Cotton66
New Member
After doing a report for school (yes, I'm 36 and back in school for Digital Arts. The rock star thing just never panned out) on the subject of Bossa Nova I had many questions as to the state of our beloved music and of our beloved musician.
It seems that after bossa's initial success after being brought here from Brasil by Getz and Co., it was basically raped and let out to die by the record companies and record buying public who quickly tired of it probably from all the knockoffs it bred trying to cash in. But in Brasil since it was thought to be influenced by West Coast Jazz, bossa was looked down upon (...and who doesn't hate Americans anyway, even back then?)
But then it took on a new life as protest music when some Brasilian artists used it to speak out against their government and lyrically it went from sun, sand, and pretty worlds to the poor and workers plight. But, it obviously didn't stay around long as MPB became popular.
I wonder how Sergio is viewed in his home country, as well as Bossa Nova music, along with Bebel Gilberto and others who now make their homes in the USA???
Trent
www.lovehaters.com
It seems that after bossa's initial success after being brought here from Brasil by Getz and Co., it was basically raped and let out to die by the record companies and record buying public who quickly tired of it probably from all the knockoffs it bred trying to cash in. But in Brasil since it was thought to be influenced by West Coast Jazz, bossa was looked down upon (...and who doesn't hate Americans anyway, even back then?)
But then it took on a new life as protest music when some Brasilian artists used it to speak out against their government and lyrically it went from sun, sand, and pretty worlds to the poor and workers plight. But, it obviously didn't stay around long as MPB became popular.
I wonder how Sergio is viewed in his home country, as well as Bossa Nova music, along with Bebel Gilberto and others who now make their homes in the USA???
Trent
www.lovehaters.com