After his second departure from TNT, Basso began to perform solo, under the moniker "Woody Apple". It wasn't until 1995 when he adopted the stage name he became famous for, Júpiter Maçã, and formed the very short-lived project Os Pereiras Azuiz alongside Ubirajara Guimarães, Rogério Campos and Luiz Wilfrido. In 1997 he signed with independent label Antídoto to release his first solo full-length album, A Sétima Efervescência; with a heavily psychedelic and experimental sonority comparable to Pink Floyd's 1967 debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the album was critically acclaimed at the time of its release and in 2007 was ranked 96th at Rolling Stone Brasil's list of 100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records.
Its follow-up from 1999, Plastic Soda, unlike its predecessor, was fully sung in English; to reflect this, Basso signed the album as Jupiter Apple. It was characterized by an increase in the experimental elements already present in A Sétima Efervescência, mixing psychedelic rock with bossa nova and jazz. Even though it also had a good reception, critics considered it a very hard album to listen to. After the album's release Basso temporarily moved to England, returning to Brazil in 2002.
Hisscivilization, his third album, was released soon afterwards, and was his most ambitious and elaborate work, composed of 13 mostly instrumental tracks, the longest of which opens the album and is over 11 minutes long. Basso experimented more with electronic music elements in this album, what polarized critics and fans alike. In 2003 he moved to Europe once again – this time to Spain – alongside his then-domestic partner Bibiana "Bibmo" Morena to work on further material; after a 4-year hiatus, both returned to Brazil and he released alongside her the collaborative album Bitter. In the same year he released his fourth (and ultimately last) album, Uma Tarde na Fruteira.
Alongside Tatá Aeroplano, he wrote and directed the short film Apartment Jazz, which was broadcast for the first time by MTV in 2010. In 2015 he began work on a second short, Jane's Nightmare; a trailer was uploaded to YouTube on July 15, but the film was left unfinished. He also hosted the short-lived talk show Júpiter Maçã Show on MTV.
Known for his extravagant lifestyle, Basso struggled with alcoholism and drug abuse throughout most of his life, and was undergoing a treatment for cirrhosis on his later years. On December 21, 2015, he was found dead on the bathroom floor in his apartment; his cause of death was later revealed as being multiple organ failure. His wake was held at the Teatro Renascença in Porto Alegre, and he was buried the following day at the Cemitério Ecumênico João XXIII
A Marchinha Psicótica de Dr. Soup
Júpiter Maçã Lyrics
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Segue agora um mosaico de imagens mil
Chamado a marchinha psicótica de dr. Soup
A noiva do arlequim e o malabarista
Chegaram junto com a fada e o inspetor nazista
Chacretes e coristas em teatro de revista
Bem-vindos a orgia niilista, ai que gostoso
Que delícia, muito mais paulista
A musa do Pinóquio era bolchevista
A mais formosa melindrosa pega na Suíça
Suíça pra ela era pegar rapaz
E pra provar minha querida
O meu amor tão radical
Eu escrevi essa marchinha
Para tocar no carnaval
O milênio passaria e a marchinha seguiria
Sendo cult underground
Mas até 2020 seria revisitada
E virar hit nacional
O timbre do Caetano é super bacana
Não pense que eu estou copiando, que eu sou banana
Peguei emprestado pras artes da semana
Abrindo as portas da percepção
Um tal de Aldous Huxley de cara, ficou doidão
Tomando toda a solução
Doidão é apelido para a paranóia
Toda jibóia, toda bóia, toda clarabóia
Querida, que tal baixar o televisor?
Deitado no divã com Woody Allen
Eu tive um sonho com aquele estranho velho alien
Que era cabeça Bob Dylan, barba Ginsberg Allen
E pra provar minha querida
O meu amor tão radical
Eu escrevi essa marchinha
Para tocar no carnaval
O milênio passaria e a marchinha seguiria
Sendo cult underground
Mas até 2020 seria revisitada
E virar hit nacional
Composição: Flávio Basso
In "A Marchinha Psicótica de Dr. Soup," Jupiter Apple narrates a parade of surreal and bizarre characters, creating a mosaic of psychedelic images. The song starts with the promise of an explanation, but instead, it launches into a procession of characters, starting with the bride of Harlequin and the juggler, and continuing with the fairy and the Nazi inspector, showgirls and singers in a revue theater. The lyrics seem to describe a nihilistic orgy: "welcome to the nihilistic orgy, how delicious, much more Sao Paulo."
The parade continues with the introduction of the human cannonball and the cannon woman, the muse of Pinocchio, who was a Bolshevik, and the most beautiful flapper who hooked up with a Swiss guy. To prove his love, Jupiter Apple wrote the "psychotic march" for his beloved as a radical act, and he predicts that the song will continue to be a cult underground hit until 2020, when it will finally become a national hit. The song features obscure references and wordplay and includes allusions to Aldous Huxley, Bob Dylan, and Allen Ginsberg.
One interesting fact about the song is that Jupiter Apple was the stage name of Flavio Basso, a Brazilian musician known for his experimental mixture of psychedelic rock, pop, and electronic music. He started his career in the late 1990s and gained a cult following, especially among fans of psychedelic music. The song "A Marchinha Psicótica de Dr. Soup" was released in 2002 and was included in his album entitled "Uma Tarde na Fruteira."
Another interesting fact is that the lyrics of the song reflect the influence of the Beat generation and the Brazilian Tropicália movement of the 1960s. The song's surreal and subversive imagery and references to countercultural figures like Huxley, Dylan, and Ginsberg reflect a tradition of artistic experimentation in Brazil and the United States.
The chords for "A Marchinha Psicótica de Dr. Soup" are as follows: Am, F, G, E, D, A.
Line by Line Meaning
Antes de nada eu gostaria de explicar
Antes de qualquer coisa, eu gostaria de esclarecer
Segue agora um mosaico de imagens mil
Agora apresento uma variedade de imagens distintas
Chamado a marchinha psicótica de dr. Soup
Assim denominada a marchinha psicótica de Dr. Soup
A noiva do arlequim e o malabarista
O casal de artistas do circo, a noiva do arlequim e o malabarista
Chegaram junto com a fada e o inspetor nazista
A fadinha e o inspetor nazista também chegaram
Chacretes e coristas em teatro de revista
Moças do Chacrinha e coristas em um teatro de revista
Bem-vindos a orgia niilista, ai que gostoso
Sejam bem-vindos à orgia sem sentido, que prazer
Que delícia, muito mais paulista
Que saboroso, ainda mais tipicamente paulistano
Anunciados o homem-bala e a mulher canhão
Apresentados o homem-bala e a mulher canhão
A musa do Pinóquio era bolchevista
A musa do Pinóquio era adepta do comunismo
A mais formosa melindrosa pega na Suíça
A melindrosa mais bela seduzia na Suíça
Suíça pra ela era pegar rapaz
Para ela, pegar rapazes era patente na Suíça
E pra provar minha querida
E para demonstrar, meu amor
O meu amor tão radical
Meu amor tão extremo
Eu escrevi essa marchinha
Eu compus esta marchinha
Para tocar no carnaval
Para ser tocada no carnaval
O milênio passaria e a marchinha seguiria
Os anos passariam e a marchinha continuaria
Sendo cult underground
Sendo um cult underground
Mas até 2020 seria revisitada
Mas até o ano de 2020 seria revivida
E virar hit nacional
E se tornaria um sucesso nacional
O timbre do Caetano é super bacana
O timbre do Caetano é muito legal
Não pense que eu estou copiando, que eu sou banana
Não pense que estou plagiando, que sou fraco
Peguei emprestado pras artes da semana
Eu emprestei para as artes da semana
Abrindo as portas da percepção
Expondo novas possibilidades de percepção
Um tal de Aldous Huxley de cara, ficou doidão
Aldous Huxley imediatamente ficou chapado
Tomando toda a solução
Ingerindo toda a solução
Doidão é apelido para a paranóia
Estar chapado é um eufemismo para paranoia
Toda jibóia, toda bóia, toda clarabóia
Toda cobra, todo bêbado, toda claraboia
Querida, que tal baixar o televisor?
Amor, que tal desligar a TV?
Deitado no divã com Woody Allen
Deitado no divã com Woody Allen
Eu tive um sonho com aquele estranho velho alien
Eu sonhei com aquele estranho velho alienígena
Que era cabeça Bob Dylan, barba Ginsberg Allen
Ele tinha a mente de Bob Dylan e a barba de Ginsberg Allen
Contributed by Ian S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@rafaelcordeiro3899
Fevereiro de 2024 alguém???? Escutando este hino pre Carnaval. ❤
@user-wv2iy1nt8e
Neste exato momento.
@jefersonmollerdossantos7735
abril 2024
@bybystar
E já estamos em 2020. Aguardando a Marchinha virar hit nacional!
Feliz ano novo pessoal!
@milianmedeiros
;)
@Valen-cz4ci
Feliz ano novoo :)
@nerdvideo1234
Feliz!
@spacejunk1172
Meu carnaval, até então insignificante, ganhou um novo sentido. Hahaha com certeza ouvirei no carnaval
@strougt
Temos uma missão: transformar essa música em hit nacional esse ano!!
@murilosanches420
2023 e a marchinha continua sendo revisitada eternamente por pessoas como eu ❤