1) A German Black Met… Read Full Bio ↴Gram is a name shared by more than one artist:
1) A German Black Metal band. Released "May I Never Hear Your Voices Again" full-length in 2009.
2) A Dutch indieband around Marg van Eenbergen (Gram is her first name, spelled backwards). Van Eenbergen gained prominence in the Dutch indie scene as the front woman of Amsterdam-based indie band Seedling. After Seedling's split in 2004, Van Eenbergen worked with Dutch band About and started working on her début album as Gram. Four-Letter Word (2008) was released to critical acclaim. The second (poppier!) Gram album, Play Me is set for release in October 2011.
3) A British electronic musician. Graham Love had been using Impulse Tracker to compose hip-hop and drum'n'bass influenced electronica for several years before German independent label Underscan put out his debut EP in 2002 as a limited vinyl release. He has since toured Switzerland with Underscan, appeared on a compilation for Underscan, and appeared on another compilation for Kraked. Lately he hasn't had enough time for music and has pretty much stopped producing.
Gram stands for a Good Reason to Ask for More. Not to be confused with Gramm (aka Farben, Jan Jelinek).
4) A Brazilian band that existed between 2002 and 2007.
Brazilian band who met a relatively big success when the hit "Você Pode Ir Na Janela", from their eponymous first album, got good airplay on radio stations around the country. The video for the song, an animation featuring the love delusions of a cat, was partly responsible for that.
In 2005, they released a MTV Live DVD special, featuring all the songs from the first album, a Beatles cover ("Across The Universe"), an Ira! cover ("Dias de Luta") and a new song called "Melhor Assim".
Gram's first album was heavily influenced by britpop bands like Beatles and Coldplay. Most of the songs are guitar-based, with two or three guitars but unlike many bands, there are lots of keyboards, some songs were composed in the piano ("Sonho Bom", for example), some time signature shifts ("Você Pode Ir Na Janela" has a 4/4 beat but its guitars follow a waltz-like 3/4 figure; "Quase Ilusão" doubles its tempo at the end; "Faça Alguma Coisa" is a fast 3/4 song).
Some similarities between singer Sergio Filho's voice and lyrics with Los Hermanos raised some comparison between these bands (even though the sound and compositional style of the two bands are quite different). With the intention to distance themselves from this comparison, their sophomore effort, "Seu Minuto, Meu Segundo", expanded Gram's sound. The songs are less guitar-heavy and the keyboards made them a little more layered. The Beatles (in "Você Tem") and Radiohead/Coldplay ("Vivo de Novo") influences are still there, but there are more acoustic guitars ("Em Nome do Filho", the outro in "Parte de Mim") and even a New Order-ish dance-beat song (the title track). Marcello Pagotto's McCartnesque bass is more upfront in some songs ("Vale A Pena" and the title track), being the lead more than the counterpoint.
5) One of the names DJ Genki goes by occasionally. Refer to DJ Genki for further info.
O Rei do Sol
Gram Lyrics
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Mora um rei que vendeu amor
E comprou o mundo
Só faltava comprar o Sol
Depois do Sol
Depois do Sol é frio
Depois do Sol é frio
Bem no fim do livro
O soldado atirou no rei
Pôs um fim à guerra
E ergueu suas mãos ao céu
Depois do Sol
Depois do Sol é frio
Depois do Sol é frio
O rei do Sol
O rei do Sol é frio
(Quem é você
Que explora o Sol
Mas é tão frio?
Quem é seu o rei?
Quem é você
Que explora o sol
Mas é tão frio?)
O rei do Sol
O rei do Sol é frio
(Quem é seu o rei?
Quem é você
Que explora o sol
Mas é tão frio?)
The lyrics of "O Rei do Sol" by Gram are open to interpretation as they present a mix of mystical and political themes. The song seems to be about a powerful king who has everything in the world except the sun. He has sold love to obtain his power and wealth, but this is not enough for him, he wants to own the sun. This may symbolize the king’s greed and obsession, which leads him to desire something that he cannot possess.
The second verse reveals that the king’s reign comes to an end with a soldier shooting him. This could represent the downfall of corrupt political leaders and the triumph of justice or the end of tyranny. The chorus implies a sense of afterlife, as it says that "After the sun, it's cold." This line may suggest that afterlife is a bleak or detached existence, without the warmth and light provided by the sun.
Overall, "O Rei do Sol" is a commentary on power, greed, justice, and mortality. The song seems to touch on the human pursuit of power and the inevitability of death.
Line by Line Meaning
Bem no fim da história
At the end of the story
Mora um rei que vendeu amor
There lives a king who sold love
E comprou o mundo
And bought the world
Só faltava comprar o Sol
The only thing left was to buy the Sun
Depois do Sol
After the Sun
Depois do Sol é frio
After the Sun, it's cold
Depois do Sol é frio
After the Sun, it's cold
Bem no fim do livro
At the end of the book
O soldado atirou no rei
The soldier shot the king
Pôs um fim à guerra
Ended the war
E ergueu suas mãos ao céu
And raised his hands to the sky
Depois do Sol
After the Sun
Depois do Sol é frio
After the Sun, it's cold
Depois do Sol é frio
After the Sun, it's cold
O rei do Sol
The king of the Sun
O rei do Sol é frio
The king of the Sun is cold
(Quem é você
(Who are you
Que explora o Sol
That exploits the Sun
Mas é tão frio?
But is so cold?)
Quem é seu o rei?
Who is your king?
Quem é você
Who are you
Que explora o sol
That exploits the Sun
Mas é tão frio?
But is so cold?)
)
)
Writer(s): SERGIO GUILHERME FILHO, MARCO LOSCHIAVO
Contributed by Michael J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Sidnei Rocha
Tenho a impressão de que a música fala sobre a sociedade que deixa de buscar o amor e a felicidade simples por tudo que o dinheiro pode comprar(O REI QUE VENDEU O AMOR). Apesar de buscarmos o dinheiro sabemos o valor do amor, pois o rei comprou o mundo(QUE COMPROU O MUNDO/ SÓ FALTAVA COMPRAR O SOL). No final também fala sobre a violência e as guerras, depois que vendemos o amor compramos a guerra, dessa maneira mostra que quem sofre com a guerra sabe o valor da paz(O SOLDADO ATIROU NO REI/ POES UM FIM NA GUERRA/ E ERGUEU SUAS MÃOS AO CÉU). Depois que o homem destruir tudo que tem para comprar que não resta mais, só lhe restará o frio(DEPOIS DO SOL É FRIO). E assim todos nós seremos reis do sol e o Rei do sol é frio.
BoJack
Cara...baita análise, nunca parei pra pensar nessa letra porém o que você disse faz muito sentido.
Gustavo Costa
incrível análise
Henrique Gomes
Perfeito!
Angelo Ribeiro
tô bebado e não entendi nada do que você falou.... Mas assino embaixo!
Lucas ChakaL
singelo, porem resume tudo! Grato pelo seu comentário.
Carol Oliveira
Nossa estava a procura dessa música a anos.
Achei tô muito feliz🙏🙏🙏
A. C.
Dá uma nostalgia boa, essa música! ♥
Breno Lima
até hoje eu queria entender porque ele parou de cantar, fã incondicional da antiga formação
Filipe Alves
@Valdir Marques de Souza cbjr ?