RE: who knows about brazil? was rant...

From: Dan (dzacks@po-box.mcgill.ca)
Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 01:49:15 CET

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    On the subject of what Brazilian youth are listening to, all the Brazilians
    I've met in South America (excluding Brazil, which I unfortunately have yet
    to visit) are far from enthusiastic about the music we all love. Artists
    like Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben and the like are considered
    parent's music, along the line of how North American youth approach Bob
    Dylan and 60s classics. When I mention artists like Joyce, or jazzier stuff
    like the Tamba Trio, Milton Banana, etc. I usually get snickers, but more
    often no one's actually heard of the artists. Though some Brazilians have
    exposed me to some labels that put out music that perpetuates, at least to a
    certain extent, the rich tradition of MPB, (Trama, for example, which has
    signed Otto) the most popular stuff is typical North American tripe (Blink
    182 is allegedly hugely popular) and South American pop (better than its
    North American counterpart, but far more laden with depressing
    socio-political baggage given the polarisation of wealth). In any event,
    this is just anecdotal and I'm sure that in urban centres, especially those
    as massive as Sao Paolo and Rio, real Brazilian music still thrives and that
    crazy rhythms are still being produced in Bahia.
    Dan
    -----Original Message-----
    From: stephanie [mailto:nnine@yahoo.com]
    Sent: January 30, 2001 11:22 PM
    To: Leslie N. Shill; Steve Catanzaro
    Cc: acid
    Subject: who knows about brazil? was rant...

    ok so one of the things i've been struggling with as a
    responsible bleeding heart liberal, is this: yes, all
    these wonderful things should get funded, but is
    governement (as we know it) even the appropriate
    channel for that? (obviously this is quite a paradigm
    shift...so let's leave it alone for now)

    but with this talk of money and poverty and funding
    and art and the discreet charm of the bourgoisie and
    its pandering to minorities in the form of latin
    megastars, and the role of audience and how we don't
    value art from the guts out, you gotta think of
    brazil, right? one of the most respected origins of
    shake-yo-ass-cofuse-yo-mental art and they are pretty
    poor. So where does it come from? Africa? Goverment?
     A tendency to break into impormptu song? the need
    for a coping mechanism for poverty? And what of this
    rumor that the kids these days distance themselves
    from sambe like we shy away from country, and are more
    into american-ized styles?

    I'm not even going to try to answer b/c I don't know
    jack shit.

    If anyone knows something, it'd be cool if you could
    share.

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