One of the first progressive bands from Brazil, O Terço (meaning rosary bea… Read Full Bio ↴One of the first progressive bands from Brazil, O Terço (meaning rosary beads) first formed in 1968, but didn't hit its stride until the mid '70s. Personnel changes would become part of the bands dynamic, with Sergio Hinds assuming the role of band anchor. The group owed a lot of its early sound to such Italian favorites as Locanda Delle Fate, Quella Veccia Locanda, and Premiata Forneria Marconi. They also manged to mix in other styles, like folk, and the most important: MPB(Brazilian Popular Music ), which made the band sound a little bit like Milton Nascimento, Tom Jobim and other great Brazilian artists.

On their first album, O Terço was not yet full on prog, but it is a seminal work in the history Brazilian progressive music. There are obvious influences of the Moody Blues, and Pink Floyd. "O Terço II" would see them moving from Psychedelic to heavier sounds, along the lines of King Crimson and Led Zeppelin. It was 1975's "Criaturas Da Noite" that became a monumental success. It was a big hit, gave Brazil its first classic prog album, and solidified O Terço's place in music history.

In the '80s, the band began to tour the United States and Europe. This would make them more popular in other parts of the world, than they were at home.

They continued to release albums into the late '90s. Many times trying to experiment with different styles. A possible reformation of the classic "Criaturas Da Noite" lineup was in the works in 2001/2002, but an unexpected death of their drummer postponed the idea to 2005, when they made a couple of live presentations, only in Brazil.

O Terço's musicians were widely successful in other Brazilian groups, chiefly 14 Bis, which had a softer and less progressive sound.

Lagoa das Lontras
O Terço Lyrics

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Fui a um lugar maravilhoso
Onde as lontras não vivem só
Onde o ar é mais puro
E eu respirei um só
Queria que todos sentissem comigo
Queria que todos fossem um só

Agora vou dizer tudo o que me aconteceu

Peguei muita chuva e apesar molhado não me resfriei
Andei muito a pé nem por isso me cansei
Senti uma nova vida florescer

As pessoas que lá estiveram
Sentiram e me viram tremer
Tremer de frio e calor
De emoção e de prazer

Sei que a terra é muito grande
Mas em Lontras vou viver

Overall Meaning

"Lagoa das Lontras" is a song by Brazilian rock band O Terço. The lyrics describe the experience of the singer visiting a wonderful place where otters don't live alone, where the air is purer and the singer breathes as one. The singer expresses a desire for everyone to feel what he is experiencing in this place and for everyone to be united as one. The singer goes on to recount his experience of walking in the rain and not getting sick, feeling a new life blooming within him.

The song's chorus expresses the singer's desire to live in Lontras, despite knowing that the earth is vast. The overall message of the song is the importance of finding a place where one can feel united with others and experience a sense of renewal and rejuvenation.

Line by Line Meaning

Fui a um lugar maravilhoso
I went to a wonderful place

Onde as lontras não vivem só
Where otters do not live alone

Onde o ar é mais puro
Where the air is purer

E eu respirei um só
And I breathed as one

Queria que todos sentissem comigo
I wanted everyone to feel with me

Queria que todos fossem um só
I wanted everyone to be as one

Agora vou dizer tudo o que me aconteceu
Now I'm going to tell everything that happened to me

Peguei muita chuva e apesar molhado não me resfriei
I got caught in a lot of rain, but I didn't catch a cold

Andei muito a pé nem por isso me cansei
I walked a lot, but I didn't get tired

Senti uma nova vida florescer
I felt a new life blossom

As pessoas que lá estiveram
The people who were there