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PUBLISHED IN THE CURRENT NETWORK OF BRAZIL
BY VITOR NUZZI
The panels and the “noise” against Jair Bolsonaro have often been converted in recent weeks, but in some windows the sound heard was from an old song, which will be 50 years old. Despite you It is the only composition that Chico Buarque supposes to be truly “protest”. It was made after his return to Brazil, in March 1970, after 14 months living in Italy.
The return took place on the morning of March 20, at the Galeão airport in Rio de Janeiro, when Chico and Marieta Severo disembarked with their first daughter, Silvia, 11 months old, in their arms.
“Come back making noise”, Vinícius de Moraes had recommended to a boy who was still afraid, who had left Brazil shortly after the edition of AI-5, in December 1968. There was no lack of noise in Galeão. The MPB-4 class was there, the actress Betty Faria took a Fluminense flag, the Chico team, and the flutist Altamiro Carrilho and his group played. The band, 1966 success.
With AI-5, vigilance over artists would be even greater. Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil were arrested and exiled in England. Geraldo Vandré fled and spent more than four years between Chile and France. Chico was not arrested, “only” interrogated. And then he advised staying out of Brazil for some time.
Even upon returning, Chico realizes that the situation in the country has not improved at all. On the contrary, the Medici government represents the height of the repression. At the same time, there is a certain “euphoria” with the so-called economic miracle, because the economy was growing, for the minority. And soon the World Cup would come, with Pelé, Tostão, Gérson, Rivelino, Jair and company delighted and winners of the third world championship.
The composer’s mind was gathering the verses of his only song that was “protest”, although someone always identifies veiled messages in other songs. Despite you he was sent for censorship appreciation, as was required, and then the surprise came: released. The record company released a compact that had Consternation in the other side.
It was a success. In a short time, 100,000 copies were sold. Until someone realized: Despite you it was banned and the discs were collected. It would only be re-recorded and replayed, in 1978, in the wave of movements for amnesty and the return of democracy.
According to Chico, “you” does not refer specifically to the dictator on duty, in the Medici case, but to power, the so-called “system”. Touched in the windows, now with the country under Bolsonaro’s rule, the music seems to have been made another day.
Carnations in the window
Today (25) refers to an important historical date, the Carnation Revolution, in Portugal. Chico should have been in Lisbon to receive the Camões Award, but the new coronavirus pandemic canceled the event and the trip. Then he recorded a greeting message for the Portuguese friends and also asked about the Brazilians.
“This year I had the intention to be at the party, because the organizers of the Camões Award gave me the honor of scheduling the ceremony for this date. (…) But this afternoon, I will leave red carnations in the window and sing loud and clear, Grândola, Vila Morena, by Zeca Afonso, “Chico said, citing the symbolic music of the 1974 movement.
“If possible, I still ask you to keep your thoughts with your Brazilian brothers, who more than ever need a rosemary scent,” added the composer, referring to the song Tanto Mar, which he composed in the 1970s.
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