Jorge Mautner, stage name of Henrique Jorge Mautner (Rio de Janeiro, Januar… Read Full Bio ↴Jorge Mautner, stage name of Henrique Jorge Mautner (Rio de Janeiro, January 17, 1941) is a singer, composer and writer in Brazil.
Son of Anna Illichi of Yugoslav origin and Catholic, and Paul Mautner, an austrian jew, Jorge Mautner was born shortly after his parents landed in Brazil: "I was born here a month after my parents arrived in Brazil, fleeing the Holocaust" .
In 1948, his parents divorced. Anna married the violinist Henri Muller and moved to São Paulo. Henri George teaches George the violin.
Mautner begins to write his first book, "Deus da chuva e da morte" at age 15. The book was published in 1962 and consists, with "Kaos" (1964) and "Narciso em tarde cinza" (1966), of the trilogy now known as the Kaos mythology.
In 1962, adheres to the Brazilian Communist Party, invited by Professor Mario Schenberg to participate, with Jose Roberto Aguilar, in a cultural cell in the Central Committee.
After the 1964 military coup, Mautner is arrested. He is released under the condition that he will express himself more "carefully". In 1966, he goes to the United States, where he works at UNESCO and works in translation for Brazilian books. He also gave lectures on these books for the Inter-American Literature. Since 1967, he starts working as secretary to the poet Robert Lowell; he meets Paul Goodman, sociologist, poet and anarchist peace activist of the New Left, from whom he receives significant influence.
In 1970, he goes to London, where he approaches Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. Back to Brazil he starts writing in the journal O Pasquim. At this time, Nelson Jacobina knows who will be his musical partner in the following decades.
On December 10,1973, the toughest period of military dictatorship, he participates in the Banquete dos Mendigos, show-manifesto conceived and directed by Jards Macalé, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. With UN support, the show takes place at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, transformed into "free territory", and results in double-album recorded live. The album was banned for six years by the military regime and only released in 1979.
Mautner releases in 1987, with Gilberto Gil, the movement "Figa Brasil" on the show O Poeta e o Esfomeado. Figa Brasil is linked to the Kaos movement, and aims to discuss issues related to Brazilian culture.

Among his musical achievements recorded by great names of MPB are included the songs O vampiro (Caetano Veloso), Maracatu atômico (Gilberto Gil e Chico Science & Nação Zumbi), Lágrimas negras (Gal Costa), Samba dos animas (Lulu Santos) Rock Comendo Cereja, O vampiro e Samba Jambo com (Jonge).

Marielle Franco
Jorge Mautner Lyrics

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Uma força furiosa me impele a gritar
Com os nervos à flor da pele
É preciso exterminar
A doença mental, física e assassina
Do racismo, do anti-feminismo
E do neonazismo

É preciso arrancar

Da medula dos ossos
Dos nervos até a epiderme da pele
Este medonho cancro

Que matou Anderson Gomes
E que matou Marielle Franco

Overall Meaning

These lyrics are from the song "Marielle Franco" by Jorge Mautner. The song is a powerful call to action against social injustices, specifically addressing the need to eradicate the diseases of racism, anti-feminism, and neo-Nazism.

The opening lines convey a sense of urgency and frustration, as Mautner sings about a furious force compelling him to shout out with his nerves on edge. He emphasizes the necessity to exterminate the mental, physical, and murderous illnesses that permeate society. By mentioning racism, anti-feminism, and neo-Nazism, Mautner highlights three interconnected forms of discrimination and hatred that need to be confronted and overcome.

In the second verse, Mautner urges the need to uproot and eradicate this horrifying cancer that has taken the lives of Anderson Gomes and Marielle Franco. Anderson Gomes was a musician and Marielle Franco was a Brazilian politician and human rights activist who was tragically murdered in 2018. Their names symbolize the loss and tragedy caused by these diseases, and Mautner's lyrics call for their legacy to inspire action towards a better and more just society.

Overall, "Marielle Franco" is a powerful song that addresses pressing social issues, affirming the importance of fighting against racism, anti-feminism, and neo-Nazism. It is a call for unity and the elimination of these diseases that continue to plague society.

Line by Line Meaning

Uma força furiosa me impele a gritar
An intense force drives me to shout

Com os nervos à flor da pele
With nerves on edge

É preciso exterminar
It is necessary to exterminate

A doença mental, física e assassina
The mental, physical, and deadly disease

Do racismo, do anti-feminismo
Of racism, of anti-feminism

E do neonazismo
And of neo-Nazism

É preciso arrancar
It is necessary to uproot

Da medula dos ossos
From the marrow of the bones

Dos nervos até a epiderme da pele
From the nerves to the skin's epidermis

Este medonho cancro
This dreadful cancer

Que matou Anderson Gomes
That killed Anderson Gomes