The band´s interesting name did not come about until journalist João Piment… Read Full Bio ↴The band´s interesting name did not come about until journalist João Pimentel, writing for Brazil´s top selling daily paper O Globo, made a reference in one of his articles to the group of musicians that played with Teresa Cristina every Saturday night at the bar Semente, placed in one of Rio´s most bohemian neighborhoods, Lapa. It was in 1998 that Bernardo, João, Pedrinho, Ricardo Cotrim (no longer a member of Semente) and other friends, got together for the first time. Back then, Teresa was selecting repertoire for a tribute show she intended to put together in honor of Brazilian music virtuoso Candeia, and handpicking the musicians. Bernardo, at the time a member of group Acorda Bamba, invited band mate Alexandre Bittencourt (who, in turn, invited other musician pals, including Pedrinho, João and Ricardo) to Teresa´s 30th birthday party. That was when the invitation was formalized and well accepted, prompting a routine of meetings between Teresa and the guys to rehearse Candeia´s repertoire, though, in the end, the show never made it to the stage. Still in that year, Teresa and the boys played together for the first time at a show celebrating the International Women´s Day at the Planetário da Gávea theatre. Their premiere on the pulsating night of Lapa, one of Rio de Janeiro´s musical cribs, took place right after this, when Teresa and the group were invited by a certain well known character "Seu Guaracy", of Portela Samba School, to launch the new night music program at local bar Semente, known as a health food place, up until then. It worked out so well that soon Teresa Cristina and Grupo Semente were being called the "rescuers of Lapa´s night life", that had been going down since the eighties. After becoming a hit band playing at Semente, Teresa and the guys went on to perform at other venues in Lapa, such as carioca da Gema and Centro Cultural Carioca, for an ever growing audience. Media recognition came with the release of the first album, a double tribute to Brazilian idol Paulinho da Viola´s 60th birthday, which won Teresa a couple of awards - "Prêmio Rival BR" and "Prêmio Tim"- as "Best New Artist", and a "Best Samba Album" nomination at the 2003 Latin Grammy´s. After that, many were the invitations that took Teresa and Semente all over Brasil and even to Japan, showing the world all the beauty of the good genuine Brazilian music. In 2004, Teresa, Bernardo, Pedrinho and João welcomed Mestre Trambique, coming to replace Ricardo Cotrim, who was leaving the band, and they went in the studio once again to record the band´s second album "A Vida Me Fez Assim" ("Life has Made Me This Way"), which featured Teresa´s premiere as a songwriter. They gathered an excess of overwhelming reviews, and sold-out theatres on which they performed. On that same year, the band hit the road with the "Projeto Pixininguinha" tour, performing at the main cities of the Northeast of Brazil. In 2005, they performed at the "Brazilian Year" Celebrations in Paris, while recording their fist live CD and DVD, suitably titled: "O Mundo é Meu Lugar" ("The World is My Place").

Foi Um Rio Que Passou em Minha Vida
Teresa Cristina Lyrics

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Se um dia meu coração for consultado
Para saber se andou errado
Será difícil negar
Meu coração tem mania de amor
Amor não é fácil de achar
As marcas dos meus desenganos Ficou, ficou
Só um amor pode apagar
A marca dos meus desenganos

Ficou, ficou
Só um amor pode apagar

Porém, ai porém
Há um caso diferente
Que marcou um breve tempo
Meu coração para sempre
Era dia de carnaval
Carregava uma tristeza
Não pensava em novo amor
Quando alguém que não me
Lembro anunciou
Portela, Portela
O samba trazendo alvorada
Meu coração conquistou

Ai, minha Portela
Quando vi você passar
Senti meu coração apressado
Todo meu corpo tomado
A alegria de voltar

Não posso definir aquele azul
Não era do céu
Nem era do mar
Foi um rio que passou em
Minha vida
E meu coração se deixou levar

Foi um rio que passou em
Minha vida.

Overall Meaning

In the song "Foi um Rio Que Passou em Minha Vida" by Teresa Cristina e Grupo Semente, the singer reflects on their past mistakes in love and the search for a true love that can erase the pain of heartbreak. The opening lines reveal the singer's fear of being unable to deny the mistakes of the heart when questioned, as their heart has a tendency towards love that is not always reciprocated. The scars left by past disappointments are difficult to forget, however, the possibility of finding a love that can erase the pain still exists.

The singer then reveals a different case, a moment that marked a brief time in their heart forever. This moment occurs during Carnival, with the samba bringing dawn and the announcement of the Portela samba school. The singer describes feeling a rush of emotion, with their heart beating quickly and their body overcome with joy at the sight of Portela passing by. The color blue in this moment is also significant, as it is not from the sky or sea but rather from a river that passes through their life and takes their heart with it.

Overall, the song speaks to the universal themes of love, heartbreak, and the search for a true connection that can erase the pain of past mistakes. The Portela samba school and the memory of that moment represent the possibility of finding that true love, a glimmer of hope in a sea of heartache.

Line by Line Meaning

Se um dia meu coração for consultado
If one day my heart is asked

Para saber se andou errado
To know if it has done wrong

Será difícil negar
It will be difficult to deny

Meu coração tem mania de amor
My heart has a love addiction

Amor não é fácil de achar
Love is not easy to find

As marcas dos meus desenganos Ficou, ficou
The scars of my disappointments remain, remain

Só um amor pode apagar
Only love can erase them

Porém, ai porém
However, oh however

Há um caso diferente
There is a different case

Que marcou um breve tempo
That marked a brief time

Meu coração para sempre
My heart forever

Era dia de carnaval
It was carnival day

Carregava uma tristeza
I carried a sadness

Não pensava em novo amor
I wasn't thinking of a new love

Quando alguém que não me
When someone who I don't

Lembro anunciou
Remember announced

Portela, Portela
Portela, Portela

O samba trazendo alvorada
The samba bringing dawn

Meu coração conquistou
Conquered my heart

Ai, minha Portela
Oh, my Portela

Quando vi você passar
When I saw you pass by

Senti meu coração apressado
I felt my heart racing

Todo meu corpo tomado
My whole body taken

A alegria de voltar
The joy of returning

Não posso definir aquele azul
I can't define that blue

Não era do céu
It wasn't from the sky

Nem era do mar
Nor was it from the sea

Foi um rio que passou em
It was a river that passed through

Minha vida
My life

E meu coração se deixou levar
And my heart let itself be carried away

Foi um rio que passou em
It was a river that passed through

Minha vida.
My life.

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Sofia Azevedo

Se um dia
Meu coração for consultado
Para saber se andou errado
Será difícil negar
Meu coração tem mania de amor
Amor não é fácil de achar
A marca dos meus desenganos ficou, ficou
Só um amor pode apagar

A marca dos meus desenganos ficou, ficou
Só um amor pode apagar

Porém (a, porém)
Há um caso diferente
Que marcou num breve tempo
Meu coração para sempre
Era dia de carnaval
Carregava uma tristeza
Não pensava em outro amor
Quando alguém que não me lembro anunciou
Portela! Portela!
O samba trazendo alvorada
Meu coração conquistou

Ai, minha Portela
Quando vi você passar
Senti o meu coração apressado
Todo o meu corpo tomado
Minha alegria voltar
Não posso definir aquele azul
Não era do céu, nem era do mar
Foi um rio que passou em minha vida
E meu coração se deixou levar

Foi um rio que passou em minha vida
E meu coração se deixou levar
Foi um rio que passou em minha vida