In the '60s, Elis was a leader and a standard-bearer in defense of Brazilian popular music, heavily contributing to the formation of the MPB label, with commercial and ideological characteristics at the same time. She was the first major artist to emerge from music festivals in the 1960s and detached herself from the Bossa Nova aesthetic through the use of her vocal range and drama. Initially, her style was influenced by radio singers, especially Ângela Maria. After four unsuccessful studio albums — Viva a Brotolândia (1961), Poema de Amor (1962), Elis Regina (1963), O Bem do Amor (1963) — Elis was the biggest revelation of the TV Excelsior festival in 1965, when he sang "Arrastão" by Vinícius de Moraes and Edu Lobo. This feat would guarantee him the invitation to act on television and, shortly afterwards, the title of first star of Brazilian popular song, when he started to command, alongside Jair Rodrigues, one of the two most important Brazilian popular music programs, O Fino da bossa. In 1967, she married Ronaldo Bôscoli, then director of O Fino da Bossa. From 1972, Elis began a relationship with César Camargo Mariano, which would last until 1981, in one of the most successful partnerships in Brazilian Popular Music.
She sang many genres: MPB, bossa nova, samba, rock and jazz. Interpreting songs like "Madalena", "Águas de Março", "Atrás da Porta", "Como Nosso Pais", "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista" and "Querellas do Brasil", he recorded moments of happiness, love, sadness and patriotism. Throughout his career, he stood out for also singing songs by artists, still little known, such as Milton Nascimento, Ivan Lins, Belchior, Renato Teixeira, Aldir Blanc, João Bosco, helping to launch them and publicize their works. , boosting them in the Brazilian music scene. Among other partnerships, the duets she had with Jair Rodrigues, Tom Jobim and Rita Lee are famous. With her second husband, pianist César Camargo Mariano, she consecrated a long work of great creativity and musical consistency and, in technical terms, was considered the best brazilian singer. His most memorable artistic presence is perhaps registered on the albums Em Pleno Verão (1970), Elis (1972), Elis (1973), Elis & Tom (1974), Elis (1974), Falso Brilhante (1976), Transversal do Tempo (1978). ), Essa Mulher (1979), Saudade do Brasil (1980) and Elis (1980). She was the first person to inscribe her own voice as if it were an instrument, in the Order of Musicians of Brazil. In 2013, she was elected the best female voice in Brazilian music by Rolling Stone Magazine. Elis was also mentioned in the list of the greatest artists in Brazilian music, ranking 14th, being the best-placed woman. In November of the same year, a musical was premiered in honor of her Elis, the musical.
Elis Regina died prematurely at the age of 36, at the height of her career, causing strong commotion in the country and leaving a vast body of work in Brazilian popular music. Although there were controversies and disputes as to the cause of death, the tests showed that the cause was the consumption of cocaine associated with alcohol, which caused a cardiac arrest.
Folhas Secas
Elis Regina Lyrics
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Caídas de uma mangueira
Penso na minha escola
E nos poetas da minha Estação primeira
Não sei quantas vezes
Subi o morro cantando
Sempre o Sol me queimando
Quando o tempo avisar
Que eu não posso mais cantar
Sei que vou sentir saudade
Ao lado do meu violão e da minha mocidade
The lyrics to Elis Regina's song "Folhas Secas" speak to the bittersweet nostalgia of the singer's memories of her youth. The opening lines describe the act of stepping on dry leaves that have fallen from a mango tree, which triggers a flood of memories for the singer. She reflects on her schooldays and the poets of her hometown, or "Estação primeira." The next few lines describe how she would often climb the hill while singing and how the sun would beat down on her as she made her way up.
The final verse is particularly poignant, as the singer muses on the passage of time and how eventually, she will be unable to sing anymore. She knows that when that day comes, she will miss her guitar and the memories of her youth that it conjures up.
Overall, the song captures a sense of wistful nostalgia for the past, while acknowledging that time continues to march on and things will inevitably change.
Line by Line Meaning
Quando piso em folhas secas
When I step on dry leaves
Caídas de uma mangueira
Fallen from a mango tree
Penso na minha escola
I think about my school
E nos poetas da minha Estação primeira
And about the poets from my first Station
Não sei quantas vezes
I don't know how many times
Subi o morro cantando
I climbed the hill while singing
Sempre o Sol me queimando
Always under the scorching sun
E assim vou me acabando
And that's how I'm fading away
Quando o tempo avisar
When time warns
Que eu não posso mais cantar
That I can't sing anymore
Sei que vou sentir saudade
I know I'll miss
Ao lado do meu violão e da minha mocidade
Next to my guitar and my youth
Contributed by Evelyn M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Windsor Santos
Quando eu piso em folhas secas
Caídas de uma mangueira
Penso na minha escola
E nos poetas da minha estação primeira
Não sei quantas vezes
Subi o morro cantando
Sempre o sol me queimando
E assim vou me acabando.
Quando o tempo avisar
Que não posso mais cantar
Sei que vou sentir saudade
Ao lado do meu violão
Da minha mocidade
Maria Pinto
Quando piso em folhas secas
Caídas de uma mangueira
Penso na minha escola
E nos poetas da minha Estação primeira
Não sei quantas vezes
Subi o morro cantando
Sempre o Sol me queimando
E assim vou me acabando
Quando o tempo avisar
Que eu não posso mais cantar
Sei que vou sentir saudade
Ao lado do meu violão e da minha mocidade.
Pedro Marcos Santos
Que interpretação, que voz, que afinação.
Javier Pizarro
Gracias Brazil por tan bella musica y cultura. Los amo un hermano de Puerto Rico! :)
Pedro Pacheco
Javier Pizarro de nada
Javier Pizarro
+Clara Campos Si Calle 13 es latinoamerica <3
Whadeck De melo
asi ea amigo soy brasilero bossa nova te deja calma es bueno
eric dihmes
Elis is one of the most beautiful treasures given to art in our planet , simply superb.
josefa batista
aumente o som de Elis, e esqueça a guerra lá fora.
Klevia S.
Verdade.
ThaisSebastiana
Verdade. Elis: grande interprete! Inesquecível e única!
Marcele Jamily
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