Gal became one of Brazil's foremost Tropicália counterculture movement singers during the late 1960s and early 70s, quickly earning the title as one of the best and most acclaimed singers in Brazil, following a very succesful career with many hits and prestige over the years. During Tropicália, she became a political activist, coming into conflict with Brazil's government when dissent in music was censored, and later coming to represent the movement all alone in her country when her fellow Tropicália members and friends were exhiled to London due to the heavy dictatorship that was going on at the time.
Fellow musician Caetano Veloso, introduced her to Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé in 1963 (and later Maria Bethânia), who managed to secure her a recording deal in São Paulo for her debut album Domingo with Caetano Veloso. A bit before recording her first album, "Father of Bossa Nova" João Gilberto, met her and after a couple of hours hearing Gracinha (as she was known at the time) sing for him as he was playing the acoustic guitar, he said: "Gracinha, you're Brazil's greatest female singer". In the following years, Gal would prove his statement right with a fruitful and rewarding career, and with the encouragement of João Gilberto himself; her biggest idol.
Gal has recorded songs composed by a number of Brazil's most popular songwriters such as Antônio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben Jor, Chico Buarque, Rita Lee and especially her close friends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. She was also a member of the supergroup Doces Bárbaros, active in 1976, 1994 and 2002.
Nossos Momentos
Gal Costa Lyrics
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Palavras são iguais àquelas que eu te dediquei
Eu escrevi na fria areia um nome para amar
O mar chegou, tudo apagou
Palavras levam o mar
Teu coração, praia distante em meu perdido olhar
Teu coração mais inconstante que a incerteza do mar
Teu castelo de carinhos
Momentos meus que foram teus...
Agora é recordar
Eu escrevi na fria areia um nome para amar
O mar chegou, tudo apagou
Palavras levam o mar
Teu coração, praia distante em meu perdido olhar
Teu coração, mais inconstante que a incerteza do mar
Teu castelo de carinhos
Eu nem pude terminar
Momentos meus, que foram teus...
Agora é recordar
The lyrics of Gal Costa's song Nossos Momentos evoke a sense of nostalgia and longing for lost love. The first verse talks about how moments are just like those in which the singer loved the person they are addressing, and words are the same as those they dedicated to them. However, the sea came and washed away the name written on the cold sand, and the words are taken away by the sea. The next verse speaks about how the person's heart is a distant beach in the singer's lost gaze, and it is more unstable than the uncertainty of the sea. The singer couldn't even finish the castle of affections that they had built for them. The chorus repeats how the singer wrote a name on the cold sand to love, but the sea came and washed it away. The final line of the song is "Now, it's just memories to remember."
The metaphor of the ocean in the song is used to represent the fleeting nature of love and how easily things can be taken away. The cold sand and incertitude of the sea represent the uncertainty and impermanence of love. The song also portrays the sadness that comes with the realization that love has ended and all that is left are memories.
Line by Line Meaning
Momentos são iguais aqueles em que eu te amei
The memories are like the ones when I loved you
Palavras são iguais àquelas que eu te dediquei
The words are like the ones I dedicated to you
Eu escrevi na fria areia um nome para amar
I wrote a name to love on the cold sand
O mar chegou, tudo apagou
The sea came and erased everything
Palavras levam o mar
Words are taken away by the sea
Teu coração, praia distante em meu perdido olhar
Your heart is like a distant beach in my lost gaze
Teu coração mais inconstante que a incerteza do mar
Your heart is more inconstant than the uncertainty of the sea
Teu castelo de carinhos
Your castle of affections
Eu nem puder terminar
I couldn't even finish it
Momentos meus que foram teus...
My moments that were yours...
Agora é recordar
Now it's time to remember
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Haroldo Barbosa, Luiz Abdenago Dos Reis
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