Maia performed in a variety of musical genres, ranging from happy and energetic dance music to sentimental songs such as his hit "Me Dê Motivo". He performed soul music, funk, bossa nova (in the 1990s), romantic songs, American pop, samba, baião, and Música Popular Brasileira.
He started to write his earliest songs at eight and at 14, as a drummer, he formed the group Os Tijucanos do Ritmo, which lasted one year. He then took guitar classes and was soon teaching children in the neighborhood of Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, including the Matoso gang (Maia, Jorge Ben, Erasmo Esteves, later Erasmo Carlos, and several others), named after the street where they used to hang out.
In that period, Maia was the guitar teacher of Esteves and when Roberto Carlos joined the gang in 1958, he also took classes with him. Maia, Carlos, and Esteves (together with Edson Trindade, Arlênio Lívio, and José Roberto "China") formed the group The Snakes (later The Sputniks), playing balls and performing on television (including on Carlos Imperial's Clube do Rock on TV Continental, where Carlos was already a regular). The group was soon dissolved due to incompatibility between Carlos and Maia.
After his father's demise in 1959, Maia won a scholarship to study communications in the United States, where he lived for four years. There he started as a vocalist, having joined the Ideals, but in 1963, he was arrested for possession of Weed.
Jailed for six months and then deported to Brazil, he did not find any warmth on the part of his old comrades Esteves and Carlos, who were beginning to enjoy the massive success of Jovem Guarda, which would get a grip on the entire country in a few years. Moving to São Paulo, he had some support from Os Mutantes instead. Having recorded in 1968 his first single with his compositions "Meu País" and "Sentimento," he became more visible after 1969 when he launched his "These Are the Songs," which was re-recorded by Elis Regina in the next year, in duo with him and included on Regina's Em Pleno Verão.
In the 1970s, Maia started to record albums and perform shows promoting his synthesis of American soul and Brazilian music with elements of samba and baião. The movement gradually took the working-class suburbs of the north side of Rio de Janeiro, exploding in 1976 with the black movement.
In 1970 Maia recorded his first full-length LP, Tim Maia, which included the classics "Azul da Cor do Mar", "Coroné Antônio Bento", and "Primavera", and topped the charts for 24 weeks in Rio de Janeiro. His first four albums were all self-titled. Next year's Tim Maia had other hits including "Não Quero Dinheiro (Só Quero Amar)" and "Preciso Aprender a Ser Só". His fourth album, released in 1973, included "Réu Confesso" and "Gostava Tanto de Você".
Maia founded two record labels: Vitória Régia Discos and Seroma. Through the latter he released the albums Tim Maia Racional, Vols. 1 & 2, both with songs about the knowledge contained in the Rational Culture, in the book Universo em Desencanto (Universe in Disenchantment). Although these albums were not well-received at their time of release, they are now regarded as classics and saw re-release in 2005. In 1978 Maia had one of his biggest hits, "Sossego," and another success with "Acenda o Farol," both launched on Tim Maia Disco Club.
In 1983 he had hits with "O Descobridor dos Sete Mares" and "Me Dê Motivo", included on O Descobridor dos Sete Mares (Polygram). Another milestone of his career in the 1980s was Tim Maia (1986), which had the hit "Do Leme ao Pontal (Tomo Guaraná, Suco de Caju, Goiabada Para Sobremesa)".
In 1990 he interpreted bossa nova classics on an album released through his label Vitória Régia that wasn't noticed, the LP Tim Maia Interpreta Clássicos da Bossa Nova. After a period of poor presence in the media, he was again on top after being mentioned by Jorge Ben Jor's "W/Brasil" in 1993. In the same period, Maia had another hit with his re-recording of "Como uma Onda" (Lulu Santos/Nelson Motta) for a television advertisement.
At the same time, he withdrew from majors, recording his next albums through Vitória Régia, including What a Wonderful World (1997), where he recorded American pop/soul classics, and Amigos do Rei/Tim Maia e Os Cariocas, with the famous vocal group. Obese and in bad health, in March 1998 he was performing at the Municipal Theater of Niterói when he became ill. Hospitalized, he died few days later. Tim had suffered from many health problems which includes Diabetes, Acute Hypertension, Obesity and Pulmonary Embolisim. In 1999 he was paid tribute in a show by several Música Popular Brasileira artists. The show was launched on CD and DVD. In 2000 he had another tribute, also released in CD.
Bom-Senso
Tim Maia Lyrics
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E na virada quase nada
Me restou a curtição
Já rodei o mundo quase mudo
No entanto num segundo
Este livro veio à mão
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já pedi ajuda
Já dormi na rua
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Já virei calçada maltratada
E na virada quase nada
Me restou a curtição
Já rodei o mundo quase mudo
No entanto num segundo
Este livro veio à mão
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já dormi na rua
Já pedi ajuda
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já dormi na rua
Já pedi ajuda
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Leia o livro "Universo em Desencanto"
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já pedi ajuda
Já dormi na rua
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já pedi ajuda
Já dormi na rua
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Não perca tempo
Leia o livro "Universo em Desencanto"
The lyrics of Tim Maia's song Bom-Senso speak about the power of reading and the impact it can have on one's life. The first stanza talks about the struggles and hardships the singer has faced, including feeling forgotten and mistreated, but finding solace in the enjoyment of life. The next stanza describes the singer's experiences of traveling the world, feeling lost and disconnected, until they stumbled upon a book that changed their life in an instant. Despite the mistakes they have made and the challenges they have faced, reading has helped them find good judgment and rationality.
The chorus repeats the idea that reading has helped the singer attain good sense and rational immunity. The last stanza specifically identifies the book that has transformed the singer's life, "Universo em Desencanto," urging others to read it as well. The overall message of the song is the transformative power of literature, that reading has the ability to bring positivity and rationality to one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
Já virei calçada maltratada
I've been mistreated like a worn-out sidewalk
E na virada quase nada
At the turn of my life, I was left with almost nothing
Me restou a curtição
All that was left for me was to enjoy life
Já rodei o mundo quase mudo
I've traveled the world in silence
No entanto num segundo
But in one second
Este livro veio à mão
This book came into my hand
Já senti saudade
I've missed someone
Já fiz muita coisa errada
I've done many wrong things
Já pedi ajuda
I've asked for help
Já dormi na rua
I've slept on the streets
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
But by reading, I reached good sense
A imunização
An immunity
Racional
Rational one
Não perca tempo
Don't waste time
Leia o livro 'Universo em Desencanto'
Read the book 'Universe in Disenchantment'
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Sebastiao Rodrigues Maia
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@michaelalberto8180
Já virei calçada maltratada
E na virada quase nada
Me restou a curtição
Já rodei o mundo quase mudo
No entanto num segundo
Este livro veio à mão
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já pedi ajuda
Já dormi na rua
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Já virei calçada maltratada
E na virada quase nada
Me restou a curtição
Já rodei o mundo quase mudo
No entanto num segundo
Este livro veio à mão
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já dormi na rua
Já pedi ajuda
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já dormi na rua
Já pedi ajuda
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Leia o livro "Universo em Desencanto"
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já pedi ajuda
Já dormi na rua
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Já senti saudade
Já fiz muita coisa errada
Já pedi ajuda
Já dormi na rua
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso
A imunização
Racional
Não perca tempo
Leia o livro "Universo em Desencanto"
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Letra revisada e corrigida.
@Parceirog
Seita vive de fé, crenças e espiritualidade. Nada disso existe na Cultura Racional.
Se a fé valesse não haveria sofrimento, pois todos resolveriam tudo com o poder da fé.
mas por a fé nada valer, é que todos sofrem e fazem os demais sofrerem.
isso é só para mostrar que a fé não tem lugar na Cultura Racional. Por isso, Cultura Racional não é religião, por que religião existe em cada esquina e vejam como todos vivem! Bichos em forma de gente! Traidores, falsos, oportunistas!
Por fora fazendo o papel de bom fariseu! cheio da bondade! cheio de "amor" ao próximo. Querendo mostrar aos quatros ventos que faz caridade! Que ajuda!
Mas tudo por interesse! Com promessas de paraíso!
Adotaram mentiras como verdade!
Colocaram uma serpente no paraíso, na tentativa de enganar ingênuos; como se num paraíso pudesse existir serpentes e demônios.
Tudo isso para provar o atraso dos crentes caducos, que vivem a caducar com essas religiões que nada resolvem.
Por isso são falsos e oportunistas.
Acabam morrendo na esperança das falsas promessas de salvação após a morte!
Tudo isso porque?
Porque falam de amor, falam do bem! Mas só falam!
Pois praticam o mau e não amam nem a si mesmos.
Matam pela fé.
Porque são atrasados e merecedores de descer para as classes inferiores de bicho irracional.
Pelo atraso e abuso vão percorrer toda a classe do irracional para aprender a respeitar e amar o próximo de verdade.
Sem demagogias.
Sem depender de religião.
Porque só assim que bicho aprende: por meio do sofrimento e da dor.
@spoumzie
Brazilian songs have a special place in my heart!!! love from Morocco
@analfabetofuncionaaal
mine too/ love from Deutschland
@PauloFerreira-wp2it
Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷 🦜🌈🦜🌈🦜🌈🦜🎉🎊🎉🌈🔆🔆🔆🔆🌴🌴🌴
@alvaromarciokojosousa5956
All love for you guys!! When I have the opportunity of go out to brasil visit Europe, Asia, South America, I will take the good brazilian music with me.
@didimoco2973
@Glaurung Brasileiro sempre fazendo questão de mostrar a desgraça que é.
@franzmeyer
@Didí Mocó com certeza aq é uma desgraça mesmo. uma desgraça q nós fizemos por merecer
@aldogomes7504
Corri a maratona do Rio, 42km, escutando Tim Maia. Beleza pura!
@mateusbraz7750
excelente
@simonelemes9829
Não sei se você ganhou a maratona, mas sei que o bom senso vc atingiu 👌👏👏👏
@valeriavivia183
Uau