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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)
Please Baby Don't feat. John Legend
Sergio Mendes Lyrics
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Don't fall in love with me
Please baby don't (baby don't)
You know my history
See honey I'm (honey I'm)
I'm just trying to warn you (let me warn you)
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Don't fall in love with me
I've been cruisin' down this road for a while now,
I should tell the truth...
Girl you've been so good to me but I know
I'm no good for you
You should run while you can
Find yourself a better man
'Cause I'm known for brief romance
And breakin' hearts across the land
Yes I've been known to have a few temptations
Out there on the road
And let's say hypothetically I've slipped and
Took a couple home
Girl I know that's not fair
You need someone who'll be there
So just get away before it's too late
And your pain's too much to bear
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Don't fall in love with me
Please baby don't (baby don't)
You know my history
See honey I'm (honey I'm)
I'm just trying to warn you (let me warn you)
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Don't fall in love with me
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Don't fall in love with me
Please baby don't (baby don't)
You know my history
See honey I'm (honey I'm)
I'm just trying to warn you (let me warn you)
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Don't fall in love with me
Now on second thought maybe we'll give
This love another try
'Cause I can't see you with no one else
I'm selfish I can't lie
So let's go, let's go slow
You know all you need to know
It could end one day but
Let's just say we'll see how far it goes
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Don't fall in love with me
Please baby don't (baby don't)
You know my history
See honey I'm (honey I'm)
I'm just trying to warn you (let me warn you)
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Don't fall in love with me
In Sergio Mendes's song "Please Baby Don't," the singer warns his lover not to fall in love with him because of his notorious reputation for brief romances and breaking hearts across the country. He acknowledges that he has a history of temptation and let's just say hypothetically, he's slipped with a couple of them. Therefore, he advises his lover to run while she can and find a better man who'll be there for her because he's known for brief romance.
As the song proceeds, the singer goes on to say he cannot see his lover with anyone else but him; he's just being selfish. Thus, they should give this love another chance but take it slow because, although it might end one day, they should see how far it goes.
The lyrics depict a man who is honest and upfront about his imperfections and warns his lover to be careful to avoid getting hurt. It ultimately shows the dilemma of an individual who wants to fall in love but fears getting hurt again.
Line by Line Meaning
Please baby don't (baby don't)
Begging you not to fall in love with me
Don't fall in love with me
I am not the kind of man you want as your lover
You know my history
I have a reputation of leaving and hurting the people I date
See honey I'm (honey I'm)
Let me explain the situation to you
I'm just trying to warn you (let me warn you)
I want you to know upfront that I am not the right person for you
I've been cruisin' down this road for a while now,
I have been around for a long time
I should tell the truth...
I need to be honest with you
Girl you've been so good to me but I know
You are great, but we are not meant to be together
I'm no good for you
I am not the right person for you
You should run while you can
You should leave me before it's too late
Find yourself a better man
You deserve someone better than me
'Cause I'm known for brief romance
I have a track record of being with someone for a short period of time
And breakin' hearts across the land
I have hurt people's feelings in many places
Yes I've been known to have a few temptations
I have been tempted by other women
Out there on the road
When I am travelling
And let's say hypothetically I've slipped and
Suppose I have made a mistake
Took a couple home
I have had physical relationships with some women
Girl I know that's not fair
I admit this is not right
You need someone who'll be there
You deserve a committed partner
So just get away before it's too late
I suggest you leave me before you get hurt
And your pain's too much to bear
I don’t want to see you suffer
Now on second thought maybe we'll give
After thinking about it, maybe we can try again
This love another try
See if there is a chance for this relationship to work
'Cause I can't see you with no one else
I cannot stand seeing you with anyone else
I'm selfish I can't lie
I am admitting that I am self-centered
So let's go, let's go slow
Let's take it slow and see how it goes
You know all you need to know
You are aware of the risks of being with me
It could end one day but
This relationship may not last
Let's just say we'll see how far it goes
Let time decide the fate of our relationship
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: JOHN STEPHENS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
joe almeida
John Legend's voice is wonderful.
Maria Claudia Souza
Sérgio Mendes continues to be THE MAN! Such remarkable sound with unique lyrics in John Legend’s voice.
Andrés Hernandez
Amo esta cancion, ni idea porque no tiene mas vistas.
The Tee Tones
So in love with this song!
Frolie
I 💚 this song!!
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