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.
To Make It Beautiful
Os Mutantes Lyrics
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And learn the secret path
Magically wonderful
I need us to create love tonight
To be irresistible, strong and powerful
Artistic miracle
I need us to create love tonight my love
Touching your hand is not enough to me
I need perpetual change inside of us
I need the oldest way to feel so good, so fine
And thus complete
Ooh la la la
Oh my love
Ooh la la la
Oh my wife
Ooh la la la
Oh my life
Ooh la la la
I want to create love with you
Creating love with you all through the nigh
Until the nightingale sings
The lyrics of Os Mutantes’ song “To Make It Beautiful” express a yearning for a deeper connection with a loved one. The singer desires to transcend the mundane and experience something magical, something transformative. The phrase “secret path” suggests that there is a hidden, mystical aspect to this desire. The singer wants to make something beautiful out of their relationship, to fashion an “artistic miracle” that will be “irresistible, strong and powerful.” This is not simply a physical yearning, as the lyrics suggest that it is something that must be created together, collaboratively. The song is a declaration of love, a plea for the beloved to join in this creative endeavor to transform their love into something extraordinary.
The lyrics suggest that the singer is not satisfied with ordinary expressions of affection. Holding hands or kissing is not enough to satisfy their desire for perpetual change and “feel so good, so fine.” They want more, an experience of love that is complete and all-encompassing. The repeated refrain of “ooh la la la” adds to the dreamlike quality of the song, evoking the sounds of French love songs and the romance of a bygone era. The singer is hoping for something transcendent, something that will stir the soul and make them feel alive. The final lines of the song suggest that this longing can only be fulfilled through a night of creating love until the nightingale sings.
Line by Line Meaning
To make it beautiful
We need to work on improving things.
And learn the secret path
We need to learn from those who know better.
Magically wonderful
It will be pure magic.
I need us to create love tonight
We need to come together and love each other deeply tonight.
To be irresistible, strong and powerful
Our love needs to be strong and powerful so that we are irresistible to each other.
Artistic miracle
Our love will be something beautiful and amazing.
Touching your hand is not enough to me
I need more than just a touch to feel satisfied.
A single kiss won't ever do
Just one kiss is not enough for me.
I need perpetual change inside of us
We need to keep growing and changing together.
I need the oldest way to feel so good, so fine
We need to embrace the traditional ways of loving to truly feel good.
And thus complete
This will make us whole.
Ooh la la la
Oh my love
Ooh la la la
Oh my wife
Ooh la la la
Oh my life
Ooh la la la
I want to create love with you
Expressing the love and desire to create love with their partner.
Creating love with you all through the night
Until the nightingale sings
They want to make love until sunrise.
Lyrics © THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC., Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
Written by: SERGIO DIAS
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