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.
Eu Descobri
Os Mutantes Lyrics
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Eu descobri, um dia antes o agora e o depois
Num mesmo dia o sim o não e o talvez
No mesmo dia o zero o um e o dois
E tudo o que acontece depois do tres
Grande emoção
As mesmas das batidas de um coração
A mesma das ondas que vão e que vem
Vertiginoso causa e fascinação
Pobre de mim pensei que havia ainda o que descobrir
Pensei que aquele dia fossem surgir anjos no ceu, pobre de mim
Pobre de mim ali naquele instante igual aos demais
Eu percebi que o encoberto jamais,
Nos mostrara seu corpo a escuridão, por que a escuridão aqui nao se ve
A não ser, que um novo Cristo volte mais uma vez
Agora, ontem, hoje antes e após,
para mostrar a todos todos os Sóis e todos os buracos negros tambem
quem me diz que a gente nunca poderá ser feliz
a menos que alcancemos o além da luz
Oh meu Jesus, meu bom Jesus
Meu bom Jesus
( quem acreditou)
The song "Eu Descobri" by Os Mutantes is a psychedelic exploration of the human experience of discovering the mysteries of the universe. The lyrics describe discovering everything at once, including the past, present, and future, as well as possibilities and impossibilities. The singer reflects on the overwhelming nature of this realization and wonders if there is anything left to discover.
The song's opening lines describe discovering the variables of time and possibility in a single day. The references to zero, one, and two suggest binary code, which could represent the layers of reality being revealed. The chorus describes the intense emotions that come with this realization, comparing them to the rhythms of a heartbeat, the waves of the ocean, and the passing scenery outside a train window. The singer is both fascinated and overwhelmed by the experience, questioning whether it is even possible to discover everything.
As the song progresses, the lyrics become more philosophical. The singer realizes that some things are inexplicable and mysterious, and compares the unknown to the darkness that conceals the body of a lover. The reference to a "new Christ" suggests the search for spiritual enlightenment, while the final lines express a desire to reach "beyond the light" in order to find happiness.
Overall, "Eu Descobri" is a trippy, meditative song about the nature of existence and the human desire to seek knowledge and understanding.
Line by Line Meaning
Eu descobri, um dia antes o agora e o depois
I discovered, one day before the now and the future
Num mesmo dia o sim o não e o talvez
In the same day, the yes, the no, and the maybe
No mesmo dia o zero o um e o dois
In the same day, the zero, the one, and the two
E tudo o que acontece depois do tres
And everything that happens after three
Grande emoção
Great emotion
As mesmas das batidas de um coração
The same as the beats of a heart
A mesma das ondas que vão e que vem
The same as the waves that come and go
A mesma do chão da janela de um trem
The same as the floor seen through a train window
Vertiginoso causa e fascinação
Dizzying cause and fascination
Pobre de mim pensei que havia ainda o que descobrir
Poor me, I thought there was still more to discover
Pensei que aquele dia fossem surgir anjos no ceu, pobre de mim
I thought that day the angels would appear in the sky, poor me
Pobre de mim ali naquele instante igual aos demais
Poor me, in that moment, like everyone else
Eu percebi que o encoberto jamais
I realized that the veiled will never
Nos mostrara seu corpo a escuridão, por que a escuridão aqui nao se ve
Show us its body in the darkness, because the darkness here cannot be seen
A não ser, que um novo Cristo volte mais uma vez
Unless a new Christ comes back once more
Agora, ontem, hoje antes e após,
Now, yesterday, today, before, and after
Para mostrar a todos todos os Sóis e todos os buracos negros tambem
To show everyone all the suns and all the black holes too
Quem me diz que a gente nunca poderá ser feliz
Who tells me that we can never be happy
A menos que alcancemos o além da luz
Unless we reach beyond the light
Oh meu Jesus, meu bom Jesus
Oh my Jesus, my good Jesus
Meu bom Jesus ( quem acreditou)
My good Jesus (who believed)
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: berto Gil
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Gui
Eu sou tiete dos mutantes, alienado, fanático e chato. Pra mim Mutantes sempre será Rita, Arnaldo e Sergio. Mas Fool Metal Jack me impressionou, pesado, lisérgico e essa é sem duvida a música mais mutante do álbum! Bia Mendes enfeitiçou!
EMIRIANOROCHA
A única canção cantada em português em todo o álbum ... lindíssima!!! A ver se publicam este CD todo cantado em português ... basta adaptar os versos ... e acredito que serão um Top 1
é Um Tal De Ab
Q tédio
JHerbes
Um álbum extraordinário, Espero que o de 2020 seja do mesmo nível
Emanuel Souza
Para mim esse é bem melhor
VonSeux
verdade; inglês cantado por brasileiros sempre soa embolado
Joyce Silva
Antigamente...