An uncommon artist with an uncommon sopranino voice, Ney Matogrosso fell in the Brazilian popular music scene like a bomb in the '70s aboard the Secos & Molhados. The end of the group marked the beginning of a fertile and successful solo career in which he began exploring his sensuous and charismatic persona through satiric and ironic repertories. As time passed, he substituted self-contained and deeply sensitive interpretations of classics for the popular and classical Brazilian music. Along with his representative and prolific solo discography, for which he received three platinum and three gold records, Matogrosso recorded in Itália with Astor Piazzola, performed in Argentina, Uruguay, participated in two Montreux Jazz Festivals (Switzerland), and toured Portugal several times. He also performed in Israel and the U.S., but always refused invitations to develop an international career. Matogrosso also worked as an actor in Sonho de Valsa (by Ana Carolina, the director, not the singer/composer) and Caramujo Flor (short subject by Joel Pizzini), and directed shows by RPM, Cazuza, and Simone.
Arriving in Rio de Janeiro in 1966, Matogrosso became a hippie leather artisan and divided his time between Rio, São Paulo, and Brasília, where he was a close friend of singer/composer Luli. Through her he met João Ricardo, who had a vision for a groundbreaking group and was searching for a high-pitched male voice. Invited by Ricardo, Matogrosso moved to São Paulo where he spent one year dedicating himself to exhaustive rehearsals, artisanship, and theater plays. With the explosive success of Secos e Molhados and the group's final dissolution, Matogrosso started his solo career exploring his unusual voice timbre, his mesmerizing scenic persona, and his androgynous visuals, enhanced by innovative and exotic costumes. A second solo album, Água do Céu - Pássaro, was supported by the show Homem de Neanderthal, in 1975, with which Matogrosso opened in Rio de Janeiro, drawing both raves and packed houses. "Barco Negro" and "Homem com H" appeared amongst considerable polemics aroused by the usual conservatives on duty. In that period, he worked with Astor Piazzola in Milan, Italy, where he recorded a double single with the Argentinean composer. A cleaner Matogrosso recorded Bandido in 1976, having his first national hit as a solo artist with "Bandido Corazón," written especially for him by Rita Lee.
Rosa De Hiroshima
Ney Matogrosso Lyrics
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Mudas telepáticas
Pensem nas meninas
Cegas inexatas
Pensem nas mulheres
Rotas alteradas
Pensem nas feridas
Como rosas cálidas
Mas, oh, não se esqueçam
Da rosa da rosa
Da rosa de Hiroshima
A rosa hereditária
A rosa radioativa
Estúpida e inválida
A rosa com cirrose
A anti-rosa atômica
Sem cor sem perfume
Sem rosa, sem nada
The lyrics of Ney Matogrosso's song "Rosa De Hiroshima" touch on the theme of the devastation caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. The song urges the listener to think about the innocent victims of the bombings and the lasting effects of radiation exposure on future generations. The references to "telepathic" children and "inexact" girls speak to the haunting physical and psychological impact of the bombings on the youngest and most vulnerable. The image of a "radioactive rose" serves as a poignant symbol of the destructive power of the atomic bomb.
Line by Line Meaning
Pensem nas crianças
Think about the children
Mudas telepáticas
Telepathic mutes
Pensem nas meninas
Think about the girls
Cegas inexatas
Inexact and blind
Pensem nas mulheres
Think about the women
Rotas alteradas
Changed and broken
Pensem nas feridas
Think about the wounds
Como rosas cálidas
Like warm roses
Mas, oh, não se esqueçam
But, oh, do not forget
Da rosa da rosa
About the rose of roses
Da rosa de Hiroshima
About the rose of Hiroshima
A rosa hereditária
The hereditary rose
A rosa radioativa
The radioactive rose
Estúpida e inválida
Stupid and invalid
A rosa com cirrose
The rose with cirrhosis
A anti-rosa atômica
The anti-atomic rose
Sem cor sem perfume
Without color or perfume
Sem rosa, sem nada
Without rose, without anything
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Gerson Conradi, Vinicius De Moraes
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@RollerCoasterBrazil
Meu pai faleceu ontem de Covid19 essa música era a música preferida dele, ele chorava quando escutava essa música e agora eu choro por me lembrar do meu pai.
Dia 2 de Julho 2022 fez 2 anos que o meu pai se foi eu coloquei esse comentário 1 dia depois da morte dele e até hoje Outubro de 2022 recebo notificações do YouTube de mensagens de apoio e carinho comigo e com meu pai ❤️Obrigada a todos❤️
@liluzivert348
Meus pêsames amiga, assim como o seu pai também amo essa música, ele está em um lugar melhor agora ❤️❤️❤️
@alexmonteiro3482
MEUS SENTIMENTOS.
@gilwagner1958
Meus sinceros sentimentos! Seu pai dorme assim como meus pais também dormem...
@umdoistres7778
Meus sentimentos, que Deus conforte seu coração.
@JoaoVitor-vp1ql
Meus sentimentos! 🖤
@rafaelkentoyamamoto8600
Meu bisavo é um dos unicos sobreviventes da maldita bomba. Serviu o exercito aos 15 e era residente de hiroshima. Mas ironicamente ele só pode viver por causa dela. Ele iria ser kamikaze. Porem a bomba explodiu antes e acabou com a guerra. Mas até uns anos atras ele falava dos males dela arma. O meu bisavo me contava q ele ficou 3 dias e 3 noites apenas tirando corpos de um rio, que estava totalmente tingido de vermelho. As pessoas afetadas pela radiaçao pediam por socorro, mas quando vc dava a mão para ajuda-los, o braço inteiro descolava do osso e só vinha a pele e a carne.... pra quem quiser procurar sobre meu bisavo (tem materias de varios canais e até documentarios) procura sobre Manabu Ashihara.
@godiegoo
Nossa que história!!
@edimaraadamshaab6347
Obrigada por compartilhar! Que história...vou contar para meus alunos. Biografias como a de seu avô não podem ser esquecidas.
@edimaraadamshaab6347
Desculpe. Seu bisavô 😊