O pintor Paul Gauguin amou a luz na Baía de Guanabara
O compositor Cole Porter adorou as luzes na noite dela
A Baía de Guanabara
O antropólogo Claude Levy-strauss detestou a Baía de Guanabara:
Pareceu-lhe uma boca banguela.
E eu menos a conhecera mais a amara?
Sou cego de tanto vê-la, te tanto tê-la estrela
O que é uma coisa bela?
O amor é cego
Ray Charles é cego
Stevie Wonder é cego
E o albino Hermeto não enxerga mesmo muito bem
Uma baleia, uma telenovela, um alaúde, um trem?
Uma arara?
Mas era ao mesmo tempo bela e banguela a Guanabara
Em que se passara passa passará o raro pesadelo
Que aqui começo a construir sempre buscando o belo e o amaro
Eu não sonhei que a praia de Botafogo era uma esteira rolante deareia brancae de óleo diesel
Sob meus tênis
E o Pão de Açucar menos óbvio possível
À minha frente
Um Pão de Açucar com umas arestas insuspeitadas
À áspera luz laranja contra a quase não luz quase não púrpura
Do branco das areias e das espumas
Que era tudo quanto havia então de aurora
Estão às minhas costas um velho com cabelos nas narinas
E uma menina ainda adolescente e muito linda
Não olho pra trás mas sei de tudo
Cego às avessas, como nos sonhos, vejo o que desejo
Mas eu não desejo ver o terno negro do velho
Nem os dentes quase não púrpura da menina
(pense Seurat e pense impressionista
Essa coisa de luz nos brancos dentes e onda
Mas não pense surrealista que é outra onda)
E ouço as vozes
Os dois me dizem
Num duplo som
Como que sampleados num sinclavier:
"É chegada a hora da reeducação de alguém
Do Pai do Filho do espirito Santo amém
O certo é louco tomar eletrochoque
O certo é saber que o certo é certo
O macho adulto branco sempre no comando
E o resto ao resto, o sexo é o corte, o sexo
Reconhecer o valor necessário do ato hipócrita
Riscar os índios, nada esperar dos pretos"
E eu, menos estrangeiro no lugar que no momento
Sigo mais sozinho caminhando contra o vento
E entendo o centro do que estão dizendo
Aquele cara e aquela:
É um desmascaro
Singelo grito:
"O rei está nu"
Mas eu desperto porque tudo cala frente ao fato de que o rei é mais bonito nú
E eu vou e amo o azul, o púrpura e o amarelo
E entre o meu ir e o do sol, um aro, um elo.
("Some may like a soft brazilian singer
but i've given up all attempts at perfection")
Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso (Salvador, April 7, 1942) is one of the most influential singer-songwriters in Brazil. Born into a bourgeois family, he developed a passion for music at a young age, embracing bossa nova and rock. In the 1960s, in Rio de Janeiro, he became part of the Tropicália movement, a cultural explosion that blended traditional Brazilian elements with international influences such as pop, psychedelic, and jazz. Caetano Veloso is known for his innovative melodies, poetic lyrics, and distinctive voice. A key figure in the Tropicália movement, he collaborated with artists like Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, and Gal Costa. In 1968, following military censorship in Brazil, he was exiled to London. After returning home, he continued to produce highly successful music, exploring new genres such as world music and electronic. Among his most famous songs are "Alegria, Alegria", "Sozinho", "Sampa", and "O Leãozinho". Caetano Veloso is considered a Brazilian cultural icon, whose impact on the music and society of his country remains profound.
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