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Olhar
''Olhar'' (Portuguese for "''Look''") is the debut album by Brazilian band Metrô (not counting their self-titled album released as A Gota Suspensa in 1983), released in 1985 by Epic Records. A critically and commercially successful album, ''Olhar'' spawned numerous hit singles which were very popular at the time of their release and are still remembered to this day, such as "Tudo Pode Mudar", "Cenas Obscenas" (which counted with a guest appearance by Léo Jaime on guitar and backing vocals), "Johnny Love" (which was included in the soundtrack of Lael Rodrigues' 1985 film ''Rock Estrela'', in which the whole line-up of Metrô cameod as themselves) and "Ti Ti Ti", used as the opening theme of the eponymous ''telenovela'' which ran from 1985 to 1986. A shorter version of their 1984 hit " Beat Acelerado" (subtitled "2nd Version") is also included. The choirs in "Melodix" were provided by the new wave band Degradée, in which Metrô's guitarist Alec Haiat's brother Freddy playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrô (band)
Metrô is a Brazilian band formed in 1978, then known as A Gota Suspensa before renaming themselves in 1984. Beginning as a progressive rock band, they later shifted to a more synth-pop-influenced direction, becoming one of the most successful groups in the then-thriving Brazilian rock/new wave scene. History Early years and ''A Gota Suspensa'' (1978–1984) The band that would become Metrô was founded in 1978, under the name A Gota Suspensa ("The Suspended Drop"), by six friends (all of them coincidentally French Brazilians) who studied together at the Lycée Pasteur in São Paulo: former model and actress Virginie Boutaud (vocals), Alec Haiat (electric guitar), Marcel Zimberg ( sax), Yann Laouenan (keyboards), Xavier Leblanc (bass) and Daniel "Dany" Roland (drums). They were originally an experimental/progressive rock ensemble heavily inspired by acts such as Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Novos Baianos and the '' Tropicalista'' movement, among others, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Acelerado
"Beat Acelerado" (Portuguese for "''Fast Beat''") is a single by Brazilian band Metrô, released in 1984 by Epic Records. The lead single for their debut studio album ''Olhar'', which would come out in the following year, it was the band's first official release under the name "Metrô" (they were known as A Gota Suspensa from their foundation in 1978 until 1984) and their first of many releases under the Epic label. The song was a huge hit, and was responsible for catapulting the band into fame. A music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ... for it was made in the same year. Metrô has made two re-recordings of the song during its lifespan: the first re-recording, subtitled "2nd Version", is a much shorter (only 1:11 minutes long) and slower edit of the song, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ti Ti Ti (song)
"Ti Ti Ti" (Brazilian Portuguese slang for "''Chit-Chatter''") is a single by Brazilian synthpop band Metrô, released in 1985 by Epic Records. Written by Rita Lee (one of Metrô's major influences) alongside her long-time partner Roberto de Carvalho, the song was originally featured on the band's debut album ''Olhar'', but would acquire higher fame after being included in the soundtrack of the eponymous ''telenovela'' broadcast by Rede Globo from 1985 to 1986, serving as its opening theme. A music video for it was made in the same year. A cover of the song by Rita Lee herself would be used as the opening theme of the ''telenovela''s 2010 remake. A previously unreleased dance remix of the song was included as a bonus track on the 2016 re-release of ''Olhar''. Track listing # "Ti Ti Ti" – 2:57 # Tudo Pode Mudar "Tudo Pode Mudar" (Portuguese for "''Everything Can Change''") is a song from the Metrô album '' Olhar''. It was written by the ''gaúcho'' singer Joe Euthanaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginie Boutaud
Virginie Adèle Lydie Boutaud-Manent (''née'' Boutaud; born February 27, 1963), also known mononymously as Virginie, is a French Brazilian singer, songwriter, classical guitarist, and former model and actress, famous for being the vocalist of the new wave bands Metrô and Virginie & Fruto Proibido. Biography Boutaud was born in São Paulo on February 27, 1963, to French emigrants. As a teenager she studied at the Lycée Pasteur, a school for French Brazilians, where she met Alec Haiat, Yann Laouenan, Daniel "Dany" Roland, Marcel Zimberg and Xavier Leblanc; with them she founded, in 1978, the experimental/progressive rock band A Gota Suspensa. After releasing a self-titled album in 1983, they decided to shift their musical direction towards a more accessible new wave sound inspired by Blondie, Laurie Anderson and Rita Lee, among others, and in the following year, they changed their name to Metrô. Their first release as Metrô was the single "Beat Acelerado", via Epic Reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tudo Pode Mudar
"Tudo Pode Mudar" (Portuguese for "''Everything Can Change''") is a song from the Metrô album '' Olhar''. It was written by the ''gaúcho'' singer Joe Euthanazia (in his second collaboration with Metrô, the first one being "Johnny Love") with Ronaldo Santos, and released as a B-side to the single " Ti Ti Ti". It is one of the band's most memorable hits thanks to the massive airplay it received at the time of its release, making it the second most played song on Brazilian radios in 1985 after "We Are the World". A music video for the song, directed by Eid Walesko, was released in the same year. Euthanazia himself covered the song on his only release ''Joe'', which was released in 1989. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Mão De Mao
''A Mão de Mao'' (Portuguese for "'' Mao's Hand''") is the second studio album by Brazilian band Metrô, released in 1987 by Epic Records. It was the band's only album to feature Pedro d'Orey on vocals, replacing Virginie Boutaud who was fired the year prior. Background By 1985 Metrô was one of the most successful Brazilian bands, extensively touring and performing in numerous variety shows of the time; however, then-vocalist Virginie Boutaud was growing exhausted from the band's convoluted touring schedule, and her bandmates planned to shift from the pop-influenced style of their previous album ''Olhar'' to a more "mature" and "daring" direction influenced by Barão Vermelho, Legião Urbana and Titãs, who were some of the most influential Brazilian rock acts at the time.''Bizz'' magazine, "Metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léo Jaime
Leonardo "Léo" Jaime (born April 23, 1960) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor and writer, famous for being one of the founding members of the rockabilly band João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados. Biography Léo Jaime was born in Goiânia, Goiás, in 1960. In 1977, when he was 17 years old, he moved to São Paulo to take acting classes, but later abandoned his studies and went to Rio de Janeiro; there, he had a number of short-term jobs, including as a bartender and as a clothes salesman, before he embraced the musical career and founded the band Zoo (which would be renamed João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados in 1982) alongside Selvagem Big Abreu, Avellar Love, Cláudio Killer and Bob Gallo; however, he left the band in 1984 to pursue a solo career, releasing eight studio albums as of 2008 and collaborating with bands and singers such as Eduardo Dussek, Barão Vermelho (Jaime was originally invited to be the band's vocalist shortly after his departure from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecano
Mecano was a Spanish pop band formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time. The band is still the best-selling Spanish band, with over 25 million records worldwide. They were considered by some to be avant-garde for their time and part of la Movida Madrileña countercultural movement. They had a brief comeback in 1998. The band's line-up was singer Ana Torroja and brothers Nacho and José María Cano, who worked alongside session musicians such as Arturo Terriza, Manolo Aguilar, Nacho Mañó, Javier Quílez, Ángel Celada and Óscar Astruga. The trio's musical career spanned two distinct stages. The first, up to 1985, was essentially as a synthpop band, while in the second stage Mecano followed a more acoustic pop rock direction, with elements of ballad, dance, flamenco, bossa nova, tango, salsa, rumba flamenca, bolero, pasodoble, and even reggae. The unprecedented success also hit Hispanic America. Also, thanks t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Perfeito
''Crime Perfeito'' (Portuguese for "''Perfect Crime''") is the only release by Virginie & Fruto Proibido, a band fronted by Virginie Boutaud (famous for being the vocalist of new wave band Metrô) and also comprising Don Beto (guitar), Nilton Leonardi (bass) and Albino Infantozzi (drums). It was released in 1988 by Epic Records. The band was founded also in 1988, two years after Virginie was fired from Metrô due to "creative divergences", and ended in 1995 after she decided to retire from the musical business until 2002, when Metrô reformed and she was reunited with them. Unlike Virginie's previous releases with Metrô, ''Crime Perfeito'' was a commercial failure and received mostly mixed reviews at the time of its release; however, "Más Companhias" would become a minor hit after being used in the soundtrack of the ''telenovela'' ''Fera Radical'', which ran from March to November 1988. "Il était une fois" is fully sung in French. Track listing Personnel * Virginie Bouta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gota Suspensa
''A Gota Suspensa'' (Portuguese for "''The Suspended Drop''") is the only release by A Gota Suspensa, a Brazilian experimental/progressive rock band formed in São Paulo in 1978 and which would acquire bigger fame after changing its name to Metrô in 1984. As such, it comprised Virginie Boutaud on vocals, Alec Haiat on guitars, Yann Laouenan on keyboards, Xavier Leblanc on bass and Daniel "Dany" Roland on drums, plus saxophonist Marcel Zimberg, who left the band after they changed their name and musical direction. (Leblanc was busy studying during the album's recording sessions though, and for that was replaced by Tavinho Fialho.) Released in 1983 by independent label Underground Discos e Artes, ''A Gota Suspensa'' was a commercial failure, but received a fairly good critical reception, to the point of Epic Records offering them a contract. However, Epic also demanded them to change their sonority towards a more "accessible" direction, and so, in 1984, A Gota Suspensa changed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Hallyday
Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 years, he released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world. He had five diamond albums, 40 golden albums, 22 platinum albums and earned ten ''Victoires de la Musique''. He sang an estimated 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists. Credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the Stade de France, where he performed 9 times. Among his 3,257 shows completed in 187 tours, the most memorable were at Parc des Princes in 1993, at the Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win in the 1998 FIFA World Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
