The son of a peasant and accordion player, he was attracted to the 8-bass accordion at an early age, although he started out by accompanying his father by playing the zabumba (a type of bass drum) and singing at parties and religious celebrations. He left home in 1930 to join the army, and toured Brazil with an army band until 1939. Gonzaga decided to remain in Rio de Janeiro with a recently purchased accordion. He performed in the streets and in bars, playing boleros, waltzes and tangos.
After noticing that the Northeastern immigrants missed the music from their hometowns, he started to give listeners the sort of music they craved to hear: xaxados, baiões, chamegos and cocos. At Ary Barroso’s talent show, Luiz Gonzaga played his chamego "Vira e Mexe" and was acclaimed by the audience and by the dreaded host, who gave him the highest score.
In 1943, he dressed up in typical Northeastern costumes for the first time to perform live, and got hyped. Later on, as well as playing popular tunes on the accordion, he began to sing his own material, and his skills as a songwriter were revealed.
Gonzaga's son, Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Júnior, known as Gonzaguinha, born 1945, was also a noted Brazilian singer and composer.
His greatest hit ever, "Asa Branca" (written with Humberto Teixeira), was recorded in 1947 and was covered countless times by many different artists. He worked on the radio until 1954, enjoying huge popularity. He is widely recognized for singlehandedly taking the baião style and the accordion to a wide audience. For a time RCA (now BMG), his recording label, was almost exclusively dedicated to printing his singles and albums. During the 60's, as the public taste shifted to bossa nova and iê-iê-iê, he found himself increasingly stranded from big city stages, so he toured the countryside, where his popularity never abated.
In the 70s and 80s, he slowly re-emerged, partly due to covers of his songs by famous artists like Geraldo Vandré, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, his son Gonzaguinha and Milton Nascimento. Some of his greatest hits are "Vozes da Seca" ("Voices From Drought"), "Algodão" ("Cotton"), "A Dança da Moda" ("The Dance In Fashion"), "ABC do Sertão" ("The ABC of Sertão"), "Derramaro o Gai" ("They Spilt the Gas"), "A Letra I" ("The 'i' letter"), "Imbalança" ("Shake It"), "A Volta da Asa-Branca" ("The Return Of The Picazuro Pigeon"), "Cintura Fina" ("Slender Waist"), "O Xote das Meninas" ("The Girls' Schottische", written with Zé Dantas, and "Juazeiro", "Paraíba", "Mangaratiba", "Baião-de-Dois", "No Meu Pé de Serra" ("There In My Homeland"), "Assum Preto" ("Blue-back Grassquit"), "Légua Tirana" ("Tyrannical league"), "Qui Nem Jiló" ("Like Solanum gilo", written with Humberto Teixeira. Other successful collaborations resulted in "Tá Bom Demais" ("It's Very Good") (with Onildo de Almeida), "Danado de Bom" ("Very Good") (with João Silva), "Dezessete e Setecentos" ("Seventeen And Seven hundred") and "Cortando o Pano" ("Cutting Cloth") (both with Miguel Lima).
Gonzaga died of natural causes at the age of 76.
Danado De Bom
Luiz Gonzaga Lyrics
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Tá danado de bom meu compade
Tá é danado de bom
Forrozinho bonitinho,
Gostosinho, safadinho,
Danado de bom
Olha o natamira na zabumba
O zé cupira no triângulo
E mariano no gonguê
Olha meu compadre na viola
Meu sobrinho na manola
E cipriano no melê
Olha a meninada nas cuié
Tá sobrando capilé
E já tem bêbo pra daná,
Tem nego grudado que nem piolho
Tem nega piscando o olho
Me chamando pra dançar
Tá é danado de bom...
Tá, que forrozinho de primeira
Já num cabe forrozeiro
E cada vez chegando mais
Tá, da cozinha e do terreiro,
Sanfoneiro, zabumbeiro
Pra frente e pra trás
Olha meu compadre damião
Pode apagar o lampeão
Que tá querendo clarear
Agüenta o fole meu compadre bororó
Que esse é o tipo de forró
Luiz Gonzaga's song Danado De Bom is a joyful celebration of the popular music genre of forró. The lyrics express the delight of the singer and his compadre in the music they are dancing to - it's just so good! They describe the musicians playing each instrument, highlighting the skill of each one, and the festive atmosphere in which they are playing. The people around them are also described - the kids drinking capilé, the drunk guys dancing and the women winking at them. The singer acknowledges that the forró is so great that it's attracting more and more fans, and he calls out to the musicians to keep playing and to keep the dance going.
Line by Line Meaning
Tá é danado de bom
This is really amazing
Tá danado de bom meu compade
This is absolutely incredible, my friend
Tá é danado de bom
This is really amazing
Forrozinho bonitinho, Gostosinho, safadinho, Danado de bom
This little Forró dance is cute, fun, and mischievous all at the same time - absolutely amazing!
Olha o natamira na zabumba
Look at Natamira playing the zabumba drum
O zé cupira no triângulo
Zé Cupira is playing the triangle
E mariano no gonguê
And Mariano is playing the gong
Olha meu compadre na viola
Look at my friend playing the viola
Meu sobrinho na manola
My nephew is playing the manola (a type of guitar)
E cipriano no melê
And Cipriano is playing the melê (an instrument similar to the maracas)
Olha a meninada nas cuié
Look at the kids playing the cuié (a type of percussion instrument)
Tá sobrando capilé
There's plenty of Capilé (a type of Brazilian drink made from sugarcane)
E já tem bêbo pra daná,
And there are already people dancing
Tem nego grudado que nem piolho
Some people are dancing so close they're stuck like lice
Tem nega piscando o olho
Some women are winking at me, inviting me to dance
Me chamando pra dançar
They're calling me to dance with them
Tá é danado de bom...
This is really amazing
Tá, que forrozinho de primeira
This is some seriously good Forró music
Já num cabe forrozeiro
Even the most experienced Forró dancers can't resist
E cada vez chegando mais
More and more people keep coming
Tá, da cozinha e do terreiro, Sanfoneiro, zabumbeiro, Pra frente e pra trás
This party is filled with people from all over, including the kitchen and the backyard. The accordion players and drummers are keeping the beat going, and everyone is dancing from side to side.
Olha meu compadre damião
Look at my friend Damião
Pode apagar o lampeão
You can turn off the lantern
Que tá querendo clarear
It's getting brighter outside
Agüenta o fole meu compadre bororó
Hold on to the accordion, my friend Bororó
Que esse é o tipo de forró
This is the type of Forró that you don't want to stop dancing to
Contributed by Bailey D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@dayaneandrade27
Tá é danado de bom
Tá danado de bom meu compade
Tá é danado de bom
Forrozinho bonitinho
Gostosinho, safadinho
Danado de bom
Olha o natamira na zabumba
O zé cupira no triângulo
E Mariano no gonguê
Olha meu compadre na viola
Meu sobrinho na manola
E cipriano no melê
Olha a meninada nas cuié
Tá sobrando capilé
E já tem bêbo pra daná
Tem nego grudado que nem piolho
Tem nega piscando o olho
Me chamando pra dançar
Tem nego grudado que nem piolho
Tem nega piscando o olho
Me chamando pra dançar
E eu vô lá
Tá é danado de bom
Tá danado de bom meu compade
Tá é danado de bom
Forrozinho bonitinho
Gostosinho, safadinho
Danado de bom
Tá, que forrozinho de primeira
Já num cabe forrozeiro
E cada vez chegando mais
Tá, da cozinha pro terreiro
Sanfoneiro, zabumbeiro
Pra frente e pra trás
Olha meu compadre Damião
Pode apagar o lampião
Que tá querendo clarear
Agüenta o fole meu compadre bororó
Que esse é o tipo de forró
Que não tem hora pra parar
Tá é danado de bom
Tá danado de bom meu compade
Tá é danado de bom
Forrozinho bonitinho
Gostosinho, safadinho
Danado de bom
@rainychaves8429
Quando tem talento a morte não é motivo de esquecimento.
Viva seu Luiz!
@Giselesilva-ql1nv
concertezah
@mariafernandobispo9795
Viva o rei do baião:Gente👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
@riodoaraiodisol5703
@Gisele silva 8
@israelarruda6766
como eu tenho orgulho de ser nordestino ser baiano. viva Luiz gonzaga viva o Brasil
@isalima1286
Eita forró da mulestaaaA❤ orgulho de Ser NORDESTINA 😊❤
@hildebrandopinto3548
Nasci no interior do nordeste e tenho a honra de ter convivido com essa cultura de forró na sanfona, triângulo, zabumba e pandeiro.
@mariaday1603
Obrigado Deus por ter existindo Luis gonzaga !!! um ícone do Nordeste!!! e graças que existe o YouTube!!! poder rever essa lenda não tem preço!
@melissacavalcante2839
Luis e dominguinhos , amo os dois. Show de cultura e talento. Ai meu Nordeste que saudade
@robsonferreira3939
Orgulho retado de ser nordestino cê tá doido quando ouço Gonzaga parece que incorpora em mim um sertanejo daqueles que bate de frente com qualquer dificuldade e acha é pouco.