In 1999, she was elected by BBC Radio London as the Brazilian singer of the millennium. The choice originated from the British radio project The Millennium Concerts, created to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000. In addition, Soares appears on the list of the 100 greatest voices of Brazilian music prepared by Rolling Stone Brazil magazine.
Soares lived in extreme poverty throughout her childhood and teen, getting married at 12 and having her first child at 13. Soares had her first audition in radio at Ary Barroso's novice show when she was 16, winning first place. She was then hired as a crooner by the Orquestra Garam de Bailes (led by conductor Joaquim Naegli). She worked in the orchestra until 1954, when she became pregnant. In 1955, she was invited to star together with Grande Otelo in the play Jour-Jou-Fru-Fru, which was a smash.
Three years later, Soares toured Argentina, returning in the next year when she was hired by Rádio Vera Cruz. Also in 1959, she recorded a 78 rpm with "Se Acaso Você Chegasse" (Lupício Rodrigues/Felisberto Martins), one of her biggest hits. In 1960, she went to São Paulo where she performed regularly in the show I Festival Nacional de Bossa Nova and recorded her first LP, Se Acaso Você Chegasse.
In 1962, she represented Brazil in Chile during the World Soccer Cup, where she met Garrincha, one of the most genial soccer players ever, and also a chronic alcoholic. With Garrincha, Soares had a very troubled marriage (and the untimely demise of their son Garrinchinha in 1986 in a car accident didn't help her in any way).
The peak of her career was in the '60s, with albums like O Máximo em Samba (1967), Elza Soares & Wilson das Neves (1968), Elza, Miltinho e Samba (a three-album series shared with Miltinho). In that decade she had several hits like "Boato," "Edmundo" (a version of "In the Mood"), "Beija-me," "Devagar Com a Louça," "Mulata Assanhada," "O Mundo Encantado de Monteiro Lobato," "Bahia de Todos os Deuses," "Palmas no Portão," and "Palhaçada."
Having recorded several albums with the hits "Só Danço Samba" (Tom Jobim/Vinícius de Moraes), "A Banca do Distinto" (Billy Blanco), "Pressentimento" (Elton Medeiros/Hermínio Bello de Carvalho), and "Princesa Isabel" (Sérgio Ricardo), she moved to Italy in 1969, where she performed at the Sistina theater (Rome), returning to Brazil in 1972. In the same year, she opened the show Elza Em Dia de Graça at the Opinião theater (Rio) and participated in the Brasil Export Show (Canecão).
In the '70s, she still had success with "Salve a Mocidade" (1974), and "Malandro" (1977, this song launched Jorge Aragão as a composer). But it wasn't enough to prevent her from facing huge economical adversities and at the same time, she was being systematically turned away by recording companies.
Trying unsuccessfully to develop a career abroad, she returned to Brazil in 1994, poor and depressed. Finally, she was rediscovered in the '80s by the younger generations of Brazilian rockers (Os Titãs, Lobão) and MPB artists like Caetano Veloso
Soares was awarded a Sharp Prize award as the Best Samba Singer of 1997. In November 1999, Soares participated in the show Desde Que o Samba é Samba (at Royal Albert Hall, London, England), together with Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Virgínia Rodrigues.
In 2000, her life was depicted in the musical Crioula, which had several songs written specially for her by Chico Buarque, Chico César, Nei Lopes, and others. In 2000, she was appointed Singer of the Millennium by London's BBC. Soares continues to challenge her destiny, performing shows in every venue available.
Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide
Pra Fuder
Elza Soares Lyrics
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Vejo o próprio fogo não há força pra deter
Me derreto tonta, toda pele vai arder
O meu peito em chamas solta a fera pra correr
Olho pro meu corpo sinto a lava escorrer
Vejo o próprio fogo não há força pra deter
Me derreto tonta, toda pele vai arder
Unhas cravadas induzem latejo
Roupas jogadas no chão
Pernas abertas te prendo num beijo
Sufoco a sofreguidão
Meu temporal me transforma em loba
Presa você vai gemer
Feito o cordeiro entregue pra morte
Seu sussurrar a pedir
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Olho pro meu corpo sinto a lava escorrer
Vejo o próprio fogo não há força pra deter
Me derreto tonta, toda pele vai arder
O meu peito em chamas solta a fera pra correr
Unhas cravadas induzem latejo
Roupas jogadas no chão
Pernas abertas te prendo num beijo
Sufoco a sofreguidão
Meu temporal me transforma em loba
Presa você vai gemer
Feito o cordeiro entregue pra morte
Seu sussurrar a pedir
Pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
The lyrics to Elza Soares's song "Pra Fuder" depict a powerful and uninhibited expression of sexuality and desire. The repeated phrase "Pra fuder" can be translated as "to fuck" or "to screw," and it serves as a declaration of the singer's intention to fully embrace and unleash her sexual energy and passion.
The opening lines of the song describe the singer's physical sensations, as she feels the heat and lava-like desire running through her body. She acknowledges that this fire within her cannot be stopped, and she allows herself to surrender to it. The imagery of melting and burning skin emphasizes the intensity and fierceness of her desire.
As the song continues, it becomes clear that the singer is not passive in her pursuit of pleasure. She craves the sensation of nails digging into her skin, and she takes control, trapping her partner with a kiss and suffocating their longing. She describes her transformation into a wolf-like creature, ready to assert her dominance and make her partner moan with pleasure. The reference to a lamb being offered up for slaughter suggests a power dynamic in which the singer is in control, and her partner willingly submits to her desires.
Line by Line Meaning
Olho pro meu corpo sinto a lava escorrer
As I look at my body, I feel the intense desire flowing through me
Vejo o próprio fogo não há força pra deter
I see the fire within me that cannot be extinguished
Me derreto tonta, toda pele vai arder
I melt, overwhelmed and every inch of my skin burns
O meu peito em chamas solta a fera pra correr
My burning chest releases the beast within to roam free
Unhas cravadas induzem latejo
My nails dug in, causing a pulsating ache
Roupas jogadas no chão
Clothes thrown onto the floor
Pernas abertas te prendo num beijo
With open legs, I trap you in a kiss
Sufoco a sofreguidão
I suffocate the longing
Meu temporal me transforma em loba
My storm turns me into a wolf
Presa você vai gemer
Trapped, you will moan
Feito o cordeiro entregue pra morte
Like a lamb delivered to slaughter
Seu sussurrar a pedir
Your whisper pleading
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
To fuck, to fuck, to fuck
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
To fuck, to fuck, to fuck
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
To fuck, to fuck, to fuck
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
To fuck, to fuck, to fuck
Pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder, pra fuder
To fuck, to fuck, to fuck, to fuck, to fuck, to fuck
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Kiko Dinucci
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@joslamoya7234
Por todas las Diosas, esta mujer me ha volado la cabezaaaa!!!! Es fascinante no encuentro palabras para definirla. Feliz me siento de haberla conocido a través de Canal Encuentro de Argentina.
@fmederoz
Minha gente, assistam o documentário "Elza e Mané - Amor em linhas tortas". Que história sensacional tem a Elza Soares! Parece ficção, pois é superação em cima de superação. Ela combateu o bom combate até o fim.
@lucas.guarana.cardoso
Eu realmente não esperava por essa quando ouvi o disco. Muito boa mesmo!
@joaoaraujo8769
A primeira vez que ouvi esse álbum foi no arquivo do meu celular,estava sendo atendido pelo meu cabeleireiro evangélico 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@maria_ria4068
Uma verdadeira obra de arte brasileira ... e muito fodastica !
@marcelopaiva8310
mulher, tu é de fuder! te amo demais!
@MarcioBenicio
Fosdástica essa música!!!
@vitorgramosa7099
Essa música realmente Botou Pra Fuder viu
@torssmirossvvisantossilva2144
Elza Soares uma das melhores Cantoras do Brasil e do mundo de todos os Tempos, valeu
@anjodecaid0dark
Elza Soares!❤