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1. A Brazilian MPB singer and songwriter
2. A Grammy-nominated American jazz singer
1. Maysa Figueira Monjardim Matarazzo (June 6, 1936, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – January 22, 1977, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress, being one of the first female songwriters of Brazil and one of the precursors of the genre samba-canção. She had great success in the 1950s and 1960s, known especially for her pessimistic, hopeless, melancholic and dramatic lyrics and interpretations, very characteristic of her image and career. She is also associated with bossa nova music, but is widely known as a torch song (música de fossa) interpreter.
Maysa's grandfather was Alfeu Adolfo Monjardim de Andrade e Almeida, the 1st Baron of Monjardim, and wife Laurinda Luísa Pinto Pereira. Maysa showed talent at a young age and by twelve had written a samba song, which later became a hit from her first album. She married André Matarazzo Filho, a member of a wealthy and traditional São Paulo family in 1954 at the age of 18 and two years later had a son, Jayme Monjardim. Jayme would later be known as a television director. In the late 1950s she formed a successful bossa nova group and also did television work relying on her magnificent pair of gorgeous green eyes.
Her tour to Buenos Aires first projected bossa nova beyond Brazil's borders but was not without controversy. The tour was a great success and extended to Chile and Uruguay, but Maysa had an affair with the show's producer, Ronaldo Bôscoli, a journalist and composer linked romantically to bossa nova's muse Nara Leão. This led not only to a break between Nara and Ronaldo, but also to a fracture in the bossa nova movement. Nara supported Carlos Lyra's nationalist vertent of the bossa nova movement, to the detriment of Boscoli's more orthodox approach, emphasizing form rather than content in bossa nova compositions. Nara also began courting older composers of traditional sambas, such as morro composers Zé Kéti and Cartola. She also became an idol of the protest song genre against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Nara's pocket show "Opinião" marked the start of a series of protest musical shows, which both in Rio and São Paulo distracted the public from the main themes of "the love, the smile and the flower", typical of the bossa nova years. So Maysa became "persona non grata" both to the bossa-novistas and the protest singers and her career faltered. She reacted by marrying Spaniard music producer Miguel Anzana, with whom she moved to Spain and began a series of presentations not only in Spain, but also Portugal, Italy and France.
Her personal life, already tumultuous, became even more chaotic leading to her being called "the Janis Joplin of Bossa Nova". But she later made a come back with one of the first notable shows in Rio's "Canecão" venue, the equivalent of Carnegie Hall in NYC. Maysa also played the Olympia in Paris to a full house twice and enjoyed considerable success in Europe. She is still considered the best Brazilian "torch song" (fossa) musician, rivaled only perhaps by Nora Ney as interpreter and Dolores Duran as composer. Upon her return to Brazil, Maysa continued to blend her old unique "broken love affair" trademarks with the more current festival style and occasional bossa nova hits. In the 1970s Maysa tapped her actress side and acted on a few telenovelas in Brazil. She also composed the soundtrack for a Rede Globo telenova just as the TV network became the powerhouse of Brazilian soap operas. She appeared more in peace with herself in latter years but died in a car crash in 1977, on the Rio-Niterói bridge, which connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói over the Guanabara Bay.
In January 2009, 32 years after her death, a miniseries about her life was broadcast on Brazilian television and spanned two new books about one of Brazil's most charismatic divas. Maysa's style influenced the following generations of Brazilian female singers and composers, with great ascendancy in the works of Angela Ro Ro, Simone, Cazuza, Leila Pinheiro and Fafá de Belém.
2. Maysa Leak (born August 17, 1966) is an American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the British band Incognito.
After receiving her degree from Morgan State University, Maysa headed to Southern California to perform with Stevie Wonder’s female backup group Wonderlove, While with Wonder, Maysa was a vocalist on the Jungle Fever soundtrack and performed on numerous television shows including The Arsenio Hall Show, Oprah and The Tonight Show.
It was during an over-the-telephone audition in the early 90s, that Maysa become a member of the acclaimed British jazz/funk/R&B band Incognito and in 1992 she relocated to London and recorded Tribes, Vibes & Scribes, featuring the hit single "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing." Since then, Maysa has appeared on over seven Incognito recordings.
Maysa recorded her self-titled debut in 1995, followed by her second album All My Life in 2000, Out of The Blue in 2002, Smooth Sailing in 2004, Sweet Classic Soul in 2006, and now Feel The Fire, 2007. In 2008, Metamorphosis peaked at No.1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz top 100 chart and no.13 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 2010, "A Woman in Love", Maysa 8th Solo cd debuted at No.1 on the Contemporary Jazz Charts. Maysa's 9th solo album,Motions of Love, released in November 2011, debuted at No. 1 on Billboards Contemporary Jazz Charts and Number 7 on the R&B charts.
Maysa has also collaborated with well-known jazz performers like Gerald Veasley, Rick Braun, Will Downing, Jason Miles' Soul Summit, Rhythm Logic, Jonathan Butler and Pieces of a Dream.
In 2009, Maysa won the very first new Soul Train Award named for the brand's new owners, CENTRIC. The Cenric Award : Soul Approved /Underground.
Maysa Leak was a spokesperson for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a disease that can be fatal to premature babies. She appears in RSV PSA commercials, with her son Jazz, sponsored for the March of Dimes.
In 2013, Maysa received her first Grammy nomination in the "Best Traditional R&B Performance" award category for the song "Quiet Fire" from her album Blue Velvet Soul.
Demais / Meu Mundo Caiu / Precisó Aprender a Ser Só
Maysa Lyrics
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E que ando bebendo demais
Que esta vida agitada não serve pra nada
Andar por aí, bar em bar, bar em bar
Se meu mundo caiu Eu que aprenda a levantar
Ah, se eu te pudesse fazer entender
Sem teu amor eu não posso viver
Que sem nós dois o que resta sou eu
E eu preciso aprender a ser só
Poder dormir sem sentir teu calor
E ver que foi só um sonho que findou
Ah, o amor...
Quando é demais ao findar leva a paz
Me entreguei sem pensar
Que a saudade existe e se vem
É tão triste, vem...
Meus olhos choram a falta dos teus
Estes teus olhos que foram tão meus
Por Deus entenda que assim eu não vivo
Eu morro pensando...
Que é porquê meu amor por você é imenso
O meu amor por você é tão grande
É porquê meu amor por você é enorme demais
In Maysa's song "Demais / Meu Mundo Caiu / Precisó Aprender a Ser Só," she sings about feeling like she talks too much and drinks too much, and how her busy and chaotic life seems pointless. She describes going from bar to bar and feeling like her world has collapsed. Despite this, she insists that without love, she cannot live, and the only thing left when love is gone is emptiness. She expresses the need to learn to be alone, to sleep without warmth, and to accept that what she thought was real was just a dream. Maysa reflects on the intensity of love and how, when it is too much, it can lead to pain and sadness, but she also acknowledges that her love for this person is immense, enormous, and endless.
The song captures the fragility of human emotions and the importance of love and relationships in our lives. Maysa's voice and the melancholic melody convey the depth of the lyrics, making it a memorable and touching ballad. The song's message is relatable, as many people have experienced heartbreak and the struggle to move on from a love that was too intense.
Line by Line Meaning
Todos acham que eu falo demais
People think I talk too much
E que ando bebendo demais
They also think I drink too much
Que esta vida agitada não serve pra nada
They believe this busy life is pointless
Andar por aí, bar em bar, bar em bar
Going from bar to bar, wandering around
Se meu mundo caiu Eu que aprenda a levantar
If my world crumbles, it's my responsibility to pick up the pieces
Ah, se eu te pudesse fazer entender
Oh, if only I could make you understand
Sem teu amor eu não posso viver
I can't live without your love
Que sem nós dois o que resta sou eu
Without us, I'm all that's left
Eu assim tão só
Me, alone in this state
E eu preciso aprender a ser só
I need to learn how to be alone
Poder dormir sem sentir teu calor
To be able to sleep without feeling your warmth
E ver que foi só um sonho que findou
And to realize it was just a dream that ended
Ah, o amor...
Oh, love...
Quando é demais ao findar leva a paz
When it's too much, it takes away the peace in the end
Me entreguei sem pensar
I gave myself without thinking
Que a saudade existe e se vem
That longing exists and comes
É tão triste, vem...
It's so sad when it comes...
Meus olhos choram a falta dos teus
My eyes cry for the absence of yours
Estes teus olhos que foram tão meus
Those eyes of yours that belonged to me
Por Deus entenda que assim eu não vivo
Please understand that I can't live like this, God
Eu morro pensando...
I die thinking...
Que é porquê meu amor por você é imenso
It's just that my love for you is immense
O meu amor por você é tão grande
My love for you is so big
É porquê meu amor por você é enorme demais
It's just because my love for you is too huge
Contributed by Caden I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@reginahelenanepomuceno3764
SAUDADES imensas de Maysa, minha mãezinha ouvia enquanto arrumava a nossa casa pra receber meu pai à noite.
Cresci, me tornei adulta, passei por PROBLEMAS pessoais graves. Me reergui. Hoje ainda sofro imensamente por td que houve. Ouço Maysa.
Aprendi:
01 Deixe ir... Aquilo que nunca teve a intenção de ficar.
02. Ao me sentir evitada por alguém, não o incomode mais.
03 É sempre muito difícil ver alguém que eu queria muito que ficasse, indo embora.
Ao se sentir evitado por alguém, NÃO incomode mais
04 Só se descobre o verdadeiro valor de um momento, quando ele vira lembrança.
05 Sempre ouvindo a doce e eterna Maysa e vivendo em PAZ❤
@melo14499
Nossa como posso sentir saudades do que eu não vivi amo esse tipo de música.
@lirielalcantara3539
Eu também sinto a mesma coisa, essas músicas nostálgicas me faz sentir como se eu tivesse vivido naquela época
@Cmdsouza
O que preciso neste momento é de um whisky, um samba-canção e uma noite de paz.
@VMBFV
A melhor interpretação de "Preciso Aprender a Ser Só", na minha humilde opinião. Clássico dos irmãos Valle.
@camaradastalin68
Que cantora elegante, exuberante e talentosa. Que orquestra incrível a acompanhando.
@reginahelenanepomuceno3764
SAUDADES imensas de Maysa, minha mãezinha ouvia enquanto arrumava a nossa casa pra receber meu pai à noite.
Cresci, me tornei adulta, passei por PROBLEMAS pessoais graves. Me reergui. Hoje ainda sofro imensamente por td que houve. Ouço Maysa.
Aprendi:
01 Deixe ir... Aquilo que nunca teve a intenção de ficar.
02. Ao me sentir evitada por alguém, não o incomode mais.
03 É sempre muito difícil ver alguém que eu queria muito que ficasse, indo embora.
Ao se sentir evitado por alguém, NÃO incomode mais
04 Só se descobre o verdadeiro valor de um momento, quando ele vira lembrança.
05 Sempre ouvindo a doce e eterna Maysa e vivendo em PAZ❤
@historiasdeverissimo
Que triste a vida dessa mulher... Li um livro sobre pessoas com personalidade Boerberline e a autora descreveu exatamente o perfil dela e citou seu nome, bem como Marilyn More entre outras.
Pessoas literalmente com seus corações descontrolados que sobre e fazem arte.... Que triste coincidência da vida!
@eduardocastilho6949
chega a doer a alma
de tão bom.
deusa da minha vida!
todo meu respeito a essa Titânide chamada Maiza!
@gabrielcabral9700
O nome da cantora é Maysa e não Maiza.
@MiaPaboplanesSantos
"Todos acham que falo demais e que ando bebendo demais." Me definiu! Eu costumava tomar porres e porres pra ver se curava a tristeza,mas só piorava. Essa música parece que foi inspirada por The End Of A Love Affair,que também foi interpretada por Maysa.