As a teenager, he was a member of the band Os Polissonantes, which also featured Brazilian actor Kadu Moliterno on bass guitar. In 1969, Arantes started the band Moto Perpétuo with fellow students from São Paulo University (USP) Architecture course.
Arantes dropped out of university to dedicate himself to his solo career, and in 1976, his song "Meu Mundo e Nada Mais" (My world and nothing more) was picked by Brazil’s main TV station Rede Globo to be featured in the soundtrack of soap opera Anjo Mau. The song was a hit, and Arantes toured the country for the first time.
His first self-titled album was released the same year on Globo's Som Livre label. The song "Cuide-se Bem" (Take good care of yourself) from the same record, was also picked by Globo for another soap opera, Duas Vidas.
Arantes went on to write 23 additional songs for soap operas soundtracks, most of them becoming radio hits. Besides his solo work, he has also written songs for artists such as Gang 90 & Absurdettes, Elis Regina, Marina Lima and Maria Bethânia.
He had several hits during the 80s including: “Brincar de Viver”, "Meu Mundo e Nada Mais”, “Planeta Água" "Cheia de Charme”, "Coisas do Brasil” among many others. Most of his songs are written by him, and some in collaboration with other composers.
His songs have also achieved success in the voice of major Brazilian artists such as: Elis Regina, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos, Cláudia Telles, Gang 90, Biafra, Ana Belém, Quarteto em Cy, Jessé, Cauby Peixoto, Belchior, Ney Matogrosso, Luiz Ayrão, Sandra Sá, MPB-4, Fafá de Belém, A Cor do Som, Vanusa, Zizi Possi, Joanna, Eliete Negreiros, Emílio Santiago, Barão Vermelho, Os Cariocas, 14 Bis, Flávio Venturini, Verônica Sabino, Ná Ozetti, Pena Branca & Xavantinho, Nenhum de Nós, Klébi, Chitãozinho e Xororó, Maria Bethânia, Leila Pinheiro, Sá & Guarabira, and others.
Arantes is stil a prolific artist - his 2017 album Flores & Cores (Flowers & Colors), was elected the 13th best Brazilian album of the year by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone.
In 2018 he composed a song for major Brazilian singer Gal Costa titled “Puro sangue” (Pure Blood) for her album “A Pele do Futuro” (“Future Skin”).
He keeps composing for soap operas, writing the pop song “Magia do Amor” for Globo’s soap “Verão 90” (Summer 90); and in December 2018 he released the single “Nossa Imensidão a Dois”.
Planeta água
Guilherme Arantes Lyrics
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Serena do mundo
E que abre um
Profundo grotão
Água que faz inocente
Riacho e deságua
Na corrente do ribeirão
Águas escuras dos rios
Que levam
A fertilidade ao sertão
Águas que banham aldeias
E matam a sede da população
Águas que caem das pedras
No véu das cascatas
Ronco de trovão
E depois dormem tranqüilas
No leito dos lagos
No leito dos lagos
Água dos igarapés
Onde Iara, a mãe d'água
É misteriosa canção
Água que o sol evapora
Pro céu vai embora
Virar nuvens de algodão
Gotas de água da chuva
Alegre arco-íris
Sobre a plantação
Gotas de água da chuva
Tão tristes, são lágrimas
Na inundação
Águas que movem moinhos
São as mesmas águas
Que encharcam o chão
E sempre voltam humildes
Pro fundo da terra
Pro fundo da terra
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Água que nasce na fonte
Serena do mundo
E que abre um
Profundo grotão
Água que faz inocente
Riacho e deságua
Na corrente do ribeirão
Águas escuras dos rios
Que levam a fertilidade ao sertão
Águas que banham aldeias
E matam a sede da população
Águas que movem moinhos
São as mesmas águas
Que encharcam o chão
E sempre voltam humildes
Pro fundo da terra
Pro fundo da terra
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Guilherme Arantes's "Planeta Água" is a song that celebrates and pays tribute to the power and importance of water on earth. The song portrays water as a vital resource for sustaining life on earth, from the source of the serene springs to the deep grooves that form as the water winds its way forward, the water continues to offer its life-giving properties to sustain life. The song is a hymn to the beauty of the natural world, with its cascading waterfalls, rivers, lakes, and Igarapes where the mysterious entity of Iara, the mother of water, dwells.
The lyrics celebrate the water's power to transform and nurture life by spreading across the land and bringing the gift of fertility to the sertão, providing water to the people and irrigating crops. In contrast, the lyrics depict the destructive force of water in the form of floods, causing sadness and devastation as it pours from the sky, forming tears of lamentation. The song concludes by repeating the line "Terra! Planeta Água," emphasizing the ultimate importance of water to Earth's survival and prosperity, and cycling all the elements back to where they began, the land, and the water that feeds it in return.
In conclusion, "Planeta Água" by Guilherme Arantes is a song that underscores the importance of water in the world. The lyrics reveal the power and importance of water as a life-giving resource, providing sustenance, and nurturing life. The song is an ode to the beauty of nature and underlines the message that water is essential to the survival of the planet.
Line by Line Meaning
Água que nasce na fonte
Serena do mundo
E que abre um
Profundo grotão
Água que faz inocente
Riacho e deságua
Na corrente do ribeirão
This stanza talks about how water comes from springs and creates gentle streams that eventually turn into strong rivers as it merges with other streams and often creates deep gorges.
Águas escuras dos rios
Que levam
A fertilidade ao sertão
Águas que banham aldeias
E matam a sede da população
This stanza describes how dark rivers carry fertile sediment to dry areas, and how those same waters bring sustenance and relief to human communities by quenching their thirst.
Águas que caem das pedras
No véu das cascatas
Ronco de trovão
E depois dormem tranqüilas
No leito dos lagos
No leito dos lagos
This stanza romanticizes how waterfalls and rapids loudly tumble down rocks, creating a thunderous roar, then settle gently in calm lake beds afterward.
Água dos igarapés
Onde Iara, a mãe d'água
É misteriosa canção
Água que o sol evapora
Pro céu vai embora
Virar nuvens de algodão
This stanza talks about how the shallow, winding streams which shroud a mysterious siren, and how the sun's heat evaporates water, becoming the fluffy clouds of cotton.
Gotas de água da chuva
Alegre arco-íris
Sobre a plantação
Gotas de água da chuva
Tão tristes, são lágrimas
Na inundação
This stanza highlights how rain can joyfully water crops and create beautiful rainbows, but heavy rainfall can lead to floods and therefore become tears of sadness.
Águas que movem moinhos
São as mesmas águas
Que encharcam o chão
E sempre voltam humildes
Pro fundo da terra
Pro fundo da terra
This stanza emphasizes how the same waters that turn the wheels of industrial mills can also flood fields and always humbly find their way back into the earth.
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
Terra! Planeta Água
This repeated refrain reminds us that Earth is a planet shaped, formed, and sustained by water, therefore arousing a human appreciation for, and responsibility towards, this essential resource.
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Written by: ARANTES
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