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.
Voltou Clarear
Tim Maia Lyrics
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Que estavam me enganando
Ninguém me ajudou
Nem mesmo me contando
Quantas vezes eu pensei
Que absurdo
Muitas vezes
Tive que chorar
Sair do escuro
Voltou a clarear
Me sinto iluminado
Por conseguir sair assim
Sem ter me machucado
E nem ferir ninguém também
Apesar de compreender
Que eu fui traído
Aprendi que estou
Numa melhor
Persistir em encontrar
Felicidade
Voltou a clarear
Ninguém me avisou
Que estavam me enganando
Ninguém me ajudou
Nem mesmo me contando
Quantas vezes eu pensei
Que absurdo
Muitas vezes
Tive que chorar
No entanto resolvi
Sair do escuro
Voltou a clarear
The lyrics to Tim Maia's song "Voltou Clarear" are about the singer overcoming a personal struggle with betrayal and finding happiness again. The singer starts by acknowledging that they were deceived and nobody told them the truth. They were forced to cry many times and felt in the dark, but eventually, they decided to leave that situation behind and move on. The chorus states that the light has returned, implying that they have found a way out of their sadness.
In the second verse, the singer reflects on their journey and feels proud of themselves for having found a way to move on without hurting anyone in the process. They admit that they understand they were betrayed, but they have learned to be in a better place for it. The final lines reinforce that the darkness has lifted and the singer feels enlightened and happy again.
Overall, "Voltou Clarear" is a message of hope and resilience. It encourages the listener to keep pushing through difficult times and to look for the light at the end of the tunnel.
Line by Line Meaning
Ninguém me avisou
No one told me
Que estavam me enganando
They were deceiving me
Ninguém me ajudou
No one helped me
Nem mesmo me contando
Without even telling me
Quantas vezes eu pensei
How many times I thought
Que absurdo
What nonsense
Muitas vezes
Many times
Tive que chorar
I had to cry
No entanto resolvi
Nevertheless, I decided
Sair do escuro
To leave the dark
Voltou a clarear
It became clear again
Me sinto iluminado
I feel illuminated
Por conseguir sair assim
For being able to leave like this
Sem ter me machucado
Without hurting myself
E nem ferir ninguém também
And without hurting anyone else either
Apesar de compreender
Despite understanding
Que eu fui traído
That I was betrayed
Aprendi que estou
I learned that I am
Numa melhor
In a better place
Persistir em encontrar
Persist in finding
Felicidade
Happiness
Contributed by Elliot H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Erick Rodrigues
Ninguém me avisou
Que estavam me enganando
Ninguém me ajudou
Nem mesmo me contando
Quantas vezes eu pensei
Que absurdo
Muitas vezes
Tive que chorar
No entanto resolvi
Sair do escuro
Voltou a clarear
Me sinto iluminado
Por conseguir sair assim
Sem ter me machucado
E nem ferir ninguém também
Apesar de compreender
Que eu fui traído
Aprendi que estou
Numa melhor
Persistir em encontrar
Felicidade
Voltou a clarear
Ninguém me avisou
Que estavam me enganando
Ninguém me ajudou
Nem mesmo me contando
Quantas vezes eu pensei
Que absurdo
Muitas vezes
Tive que chorar
No entanto resolvi
Sair do escuro
Voltou a clarear
Paulo Wagner
O Tim era daqueles músicos que deveriam ser proibidos de morrer....tamanha sua grandeza como artista....não me importa os seus vacilos, nenhum deles interferem na sua conduta musical. Tim estava acima de tudo. Foi ícone de todos, eu disse de todos !!!!!!!!!!
Tim Maia the best of the best
Victor Romano
Faço da suas as palavras as minhas... The Best... Tião da Tijuca sempre vai estar em nossos corações...
Eva Pereira
Ufaaa! Até que em fim encontro uma pessoa que faz de minhas as suas palavras: Paulo Wagner, concordo contigo em tudo que escrevestes sobre o Tim. Realmente ele foi o " The best of the best"
Marcos Maia Músico
concordo 1000%.
Rhekrolonez.
Ué atitudes o Tim brigou sua vida inteira por seus direitos, por ser bastante processado, ele roubou comida não States por que se não morreria e fome, e o orfanato que ele bancou? Kkkkk Tim Maia pode ter morrido em carne, mas sua música está conosco, ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Cida Rosa
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏♥️
Erick Rodrigues
Ninguém me avisou
Que estavam me enganando
Ninguém me ajudou
Nem mesmo me contando
Quantas vezes eu pensei
Que absurdo
Muitas vezes
Tive que chorar
No entanto resolvi
Sair do escuro
Voltou a clarear
Me sinto iluminado
Por conseguir sair assim
Sem ter me machucado
E nem ferir ninguém também
Apesar de compreender
Que eu fui traído
Aprendi que estou
Numa melhor
Persistir em encontrar
Felicidade
Voltou a clarear
Ninguém me avisou
Que estavam me enganando
Ninguém me ajudou
Nem mesmo me contando
Quantas vezes eu pensei
Que absurdo
Muitas vezes
Tive que chorar
No entanto resolvi
Sair do escuro
Voltou a clarear
Francisco De Paula Lima de Souza
Moito bom
Rafael Guedes
Se toda "sofrência" que toca hoje, tivesse metade da qualidade dessa música e letra, tava bom demais rs
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