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
Vital E Sua Moto
Os Paralamas Do Sucesso Lyrics
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E achava que assim estava mal
De um ônibus pro outro aquilo para ele era o fim
Conselho de seu pai
Motocicleta é perigoso Vital
É duro te negar, filho
Mas isso dói bem mais em mim
E passou a se sentir total
Se sentir total
Vital e sua moto mas que união feliz
Corria e viajava era sensacional
A vida em duas rodas
Era tudo que ele sempre quis
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Seu sonho de metal
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Iam tentar tocar na capital
Na capital
E a caravana do amor
Então pra lá também se encaminhou
Ele foi com sua moto
Ir de carro era baixo astral
Minha prima já está lá
E é por isso então que eu também vou
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
The lyrics of Os Paralamas Do Sucesso's song "Vital E Sua Moto" speaks about Vital, who used to walk everywhere and thought it was a problem for him. Vital's father advised him against buying a motorcycle since it is dangerous, but Vital bought it anyway and felt complete. Riding his motorcycle made him feel like he was living the life he always wanted. He could travel and explore the world without worrying about anything. The song tells a story about how Vital's motorcycle became his dream and how it became a symbol of freedom for him.
The song's chorus repeats the phrase "vital e sua moto" (Vital and his motorcycle) several times, emphasizing how inseparable they had become. Vital's motorcycle became an extension of himself, and without it, he felt incomplete. The song also talks about how he used his motorcycle to travel with a group of musicians called Os Paralamas Do Sucesso, who were also heading to the capital to perform. They all traveled together, except Vital, who chose to ride his motorcycle alone, as it was his prized possession.
In summary, "Vital E Sua Moto" is a story about a man who found freedom and completeness in his motorcycle, despite his father's warning about the danger. It speaks to the idea that we should follow our dreams and take risks, even if they may be dangerous, as they can lead us to the life we want to live.
Line by Line Meaning
Vital andava a pé
Vital used to walk without any means of transportation
E achava que assim estava mal
He thought it was bad for him to be walking all the time
De um ônibus pro outro aquilo para ele era o fim
Changing from one bus to another was a nightmare for him
Conselho de seu pai
His father's advice
Motocicleta é perigoso Vital
His father warned him that motorcycles are dangerous
É duro te negar, filho
It's hard to deny you, son
Mas isso dói bem mais em mim
But it hurts me even more
Mas Vital comprou a moto
But Vital bought a motorcycle anyway
E passou a se sentir total
He started feeling complete
Se sentir total
Feeling complete
Vital e sua moto mas que união feliz
Vital and his motorcycle, what a happy union
Corria e viajava era sensacional
It was sensational to ride and travel on his motorcycle
A vida em duas rodas
Life on two wheels
Era tudo que ele sempre quis
It was everything he ever wanted
Com seu sonho de metal
With his dream bike
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
The Paralamas do Sucesso band
Iam tentar tocar na capital
They were going to try to play in the capital city
Na capital
In the capital
E a caravana do amor
And the love caravan
Então pra lá também se encaminhou
Also headed there
Ele foi com sua moto
He went there on his motorcycle
Ir de carro era baixo astral
Going by car was not as fun
Minha prima já está lá
My cousin is already there
E é por isso então que eu também vou
And that's why I'm going too
Vital e sua moto
Vital and his motorcycle
Mas que união feliz
What a happy union
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Herbert Lemos De Souza Vianna
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
antonela 1306
Letra:
Vital andava a pé
E achava que assim estava mal
De um ônibus pro outro aquilo para ele era o fim
Conselho de seu pai
Motocicleta é perigoso Vital
É duro te negar, filho
Mas isso dói bem mais em mim
Mas Vital comprou a moto
E passou a se sentir total
Se sentir total
Vital e sua moto mas que união feliz
Corria e viajava era sensacional
A vida em duas rodas
Era tudo que ele sempre quis
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Seu sonho de metal
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Iam tentar tocar na capital
Na capital
E a caravana do amor
Então pra lá também se encaminhou
Ele foi com sua moto
Ir de carro era baixo astral
Minha prima já está lá
E é por isso então que eu também vou
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
Diego Leiva
Cuantos comentarios en español! Me pone contento el reconociemiento a esta banda tanto dentro como fuera de Brasil. Aguante Paralamas por siempre!!! Saludos desde Argentina.
Claudia da Fonseca Pereira
Sempre atual
Nao importa a música Os Paralamas do Sucesso arrasam sempre.
Que orgulho poder acompanhar desde o começo.
Até hoje hoje curto, danço e põe o meu astral lá em cima.
Os paralamas são para vida toda.
antonela 1306
Letra:
Vital andava a pé
E achava que assim estava mal
De um ônibus pro outro aquilo para ele era o fim
Conselho de seu pai
Motocicleta é perigoso Vital
É duro te negar, filho
Mas isso dói bem mais em mim
Mas Vital comprou a moto
E passou a se sentir total
Se sentir total
Vital e sua moto mas que união feliz
Corria e viajava era sensacional
A vida em duas rodas
Era tudo que ele sempre quis
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Com seu sonho de metal
Vital passou a se sentir total
Seu sonho de metal
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Iam tentar tocar na capital
Na capital
E a caravana do amor
Então pra lá também se encaminhou
Ele foi com sua moto
Ir de carro era baixo astral
Minha prima já está lá
E é por isso então que eu também vou
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Vão tentar tocar na capital
Vital e sua moto
Mas que união feliz
lj Mun
Gracias por todos esos años de sus buenos sentimientos y música ❤🎉🎉🎉
Luis Quintero
Me encanta esta canción!!! La primera vez que la oi fue en el concierto del Festival de Montreux en Suiza.
Saludos desde Haines City, FL 🇺🇸
jriron1
Uma das minhas musicas favoritas desda infância!
Everson Pereira
Demais, demais, muitas saudades. Gosto particularmente da versão do Álbum Arquivo ' 90.
Noite Americana
Essa é the police puro. Simples animal
Rafael Martins
Siim! Essa versão é imbatível e o solo do Herbert é fenomenal!!
Zec Sabbath
ao vivo estraga >>>>