Rita helped to incorporate the rock revolution into the creative explosion of tropicalismo, formed the most celebrated Brazilian rock band in the world, Os Mutantes, and created solo songs with enormous popular appeal without losing her freedom and irreverence.
Former member of the group Os Mutantes (1966 — 1972) and leader of the band Tutti Frutti (1973 — 1978), Lee participated in important revolutions in the world of music and society, such as the Tropicália movement during the Brazilian dictatorship, which led her to be the artist with the most censored songs in Brazil during that period. Her songs, usually watered with an acid irony or with a claim for female independence and sexual topics, became ubiquitous in the charts. The album, Fruto Proibido (1975), released together with the band Tutti Frutti, is commonly seen as a fundamental milestone in the history of Brazilian rock, considered by some as her masterpiece.
In 1976, Lee began a romantic relationship with guitarist Roberto de Carvalho and since then he has been the partner on most of her songs and accompanied her in all her live performances. They had three children, including Beto Lee, also a guitarist, who accompanies his parents in concerts. With a career that has reached 50 years, Rita Lee has gone from the musical innovation of the late 1960s and 1970s to the highly successful romantic ballads of the 1980s. In October 2008, Rolling Stone magazine promoted the List of the 100 Greatest Artists in Brazilian Music, where Rita Lee ranks 15th.
In 2001, Rita Lee won the Latin Grammy for Best Portuguese Language Rock Album with "3001". She would receive five more nominations for the award and in 2022, she was awarded the Musical Excellence award for her body of work. In 2012, she announced that she would retire from performing live due to physical frailty. "I retire from shows, but never from music," she wrote on Twitter.
She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021 and had been undergoing treatment for the disease. She passed away in her hometown of São Paulo at the age of 75 on May 8, 2023.
Mania De Você
Rita Lee Lyrics
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Vestindo fantasias, tirando a roupa
Molhada de suor
De tanto a gente se beijar
De tanto imaginar loucuras
A gente faz amor por telepatia
No chão, no mar, na lua, na melodia
De tanto a gente se beijar
De tanto imaginar loucuras
Nada melhor do que não fazer nada
Só pra deitar e rolar com você
Nada melhor do que não fazer nada
Só pra deitar e rolar com você
Meu bem você me dá água na boca
Vestindo fantasias, tirando a roupa
Molhada de suor
De tanto a gente se beijar
De tanto imaginar loucuras
A gente faz amor por telepatia
No chão, no mar, na lua, na melodia
Mania de você
De tanto a gente se beijar
De tanto imaginar loucuras
Nada melhor do que não fazer nada
Só pra deitar e rolar com você
Nada melhor do que não fazer nada
Só pra deitar e rolar com você, com você, com você
Nada melhor
Nada melhor
Do que não fazer nada
Nada
Nada melhor do que não fazer nada
Só pra deitar e com você
Rolar rolar rolar rolar com você
Rolar rolar rolar rolar com você
Rolar rolar rolar rolar com você
The lyrics of Rita Lee's song "Mania de Você" is about a passionate and intense love affair. The lines "Meu bem você me dá água na boca/ Vestindo fantasias, tirando a roupa/ Molhada de suor" describe the overwhelming desire and temptation that the singer feels towards their partner. The couple is so consumed by their love that they make love through telepathy, as seen in the line "A gente faz amor por telepatia/ No chão, no mar, na lua, na melodia" implying that their connection is so strong that they do not need physical touch to express themselves.
The chorus of the song, "Nada melhor do que não fazer nada/ Só pra deitar e rolar com você" reflects the contentment and satisfaction that the singer experiences in their relationship. They do not need anything else to be happy, all they need is to just be together and enjoy each other's company. Overall, the song is a celebration of the intensity, passion, and joy that can be found in a loving relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Meu bem você me dá água na boca
My dear, you make me crave you so much
Vestindo fantasias, tirando a roupa
Wearing costumes, taking off clothes
Molhada de suor
Sweating profusely
De tanto a gente se beijar
From kissing each other so much
De tanto imaginar loucuras
From imagining crazy things together
A gente faz amor por telepatia
We make love through telepathy
No chão, no mar, na lua, na melodia
On the ground, in the sea, under the moon, in the melody
Mania de você
Obsessed with you
Nada melhor do que não fazer nada
There's nothing better than doing nothing
Só pra deitar e rolar com você
Just to lay down and roll around with you
Nada melhor
Nothing is better
Com você, com você, com você
With you, with you, with you
Rolar rolar rolar rolar com você
To roll around with you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Rita Lee Jones De Carvalho, Roberto Zenobio Affonso De Carvalho
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