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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)
Daytripper
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's song Daytripper describe a woman who is a "day tripper" – someone who enjoys short-term flings and isn't interested in long-term commitment. The singer notes that he had a good reason for taking the easy way out of the relationship because he couldn't keep up with her fleeting lifestyle. He describes her as a "big teaser" who only took him halfway to where he wanted to go. He also mentions that he tried to please her, but she was only interested in one-night stands.
At its core, the song is about the pain of unrequited love and the struggle to let go of a relationship that isn't working. The singer realizes that the woman is never going to change and that he needs to move on. However, this realization took him a long time to come to, and he suffered in the process.
The song's upbeat and catchy melody contrasts with the sadness of the lyrics, emphasizing the bittersweet nature of the situation. The repetition of the words "day tripper" serves to reinforce the idea that this woman is always moving on to the next short-term fling.
Line by Line Meaning
Got a good reason
There is a valid justification
For taking the easy way out
To choose the path of least resistance
Got a good reason
There is a valid justification
For taking the easy way out now
To choose the effortless route presently
She was a day tripper
She was someone who goes on short, fun excursions
One way ticket, yeah
A single journey, without return
It took me so long to find out
It took a considerable amount of time to discover the truth
And I found out
And I ultimately came to know
She's a big teaser
She enjoys toying with people, leading them on
She took me half the way there
She got me halfway to my destination
She was a day tripper
She was someone who goes on short, fun excursions
One way ticket, yeah
A single journey, without return
It took me so long to find out
It took a considerable amount of time to discover the truth
And I found out
And I ultimately came to know
Tried to please her
Attempted to make her happy
She only played one night stand
She only engaged in a brief sexual encounter, without a relationship
She was a day tripper
She was someone who goes on short, fun excursions
Sunday driver, yeah
Someone driving without speed, just enjoying the ride
It took me so long to find out
It took a considerable amount of time to discover the truth
And I found out
And I ultimately came to know
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
Repetition of the concept of someone who goes on short, fun excursions
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
Repetition of the concept of someone who goes on short, fun excursions
Day tripper, day tripper, yeah
Repetition of the concept of someone who goes on short, fun excursions
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JOHN LENNON, JOHN WINSTON LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, PAUL JAMES MCCARTNEY
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@yameruss
I love how the drums and percussion are so prominent in the mix. Lani Hall's cool vocal and Sergio's jazzy piano are truly sublime. Production by Herb Alpert.
@nandocury441
Uma deliciosa versão de Day Tripper.
@nicomeier8098
This version is much more musical then the original, love the voices and the Bossa style, never gets dull!
@JoyHarrison
I just discovered this version and I'm loving it.
@blitzkrieg6872
It's all about those drums!!!! The drums are what really make this song.
@quickworks9720
This album started my life long love of Portuguese snd Brazilian music - way back when.
@orenico96
Fantastic version, such a groove, and also the vocal harmonies are great!
@TheVinylRestorationProject
Awesome and glad you enjoyed it. I believe I put out a revitalized version a few months back that you might enjoy as well. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr_e42jBVW8. Enjoy! And thanks for listening.
@stevesmith6685
I was 13 or 14 when this came out. I liked their versions of Beatles songs back then (I know, heresy). I was more jazz, blues oriented then and now... or maybe I just liked the way Lani Hall and Janis Hansen sang... and looked.
@jmrodas9
Nice song made by the Beatles originally but I like this bossa nova version which is very nice to hear over half a century later.