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.
My little girl
Tim Maia Lyrics
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Was so fine
I thought it all
She opened my eyes
So I couldn't cry
I thought it over
My day's sunny
She looked me over
And answered my prayers
So maybe someday
I looked for over
Take it over
Everybody needs somebody
Everyday needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
To love
In Tim Maia's song "My Little Girl," the lyrics speak about a transformative experience that the singer had with a young woman. The singer describes this woman as his "little girl" and remarks on how fine she is. He then goes on to explain that she opened his eyes so he could no longer cry and that he had thought the situation over. The lyrics describe how the woman has made his days sunny and that on the rainy days, she looked him over and answered his prayers. The singer then goes on to say that someday he hopes to take the situation over.
The last stanza of the lyrics emphasizes the importance of having someone to love in one's life. The words state that "everybody needs somebody" and that "everyday needs somebody" to love. Overall, the song speaks to the transformative power of love and the importance of having someone to rely on in one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
My little girl
The one who was closest to me
Was so fine
She was exceptional
I thought it all
I believed I knew everything
She opened my eyes
She helped me see things clearly
So I couldn't cry
So that I wouldn't feel sad
I thought it over
I contemplated my blessings
My day's sunny
My days became bright
Rainy days
Days filled with tears
She looked me over
She scrutinized me
And answered my prayers
And gave me what I wanted
So maybe someday
Perhaps one day
I looked for over
I searched for so long
Take it over
I'll take control
Everybody needs somebody
Everyone requires someone else
Everyday needs somebody
Every single day, someone is needed
To love
To give affection
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Sebastiao Rodrigues Maia
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Lmermo
My little girl
Was so fine
I thought it all
She opened my eyes
So I couldn't cry
I thought it over
My day's sunny
Rainy days
She looked me over
And answered my prayers
So maybe someday
I looked for over
Take it over
Everybody needs somebody
Everyday needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
To love
Gustavo Henrique
Preciso de música que me atraia. Por isso, escuto TIM MAIA :)
Valeu, Tim. Graças a você, consegui perceber que todos nós precisamos de alguém para amar.
Herta Dourado
♥️♥️♥️♥️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
AMO ouvir ♥️
Herta Dourado
Amo essa música 👏
Herta Dourado
My little girl Amo tempos bons minha adolescência!!!
Oswaldo Cunha
Demais! Isso é música, isso é funk!
Diego Sampaio
Boa música de amor
Jose Alexandre Alves
ISSO SIM É O VERDADEIRO FUNK DOS ANOS 70 E NÃO ESSE FUNK LIXO QUE ROLA HOJE ESSA MÚSICA DO TIM É DEMAIS DO DISCO DE 1972 PENA QUE NÃO FOI MUITO EXECUTADA NA ÉPOCA E HOJE É UMA RARIDADE
Lmermo
My little girl
Was so fine
I thought it all
She opened my eyes
So I couldn't cry
I thought it over
My day's sunny
Rainy days
She looked me over
And answered my prayers
So maybe someday
I looked for over
Take it over
Everybody needs somebody
Everyday needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
To love
Silvio Silver
Isso que é musica! não essas tranqueiras de funk babaca que se escuta hoje em dia!
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