Tropicalia as Rebellion

Tropicalia is not only considered to be a kind of music in Brazil, it is also a rebellion. The idea that Brazil lost sight of that road strengthened the theme of its cultural nonconformity. Tropicalia took the opposite position against Brazilian social and musical ratings. It is mainly called Brazilian pop music, but the tropical is deeply rooted in the political and cultural context of Brazil. In 1967, Caetano Veloso felt Brazilian pop music after Bossa Nova appeared 8 years ago exhausted energy and creativity.

With the influence of Movimento Armorial, the influence of tropical movement is also strong (clarified in another article), influenced by the traditional rhythm in the northeastern part of Brazil, and influenced by American music in the early 1990s It was. Recife musicians in the northeastern part of Brazil unfortunately had recorded only two albums by the end of a tragic car accident.

In February, I heard the BBC documentary film "Tropical: The Sound Revolution", which was shocked by what I heard. I found the editor "Tropicalia" in 1968. Because I like Brazilian old-fashioned "Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - it is not the Beatles' music. This album responded to my greatest expectation and launched a rabbit hall to explore the principle of the movement.

Bossa Nova - its tranquility and the sun, attention to the sea and love - seems to be unexpectedly suddenly from these dark ages. A more open minded musical language is needed, and electronic sound of tropical style rock and shirt will appear in that scene. Even if they bring the fall of the musical, the musician of the Tropicalia movement (Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso) knows and respects Bossa Nova's artistic nature. Bosa, politics and music retreat