His body of work consists of 21 albums released along his 26-year career. His musical style is mostly rock and ballad, although he wrote songs in many different styles, including variations of styles typical of his native Northeastern Brazil like Forró and Baião, and in fact often used more than one style in the same song, as in "Let Me Sing, Let Me Sing". His debut album, Raulzito e Os Panteras (1968), was produced when he was part of a band of the same name. However, he only gained prominence and critical audience with songs from the album Krig-Há, Bandolo! (1973), such as "Ouro de Tolo" ("Fool's Gold"), "Mosca na Sopa" ("Fly in the Soup"), and "Metamorfose Ambulante" ("Walking Metamorphosis"). Raul Seixas developed a unique musical style that emphasized the maverick and the mystic. His album Gita (1974), influenced by figures such as Aleister Crowley, expresses his views very directly.
Many songs in Gita were co-written with his frequent collaborator, then fellow mystic, and future worldwide bestselling author Paulo Coelho. Raul was interested in philosophy (especially metaphysics and ontology), psychology, history, literature and Latin. In October 2008, nineteen years after his death, Raul Seixas was placed in 19th position in a List of One Hundred Greatest Artists of Brazilian music sponsored by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine, topping the likes of Milton Nascimento, Maria Bethânia, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others, demonstrating the influence that Seixas' music continues to hold today.
Rock Do Diabo
Raul Seixas Lyrics
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Me dê um porco vivo para eu encher minha pança
Três quilos de alcatra com muqueca de esperança
Diabo
O diabo usa capote
É rock é toque é forte
Diabo
Enquanto Freud explica as coisas
O diabo fica dando toque
Existem dois diabos Só que um parou na pista
Um deles é do toque O outro é aquele do exorcista
Diabo
O diabo usa capote
É rock é toque é forte
Diabo
Foi ele mesmo que me deu o toque
Enquanto Freud explica as coisas
O diabo fica dando os toque
Mamãe disse a Zequinha
Nunca pule aquele muro
Zequinha respondeu mamãe aqui tá mais escuro
Diabo
O diabo usa capote
É rock é forte é toque
Diabo
Foi ele mesmo que me deu o toque
Enquanto Freud explica as coisas
O diabo fica dando os toque
O diabo é o pai do rock
O diabo é o pai do rock
Então é very god rock
O diabo é o pai do rock
Enquanto Freud explica
O diabo dá os toque
In "Rock Do Diabo," Raul Seixas sings about the devil and his influence on rock music. The song begins with a suggestion to fill one's belly with a live pig and three kilograms of beef, but then the chorus comes in, with the repeated refrain that "the devil wears a coat, that he's rock and roll, and that he's strong." The devil has apparently given Raul Seixas a touch or idea, thus influencing his music just as Freud is explaining the workings of the human psyche.
The second part of the song discusses the two types of devils, with one of them being the devil of rock music, and the other being the devil of exorcism. Then the lyrics shift to a conversation between Zequinha and his mother. Mama cautions Zequinha about jumping over a fence, but the singer responds by saying that it's darker here, with the devil lurking around. Finally, the song ends with the assertion that "the devil is the father of rock music and that it's very good rock," which reaffirms the idea that the devil's influence is integral to rock and roll.
Line by Line Meaning
One, two, three, four
The beginning of the song, counting in to start the music.
Me dê um porco vivo para eu encher minha pança
Give me a living pig to satisfy my hunger.
Três quilos de alcatra com muqueca de esperança
Three kilograms of beef and hope that it will be cooked well in a traditional Brazilian stew.
O diabo usa capote
The devil wears a cloak.
É rock é toque é forte
It's rock music, it's the beat, it's strong.
Foi ele mesmo que me deu o toque
It was the devil himself who taught me the beat.
Enquanto Freud explica as coisas
While Freud explains things.
Existem dois diabos Só que um parou na pista
There are two devils, but one got stuck on the track.
Um deles é do toque O outro é aquele do exorcista
One of them is the devil of the beat, the other is the devil of exorcism.
Mamãe disse a Zequinha Nunca pule aquele muro
Mom told Zequinha to never jump over that wall.
Zequinha respondeu mamãe aqui tá mais escuro
Zequinha replied that it's darker here.
O diabo é o pai do rock
The devil is the father of rock music.
Então é very god rock
So it's very good rock music.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Paulo Coelho De Souza, Raul Santos Seixas
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