TulitaPepsi
Well-Known Member
...in several ways, I prefer it to BOM TEMPO.
Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of BOM TEMPO: All of Gracinha's cuts, Emorio and Maracatu Atomico...but for me the other remakes don't hit the bulls-eye the way Berimbau/Consolacao on TIMELESS does. There's just something...off and underdone about them. I thought "Sergio could do better than this. And has!" Imagine my surprise to find that most of BOM TEMPO BRASIL transforms them into the kickass numbers they should have been from the start.
The two biggest transformations are Cutmores You and I and Bimbo Jones' The Real Thing. The first was among my least favorite BOM TEMPO numbers, but the added disco beats infuse it with joy and really make it soar. I don't even miss 'Sergio's Hometown Rap' (my favorite part of the song) in the first version. IMHO, this should be the version released as the single! The pulsating mix of The Real Thing gives it a punch the BOM TEMPO version inexplicably lacks - I like this one as much as the New B'77 version!
Another great change is the Moto Blanco remix of Magalenha. The BOM TEMPO version is too cluttered for my taste, but the dance mix channels in it to a irresistibly bouncing groove that is pure Ice Palace circa 1978.
Some cuts I like every bit as much as the BOM TEMPO originals: Orpheus (Quiet Carnival) and Maracatu Atomico. To quote Beyonce: "I Am Sergio Fierce"!
There are a few that don't improve with remixing. The worst is Roger Sanchez' Pais Tropical. As I've posted before, the BOM TEMPO version is a heartbreaker - after a fantastic, exuberantly bubbly start, it's destroyed by H2O's superfluous, leaden rap - and by the time the chorus returns, it's too late. The new version takes something annoying and makes it unlistenable. I could barely get through it. Paul Harris' Les Eaux de Mars takes the 'pop' out ENCANTO's original, NERVO's Mas Que Nada sounds nothing like the original, with too much will.i.am and barely any Gracinha and Mario C.'s Maracatu (Nation of Love) adds flourishes and aural business the marvelous original doesn't need.
Nicola Conte Zona Sul's So Tinha De Ser Com Voce belongs in its own category. The BOM TEMPO version is one of my favorites, but this re-mix takes something wonderful and turns it into something unexpectedly, awesomely retro: there are moments where it sounds like an unreleased Brasil '66 classic. A remix of uncommon sensitivity, even - it gives me chills of pleasure - Gracinhas vocals have never sound purer or more lustrous. N.C.Z.S gets it . I hope Sergio does a lot more with N.C.Z.S. in the future.
Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of BOM TEMPO: All of Gracinha's cuts, Emorio and Maracatu Atomico...but for me the other remakes don't hit the bulls-eye the way Berimbau/Consolacao on TIMELESS does. There's just something...off and underdone about them. I thought "Sergio could do better than this. And has!" Imagine my surprise to find that most of BOM TEMPO BRASIL transforms them into the kickass numbers they should have been from the start.
The two biggest transformations are Cutmores You and I and Bimbo Jones' The Real Thing. The first was among my least favorite BOM TEMPO numbers, but the added disco beats infuse it with joy and really make it soar. I don't even miss 'Sergio's Hometown Rap' (my favorite part of the song) in the first version. IMHO, this should be the version released as the single! The pulsating mix of The Real Thing gives it a punch the BOM TEMPO version inexplicably lacks - I like this one as much as the New B'77 version!
Another great change is the Moto Blanco remix of Magalenha. The BOM TEMPO version is too cluttered for my taste, but the dance mix channels in it to a irresistibly bouncing groove that is pure Ice Palace circa 1978.
Some cuts I like every bit as much as the BOM TEMPO originals: Orpheus (Quiet Carnival) and Maracatu Atomico. To quote Beyonce: "I Am Sergio Fierce"!
There are a few that don't improve with remixing. The worst is Roger Sanchez' Pais Tropical. As I've posted before, the BOM TEMPO version is a heartbreaker - after a fantastic, exuberantly bubbly start, it's destroyed by H2O's superfluous, leaden rap - and by the time the chorus returns, it's too late. The new version takes something annoying and makes it unlistenable. I could barely get through it. Paul Harris' Les Eaux de Mars takes the 'pop' out ENCANTO's original, NERVO's Mas Que Nada sounds nothing like the original, with too much will.i.am and barely any Gracinha and Mario C.'s Maracatu (Nation of Love) adds flourishes and aural business the marvelous original doesn't need.
Nicola Conte Zona Sul's So Tinha De Ser Com Voce belongs in its own category. The BOM TEMPO version is one of my favorites, but this re-mix takes something wonderful and turns it into something unexpectedly, awesomely retro: there are moments where it sounds like an unreleased Brasil '66 classic. A remix of uncommon sensitivity, even - it gives me chills of pleasure - Gracinhas vocals have never sound purer or more lustrous. N.C.Z.S gets it . I hope Sergio does a lot more with N.C.Z.S. in the future.
