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Sérgio Santos Mendes (born Niteroi, 11 February 1941) is a Brazilian musician. Born the son of a physician in Niteroi, Brazil, Mendes attended the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. As his interest in jazz grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late-1950s just as bossa nova, a jazz-inflected derivative of samba, was taking off. Mendes played with Antonio Carlos Jobim (regarded as a mentor), and many U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil.
Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded Dance Moderno in 1961. Touring Europe and the United States, Mendes recorded albums with Cannonball Adderly and Herbie Mann and played Carnegie Hall. Mendes moved to the U.S. in 1964 and cut two albums under the Brasil '65 group name with Capitol Records and Atlantic Records. When sales were tepid, he replaced his Brazilian born vocalist Wanda Sa with the distinctive voice of Chicago native Lani Hall (who learned Mendes' Portuguese material phonetically) and switched to Herb Alpert's A&M label and released Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66. (Hall would later marry Alpert). The album ultimately went platinum based largely upon the success of the single Mas Que Nada and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured regularly. Though his early singles with Brasil '66 (most notably Mas Que Nada) met with some success, Mendes really burst into mainstream prominence when he performed the Oscar nominated Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "The Look of Love" on the Academy Awards telecast in March 1968. Brasil '66's version of the song quickly shot into the top 10, eclipsing Dusty Springfield's version from the soundtrack of the movie, and Mendes spent the rest of 1968 enjoying consecutive top 10 and top 20 hits with his follow-up singles, "The Fool on the Hill" and "Scarborough Fair." Though he continued to enjoy adult contemporary chart successes with Brasil '66 through 1971, he would not experience the mainstream chart hits he enjoyed in 1968 until his comeback album in 1983 generated the biggest single of his career, "Never Gonna Let You Go." However, from 1968 on, Mendes was arguably the biggest Brazilian star in the world, enjoying immense popularity worldwide and performing in venues as varied as stadium arenas and the White House, where he gave concerts for both President Johnson and President Nixon.
Mendes' career in the U.S. stalled in the mid-70s, but he remained very popular in South America and Japan. (This disparity became a Seinfeld in-joke.) His two albums with Bell Records in 1973 and 1974, followed by several for Elektra from 1975 on, found Mendes continuing to mine the best in American pop music and post-Bossa writers of his native Brazil, while forging new directions in soul with collaborators like Stevie Wonder, who wrote Mendes' R&B-inflected minor hit, "The Real Thing." In 1983, he rejoined Alpert's A&M records and enjoyed huge success with a self-titled album and several follow-up albums, all of which received considerable adult contemporary airplay with charting singles. By the time Mendes released his Grammy-winning Elektra album Brasileiro in 1992, he was the undisputed master of pop-inflected Brazilian jazz. The late-1990s lounge music revival brought retrospection and respect to Mendes' oeuvre, particularly the classic Brasil '66 albums. He has released over thirty-five albums, and still plays his bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. His newest album, Timeless released in 2006, featured Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas, Q-Tip, Justin Timberlake, and Pharoahe Monch.
(Text taken in whole from the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Mendes on March 30, 2006)
Day Tripper
Sergio Mendes Lyrics
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For taking the easy way out
Got a good reason
For taking the easy way out now
She was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out
She's a big teaser
She took me half the way there
She's a big teaser
She took me half the way there, now
She was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Tried to please her
She only played one night stand
Tried to please her
She only played one night stand, now
She was a day tripper
Sunday driver, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
The lyrics to Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66's song Day Tripper tell the story of a man who has fallen for a woman who only wants a casual one night stand. He describes her as a "big teaser" who took him halfway there, but ultimately she was just a "day tripper" and a "Sunday driver." Despite his efforts to please her, he realizes that she was never interested in anything more than a brief fling. The repetition of "day tripper, day tripper, yeah" at the end emphasizes this point further - she was only passing through his life for a brief moment.
The phrase "taking the easy way out" suggests that the man knows deep down that this woman is not good for him, but he's choosing to ignore it because it's easier than confronting his feelings. He may feel like he doesn't deserve a more committed relationship or he's afraid of being hurt. The song is ultimately a cautionary tale about falling for someone who isn't interested in the same level of commitment.
Overall, the lyrics to Day Tripper are a potent commentary on the pitfalls of casual relationships and the importance of valuing yourself enough to seek out something more meaningful.
Line by Line Meaning
Got a good reason
There is a valid justification
For taking the easy way out
For doing the simple and obvious thing
Got a good reason
There is a valid justification
For taking the easy way out now
For doing the simple and obvious thing at this moment
She was a day tripper
She was someone who went out for the day
One way ticket, yeah
She only planned on going in one direction
It took me so long to find out
It took me a significant amount of time to discover
And I found out
And I finally uncovered the truth
She's a big teaser
She is someone who is difficult to read and understand
She took me half the way there
She helped me get part of the way, but not all the way
She was a day tripper
She was someone who went out for the day
One way ticket, yeah
She only planned on going in one direction
It took me so long to find out
It took me a significant amount of time to discover
And I found out
And I finally uncovered the truth
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Musical interlude
Tried to please her
I attempted to make her happy
She only played one night stand
She only wanted a short, casual relationship
Tried to please her
I attempted to make her happy
She only played one night stand, now
She only wanted a short, casual relationship at this time
She was a day tripper
She was someone who went out for the day
Sunday driver, yeah
She was only casually interested in the experience
It took me so long to find out
It took me a significant amount of time to discover
And I found out
And I finally uncovered the truth
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
She was only interested in a casual, one-day experience
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
She was only interested in a casual, one-day experience
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
She was only interested in a casual, one-day experience
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Tratore
Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
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