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
Que País é Este
Os Paralamas Do Sucesso Lyrics
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Sujeira pra todo lado
Ninguém respeita a Constituição
Mas todos acreditam no futuro da nação
Que país é esse
Que país é esse
No Amazonas, no Araguaia iá, iá,
Mato Grosso, nas Gerais
E no Nordeste tudo em paz
Só mesmo morto eu descanso
Mas o sangue anda solto
Manchando os papéis, documentos fiéis
Ao descanso do patrão
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
Terceiro mundo, se for
Piada no exterior
Mas o Brasil vai ficar rico
Vamos faturar um milhão
Quando vendemos todas as almas
Dos nossos índios em um leilão
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
The song "Que País é Este" by Os Paralamas Do Sucesso describes the current state of Brazil and how corrupt it is. The contrast between the favelas and the senate is depicted as being very dirty and the constitution is not being respected. People believe in the future of the nation, but they don't believe in the current situation. The lyrics talks about the different regions in Brazil such as Amazonas, Araguaia, Baixada Fluminense, Mato Grosso, and Nordeste, where everything seems to be peaceful, but the reality is different. The blood is being spilled and it's staining important documents that belong to the boss.
The third stanza refers to Brazil as a third world country, which is often mocked by other countries. The lyrics depict how Brazil wants to become rich, but the wealth is being gained by selling the souls of the indigenous people. In this song, there is a deep criticism of the Brazilian government and people's disillusionment with it.
Overall, the lyrics of "Que País é Este" are powerful, and the song became very popular during the political and social chaos that occurred in Brazil during the 80s and 90s. The song echoes the frustration and disillusionment that the people of Brazil felt at that time. It is a song that speaks to those who saw the country moving in the wrong direction.
Line by Line Meaning
Nas favelas, no senado
In the slums, in the Senate
Sujeira pra todo lado
Dirt everywhere
Ninguém respeita a Constituição
No one respects the Constitution
Mas todos acreditam no futuro da nação
But everyone believes in the future of the nation
Que país é esse
What country is this?
No Amazonas, no Araguaia iá, iá,
In the Amazon, in the Araguaia, iá, iá,
Na Baixada Fluminense
In the Fluminense Lowlands
Mato Grosso, nas Gerais
Mato Grosso, in the Gerais
E no Nordeste tudo em paz
And in the Northeast, everything is peaceful
Só mesmo morto eu descanso
Only when I'm dead do I rest
Mas o sangue anda solto
But the blood is running free
Manchando os papéis, documentos fiéis
Staining the papers, faithful documents
Ao descanso do patrão
In service of the boss's rest
Que país é este
What country is this?
Terceiro mundo, se for
Third world, if you will
Piada no exterior
A joke abroad
Mas o Brasil vai ficar rico
But Brazil is going to get rich
Vamos faturar um milhão
We're going to make a million
Quando vendemos todas as almas
When we sell all the souls
Dos nossos índios em um leilão
Of our Indians in an auction
Que país é este
What country is this?
Que país é este
What country is this?
Que país é este
What country is this?
Que país é este
What country is this?
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Maria Chuquipoma
Nas favelas, no senado
Sujeira pra todo lado
Ninguém respeita a Constituição
Mas todos acreditam no futuro da nação
Que país é esse
Que país é esse
No Amazonas, no Araguaia iá, iá,
Na Baixada Fluminense
Mato Grosso, nas Gerais
E no Nordeste tudo em paz
Só mesmo morto eu descanso
Mas o sangue anda solto
Manchando os papéis, documentos fiéis
Ao descanso do patrão
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
Terceiro mundo, se for
Piada no exterior
Mas o Brasil vai ficar rico
Vamos faturar um milhão
Quando vendemos todas as almas
Dos nossos índios em um leilão
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
Que país é este
edson costa
Antes eu me perguntava:
Que país é esse?
E eu msm respondia:
De políticos,corruptos,ladrões,insensíveis etc e tal.
Hoje eu me pergunto ainda:
Que país é esse?
E eu msm ainda respondo.
Um país de políticos,corrptos,bandidos dissimulados etc e tal.
Mais tbm de uma população omissão,mais interessada em futebol,canarval,cerveja e feriado pronlogado,de certa forma tbm somos culpados pelo desastre que é nosso país.
Quem viveu a infância em meio a ditadura sem poder ser expressar por medo de ser reprimido,tbm aprendeu a lutar e a entender mais nosso país,obviamente que tbm existe dentre esses quem nasceu,cresceu e morreu alienado,mais tivesse mta gente que gostaria de ter visto um país melhor.
Fico observando a "geração atual"nem tão atual assim,com roupa da moda,cabelinho na régua,mais mto pouco na cabeça para entender seu próprio país,ou talvez não queiram entender.
Iceman 35
Um pouco mais de 30 anos composta a letra desta música e, parece bem atualizada...Que país é este??? Das Impunidades, corrupções, ninguém respeita a constituição e etc....
Maria Nascimento
Verdade
vital
Vdd muito atual
Deir Sampaio
@André Reis não!!! Quem roubou lidera as pesquisas, nada mudou....
Walter Rezende
Herbert Vianna, entra para a política brasileira!!! Precisamos de pessoas como você 🙏
Walter Rezende
@DAlcio Garcia Herbert Vianna, entra para a política brasileira!!! Precisamos de pessoas como você 🙏
Kalebe //////
"MÚSICA BOA E DE QUALIDADE, NUNCA PERDE A VALIDADE"
ESSA OBRA PRIMA SEMPRE ATUAL, OS ARRANJOS E ESTA VERSÃO, FICOU MUITO MASSA.
Márcio Santos
Essa música fica mais atual a cada dia! Complexo!!!!!
Gilberto Bento
Essa é uma das poucas vezes que uma versão fica melhor que a original
Atyla Reis
@Andre Miranda nesse caso do Joe Cocker virou outra música, basicamente!