If you read the Gal Costa post, you might remember the founder of the Tropicalia movement being a fella by the name of Caetano Veloso. I won’t say too much about him in this post. But I’ll just quickly share a favorite funky songs by him.

Caetano Veloso - Lost in the Paradise
 

‘Cool sunny day, surf is good, life is good,’ is what “Divino Maravilhoso” sounds like, although life in the singer’s time was quite the opposite. Gal Costa was the leading female singer in the Tropicalia movement. Standing besides greats like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, both founders of the movement, Costa sang her way through difficult times with unconventional musical styles and lyrics. 

Tropicalia is not just a song by Beck; it was a late 1960’s Brazilian art movement which heavily criticized sociopolitical problems and the Brazilian military government through poetry, paintings and music. Tropicalia music, mostly a mix of bossa nova, hippie rock & roll and few others, was what Costa called ”a reaction against the dictatorship and the politics of the era… not a political movement.” Themorningnews.org calls ‘Divino Maravilhoso’ a “catchy pop song that vividly describes the violent measures of the Brazilian government and warns listeners to beware of complacency.” Knowing that enjoi.
 

Gal Costa - Divino Maravilhoso

Bonus: Gal Costa - Baby

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