At the age of seven, Bebel made an appearance on her mother's first solo album Miúcha. At age nine, Bebel performed with her mother and jazz saxophonist Stan Getz at a jazz festival in New York's Carnegie Hall. Back in Brazil, Bebel performed and recorded for the soundtrack of the children's musical Os Saltimbancos, written by Sergio Bardotti and Chico Buarque. Later on Bebel joined an experimental theatrical group and was a member of the founding team of the performance space Circo Voador (Flying Circus) at Ipanema Beach. In this group she met singer/songwriter Cazuza, who became a close friend and soon a major rock star in Brazil during the 1980s.
Throughout the 1990s, Bebel collaborated with a variety of musical stars such as Arto Lindsay, Thievery Corporation, David Byrne, Towa Tei, Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque. In 1996 Bebel was featured in the AIDS charity project Red Hot + Rio, produced by her close friend and collaborator Béco Dranoff. By the mid 1990s, Bebel also had successes as songwriter with the international dance hits "Technova" and "Batucada" in collaboration with producers Towa Tei and Arto Lindsay.
Bebel was featured on the soundtrack of Brad Anderson's film Next Stop Wonderland with Vinicius Cantuária and Mauro Refosco. In the late 1990s, Bebel moved to London where she began to develop the sound featured on her critically acclaimed debut album Tanto Tempo. During this period, she met Suba, the multi-talented Serbian producer living in São Paulo who ended up writing and producing several tracks on Tanto Tempo. While in London, she also worked with DJ/producer Amon Tobin, Dutch duo Arling & Cameron and singer Nina Miranda.
In 2000, Bebel's Tanto Tempo album was released on Ziriguiboom (Crammed Discs sub-label) and has sold over one million copies worldwide. The album was also nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards. Her second album, Bebel Gilberto (2004), was also released to great critical acclaim, receiving a MOBO Award in the UK and also a World Music Grammy nomination.
Also in 2006, Bebel started writing and producing the songs that would become part of her third album Momento, released in April 2007. On this album, Bebel collaborated with UK producer Guy Sigsworth, her friends Didi Gutman and Sabina Sciubba (from NY based band Brazilian Girls) and the Rio based Orquestra Imperial.
Gilberto's most recent album, All In One, was released in the US in September 2009 by jazz imprint Verve.
August Day Song
Bebel Gilberto Lyrics
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Tentei cantar
Tentei just la la la ia
Tentei tocar
Também dançar
Assim, só para deixar
Se te falar
Se te just la la la ia
Só quero estar
Com seu cantar
Com seu just la la la ia
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No cinza um brilho aqui
Fico sózinha, distraída
Mesmo tom
Mesmo som
Como é bom, tão bom
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No pé um pingo aqui
Fico sózinha, tão distraída
Não vou chorar
Quando lembrar
Do seu eterno olhar
I like to sing
And do these things
With you just prá variar
I hear your voice
I sing for choice
With you just la la la ia
Mesmo tom
Mesmo som
Como é bom, tão bom
Mesmo tom
Mesmo som
Como é bom, tão bom
The lyrics to Bebel Gilberto's "August Day Song" seem to express an attempt at communication and connection with someone through different forms of expression. The singer tries to count, sing, play, and dance, all in an effort to reach the person she wants to connect with. She wants to give herself to this person, and she finds comfort in listening to the rain as she dreams of places beyond. The lyrics also suggest that there is a sense of loneliness, as she's alone and distracted, but the sameness of the rain and the music makes her feel good.
The repetition of "just la la la ia" seems to signal the inability to express oneself directly through words. It could be interpreted as a feeling of being at a loss for words, or as an act of surrendering to the music and letting it communicate for her. The lyrics are also in Portuguese, and the use of the nonsensical phrase "just la la la ia" could be seen as a way to transcend language barriers and connect through something universal, like music.
Line by Line Meaning
Tentei contar
I tried to tell you
Tentei cantar
I tried to sing
Tentei just la la la ia
I tried to express my feelings through nonsensical sounds
Tentei tocar
I tried to play an instrument
Também dançar
I also tried to dance
Assim, só para deixar
Just to let you know
Só quero te dar
I only want to give to you
Se te falar
If I tell you
Só quero estar
I just want to be with you
Com seu cantar
With your singing
Com seu just la la la ia
With your expression of feelings through nonsensical sounds
Just like this rainstorm
Just like the rainstorm outside
This August day song
This song on this August day
I dream of places far beyond
I dream of faraway places
Ouvindo a chuva cair
Listening to the rain fall
No cinza um brilho aqui
A sparkle in the grey
Fico sózinha, distraída
I am alone, distracted
Mesmo tom
Same tone
Mesmo som
Same sound
Como é bom, tão bom
How good it is, so good
No pé um pingo aqui
A drip at my feet
Não vou chorar
I won't cry
Quando lembrar
When I remember
Do seu eterno olhar
Of your eternal gaze
I like to sing
I enjoy singing
And do these things
And doing these things
With you just prá variar
With you, just for a change
I hear your voice
I hear your voice
I sing for choice
I choose to sing
With you just la la la ia
With you, expressing my feelings through nonsensical sounds
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CHRISTIAN FRANCK, GILBERTO BEBEL, NINA ISABELA ROCHA MIRANDA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Eder Luis Dias Rocha
Tentei contar
Tentei cantar
Tentei just la la la ia
Tentei tocar
Também dançar
Assim, só para deixar
Só quero te dar
Se te falar
Se te just la la la ia
Só quero estar
Com seu cantar
Com seu just la la la ia
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No cinza um brilho aqui
Fico sózinha, distraída
Mesmo tom
Mesmo som
Como é bom, tão bom
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No pé um pingo aqui
Fico sózinha, tão distraída
Não vou chorar
Quando lembrar
Do seu eterno olhar
I like to sing
And do these things
With you just prá variar
I hear your voice
I sing for choice
With you just la la la ia
Mamaziha79
"August Day Song"
(Lyrics by Bebel Gilberto, Nina Miranda, Chris Franck)
Tentei contar
Tentei cantar
Tentei just la la la ia
Tentei tocar
Também dançar
Assim, só para deixar
Só quero te dar
Se te falar
Se te just la la la ia
Só quero estar
Com seu cantar
Com seu just la la la ia
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No cinza um brilho aqui
Fico sózinha, distraída
Mesmo tom
Mesmo som
Como é bom, tão bom
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No pé um pingo aqui
Fico sózinha, tão distraída
Não vou chorar
Quando lembrar
Do seu eterno olhar
I like to sing
And do these things
With you just prá variar
I hear your voice
I sing for choice
With you just la la la ia
Translation:
I've tried to tell
I've tried to sing
I've tried just la la la ia
I've tried to play
And also dance
Like this, just to let it go
I just want to give you
If I tell you
If just la la la ia
I just want to be
With your singing
With you just la la la ia
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Hearing the rain fall
From the grey, a shining here
I stay alone, distracted
Same tone
Same sound
How It's good, so good
Just like the rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Hearing the rain fall
A drop here in my foot
I stay alone, so distracted
I am not gonna cry
When remembering
Your eternal glance
I like to sing
And do these things
With you just for a change
I hear your voice
I sing for choice
With you just la la la ia....
Sérgio Silva
Música maravilhosa !
Gxyz222
I got the album a year after it came out and to this day I'm still jamming to it! I was born on the month of August, so this song holds a special place in my heart 😊
Angie Martin
Gxyz222 sexy Leo ♌️👍🏽
Jasmine Turner
Me too I was born in August month
S. Cruz
Essa me encontrou quando eu tinha 18 anos , hoje com 33 sou eu que procurei e voltei a encontrar essa obra linda …
Eder Luis Dias Rocha
Tentei contar
Tentei cantar
Tentei just la la la ia
Tentei tocar
Também dançar
Assim, só para deixar
Só quero te dar
Se te falar
Se te just la la la ia
Só quero estar
Com seu cantar
Com seu just la la la ia
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No cinza um brilho aqui
Fico sózinha, distraída
Mesmo tom
Mesmo som
Como é bom, tão bom
Just like this rainstorm
This August day song
I dream of places far beyond
Ouvindo a chuva cair
No pé um pingo aqui
Fico sózinha, tão distraída
Não vou chorar
Quando lembrar
Do seu eterno olhar
I like to sing
And do these things
With you just prá variar
I hear your voice
I sing for choice
With you just la la la ia
Mariano Gabriel Conti
Thanks!
Ayelen Muñoz
Gracias💗
Rita M. Buda
Bonita musica.😊😊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
PAULA LLABRES
Hermosa música