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.
Lonely
Bebel Gilberto Lyrics
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Foi você que soube achar isso em mim
Sem te ver não sei mais o que sentir
Só ouvindo aquele espaço ali
Lonely, Lonely
Lonely, Lonely
Todo dia te sinto
E fico pensando que você pode até me ouvir (bis)
Lonely, Lonely, Lonely, Lonely.
In the first two lines of the chorus from Bebel Gilberto's song, "Lonely," the singer addresses someone who has taught them how to listen and appreciate life. This could be interpreted as the person who introduced them to the beauty of music or helped them embrace their emotions. The singer then expresses how lost they feel without seeing this person, and how only by listening to that empty space can they begin to feel anything again. The repetition of "Lonely" in the chorus highlights the conflicting emotions of feeling alone but also connected to someone through their shared experiences.
Throughout the rest of the song, Gilberto reflects on the pain of being separated from someone she loves, and how their memory continues to haunt her every day. The lyrics express the pain of waiting for someone that may never return and the fear that they may have moved on completely. The chorus serves as a reminder that even in the midst of loneliness, the singer can still feel connected to the person they miss, through the music that they shared.
Overall, the song is a beautiful and moving expression of a painful and universal human experience. Through Bebel Gilberto's stunning vocals and powerful lyrics, she captures the heartache and longing that we all feel at some point in our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Foi você que me ensinou a ouvir
You were the one who taught me how to really listen
Foi você que soube achar isso em mim
You were the one who discovered that ability within me
Sem te ver não sei mais o que sentir
Without seeing you, I don't know how to feel anymore
Só ouvindo aquele espaço ali
Only by hearing that empty space there
Lonely, Lonely
Lonely, lonely
Todo dia te sinto
Every day I feel you
E fico pensando que você pode até me ouvir (bis)
And I keep thinking that you might even hear me (repeat)
Lonely, Lonely, Lonely, Lonely.
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Garza Y. Hilton, Gilberto Bebel, Roberto Garza
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
JoãoCarlos
I miss Nip/Tuck. I wanted more shows like Nip/Tuck nowadays
Zoltan Eszenyi
This was exactly my feeling. Iwas with my girlfriend at that time who was obsessed this series and Dr. Troy. Now re-watching shows me that each episodes characters are humans from life just as valid as today. Also I seen Miami and it is a magical city. This show represented so much of it.
Val Synthpop Dj Producer
"Todo dia te sinto e fico pensando que você pode até me ouvir"
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Foda demais.
Leonice Maria
Boa música pra se ouvir e bem suave
Cátia Saraiva
Adoro a voz da Bebel Gilberto. É suave como um sonho
Guilherme
verdade
Francisca Saraiva Costa
Simplesmente maravilhosa!!
SorenK1987
" When you stop striving for perfection you might as well be dead." - Christian Troy
Eugenio Conti
Such a nip/tuck track. Perfection.
Ivaldo Lima
The Thievery Corporation remixes of her music are incredible. Check out "Cada Beijo" (Each Kiss). It's fantastic.