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Mike Blakesley said:Maybe I'm missing something, but I never have understood the perennial appeal of this song. To me it's repetitious, and well, kinda boring. I thought Sergio's crew did a fine job on it in '74, and never could understand why he recorded it AGAIN. Diff-rent strokes, I guess.
MasterLcZ said:I find the Elis/Jobin version annoying and distracting, myself - to my ears the air of "Oh, we're having such a fun time recording this silly little song!" is completely forced and tiresome.
MasterLcZ said:Even though I like the song a lot, I'm amazed how many of the versions seem to 'miss' - I find the Jobim solo original quite the best, with his almost monotone singing voice combined with the steady rhythm to be very soothing and almost hypnotic in its gentle power.