Stimulated by the talent and the interest in the rising phenomenon of the Brazilian Rock, soon they had recorded their first LP “Cinema Mudo” (1983) and had become a success with songs such as “Vital e sua Moto” and “Patrulha Noturna”.
The second LP “O Passo do Lui” (1984), consolidated the initial pull with the hits “Óculos”, “Ska” and “Meu Erro”, but it was in the presentation during the Rock in Rio Festival in January 1985, that they were definitely consecrated after their two concerts only for the power of their music, not for any scenic artifice.
After having toured throughout Brazil (more than 150 shows), Paralamas made a stop and released the revolutionary “Selvagem” (1986), that gave new routes to the Brazilian Rock 80’s generation. They abandoned the first influences and started to mold a personal sonority recognized and approved by the youth that bought more than 750 thousand copies of the album. In “Selvagem”, social (“Alagados”) and politics criticism (“Selvagem”) coexisted with good mood (“Melô do Marinheiro”), a tribute to Tim Maia (“Você”) and a partnership with Gilbert Gil (“A Novidade”).
At this time they made the first incursions in Latin America, initiating a work that would lead them to be the most recognized act of the Brazilian music in the decade of 90 in countries as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela. The “Selvagem” success also gave them the right to be the first group of their generation to participate of the Montreux Jazz Festival, in 1987, when they took advantage to also perform at the Olympia in Paris.
The concert in Montreux was recorded and became the LP and video “D” (1987), with the participation in the keyboards of João Fera and George Israel (sax), as special invited.
In the following year a new successful LP “Bora Bora”. The hits “O Beco”, “Uns Dias” and “Quase um Segundo” extended the series of influences and added brass instruments to the sound of Paralamas.
The following LP “Big Bang” (1989) would consolidate the new sonorous format in exciting songs as “Perplexo” and lyric ones as “Lanterna dos Afogados”, as well as a bossa-nova “Nebulosa do Amor”.
To turn the decade, the trio released the compilation “Arquivo” with their hits of the 80’s, the rerecording of their first hit “Vital e sua Moto” and also the new song “Caleidoscópio”.
The first half of the 90’s would be dedicated to the experiment and the conquest of the Latin American market. The album “Os Grãos” (1991, with songs of minor popular appeal, was not a sales success, but it did not affect the band itself. Herbert, Bi and Barone spent three months in London with the producer Phil Manzanera recording “Severino” (1994), considered by many revewers the “Sgt. Pepper's of 80’s generation” of the Brazilian Rock. In despite of that, the radios did not play the album and the exit for Paralamas was the airport.
In 1992, they released in the Latin American countries the compilation “Paralamas”, with versions in Spanish of their hits, what opened for them the markets that they had been visiting repeatedly since 1986. They started being each time more requested for shows, due to the great success of the Spanish version of “Severino” baptized “Dos Margaritas”.
But the excellent tour of “Severino” throughout Brazil confirmed that Paralamas does not need to have a song on the hit parades to attract the audience, so they decided to release “Vamo Batê Lata” – Paralamas Ao Vivo” (1995). Attached there was a four track bonus CD. The explosion of one of tracks “Uma Brasileira”, a Herbert and Carlinhos Brown partnership, with the special participation of Djavan, led the trio back to the mega success. A second song “Luiz Inácio (300 picaretas)” would lead the band to the politician news after being forbidden to play it in a show in Brasilia, under allegation that the song wounded the honor of the noble members of the Chamber House. The song referred to a declaration of the current Brazilian president, at the time a Federal Deputy, that in the National Congress there were some honored men and 300 tramps. Herbert detonated the political class at that time.
In 1995, Paralamas initiated a pull in the MTV Video Music Brazil that would take them to gather up 11 prizes up to 1999. In that year, the video “Uma Brasileira” got the awards for the best pop video and the video of the audience.
From there on Paralamas sailed in the rhythm of success with two more studio albums: “Nove Luas” (1996) – with the tracks “Lourinha Bombril” (awarded with the best video of the year, best edition and direction in the MTV Video Music Brazil (VMB) and “Busca Vida” (best video of the year in the VMB) – and “Hey Na Na” (1998) – with the tracks “Ela Disse Adeus” (five awards in the VMB: best video of the year, best pop video, best direction, photograph and direction of art) and “O Amor não Sabe Esperar” with the participation of Marisa Monte. The video “Depois da Queda o Coice” gained the VMB for the best edition.
In 1999, it was the time for a project that they have dreamt of during the entire decade, the album “MTV Unplugged”. Instead of making a revision of their career through the successes, they opted by a repertoire dominated by significant songs that had not received the due attention (“Bora Bora”, “Vai Valer” and “Trem da Juventude”) with homage to Chico Science and the group Legião Urbana, the new song “Sincero Breu” and “Um Amor Um Lugar”, recorded before by Fernanda Abreu. The CD sold more than 500 thousand copies and gained the Latin Grammy for the best Brazilian rock album.
The victorious “Unplugged” tour was extended until the end of 2000, when the trio released the compilation “Arquivo 2”, that brought the unpublished “Aonde quer que eu vá”, a Herbert Vianna and Pablo Sergio Valle partnership, one of the great composers of the Brazilian Popular Music (MPB).
At that time, Paralamas announced a six month stop for vacations and a reformulation in the sound of the group, after almost two decades of career. The plans pointed to a new rock album and, primordially, in trio.
This CD was recorded and is titled “Longo Caminho”, but the tragic accident that Herbert suffered on February 4th 2001, left the Brazilian music in mourning. The fall of the small plane in the Angra dos Reis Bay, Rio de Janeiro, when he was on the way to Dado Villa Lobos home, killed his wife, Lucy Needham Vianna and it left him between life and death. The entire country followed Herbert’s fight for survival in the hospital Copa D’Or, in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
It has been a difficult journey since then due to the sequels of the accident: Herbert is in a wheel chair and has not recovered the cerebral functions fully yet, but all that has not incapacitated him for music and in October 2002, he started the rehearsals with the complete band in his home studio. The result was so good that it led gradually to the new CD, with the repertoire composed before the accident.
The Band:
Herbert Vianna:vocals and guitar
Bi Ribeiro:bass
João Barone:Drums
Busca Vida
Os Paralamas Do Sucesso Lyrics
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Vou me perder entre as estrelas
Ver daonde nasce o sol
Como se guiam os cometas pelo espaço
E os meus passos, nunca mais serão iguais
Se for mais veloz que a luz, então escapo da tristeza
Deixo toda a dor pra trás
E volto sem olhar pra trás
No escuro do céu
Mais longe que o sol
Perdido num planeta abandonado
No espaço
Ele ganhou dinheiro
Ele assinou contratos
E comprou um terno
Trocou o carro
E desaprendeu
A caminhar no céu
E foi o princípio do fim
Se for mais veloz que a luz
Então escapo da tristeza
Deixo toda a dor pra trás
Perdida num planeta abandonado
No espaço e volto sem olhar pra trás
The song Busca Vida by Os Paralamas Do Sucesso expresses a desire to escape from pain and sadness and find solace in the beauty and mystery of the universe. The singer speaks of going out to see the sky, to lose himself among the stars, and to witness the birth of the sun and the movement of comets through space. He hopes that by doing so, he can escape from his sorrow and that his life will be forever changed. He wishes to be faster than light, as if to outrun his own feelings and leave them behind.
The second part of the song tells the story of a man who has become wealthy and successful but has lost his ability to appreciate the wonders of the sky. He has signed contracts, bought suits, and forgotten how to walk among the stars. This marks the beginning of the end, as material possessions have replaced his sense of wonder and his connection to the universe. The singer repeats his desire to leave behind all pain and sorrow, to be lost on an abandoned planet in space, and to return to Earth without looking back.
The lyrics of Busca Vida encourage the listener to appreciate the beauty of nature and the vastness of the universe, and to find comfort in the idea that their problems may seem small in comparison. The song also warns of the danger of losing touch with our sense of wonder and the importance of staying grounded in what truly matters.
Line by Line Meaning
Vou sair pra ver o céu
I'm going out to see the sky
Vou me perder entre as estrelas
I'll lose myself among the stars
Ver daonde nasce o sol
See where the sun rises
Como se guiam os cometas pelo espaço
How comets are guided through space
E os meus passos, nunca mais serão iguais
And my steps, will never be the same again
Se for mais veloz que a luz, então escapo da tristeza
If I go faster than light, then I escape from sadness
Deixo toda a dor pra trás
I leave all the pain behind
Perdida num planeta abandonado no espaço
Lost on an abandoned planet in space
E volto sem olhar pra trás
And I return without looking back
No escuro do céu
In the dark of the sky
Mais longe que o sol
Farther than the sun
Ele ganhou dinheiro
He made money
Ele assinou contratos
He signed contracts
E comprou um terno
And bought a suit
Trocou o carro
Changed the car
E desaprendeu
And forgot
A caminhar no céu
How to walk in the sky
E foi o princípio do fim
And it was the beginning of the end
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
Written by: HERBERT VIANNA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
silano soares
Vou sair pra ver o céu
Vou me perder entre as estrelas
Ver d´aonde nasce o sol
Como se guiam os cometas pelo espaço
E os meus passos
Nunca mais serão iguais
Se for mais veloz que a luz
Então escapo da tristeza
Deixo toda dor pra trás
Perdida num planeta abandonado
No espaço
E volto sem olhar pra trás
No escuro do céu... mais longe que o sol...
Perdido num planeta abandonado
No espaço
Ele ganhou dinheiro
Ele assinou contratos
E comprou um terno
Trocou o carro
E desaprendeu a caminhar no céu
E foi o princípio do fim
Walter Mansilla
voy a salir a ver el cielo
me perdere entre las estrellas
Ver donde sale el sol
Cómo navegan los cometas por el espacio
y mis pasos
Nunca será lo mismo
Si es más rápido que la luz
Así me escapo de la tristeza
Dejo todo el dolor atrás
Perdido en un planeta abandonado
En el espacio
Y vuelvo sin mirar atrás
en la oscuridad del cielo
Más lejos que el sol
Perdido en un planeta abandonado
En el espacio
hizo dinero
firmó contratos
Y compré un traje
cambió el coche
y sin aprender
caminando en el cielo
Y fue el principio del fin
Si es más rápido que la luz
Así me escapo de la tristeza
Dejo todo el dolor atrás
Perdido en un planeta abandonado
En el espacio
Y vuelvo sin mirar atrás
Natasha Da mata
Hj foi meu niver fizeram um bolo e cachorro quente surpresa 46 anos de idade no meio da Pandemia com meus filhos marido irmã e sobrinhos há 2 metros de distância um do outro .Enfim me chamaram na porta e minha nora colocou essa musica para tocar ,CHOREI QUE SÓ CRIANÇA .TODOS AQUI SABEM AMO PARALAMAS DA MINHA VIDA !!!!
Amaral Milhomem
Com o meu irmão é só colocar Giz da Legião que o cara desmonta todo ano... kkk ... Eu já sou chorão mesmo, qualquer coisa eu me emociono Natasha... Abçs
jose roberto do vale
Sou fã deles desde 1983, tem músicas deles que eu escuto e choro de emoção, tive a honra de assistir um show deles no dia 20 de maio de 2022. Quase invadir o palco para apertar a mão de todos da banda.
Ana Paula
Feliz vidaaaaaa❤️
Fernando Nepomuceno
Essa música é linda e nostálgica. Lembro bem quando ela foi lançada….
Marcelo Machado Coelho
Que bacana 😃
silano soares
Vou sair pra ver o céu
Vou me perder entre as estrelas
Ver d´aonde nasce o sol
Como se guiam os cometas pelo espaço
E os meus passos
Nunca mais serão iguais
Se for mais veloz que a luz
Então escapo da tristeza
Deixo toda dor pra trás
Perdida num planeta abandonado
No espaço
E volto sem olhar pra trás
No escuro do céu... mais longe que o sol...
Perdido num planeta abandonado
No espaço
Ele ganhou dinheiro
Ele assinou contratos
E comprou um terno
Trocou o carro
E desaprendeu a caminhar no céu
E foi o princípio do fim
mics chip
Gratidao pela letra 🙏🙏🙏
Vanessa Marques Silva
Essa música é fantástica. Me faz lembrar da minha adolescência regada de rock Brasil. Paralamas, Legião, Titãs , Barão, Pato Fú, Skank
Marilia Fernandes
Amo muito essa música!!!!! Saudades de quando as bandas nacionais eram as melhores do mundo!Paralamas,Legião,Ira!,Engenheiros do Hawaii e Barão Vermelho!Essas sim eram fodásticas!!Maravilhosas!!!!!!