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.
Pé sem cabeça
Elis Regina Lyrics
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Ninguem me faz sofrer assim
O que era tanta beleza
Num pé sem cabeça, você transformou
Mas você onde está?
Não me viu, não será?
Que teu sono vai ter paz
Se teu olho te trair, não vai durar
Seu porto seguro, seu lugar comum
Você navegando pra lugar nenhum
Quem sabe de tudo não sabe seu fim
Mas eu não me quero fugindo daqui
Também não te deixo zombando de mim
Quem sabe de tudo não sabe seu fim
In Elis Regina's song "Pé sem cabeça," the lyrics describe the pain and suffering inflicted by a former lover. The opening lines, "Você me fez sofrer/Ninguém me faz sofrer assim" express the depth of the singer's emotional distress. The following lines, "O que era tanta beleza/Num pé sem cabeça, você transformou," reveal that the beauty that once existed in the relationship has been destroyed by the actions of the former lover. The phrase "pé sem cabeça" (meaning "foot without a head") is used as a metaphor to represent the sense of disconnection and confusion that the singer is feeling.
The second stanza begins with questions directed at the former lover, wondering where they are and if they are able to find peace. The singer expresses a desire to move on and not be held back by their former partner's actions. The lines "Se teu olho te trair, não vai durar" suggest that the former lover will not find lasting happiness if they continue to deceive themselves and their partners. In the final lines, the singer acknowledges the uncertainty of the future and the unpredictable nature of love, but also asserts their own agency and determination to not be a victim.
Line by Line Meaning
Você me fez sofrer
You caused me pain
Ninguem me faz sofrer assim
No one else can make me suffer like you do
O que era tanta beleza
What was once such beauty
Num pé sem cabeça, você transformou
You turned it into a headless mess
Mas você onde está?
But where are you?
Não me viu, não será?
Didn't you see me? Or did you not want to?
Que teu sono vai ter paz
May your sleep be peaceful
De meu rosto se acender, brilhar
May my face light up and shine
Se teu olho te trair, não vai durar
If your eye betrays you, it won't last
Seu porto seguro, seu lugar comum
Your safe haven, your usual place
Você navegando pra lugar nenhum
You're sailing to nowhere
Quem sabe de tudo não sabe seu fim
He who knows it all doesn't know his end
Mas eu não me quero fugindo daqui
But I don't want to run away from here
Também não te deixo zombando de mim
I won't let you mock me either
Quem sabe de tudo não sabe seu fim
He who knows it all doesn't know his end
Contributed by Jordan B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.