Veloso is the fifth of the seven children born to José Telles Veloso ("Seu Zezinho") and Claudionor Vianna Telles Veloso ("Dona Canô"). His younger sister Maria Bethânia, another popular and renowned artist in Brazil, preceded him to fame as a singer in the mid-1960s. He began his career around 1965 singing bossa nova and he has cited his greatest musical influences from his early period as João Gilberto and Dorival Caymmi. (João Gilberto would say later about Caetano's contribution that it added an intellectual dimension to brazilian popular music.) But with such musical collaborators Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, Chico Buarque, and Os Mutantes, and greatly influenced by the later work of The Beatles, developed tropicalismo, which fused Brazilian pop with rock and roll and avant garde art music resulting in a more international, psychedelic, and socially aware sound. Veloso's politically active stance, unapologetically leftist, earned him the enmity of Brazil's military dictatorship which ruled until 1985; his songs were frequently censored, and some were banned. Veloso was also alienated from the socialist left in Brazil becasue of his acceptance and integration of non-nationalist influences (like rock and roll) in his music. Veloso and Gilberto Gil spent several months in jail for "anti-government activity" in 1968 and eventually exiled themselves to London. Caetano Veloso's work upon his return in 1972 was often characterized by frequent appropriations not only of international styles, but of half-forgotten Brazilian folkloric styles and rhythms as well. In particular, his celebration of the Afro-Brazilian culture of Bahia can be seen as the precursor of such Afro-centric groups as Timbalada.
In the 1980s, Veloso's popularity outside Brazil grew, especially in Israel, Portugal, France and Africa. By 2004, he was one of the most respected and prolific international pop stars, with more than fifty recordings available, including songs in soundtracks of movies such as Pedro Almodovar's Hable con Ella (Talk to Her), and Frida. In 2002 Veloso published an account of his early years and the Tropicalia movement, Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil.
His first all-English CD was A Foreign Sound (2004), which covers Nirvana's "Come as You Are" and compositions from the Great American Songbook. Five of the six songs on his third eponymous album, released in 1971, were also in English.
A Filha Da Chiquita Bacana
Caetano Veloso Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Nunca entro em cana
Porque sou família demais
Puxei à mamãe
Não caio em armadilha
E distribuo banana com os animais
Nunca entro em cana
Porque sou família demais
Puxei à mamãe
Não caio em armadilha
E distribuo banana com os animais
Na minha ilha
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Que maravilha
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eu transo todas sem perder o tom
E a quadrilha toda grita:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Viva a filha da Chiquita
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Entrei pra "Women's Liberation Front"
Eu sou a filha da Chiquita Bacana
Nunca entro em cana
Porque sou família demais
Puxei à mamãe
Não caio em armadilha
E distribuo banana com os animais
Eu sou a filha da Chiquita Bacana
Nunca entro em cana
Porque sou família demais
Puxei à mamãe
Não caio em armadilha
E distribuo banana com os animais
Na minha ilha
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Que maravilha
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eu transo todas sem perder o tom
E a quadrilha toda grita:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Viva a filha da Chiquita
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Entrei pra "Women's Liberation Front"
Eu sou a filha da Chiquita Bacana
Nunca entro em cana
Porque sou família demais
Puxei à mamãe
Não caio em armadilha
E distribuo banana com os animais
Eu sou a filha da Chiquita Bacana
Nunca entro em cana
Porque sou família demais
Puxei à mamãe
Não caio em armadilha
E distribuo banana com os animais
Na minha ilha
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Que maravilha
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eu transo todas sem perder o tom
E a quadrilha toda grita:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Viva a filha da Chiquita
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Entrei pra "Women's Liberation Front"
Yeah, ah, ih
(Bate macumba, oba, bate macumba, iêiê, bate macumba, oba, bate macumba, iêiê)
The song "A Filha Da Chiquita Bacana" by Caetano Veloso is sung in Portuguese and refers to being the daughter of the famous Brazilian actress, singer and comedian Chiquita Bacana. The singer of the song boasts about her status as the star's daughter and claims she never enters trouble with the law because she comes from a good family. She also claims to have inherited her mother's smarts, not getting caught in traps and distributing bananas to animals. The singer then shifts to bragging about her sexual prowess, stating that she "transo todas sem perder o tom" (translates to "I have sex with everyone without losing the rhythm") and that everyone cheers for her at these parties. The song ends with the singer joining the Women's Liberation Front.
The song is a playful take on fame, social status, and sexuality, with the singer reveling in her privileged position as the daughter of a famous person and using it to her advantage. The character is portrayed as self-assured and confident and does not hesitate to show off her skills and sexuality. At the same time, the song hints at the absurdity of the culture of celebrity and the expectations placed on those who come from famous families.
Line by Line Meaning
Eu sou a filha da Chiquita Bacana
I am the daughter of Chiquita Bacana
Nunca entro em cana
I never get arrested
Porque sou família demais
Because I am too much of a family person
Puxei à mamãe
I take after my mother
Não caio em armadilha
I don't fall into traps
E distribuo banana com os animais
And I share bananas with the animals
Na minha ilha
On my island
Que maravilha
How wonderful
Eu transo todas sem perder o tom
I have sex with everyone without losing the rhythm
E a quadrilha toda grita:
And the gang all shouts:
Viva a filha da Chiquita
Long live Chiquita's daughter
Entrei pra "Women's Liberation Front"
I joined the Women's Liberation Front
(Bate macumba, oba, bate macumba, iêiê, bate macumba, oba, bate macumba, iêiê)
(Hit the drums, hey, hit the drums, yay, hit the drums, hey, hit the drums, yay)
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Caetano Emmanuel Viana Telles Veloso
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Joao Vitor Oliveira Viana
Opções
Laia laia la laia laia, la laia laia laia la (la laia la)
Laia laia la laia laia, la laia laia laia
Eu sou a filha da Chiquita bacana
Nunca entro em cana porque sou família demais...
Puxei à mamãe, não caio em armadilha ...
E distribuo banana com os animais
Na minha ilha, iê, iê, iê que maravilha, iê, iê, iê
Eu transo todas sem perder o tom
E a quadrilha toda grita iê, iê, iê Viva a filha da Chiquita iê,iê, iê
Entrei pra "Women's Libe ra tion Front"
Laia laia la laia laia, la laia laia laia la (la laia la)
MCV
Tem um swing gostoso essa música. Como sempre, Caetano é esse gênio da música, da poesia, das letras...
Francisco Edson Souza
Essa música de Caetano Veloso, me lembra os antigos carnavais de Salvador-BA.
Maria Cavalcante
Lembro do meu pai ouvido nas madrugadas da rádio globo. Boas lembranças e grandes saudades.
Lady Golden
O hino eterno do Carnaval
Gean Martins
tá doido, isso que é música❤❤❤
Thauann Vitor
Minha quadrilha homenageou essa grande estrela , mto bom!
Prof. Morais
Música que nos embalou em carnavais da minha adolescência. Muita coisa boa , sem violência, só amor e meninas
TG PLAYER
Vdd
Teodoro Caffé.
Caetano, Te Amo. E sua Art& Sempre será Luz!
Vinicius B. Mariano
lembro que vi um video em que ele cantava nos Trapalhões muito bom ^^'