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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)
Madalena
Sergio Mendes Lyrics
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Encontrei Madalena
Sentada numa pedra
Comendo farinha seca
Olhando a produção agrícola
E a pecuária
Madalena chorava
Dizendo assim
Pobre não tem valor
Pobre é sofredor
E quem ajuda é o Senhor do Bonfim
Entre em beco-sai em beco
Há um recurso Madalena
Entra em beco-sai em beco
Há uma santa com seu nome
Entra em beco-sai em beco
Vai à próxima capela
E acende uma vela
Prá não passar fome
The song "Madalena" by Sergio Mendes tells the story of a man who goes for a walk in the countryside and comes across a woman named Madalena sitting on a rock, eating dry flour and crying while her mother tries to console her. The lyrics describe Madalena as a poor woman who is suffering and who believes that the only one who can help her is the Lord of Bonfim. The chorus then tells Madalena to go from alley to alley until she finds a place with a saint named after her. Once she finds it, the song advises her to light a candle so she won't go hungry.
The lyrics are a commentary on poverty and how it affects people's lives. Madalena's situation is one that is all too familiar to many people who live in impoverished areas. The song highlights the desperation that often comes with poverty and the belief that one's only hope is a higher power. Ultimately, the song's message is one of hope and encouragement, urging Madalena to keep moving forward and not give up.
Overall, "Madalena" is a powerful and poignant song that highlights the struggles that many people face in their daily lives. Its lyrics are filled with the kind of empathy and understanding that is needed to truly understand the plight of the poor and marginalized.
Line by Line Meaning
Fui passear na roça
I went for a leisurely walk in the countryside
Encontrei Madalena
I stumbled upon a woman named Madalena
Sentada numa pedra
She was sitting on a large rock
Comendo farinha seca
Eating dry flour
Olhando a produção agrícola
Observing the agricultural production
E a pecuária
And the livestock
Madalena chorava
Madalena was crying
Sua mãe consolava
Her mother was comforting her
Dizendo assim
Saying the following
Pobre não tem valor
The poor have no value
Pobre é sofredor
The poor are only suffering
E quem ajuda é o Senhor do Bonfim
And only the Lord of Bonfim can help them
Entre em beco-sai em beco
Go down one alley, come out the other
Há um recurso Madalena
There is a solution, Madalena
Entra em beco-sai em beco
Go down one alley, come out the other
Há uma santa com seu nome
There is a saint with your name
Entra em beco-sai em beco
Go down one alley, come out the other
Vai à próxima capela
Go to the next chapel
E acende uma vela
And light a candle
Prá não passar fome
So you won't go hungry
Contributed by Hudson G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@alejandralara1357
LETRA/LYRICS
Vem Magalenha rojão, traz a lenha pro fogão, vem fazer armação
Hoje é um dia de sol, alegria de coió, é curtir o verao
Vem Magalenha rojão, traz a lenha pro fogão, vem fazer armação
Hoje é um dia de sol, alegria de coió, é curtir o verão
Te te te te te te te
Te te te te te te te
Te te te te te te te
Vem Magalenha rojão, traz a senha pro fogão te te te coração
Hoje é um dia de sol, alegria de xodó, meu dever de verão
Vem Magalenha rojão, traz a senha pro fogão te te te coração
Hoje é um dia de sol, alegria de xodó, meu dever de verão
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Calangulango, do calango da pretinha,
'Tô cantando essa mudinha pra senhora se lembrar,
Daquele tempo que vivia la na roça com uma filha
Na barriga e outra filha pra criar
Calangulango, do calango da pretinha,
'Tô cantando essa mudinha pra senhora se lembrar,
Daquele tempo que vivia la na roça com uma filha
Na barriga e outra filha pra criar
Calangulango, do calango da pretinha,
'Tô cantando essa mudinha pra senhora se lembrar,
Daquele tempo que vivia la na roça com uma filha
Na barriga e outra filha pra criar
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Vem Magalenha rojão, traz a senha pro fogão te te te coração
Hoje é um dia de sol, alegria de xodó, meu dever de verão
Vem Magalenha rojão, traz a senha pro fogão te te te coração
Hoje é um dia de sol, alegria de xodó, meu dever de verão
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
Te te te te te
@fabianm6882
No entiendo ni un carajo de lo que dice, pero la energía que transmite la música te contagia...
Brasil gracias por existir, Brasil la joya de Sudamérica 🇧🇷
@josealfredoberistainleyva5397
Jejeje, te apoyo, lástima que ya no tengan magia para ganar otro mundial y menos con actores como el neymar
@nayropaiva894
Gracias
@nayropaiva894
@@josealfredoberistainleyva5397 también es verdad jajaja
@user-yq4ek6ct6z
Obrigado ♥️
@urianerreerre5005
@@josealfredoberistainleyva5397 casi los alcanzan los alemanes
@andresmora5192
Nos Mexicanos amamos o Brasil !!!
Saudaçoes do Mexico.
@marifreitas8679
Beijos de Brasil 🇧🇷
@brazukamb2352
Nossa e eu queria ser mexicano...
@odoutrinador3824
@@brazukamb2352 deve ser triste ser um vira lata como vc ,nao mereçe o brasil mesmo .