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Ric,
Got a question for you, if you can help me out with this. I'm looking for the title of a song. It seems that everytime I hear it, its connected with Brazil, that's why I was hoping you may be able to help.

This song is used in a lot of movies. Its Latin Jazz or a Somba or something like that. I want to say it was used in Road to Rio, The Three Caballeros and I know it was in a Red Skelton movie named The Bathing Beauty.
Road to Rio and The Three Caballeros have an Ary Barroso listed as having contibuted original music, if that helps.

I wish there was some way I could describe the music in words...the song is running through my head.
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Originally posted by: starkiller
Ric,
Got a question for you, if you can help me out with this. I'm looking for the title of a song. It seems that everytime I hear it, its connected with Brazil, that's why I was hoping you may be able to help.

This song is used in a lot of movies. Its Latin Jazz or a Somba or something like that. I want to say it was used in Road to Rio, The Three Caballeros and I know it was in a Red Skelton movie named The Bathing Beauty.
Road to Rio and The Three Caballeros have an Ary Barroso listed as having contibuted original music, if that helps.

I wish there was some way I could describe the music in words...the song is running through my head.


I haven't seen this films, but it's probably Aquarela do Brasil.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Ric is from Brazil? Wow, I just saw City of God... Have you seen City of God, Ric? Are things really that bad in places over there? I mean, that movie was horrifying...

It definitly made me realise I take my life for granted way to often.

Anyway. Sorry for the off topic post...
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Originally posted by: Jaster Mareel
Ric is from Brazil? Wow, I just saw City of God... Have you seen City of God, Ric? Are things really that bad in places over there? I mean, that movie was horrifying...

It definitly made me realise I take my life for granted way to often.

Anyway. Sorry for the off topic post...


Yes I did see that movie. Yes, that's what happens in some places such as Rio de Janeiro's poor neighborhoods - you will not find that on the streets or in every city, you would have to be in the WRONG place at the WRONG time to find those kinds of people.

About 25% of the movie's violence is overreacted, ridiculously ultra-violent for dramatic porpouses or fictional, they were way too young for the people they were supposed to be impersonating, and the whole time frame is wrong (the kids age only 6 or 7 years in a +15 year timeframe the movie shows - from mid 60s to early 80s). Also, native speakers notice how the characters speak in a way people did not speak back in the 60s or 70s, they use recent slang sometimes, mostly because the movie's dialogue is mostly ad-libed.

Brazil is a country of opposite, distinct contrasts. In places like Rio you may find the life portraited in City of God (not as cliched and Tarantino-esque though) and half a mile away you may find rich people playing golf.

But I guess you are right about taking things for granted. If your kids ever complain they don't have enough toys or a car or a new CD player, show them this movie.

Unfortunally, the trend now in Brazil is to do real violence-related Tarantino-esque films. Every year there are at least 2 new movies like this one. My favorite local movie is, still, the absolutely non-violent Boleiros, about football (soccer), which is, also unfortunally, absolutely untranslatable and impossible to sell internationally.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I listened to all 3 songs...no luck.
Aquarela do Brasil is something I've heard, but it isn't the song I was thinking of.

I've got an idea. I can have sample music up in a few hours. One of my strong points of my old Basic programming, was music. Now, if I can find that BASIC interpreter...
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There are some other arrangements for Aquarela do Brasil that might sound like different songs altogether, so...

I'm a disgrace as a brazillian, I'm not so familiar with traditional popular songs, I know the basic ones, Girl from Ipanema, Aquarela do Brasil, and so on...
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Well, I found my interpreter and remembered enough basic to put this together.

Download to Sample Music

Instructions:
1. Download (60k) and unzip both files to the same folder.
2. Run GWBASIC.EXE (hope WinXP doesn't have any issues, Win2000 didn't).
3. Type LOAD"BRAZIL.BAS" and hit Enter
4. Press F2 (this is the automatic run key) and listen.

I tried to record the music into an audio file, but apparently if it doesn't come out of the sound card, it isn't recognized. Hope you've got a good, old-fashioned PC speaker.
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I cannot open this file right now, and I don't have an internet connection at my new apartment yet. I'll try to get here early tomorrow and listen to it, but I'm not sure I'll be able to identify what it is.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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OK I just listened to it, and I think I know what the name of that song might be, I'll look for it and get an answer a.s.a.p.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I was trying to remember the song's name and it suddenly struck me, it might be "Tico Tico no Fubá[/'b]".
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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alltheweb.com audio search for Tico Tico no Fubá...
Grabbed a MIDI file.

That's it. Thanks ric. I heard the song watching that Skelton movie and it just stuck in my head. I had to find another copy of it.
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Glad to be helpful. If there's any questions related to my country that I might answer or help with, please either PM me (I don't usually log so I might take some time to reply) or use this thread for it. For now: sleeping thread. (not exactly dead, but you got the idea...)
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering