![]() ![]() Is "Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)" really about where slavesĪrrived in Brazil? Or did I just expand a mental legend over the live, though, and enjoyed it immensely.īack when I covered Luaka Bop's 21rst Anniversary collection, I started off by thinking out loud about this Ben song, one of my all-time faves by anybody anywhere any comments on its (and his) back story etc. So I guess it's a matter of taste-I've seen C.V. His guitar playing is competent but again, it's just a watered-down version of João's. I find this affects all his work, at least to my ears. ![]() Whereas the 1993 version, sung by Veloso, and with a really beautiful acoustic guitar arrangement, done more slowly, is nice, but his vocal just expresses.nothing. version, by Gil, is maybe a big cheesy-slick Fender Rhodes sound and all-but the vocal has so much character. A good example would be the two versions of "Tradicao" on Gil's "Realce" and Gil/Veloso's "Tropicalia 2." The orig. So-which version of C.V.? All of them, really-I find his voice "beautiful" but inexpressive he's so concerned with "singing beautifully" that nothing much comes across most of the time (for me, at least). His version of "Billie Jean" is god-awful. ![]() His collaborations with Morelenbaum have their moments. "Estrangeiro" is interesting as an Arto Lindsay record. His early records are all pretty good-late '70s and early '80s less so. ![]()
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