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.
Portugal De Navio
Os Mutantes Lyrics
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Mas você não sentiu
Eu tentei te encontrar
Mas você me fugiu
E hoje eu vou te mandar
Pra Portugal de Navio
Enquanto o tempo está passando eu vou tentar parar e me acalmar
Eu vou mudar (sharararara)
Eu vou te amar (sharararara)
The lyrics of Os Mutantes's song Portugal De Navio express the singer's feelings of unrequited love. The lyrics reveal that the singer tried to love and find the person they are deeply interested in, but the feelings were not reciprocated. The singer feels frustrated and helpless in the face of such a situation. The song culminates with the singer deciding to send their love interest to Portugal by ship. The lyrics suggest that this act might give the singer some closure or peace of mind.
The second verse of the song reflects the singer's inner turmoil. They try to calm themselves down and reflect on the situation. The reference to the singer wearing pajamas and smiling indicates a domestic and happy scene that the singer shares with the person they love. The singer's declaration that they "will change" and "love you" indicates their willingness to do anything to make things work with their love interest, even if it means sending them away or changing themselves.
Line by Line Meaning
Eu tentei te amar
I made every effort to love you
Mas você não sentiu
But you didn't feel the same
Eu tentei te encontrar
I tried to find you
Mas você me fugiu
But you ran away from me
E hoje eu vou te mandar
And today I will send you away
Pra Portugal de Navio
To Portugal by ship
Enquanto o tempo está passando eu vou tentar parar e me acalmar
While time is passing, I will try to stop and calm myself
Você ainda não me viu de pijama sorrindo, a brincar
You haven't seen me yet in my pajamas, smiling and playing
Eu vou mudar (sharararara)
I'm going to change (sharararara)
Eu vou te amar (sharararara)
I'm going to love you (sharararara)
Contributed by Lincoln N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
AdrianoUriel
Eu tentei te amar
Mas você não sentiu
Eu tentei te encontrar
Mas você me fugiu
E hoje eu vou te mandar
Pra Portugal de Navio
Enquanto o tempo está passando eu vou tentar parar e me acalmar
Você ainda não me viu de pijama sorrindo, a brincar
Eu vou mudar (sharararara)
Eu vou te amar (sharararara
AdrianoUriel
Eu tentei te amar
Mas você não sentiu
Eu tentei te encontrar
Mas você me fugiu
E hoje eu vou te mandar
Pra Portugal de Navio
Enquanto o tempo está passando eu vou tentar parar e me acalmar
Você ainda não me viu de pijama sorrindo, a brincar
Eu vou mudar (sharararara)
Eu vou te amar (sharararara
Celia Maria
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Tiago Silva
como eu vivi esse tempo todo sem Mutantes?
savio oliveira
2022 e o sentimento é o mesmo
Reginaldo Brito Da Silva
Eu conheçia muito pouco agora tô ouvindo só mutantes
L. Jackson
Me pergunto o mesmo, sempre ouvi falar de Mutantes mas tinha a síndrome de vira lata e achava que era ruim só por ser br. Como eu esta errado!!!!!!!!
William Matheus
Agora só aproveite, bixo hehe
Steffany Edwards
Orgulho em dizer que conheçi os mutantes qnd era criança desde pequena ouvindo coisa boa🤘🤘🤘
Miguel AD
Muito bom
Alana Fonseca Romano
ouço mutantes desde pequena, escuto ate hoje, e nunca irei parar