The band is considered one of the main groups in Brazilian rock. Like most groups from the 1960s, Os Mutantes were heavily influenced by The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Sly & the Family Stone. However, Brazilian musicians were also immersed in their local culture, exercising their own creativity in the use of feedback, distortion and studio tricks of all kinds, just as was done by the Liverpool quartet and the group The Beach Boys. In this sense, Mutantes were pioneers in mixing rock and roll with Brazilian musical and thematic elements. Another characteristic of the group was irreverence. Like Os Mutantes, there began to be a kind of mixture of foreign and Brazilian music and the addition of new ideas, with doses of experimentalism, thus opening the way for musical hybridism.
Os Mutantes began their activities in 1966, as a trio, when they performed on the program O Pequeno Mundo de Ronnie Von on TV Record. On the eve of the program's premiere, the trio had the name "Os Bruxos", but neither Rita Lee nor the Dias Baptista brothers (Arnaldo and Sérgio) were satisfied with that name and wanted to change it. According to Carlos Calado,[2] the idea for the name "Os Mutantes" came from an ironic joke between Alberto Helena Júnior, the program's producer, and Ronnie Von, who, at the time, was reading O Império dos Mutantes, by Stefan Wul, and did not talk about any other subject. "Are you guys still looking for a name for the boys ensemble? Why not The Mutants?" Ronnie Von liked Alberto Helena's idea and took it to the group, who approved it immediately.
The group soon became one of the main exponents of the new MPB, influenced by Tropicália, until it dissolved in 1978. Over these twelve years, nine albums were recorded, two of which - O A e o Z and Tecnicolor - were only released on 1990s, when the group began to be recognized, on the national and international rock scene, as one of the most creative, dynamic, radical and talented of the psychedelic era and the history of world rock. In 2006, the band reunited, without Rita Lee or Liminha, but with the presence of Arnaldo Baptista and Zélia Duncan on vocals. The following year, Arnaldo and Zélia left the band, which was recomposed with other musicians and continues to perform under the leadership of Sérgio Dias, the only remaining member of the original lineup.
Ave Lúcifer
Os Mutantes Lyrics
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Nesse rio que corre
Em veias mansas dentro de mim
Anjos e Arcanjos repousam neste Édem infernal
E a flecha do selvagem
Matou mil aves no ar
Se enrola nos seus pés
É Lúcifer da floresta
Que tenta me abraçar
Vem amor, que um paraíso
Num abraço amigo
Sorrirá pra nós
Sem ninguém nos ver
Prometa, meu amor macio
Como uma flor cheia de mel
Pra te embriagar
Sem ninguém nos ver
Tragam luvas negras
Tragam festas e flores
Tragam corpos e dores
Tragam incensos e odores
Mas tragam Lúcifer pra mim
Em uma bandeja pra mim
The lyrics of Os Mutantes's song "Ave Lúcifer" depict a paradise that is both seductive and sinister, with references to both the Christian devil and Edenic imagery. The opening lines describe the bodies of the singers being covered by apples, perhaps alluding to the biblical story of Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit. They are in a river that flows calmly within them, as if the river and the bodies have become one. The scene is a contradiction, with angels and archangels resting in what is described as an "infernal Eden."
The lyrics later mention a savage's arrow killing numerous birds in the air, adding to the atmosphere of tension and danger. The serpent, a classic symbol of temptation and deception, coils around the feet of the singer, while Lúcifer – the devil or the morning star – attempts to embrace them. The lyrics suggest that, despite the potentially dangerous surroundings, the singers are drawn to this place by its intoxicating appeal.
The lyrics shift towards a plea for love and an escape from the outside world. The singers ask for a paradise with a friendly embrace wherein they can smile unnoticed. They promise to intoxicate each other like sweet flowers and ask that they be brought darkness, flowers, bodies, pain, incense, and odors. In the end, they request that Lúcifer be brought to them on a plate. The song ends ambiguously, leaving the listener to interpret whether the singers' desire for Lúcifer is an expression of their yearning for hedonism, or if there is a deeper meaning to the devil's presence.
Line by Line Meaning
As maças envolvem os corpos nus
The apples embrace the naked bodies
Nesse rio que corre
In this flowing river
Em veias mansas dentro de mim
In peaceful veins inside of me
Anjos e Arcanjos repousam neste Édem infernal
Angels and Archangels rest in this infernal Eden
E a flecha do selvagem
And the arrow of the savage
Matou mil aves no ar
Killed a thousand birds in the air
Quieta, a serpente
Quietly, the serpent
Se enrola nos seus pés
Coils around your feet
É Lúcifer da floresta
It is the Lucifer of the forest
Que tenta me abraçar
That tries to embrace me
Vem amor, que um paraíso
Come love, for a paradise
Num abraço amigo
In a friendly embrace
Sorrirá pra nós
Will smile upon us
Sem ninguém nos ver
Without anyone seeing us
Prometa, meu amor macio
Promise, my soft love
Como uma flor cheia de mel
Like a flower full of honey
Pra te embriagar
To intoxicate you
Sem ninguém nos ver
Without anyone seeing us
Tragam luvas negras
Bring black gloves
Tragam festas e flores
Bring parties and flowers
Tragam corpos e dores
Bring bodies and pains
Tragam incensos e odores
Bring incenses and scents
Mas tragam Lúcifer pra mim
But bring me Lucifer on a platter
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Julian Gandara, Leandro Machin, Elcio Decario, Rita Carvalho, Arnaldo Baptista
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Camila Finamora
As maças envolvem os corpos nus
Nesse rio que corre
Em veias mansas dentro de mim
Anjos e Arcanjos repousam neste
Édem infernal
E a flecha do selvagem
Matou mil aves no ar
Quieta, a serpente
Se enrola nos seus pés
É Lúcifer da floresta
Que tenta me abraçar
Vem amor, que um paraíso
Num abraço amigo
Sorrirá pra nós
Sem ninguém nos ver
Prometa, meu amor macio
Como uma flor cheia de mel
Pra te embriagar
Sem ninguém nos ver
Tragam uvas negras
Tragam festas e flores
Tragam corpos e dores
Tragam incensos e odores
Mas tragam Lúcifer pra mim
Em uma bandeija pra mim
skyfein
Hail Lucifer
The apples involve the naked bodies
In this river that runs in gentle veins inside of me
Angels and archangels don't land on this infernal Eden
And the savage's arrow killed one thousand birds in the air
Quiet, the serpent coils itself around your feet
It's Lucifer from the forest trying to hug me
Come over love, a paradise in a friendly hug
will smile at us, with no one to see us
I promise to open my soft love, like a flower full of honey
to inebriate you, with no one to see us
Bring black grapes
Bring feasts and flowers
Bring bodies and sorrows
Bring incenses and odors
But bring Lucifer to me
On a tray to me
Vinícius Nogueira
The lyrics:
As maçãs envolvem os corpos nus
Nesse rio que corre em veias mansas, dentro de mim
Anjos e Arcanjos não pousam neste Édem infernal
E a flecha do selvagem matou mil aves no ar
Quieta, a serpente se enrola nos seus pés
É Lúcifer da floresta que tenta me abraçar
Vem amor, que um paraíso num abraço amigo,
sorrirá pra nós, sem ninguém nos ver
Prometo abrir meu amor macio, como uma flor cheia de mel
pra te embriagar, sem ninguém nos ver
Tragam uvas negras
Tragam festas e flores
Tragam corpos e dores
Tragam incensos e odores
Mas tragam Lúcifer pra mim
Em uma bandeja pra mim.
Renata Silva
Escutei parte dessa música anos atrás numa rave e fiquei achando que eu tava alucinando por escutar uma música semelhante a um ninar que mencionava Lucifer. Por muito tempo quis achar essa música, mas não lembrava direito como era, até que uns dias atrás ouvi em Cidade Invisível hahahaha
Callamastia
Kkkkkk que brisa mano, eu ficaria assutado pra caralho no teu lugar
A A A
Vida loka vc
Camila Finamora
As maças envolvem os corpos nus
Nesse rio que corre
Em veias mansas dentro de mim
Anjos e Arcanjos repousam neste
Édem infernal
E a flecha do selvagem
Matou mil aves no ar
Quieta, a serpente
Se enrola nos seus pés
É Lúcifer da floresta
Que tenta me abraçar
Vem amor, que um paraíso
Num abraço amigo
Sorrirá pra nós
Sem ninguém nos ver
Prometa, meu amor macio
Como uma flor cheia de mel
Pra te embriagar
Sem ninguém nos ver
Tragam uvas negras
Tragam festas e flores
Tragam corpos e dores
Tragam incensos e odores
Mas tragam Lúcifer pra mim
Em uma bandeija pra mim
Brendon Benegas
anjos e arcanjos não pousam neste éden infernal
Brendon Benegas
Hvitserk eu me referi a letra, eles falam o que eu falei, não o que ta ali
Brendon Benegas
Hvitserk e ali em baixo é "uvas negras" não "luvas negras"
Guilherme Viana
na verdade, a letra original era "prometo abrir meu amor macio", mas o "abrir" foi cortado por conta da censura
Camila Finamora
@Brendon Benegas obg por corrigir, foi o corretor!
Lucas Rocha
A voz da Rita Lee, a psicodelia do Arnaldo, a virtuosidade de Sérgio fazem a maior banda de rock brasileira da história.