La rua Madureira, a french/brasilian song

[Jean Pierre]

Well ... I also like bossa, rhythms and chords of Brazilian music

Madureira Street

... this song is not Brazilian although we clearly feel the influence

She is from a French singer Nino Ferrer
 Two days of his 64 years, very affected by the recent death of his mother He committed suicide with a shotgun in a wheat field  . Author-interpreter, whose real name was Agostino Ferrari, was born in Genoa to an Italian father and a French mother.
He was the author of many successes in France in the years70-80

It's a beautiful song ... La Rua Madureira, perhaps Nino Ferrer's little-known masterpiece, the heart-rending emotional story of a love met in Paris, who takes a plane to Rio, plane which never happened ... (see lyrics and translation into attachments)

The music, composed by Daniel Beretta, on the base, it seems to me, a chromatic descent already experienced by the Brazilian tube 'Corcovado'.

 

- 1 -
Je n'oublierai jamais la baie de Rio
La couleur du ciel le nom du Corcovado
La rua Madureira, la rue que tu habitais
Je n'oublierai pas pourtant je n'y suis jamais allé
- 2 -
Je n'oublierai jamais ce jour de juillet
Où je t'ai connue, où nous avons dû nous séparer
Pour si peu de temps nous avons marché sous la pluie
Je parlais d'amour, toi tu parlais de ton pays
- 3 -
Je n'oublierai pas la douceur de ton corps
Dans le taxi qui nous conduisait à l'aéroport
Tu t'es retournée pour me sourire avant de monter
Dans une caravelle qui n'est jamais arrivée
(improvisation)
- 4 -
Je n'oublierai jamais le jour où j'ai lu
Ton nom mal écrit parmi tant d'autres noms inconnus
Sur la première page d'un journal brésilien
J'essayais de lire. mais je n'y comprenais rien


English translation

 1 -
I will never forget Rio Bay
The color of the sky the name of Corcovado
Rua Madureira, the street that you lived
I will not forget yet I have never been there
- 2 -
I will never forget this day of July
Where I knew you, where we had to separate
For so little time we walked in the rain
I was talking about love, you were talking about your country
- 3 -
I will not forget the sweetness of your body
In the taxi that took us to the airport
You turned to smile before going up
In a caravel that never arrived
(improvisation)
- 4 -
I will never forget the day I read
Your name badly written among so many other unknown names
On the front page of a Brazilian newspaper
I tried to read. but I did not understand anything

In attachement lyrics chord and technical note

thank for listening and comments

[alfstone]

Of course I know very well Nino Ferrer (La Pelle Nera, Donna Rosa...), but this song is absolutely unknown to me, so thank you.

Very nice and relaxed, a pleasure to listen to...

 

Alfredo

[Groundy]

Love it JP,
I agree with Alfredo, So relaxed and a pleasure to listen to.

Alex.

[Jean Pierre]

thanK Alex and Alfredo

O course, all instruments are BIAB (with vocal OOH and AAH 2018)...and the terry (fic) Clarks  drummer ,  except guitars by me
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Remixed this morning with guitar a little more forward.  In fact the interest of this type of song (bossa) is the rhythm and chords of the guitar, right?

[Hook]

Great Bossa nova feel to rhis. I'm stuck in stand still traffic and this is keeping me cool. Could have been longer
Rock on!

[Groundy]

Back for another listen...


Alex.