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
Perplexo
Os Paralamas Do Sucesso Lyrics
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Você não soube explicar
Fiz questão de ir lá ver
Não consegui enxergar
Desempregado, despejado, sem ter onde cair morto
Endividado sem ter mais com que pagar
Nesse país, nesse país, nesse país
Que alguém te disse que era nosso
Mandaram avisar
Que agora tudo mudou
Eu quis acreditar
Outra mudança chegou
Fim da censura, do dinheiro, muda nome, corta zero
Entra na fila de outra fila pra pagar
Quero entender, quero entender, quero entender
Tudo o que eu posso e o que não posso
Não penso mais no futuro
É tudo imprevisível
Posso morrer de vergonha
Mas eu ainda estou vivo
Segunda-feira, Terça-feira, Quarta-feira
Quinta-feira, Sexta-feira, Sábado de aleluia
Eu vou lutar, eu vou lutar
Eu sou Maguila, não sou Tyson
The lyrics of "Perplexo" by Os Paralamas do Sucesso describe the confusion and frustration of the singer as he tries to understand and make sense of the challenges he is facing. The first verse expresses his attempt to understand someone or something, but the lack of explanation leads to frustration. This feeling is reinforced in the following lines, where he describes his personal struggles with unemployment, eviction, and debt. He notes that he is trying to survive in a country where someone told him that everything was supposed to be his, despite the difficult reality he is facing.
The second verse highlights a change or shift that is supposed to have occurred, but despite his desire to believe in it, he remains skeptical. The lyrics mention the end of censorship and currency changes, but these events are further complicated by waiting in long lines and facing further debt. The singer's desire to understand the situation is reinforced in the chorus, where he emphasizes his desire to understand what he can and cannot do.
Overall, the lyrics of "Perplexo" by Os Paralamas do Sucesso describes the struggles of an individual in Brazil during a difficult time. The singer is confused and frustrated with his personal situation and the broader societal changes occurring around him.
Line by Line Meaning
Tentei te entender
I tried to understand you.
Você não soube explicar
You weren't able to explain.
Fiz questão de ir lá ver
I made sure to go and see.
Não consegui enxergar
I couldn't see.
Desempregado, despejado, sem ter onde cair morto
Unemployed, evicted, with nowhere to go.
Endividado sem ter mais com que pagar
In debt and with nothing left to pay.
Nesse país, nesse país, nesse país
In this country, in this country, in this country.
Que alguém te disse que era nosso
That someone told you was ours.
Mandaram avisar
They sent word.
Que agora tudo mudou
That everything has changed now.
Eu quis acreditar
I wanted to believe.
Outra mudança chegou
Another change has come.
Fim da censura, do dinheiro, muda nome, corta zero
End of censorship, money, changing names, cutting zeros.
Entra na fila de outra fila pra pagar
Getting in line for another line to pay.
Quero entender, quero entender, quero entender
I want to understand, I want to understand, I want to understand.
Tudo o que eu posso e o que não posso
Everything that I can and cannot do.
Não penso mais no futuro
I don't think about the future anymore.
É tudo imprevisível
Everything is unpredictable.
Posso morrer de vergonha
I might die of shame.
Mas eu ainda estou vivo
But I'm still alive.
Segunda-feira, Terça-feira, Quarta-feira
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Quinta-feira, Sexta-feira, Sábado de aleluia
Thursday, Friday, Hallelujah Saturday.
Eu vou lutar, eu vou lutar
I'm going to fight, I'm going to fight.
Eu sou Maguila, não sou Tyson
I'm Maguila, not Tyson.
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Julieta Tula Gallardo
Amo! Grande Banda! Argentina Presente💝
Marcelo Cordelina
Sensacional!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Gabriela Gonçalves
Uma das primeiras bandas que meu irmão me apresentou, além de Legião, Raul Seixas, Barão Vermelho, Cazuza e outros... Um dia terei a chance de ir à um show dos Paralamas do Sucesso.
juliane Mello
Esta música cabe pra este momento atual ...parece que foi feita hoje em 2021
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BONS TEMPOS
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A banda Brasileira mais Argentina do Brasil.
juliane Mello
A música parece que está se encaixando nesta situação atual em 2021 acontecendo tudo de novo!
A única diferença que. 2022 terá o 5G!
Julieta Tula Gallardo
Amooo