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.
Azul
Bebel Gilberto Lyrics
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Com todo o encanto vou saber lembrar
Sem som do mar não sei mais como te encontrar
Com a luz do sol vou aquecer o seu lugar
Lá no azul
No mesmo blue
Sonhando com tudo
Passando por tudo, esperando o sol
Sem o seu azul não sei lembrar
Na luz do sol vou te guardar
Tenho tanto amor que eu quero ter
Sem ter mais que te esquecer
Vou ouvindo, sentindo toda sua luz
Lá no blue do azul
Sempre alí vou ver
These lyrics from Bebel Gilberto's song "Azul" express a deep longing for a lost love. The singer vows to always keep their loved one's place in their heart, remembering them with all their enchantment. The reference to the sound of the sea suggests that the relationship was tied to the ocean, and without the sea, the singer feels lost and unable to find their way back to their love. However, the light of the sun serves as a source of warmth and comfort in the absence of the loved one. The blue imagery throughout the song represents both the sky and the ocean, and the bittersweet memories of love lost.
The chorus repeats the line "No mesmo blue," which means "in the same blue." The singer is dreaming of their lost love and looking up at the sky and ocean, imagining their love being carried away by the waves and reaching the heavens above. The second half of the chorus is about waiting for the sun, suggesting that the singer finds comfort in the light of day and the hope of a brighter future.
Overall, these lyrics convey a sense of nostalgia, longing, and hopefulness. The singer is holding their love close to their heart, even though it has been lost, and finding solace in the beauty of the natural world.
Line by Line Meaning
Pra todo o sempre eu vou guardar o seu lugar
I will keep your place forever
Com todo o encanto vou saber lembrar
I will remember you with all the charm
Sem som do mar não sei mais como te encontrar
Without the sound of the sea, I don't know how to find you anymore
Com a luz do sol vou aquecer o seu lugar
With the sunlight, I will warm your place
Lá no azul
There in the blue
No mesmo blue
In the same blue
Sonhando com tudo
Dreaming of everything
Com o seu lembrar
With your memory
Passando por tudo, esperando o sol
Going through everything, waiting for the sun
Sem o seu azul não sei lembrar
Without your blue, I can't remember
Na luz do sol vou te guardar
In the sunlight, I will keep you
Tenho tanto amor que eu quero ter
I have so much love that I want to have
Sem ter mais que te esquecer
Without having to forget you anymore
Vou ouvindo, sentindo toda sua luz
I will listen, feel all your light
Lá no blue do azul
There in the blue of the blue
Sempre alí vou ver
I will always see it there
Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Allan Arthur Guy Sigsworth, Isabel Gilberto De Oliveira
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Physcia Gómez
Pra todo o sempre eu vou guardar o seu lugar
Com todo o encanto vou saber lembrar
Sem som do mar não sei mais como te encontrar
Com a luz do sol vou aquecer o seu lugar
Lá no azul
No mesmo blue
Sonhando com tudo
Com o seu lembrar
Passando por tudo, esperando o sol
Sem o seu azul não sei lembrar
Na luz do sol vou te guardar
Tenho tanto amor que eu quero ter
Sem ter mais que te esquecer
Vou ouvindo, sentindo toda sua luz
Lá no blue do azul
Sempre alí vou ver
Physcia Gómez
Pra todo o sempre eu vou guardar o seu lugar
Com todo o encanto vou saber lembrar
Sem som do mar não sei mais como te encontrar
Com a luz do sol vou aquecer o seu lugar
Lá no azul
No mesmo blue
Sonhando com tudo
Com o seu lembrar
Passando por tudo, esperando o sol
Sem o seu azul não sei lembrar
Na luz do sol vou te guardar
Tenho tanto amor que eu quero ter
Sem ter mais que te esquecer
Vou ouvindo, sentindo toda sua luz
Lá no blue do azul
Sempre alí vou ver
DIANA MARIA CORDERO PEREZ
Obrigada.
Paddy Kehoe
Fantastic stuff
ANTÔNIO JARIANO
❤❤❤💫🙏🍃
Missing35mm
My favorite song of hers, and RIP to her father today! Joao will be so missed! A legend and icon
MArcelo Regis
Essa música me trás uma paz interior tão grande ! ❤️
SaiyajinaSel
En medio de tantas penas y tristezas me gusta perderme en un oasis de fantasía e ilusiones perdidas con canciones como esta...
Barb.
Que Maravilhoso 💙
SaiyajinaSel
Como quisiera que las cosas funcionaran así contigo...como la belleza de esta canción
Cindy Rio
Amo muito esta música. Altíssimo astral