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.
Todo Mundo Pastou II
Os Mutantes Lyrics
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Pasta dois
Pasta três
Pasta quatro
Pasta cinco
Pasta seis
Pasta sete
Pasta oito
Pasta dez
Pasta onze
Eu também pastei...
The lyrics of Os Mutantes' song "Todo Mundo Pastou II" are simple but hold a deeper meaning that speaks to the human experience. The repetition of "pasta" in increasing numbers creates a sense of monotony, as if one is going through the motions of life without any real purpose or direction. The singer acknowledges their own participation in this pattern, stating "Eu também pastei" ("I also pasted").
The word "paste" in Portuguese can have a few different meanings, including "to knead" or "to work hard", but in this context, it likely refers to the act of grazing or hoarding food, as the song was written during the Brazilian military dictatorship when there were widespread food shortages. The act of grazing becomes a metaphor for how people were forced to operate within the limitations placed on them by the regime.
Line by Line Meaning
Pasta um
I went through the first stage of struggling
Pasta dois
I encountered the second obstacle
Pasta três
I faced my third challenge
Pasta quatro
I struggled through my fourth hurdle
Pasta cinco
I persevered through my fifth obstacle
Pasta seis
I worked hard to overcome my sixth challenge
Pasta sete
I pushed through my seventh difficulty
Pasta oito
I struggled forward through my eighth obstacle
Pasta nove
I persisted through my ninth challenge
Pasta dez
I kept going through my tenth hurdle
Pasta onze
I overcame my eleventh and final hurdle
Eu também pastei...
I too struggled, just like everyone else
Contributed by Avery Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.