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").

Minhas Madrugadas
Teresa Cristina Lyrics

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Vou pelas minhas madrugadas a cantar
Esquecer o que passou
Trago a face marcada
Cada ruga no meu rosto
Simboliza um desgosto
Quero encontrar em vão o que perdi
Só resta saudade não tenho paz
E a mocidade, que não volta nunca mais

Quantos lábios beijei
Quantas mãos afaguei
Só restou saudade no meu coração
Hoje fitando o espelho, eu vi meus olhos vermelhos

Compreendi que a vida que eu vivi
Foi ilusão

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Teresa Cristina's song Minhas Madrugadas tell a story about a person who wanders through the night, singing and trying to forget the pain of the past. The lines "Trago a face marcada, Cada ruga no meu rosto, Simboliza um desgosto" suggest her face bears the marks of the pain she has suffered, and every wrinkle represents a sadness. She is searching for something that she has lost but knows she cannot find again. The lyrics also reveal the regrets of a person who has lived life but feels like it was all an illusion. The line "Hoje fitando o espelho, eu vi meus olhos vermelhos" shows that she has cried a lot, and her red eyes reflect the despair she feels.

The song seems to capture the feelings of nostalgia, regret, and hopelessness. The use of the first-person point of view makes it more personal and relatable. The repetition of the word "saudade", which means a deep emotional state of longing for someone or something that is gone, highlights the theme of loss that runs throughout the song. The song portrays the hard lessons learned from life and the recognition that sometimes we must accept that the past is gone, and now we must look to the future.

Line by Line Meaning

Vou pelas minhas madrugadas a cantar
I wander through my early mornings singing.

Esquecer o que passou
To forget the past.

Trago a face marcada
My face is marked.

Cada ruga no meu rosto
Every wrinkle on my face.

Simboliza um desgosto
Represents a heartache.

Quero encontrar em vão o que perdi
I want to find what I lost in vain.

Só resta saudade não tenho paz
Only longing remains, I have no peace.

E a mocidade, que não volta nunca mais
And youth, which never returns.

Quantos lábios beijei
How many lips I kissed.

Quantas mãos afaguei
How many hands I caressed.

Só restou saudade no meu coração
Only longing remained in my heart.

Hoje fitando o espelho, eu vi meus olhos vermelhos
Today, gazing into the mirror, I saw my red eyes.

Compreendi que a vida que eu vivi
I understood that the life I lived

Foi ilusão
Was an illusion.

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