parade And there's a lion's parade And the…
Photograph Eu, você, nós dois Aqui nesse terraço à beira-mar O sol já…
Pink House I wann'a pink house at the shore I wann'a love that…
Ponteio Era um, era dois, era cem Era o mundo chegando e…
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars Quiet nights of quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitar Flo…
Rebola bola Ô, meu amigo O negócio é o seguinte Meu amigo, meu amigo …
Red Umbrella I'm so glad, I bought a red umbrella Because never again…
Samba De Soho When I walk around Soho I remember Gamboa There's a feeling …
Samba Do Soho When I walk around Soho I remember Gamboa There's a feelin…
Shadow Of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
She's A Carioca Here she comes, here she comes Here she comes, here she…
Sing Me A Rainbow (Wish me a rainbow and wish me the stars) all…
So Finha De Ser Com Voce É, só eu sei Quanto amor eu guardei Sem saber…
So Nice Someone to hold me tight That would be very nice…
So Nice (Summer Samba) Someone to hold me tight That would be very nice Someone to…
Só Tinha de Ser com Você É, só eu sei Quanto amor eu guardei Sem saber…
Stay Stay, and we'll make such sweet music. Come hear the…
Summer Samba Someone to hold me tight That would be very nice…
Take It Easy My Brother Charlie Take it easy my brother Charlie There's always another day T…
Take Me To Aruanda Vai, vai, vai pra Aruanda Vem, vem, vem de Luanda Deixa tu…
The Face I Love To think of things like daffodils and peaceful sheep on…
The Gentle Rain We both are lost And alone in the world Walk with me In…
The girl from Epanema Olha que coisa mais linda mais cheia de graça É ela…
The Girl From Ipanema (Dim, dum, dum, bim gum-gum, bim-gum-gum) Olha que coisa mai…
The Girl From Ipanina Olha que coisa mais linda mais cheia de graça É ela…
The Look of Love The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile Can't…
The Puppy Song (Harry Nilsson) Dreams are nothing more than wishes And a …
The Sea Is My Soil Gaily sounds the night from the street below Music fills the…
The Shadow Of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Think Of Rain THINK OF RAIN Words and Music by Margo Guryan I…
Touching You Sunday was a fun day I spent with you in a clover…
Trains and boats and plains Trains and boats and planes are passing by They mean a…
Trains And Boats And Planes Trains and boats and planes are passing by They mean a…
Traveling Light I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on…
Tristeza La la la- la La la la la- la la la La…
Tu Mi Delirio Si pudiera expresarte cómo es inmenso En el fondo de mi…
Vivo Sonhando Why are my eyes always full of this vision of…
Voce Ja Foi Bahia Você já foi à Bahia, nêga? Não? Então vá! Quem vai ao "Bo…
Wailing Of The Willow Listen to the wailing of the willows, Listen to me crying…
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on Who Needs Forever?
The lyrics of Astrud Gilberto's song "Who Needs Forever?" suggest that time is fleeting and that we should seize the moment instead of worrying about what the future holds. The repetition of the question "Who needs forever?" implies that forever is not a necessary or even desirable outcome. Instead, the song encourages the listener to focus on the present and appreciate the moment, rather than getting lost in concerns about the future.
The lines "Time goes so fast, Don't waste this moment, Let's live this moment like it's the last" evoke the idea of carpe diem, or seizing the day. The idea of living in the moment and not worrying about the future is a recurring theme in literature and music, and it is particularly relevant in a fast-paced world where time seems to slip away all too quickly.
Overall, the lyrics of "Who Needs Forever?" encourage us to enjoy the present moment and not worry about what lies ahead. The song suggests that life is short and that we should make the most of every moment.
this is not the original Song of Astrud Gilberto, the Lyrics are here only fragments of the original Song of Astrud Gilberto
I prefer this Remix of Thievery Corpartion more, but here us the original Songtext of the original Song of Astrud Gilberto
[Verse 1]
Who needs forever? Love me today
Let's forget tomorrow, it's too far away
[Chorus]
So hold me, don't waste this moment
Let's live this moment like it's the last
Time goes so fast
[Verse 2]
Love shouldn't linger, love shouldn't wait
When fates allow a choice of now or never
Who needs forever?
[Chorus]
So hold me, don't waste this moment
Let's live this moment like it's the last
Time goes so fast
[Verse 3]
Love shouldn't linger, love shouldn't wait
When fates allow a choice of now or never
Who needs forever?
Forever, forever