More Brazilian Nuggets
Friday, August 7th, 2009
A great piece of pyschsploitation with the debut single from Fabio. Released in 1968 “Lindo sonho delirante” (beautiful delirious dream) went completely against the grain of the Jovem Guarda, with its innocent paens to love, and embraces the times with hip daddio Fabio continuously telling us he’s going to take a trip today on his magic carpet etc. The single was a complete flop and is thus worth a fortune nowadays. He went on to make an album at the beginning of the 70s with some minor brazilian prog players, which is apparently half decent.
This is another example of an adapted cover version, but unlike the Wanderlea track, this one sticks to the theme of the original. Os Baobás were generally a cover band who sang songs in English, though they didn’t do Beatles stuff which was the craze at the time (1968). They are more known for the b-side of the single pictured above which was “Pintado de Preto” or “Paint it black” as we know it. They also released a version of the Turtles “Happy Together” which is nowhere near as exciting as this track.
pintada de preto-paint it black
more next week.
