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.
Lady Lady
Os Mutantes Lyrics
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Sem dinheiro, sem razão
Lady, Lady uh-uhhhh-hmmm
Sua morte me alcançou
Minha sorte ela levou
Lady, Lady u-uhhhh-hmmm
Nossas noites de ilusão
Suas roupas estão vazias
Lady ainda estou aqui
Hoje Mister solidão
Vivo sem ter coração
Lady, Lady....
Tudo lembra nossas vidas
Nossas noites de ilusão
Suas roupas estão vazias
Lady ainda estou aqui...
Hoje Mister solidão...
The lyrics to Os Mutantes' song "Lady Lady" describe the singer's pain and confusion after his lover, whom he addresses as Lady, leaves him without explanation or money. He is haunted by the memory of her, and even her clothing seems to mock him with its emptiness. The line "sua morte me alcançou" translates to "her death caught up to me," suggesting that Lady may have died or simply cut off all contact with the singer. The repeated "uh-uhhhh-hmmm"s in between the Lady Lady refrain add to the mournful, disoriented tone of the song.
As the song progresses, the singer reflects on how everything reminds him of Lady and their past together, and how he is now living without a heart. The line "hoje Mister solidão" translates to "today Mr. solitude," indicating that the singer has become a personification of loneliness now that Lady is gone.
Overall, the lyrics to "Lady Lady" are a melancholic and introspective portrayal of heartbreak and loss. The singer is struggling to come to terms with Lady's departure and the shattering of their romantic illusions.
Line by Line Meaning
Minha Lady me deixou
My lady left me
Sem dinheiro, sem razão
Without money, without reason
Lady, Lady uh-uhhhh-hmmm
Lady, Lady uh-uhhhh-hmmm
Sua morte me alcançou
Her death reached me
Minha sorte ela levou
She took away my luck
Lady, Lady u-uhhhh-hmmm
Lady, Lady u-uhhhh-hmmm
Tudo lembra nossas vidas
Everything recalls our lives
Nossas noites de ilusão
Our nights of delusion
Suas roupas estão vazias
Her clothes are empty
Lady ainda estou aqui
Lady, I'm still here
Hoje Mister solidão
Today, Mr. loneliness
Vivo sem ter coração
I live without a heart
Lady, Lady....
Lady, Lady....
Tudo lembra nossas vidas
Everything recalls our lives
Nossas noites de ilusão
Our nights of delusion
Suas roupas estão vazias
Her clothes are empty
Lady ainda estou aqui...
Lady, I'm still here...
Hoje Mister solidão...
Today, Mr. loneliness...
Contributed by Thomas I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@yarafreitas1136
Minha Lady me deixou
Sem dinheiro, sem razão
Lady, Lady uh-uhhhh-hmmm
Sua morte me alcançou
Minha sorte ela levou
Lady, Lady u-uhhhh-hmmm
Tudo lembra nossas vidas
Nossas noites de ilusão
Suas roupas estão vazias
Lady ainda estou aqui
Hoje Mister solidão
Vivo sem ter coração
Lady, Lady...
Tudo lembra nossas vidas
Nossas noites de ilusão
Suas roupas estão vazias
Lady ainda estou aqui...
Hoje Mister solidão...
@yarafreitas1136
Minha Lady me deixou
Sem dinheiro, sem razão
Lady, Lady uh-uhhhh-hmmm
Sua morte me alcançou
Minha sorte ela levou
Lady, Lady u-uhhhh-hmmm
Tudo lembra nossas vidas
Nossas noites de ilusão
Suas roupas estão vazias
Lady ainda estou aqui
Hoje Mister solidão
Vivo sem ter coração
Lady, Lady...
Tudo lembra nossas vidas
Nossas noites de ilusão
Suas roupas estão vazias
Lady ainda estou aqui...
Hoje Mister solidão...
@maurielle._.9062
Caramba, ok tava pegando pra ouvir mutantes e essa me surpreendeu, todas do álbum são boas mas essa é muito do meu agrado, caramba, que lindo
@bethbel3985
A primeira vez que escuto esta canção surpreendente. Bela a voz do Serginho em um solo de guitarra choroso e grandioso. Demais instrumentos e backing-vocal da Rita delicado e encantador. Felizmente podemos conhecer as maravilhosas novidades do PASSADO!
@dnlllm
O trabalho do Serginho nessa faixa é estupendo
@rhydiaiannedionisio629
Eu queria muito saber quem foi que tocou esse solo de flauta, bem feito demais
@guilhermedejesusvieira6656
Não sei se foi ela, mas a Rita tocava flauta
@guilhermesouzacruz3847
Rita Lee que tocava flauta da banda. Ela é a flautista nessa música.
@rao8622
@@guilhermesouzacruz3847 A Rita realmente tocava, mas... 1. Acho que ela só pegou pique como tecladista e flautista no tutti-frutti; 2. Mesmo pro auge dela, esse solo tá talvez meio acima do que ela podia fazer. Mas gostaria muito que fosse ela.
@pauloribeiro5401
Simplesmente sensacional e a guitarra do Sérgio parece faiscar!
@matheusbalieiro3463
0 dislikes,
musica boa é musica boa!!!