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.
No Caminho do Bem
Tim Maia Lyrics
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Já iniciou
Está acontecendo
Fase racional
Não estou sabendo
O caminho do bem (leia logo, saiba logo)
O caminho do bem (está na hora, é agora)
O caminho do bem (acredite, não duvide)
O caminho do bem é um só caminho
O caminho do bem é para todos
O caminho do bem é racional
O caminho do bem
Pode aguardar
Que o mundo inteiro
Logo saberá
No Brasil primeiro
O caminho do bem (leia logo, saiba logo)
O caminho do bem (está na hora, é agora)
O caminho do bem (acredite, não duvide)
O caminho do bem
Vida modesta e fecunda
Amor de um doce paraíso
Reino prepotencial racional
Aonde viver sempre o bem, e não o mal
Leia logo, saiba logo
Está na hora, é agora
Acredite, não duvide
Do que já aconteceu
Já aconteceu
Está acontecendo
Fase racional
Não estou sabendo
O caminho do bem (leia logo, saiba logo)
O caminho do bem (está na hora, é agora)
O caminho do bem (acredite, não duvide)
O caminho do bem
Numa natureza onde não existe regulagem, não pode existir o bem
O bem só pode ser encontrado na imunização racional
O caminho do bem
Pode aguardar
Que o mundo inteiro
Logo saberá
No Brasil primeiro
O caminho do bem
In "O Caminho Do Bem," Tim Maia sings about a new path of righteousness that has just begun - a rational phase where he does not quite understand what is happening. He urges the listeners to read about it, know about it, and believe in it. The path of righteousness is one and the same for everyone, and it is the way of rationality. He goes on to describe this path as a place where life is modest and fruitful, love is like a sweet paradise, and people live only for the good and not for evil. Tim Maia talks about how the world will soon know about this path, starting in Brazil first.
The lyrics are quite enigmatic, and the song is open to interpretation. The message behind the song may be related to a religious movement in Brazil in the 70s called the Cultura Racional. The movement was based on the teachings of Manoel Jacintho Coelho, who claimed to have received messages from extraterrestrial beings, advising humans to abandon their materialistic ways and embrace rationality. The movement emphasized the importance of following the rational path to achieve a better life.
Line by Line Meaning
O caminho do bem
There is a righteous path that everyone should take
Já iniciou
It has already begun
Está acontecendo
It is happening right now
Fase racional
A period of intense rationality
Não estou sabendo
I am not aware of it
Leia logo, saiba logo
Read it now, know it now
Está na hora, é agora
It is time, it is now
Acredite, não duvide
Believe, do not doubt
O caminho do bem é um só caminho
There is only one path to righteousness
O caminho do bem é para todos
Everyone should follow the path of righteousness
O caminho do bem é racional
The path of righteousness is driven by reason
Pode aguardar
Wait for it
Que o mundo inteiro
The whole world
Logo saberá
Will soon know
No Brasil primeiro
Starting in Brazil
Vida modesta e fecunda
Modest and fruitful life
Amor de um doce paraíso
Love of a sweet paradise
Reino prepotencial racional
A rational, powerful kingdom
Aonde viver sempre o bem, e não o mal
Where to always live for good, not evil
Numa natureza onde não existe regulagem, não pode existir o bem
In nature, where there is no regulation, there can be no good
O bem só pode ser encontrado na imunização racional
Good can only be found in rational immunization
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Sebastiao Rodrigues Maia
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@joelwhite6035
The more Brazillian music I listen to, the more I think it's the best. Tamba Trio, Edu Lobo, MPB4, Novos Baianos, Milton Nascimento, Zimbo Trio and many more, Love Brazil - from a Londoner!
@pedrogoncalvesneto2451
Try to listen to this /watch?v=wPEbJ2nk16g
It's the album that this music comes from. I think you're going to like it :)
(and YES, Milton Nascimento is a GENIUS)
@SSabbatHH
Search "Os Multantes"
@josecarloschamusca2403
os mutantes, best rock and roll band in the world
@AdrianoUrielSdosSantos
Search for "Mutantes", 'Secos & Molhados", "Marisa Monte', "Elis Regina" "Tom jobim", "Djavan" "Chico Buarque" "Caetano Veloso", "Maria Rita"..
@f3f442
Joel White Listen to Heitor Villa-lobos, Baden Powell and Paulinho Nogueira. I hope you enjoy them.
@fernandomaron87
O Buscapé seguiu o caminho do bem até o final, não se corrompeu pela vida do crime e lhe compensou ao final, foi o único dos protagonistas que ficou vivo pra contar a história. A mensagem do filme é clara, se mantenha no caminho do bem.
@kovic7934
Na vdd ele tentou entrar pra vida do crime sim,só q todo mundo q ele ia assaltar era "legal pra caramba"...
@fernandomaron87
@@kovic7934 Na verdade era pq ele tava arrumando desculpa pra não roubar, ele sabia que não tinha atitude pra ser bandido no fundo, vc acha que se ele tivesse o crime no sangue como Zé pequeno, ele ia ficar se importando se as vítimas são legais ou não?
@LopesSalles
O cenoura sobreviveu