Trio MocotóMy girlfriend would definitely want me to enjoy more brazilian music. But as I've told her, I have a difficulty taking it seriously, most of the Brazilian stuff I enjoy are ment to be funny or just to have plain old fun (such as CSS or Trio Mocotó. A few exceptions would be older stuff like bossa nova.
I kind of feel guilty about that, specially because my girlfriend really enjoys some Brazilian artists (a major example would be Chico Buarque), maybe more than "some" and surely more then I do.
But recently I watched an interview with Camille (which by the way prompted me to finally check out Nouvelle Vague) where she said not to be much into french music but more into american and Brazilian. But unlike me she knew the reason why. French makes it to obvious to her.
So it hit me, maybe that's the reason Portuguese doesn't do it for me, musically, and why I anjoy so much artist whose language I have absolutely no idea of. It's just to obvious, there's not that much interpretation (though I have to admit some Brazilian guys really are poets - and I'm not talking about Renato Russo!).
I'll try harder to enjoy my country's sound, and that won't be too difficult due to my girl's perseverance. But it makes me wonder: The more I enjoy incomprehensible music, the more eager I get to learn the language, does that mean I'll loose interest in it over time too?
I kind of feel guilty about that, specially because my girlfriend really enjoys some Brazilian artists (a major example would be Chico Buarque), maybe more than "some" and surely more then I do.
But recently I watched an interview with Camille (which by the way prompted me to finally check out Nouvelle Vague) where she said not to be much into french music but more into american and Brazilian. But unlike me she knew the reason why. French makes it to obvious to her.
So it hit me, maybe that's the reason Portuguese doesn't do it for me, musically, and why I anjoy so much artist whose language I have absolutely no idea of. It's just to obvious, there's not that much interpretation (though I have to admit some Brazilian guys really are poets - and I'm not talking about Renato Russo!).
I'll try harder to enjoy my country's sound, and that won't be too difficult due to my girl's perseverance. But it makes me wonder: The more I enjoy incomprehensible music, the more eager I get to learn the language, does that mean I'll loose interest in it over time too?
