Comments on: JORGE BEN / “Ponta De Lança Africano” http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: kate http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-382 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:16:07 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-382 have had the cd for years-it remains a favorite. Intoxicating, great variety, and sensuous. Thanks for the reminder to pull this one out today! have had the cd for years-it remains a favorite. Intoxicating, great variety, and sensuous. Thanks for the reminder to pull this one out today!

]]> by: Jesse http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-383 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:52:18 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-383 Actually, one interesting thing about Tropicalia and the dictatorship was that Brazilian lefties were really mad at the musicians for not being more overtly political--they thought the music was too airy and metaphorical for what they wanted at the time. In retrospect, it could be seen as a "major weapon," given that Veloso and Gil were grabbed out of bed and exiled in 1971, but it's also interesting, I think, that committed politicos thought of this as too indirect. Great site, by the way, serious and thoughtful and loving. I teach classes on US History and point students to this to help them think about how much music matters as history, culture, and art, since you guys do it so much better than I do. Actually, one interesting thing about Tropicalia and the dictatorship was that Brazilian lefties were really mad at the musicians for not being more overtly political–they thought the music was too airy and metaphorical for what they wanted at the time. In retrospect, it could be seen as a “major weapon,” given that Veloso and Gil were grabbed out of bed and exiled in 1971, but it’s also interesting, I think, that committed politicos thought of this as too indirect.

Great site, by the way, serious and thoughtful and loving. I teach classes on US History and point students to this to help them think about how much music matters as history, culture, and art, since you guys do it so much better than I do.

]]> by: autumn http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-384 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:14:31 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-384 Great selections this week. If you like Jorge Ben, definitely check out his album A Tábua de Esmeralda - in my opinion some of his best work. Great selections this week. If you like Jorge Ben, definitely check out his album A Tábua de Esmeralda - in my opinion some of his best work.

]]> by: ekere http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-386 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:59:56 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-386 Funny! I know this song too, but i didn't know the title or what it was about. Thanks for filling in the blanks. Funny! I know this song too, but i didn’t know the title or what it was about. Thanks for filling in the blanks.

]]> by: Denise Oliver-Velez http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-5052 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:00:44 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-5052 Just a reminder that you've promised to do a Milton Nascimento week! Let me also add the name of a young afro-Bahian woman into the mix - Virginia Rodrigues, a protege of Caetano Veloso, she sings lush versions of Candomblé orixa music. Check her out. Denise Just a reminder that you’ve promised to do a Milton Nascimento week!

Let me also add the name of a young afro-Bahian woman into the mix - Virginia Rodrigues, a protege of Caetano Veloso, she sings lush versions of Candomblé orixa music. Check her out.

Denise

]]> by: version http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-31591 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:54:03 -0500 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/12/18/jorge-ben-ponta-de-lanca-africano%e2%80%9d/#comment-31591 I've got to say that I, too, thought the lyrics were about a slave rebellion leader from the 19th century, I thought Fio Maravilha was about parents telling their kids they were getting divorced, and I was shocked to find out both songs were about football. I, too, laughed at myself, and then thought about all the people I had made compilation tapes for, telling them what I thought the songs were about...by the time this cd was released in '88 I had owned Africa-Brasil for years, and, well, on with the revolution... I’ve got to say that I, too, thought the lyrics were about a slave rebellion leader from the 19th century, I thought Fio Maravilha was about parents telling their kids they were getting divorced, and I was shocked to find out both songs were about football. I, too, laughed at myself, and then thought about all the people I had made compilation tapes for, telling them what I thought the songs were about…by the time this cd was released in ‘88 I had owned Africa-Brasil for years, and, well, on with the revolution…

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