A product of the brilliant imagination of singer, songwriter and virtuoso percussionist Carlinhos Brown, Timbalada does justice to Bahia's rhythmic tradition and, at the same time, introduces modernity and boldness to it. The main singer's hoarse voice, the non-sense of the lyrics, the tribal painting an the collective use of sunglasses helped to place Timbalada among the most original and ceative bands to appear in the last years.
Timbalada is an Afro-Brazilian musician group from Candeal, Salvador, Brazil. It was founded by drummer Carlinhos Brown. The musical style is between samba reggae and axé, with strong influences from African music. They are a highly popular group that regularly plays sold-out shows throughout Brazil.
The group is mostly known for its active participation to the carnival each year in the streets of Salvador de Bahia. It also engages in social activism by working with needy children, providing education and drum courses to help them in social integration.
Musically, Timbalada is credited with two major innovations in the instrumentation of Afro-Brazilian music: the revival of the timbal (a tall, high-pitched hand drum), and the development of a rack of 3 surdos (bass drums) that can be played by a single player. The timbal, which had been nearly extinct before Timbalada began featuring it, has since become widespread in many Afro-Brazilian genres, including axé and samba-reggae. The rack of surdos, also called a bateria-de-surdo (surdo drumset) is now widely used by many groups for stage performances when not parading. Because the bateria-de-surdo can only hold 3 surdos within arm's reach of a single player, the traditional 4-surdo arrangements of many samba-reggae rhythms is often trimmed down to a 3-surdo arrangement
Mimar Você
Timbalada Lyrics
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Você mora em meu coração
Não me deixe só aqui
Esperando mais um verão
Espero meu bem pra gente se amar de novo
Mimar você
nas quatro estações
O tempo que passamos juntos
Que bom viver
Andar de mãos dadas na beira da praia
Por esse momento eu sempre esperei.
Lálálálá
Lálálálá
Lálálálá
The lyrics of Timbalada's song "Mimar Você" are an expression of love and longing for someone special. The singer expresses the desire to have this person all to themselves, and explains how this person lives in their heart, an indication of how deep their love is. The singer also tells the person not to leave them alone waiting for yet another summer, indicating how they cannot bear the thought of being apart from them for so long. However, the singer expresses hope for the future as they look forward to being together again and reminiscing over the good times they shared. They long to love and take care of this person through all four seasons, and they recall with fondness a time when they walked hand in hand along the beach, a moment they have been waiting for.
Line by Line Meaning
Eu te quero só pra mim
I desire to have you exclusively for myself
Você mora em meu coração
You hold a special place in my heart
Não me deixe só aqui
Don't leave me alone here
Esperando mais um verão
Waiting for another summer to arrive
Espero meu bem pra gente se amar de novo
I hope for us to love each other again, my dear
Mimar você
To spoil and pamper you
nas quatro estações
Throughout all four seasons
Relembrar, relembrar
Remember, remember
O tempo que passamos juntos
The time we spent together
Que bom viver
How wonderful it is to live
Andar de mãos dadas na beira da praia
Walking hand in hand on the beach
Por esse momento eu sempre esperei.
I've always waited for this moment.
Writer(s): Carlos Alaim Tavares da Silva Copyright: Paginas Do Mar Prod. Publicidade E Ed.
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