Is Jim Morison’s poetry art or the ramblings of an overblown 60’s acidhead? Depends on who you ask. For every genre with an expressly coded form of lyricism (say, Hip-Hop) you get two where it’s impossible make an objective statement. In this dance about architecture, lyrics are the proverbial Tango on a Gehry. Five of the six songs on his third eponymous album, released in 1971, were also in English.Sach O something-something-something Muhammad Ali. His first all- English CD was A Foreign Sound (2004), which covers Nirvana's "Come as You Are" and compositions from the Great American Songbook. In 2002 Veloso published an account of his early years and the Tropicalia movement, Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil. By 2004, he was one of the most respected and prolific international pop stars, with more than fifty recordings available, including songs in soundtracks of movies such as Pedro Almodovar's Hable con Ella (Talk to Her), and Frida. In the 1980s, Veloso's popularity outside Brazil grew, especially in Israel, Portugal, France and Africa. In particular, his celebration of the Afro-Brazilian culture of Bahia can be seen as the precursor of such Afro-centric groups as Timbalada. Caetano Veloso's work upon his return in 1972 was often characterized by frequent appropriations not only of international styles, but of half-forgotten Brazilian folkloric styles and rhythms as well.
Veloso and Gilberto Gil spent several months in jail for "anti-government activity" in 1968 and eventually exiled themselves to London. Veloso's politically active stance, unapologetically leftist, earned him the enmity of Brazil's military dictatorship which ruled until 1985 his songs were frequently censored, and some were banned. (João Gilberto would say later about Caetano's contribution that it added an intellectual dimension to brazilian popular music.) But with such musical collaborators Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, and Os Mutantes, and greatly influenced by the later work of The Beatles, developed tropicalismo, which fused Brazilian pop with rock and roll and avant garde art music resulting in a more international, psychedelic, and socially aware sound. He began his career singing bossa nova and he has cited his greatest musical influences from his early period as João Gilberto and Dorival Caymmi. His sister preceded him to fame as a singer in the mid- 1960s.
He chose the name for his baby sister (Veloso's parents's sixth child), named after a famous song of the time ( 18 June 1946) by Nelson Gonçalves, Maria Bethânia. He was born in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, the fifth of the seven children born to José Telles Veloso ("Seu Zezinho") and Claudionor Vianna Telles Veloso ("Dona Canô"). Caetano Veloso (born 7 August 1942) is one of the most popular and influential Brazilian composers and singers.
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