Comments on: Can��o de amor

Canção de amor

micayetoca — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:47:41 -0800

As requested by melissa may.

I was wondering what I could do with such a famous song that didn't sound outrageous. I kinda wanted to follow dagosto's good example of being respectful to the original while doing a version that sounded new. There was also the factor that it was requested specifically by melissa may, so ideally the version would be something that she would like. Somewhere I heard that melissa may is a big fan of Os Mutantes, so that was the equation here: Portuguese + lots of tremolo + lots of reverb. It goes to show all those people who say that Os Mutantes were a bunch of punks tweaking machines to make strange sounds: Os Mutantes were great musicians, this is what a punk tweaking machines sounds like. Last, here are the lyrics, to give snsranch something new to practice his Portuguese. Sempre que eu estou só com voce Me faz sentir que eu já cheguei Sempre que eu estou só com vocé Me faz sentir que está tudo bem Sempre que eu estou só com voce Me faz sentir que eu sou jovem Sempre que eu estou só com vocé Me faz sentir engraçadinho, hein? Agora e ontem, I will always love you Embora que eu não esté, I will always love you Não importa o que eu fale, I will always love you Sempre que eu estou... com voce Me faz sentir que eu sou livre Sempre que eu estou... com vocé Me faz sentir que eu não vou morrer. Agora e ontem, I will always love you Embora que eu não esté, I will always love you Não importa o que eu fale, I will always love you. So here it is, for melissa may, with all due respect to mr. m. may

By: ageispolis

ageispolis — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:59:12 -0800

Love that bassline and the tremolo'd vocals work well with the subtle guitar fills. There's neat little effects in here, like the scant strum of the a minor chord near the beginning. It builds to something quite beautiful.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:34:54 -0800

Really nice, mica. I do believe this would qualify as my personal favorite of all the tunes you've posted here: everything about it works for me. Nice nice nice!

And yeah, whoever said that Os Mutantes were just goof-offs fucking around, well, they wouldn't know creativity if it came and bit 'em on the ass!

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:54:48 -0800

Yeah, those sure are some neat sounds... the gently moving bassline is nice, too. I dig.

By: buriednexttoyou

buriednexttoyou — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:20:51 -0800

This is really well done. It has a nice relaxed groove to it.

By: umbú

umbú — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:42:30 -0800

Bacana, cara! Parábens.

The quiet, hesitant vibe really works with the song and the mix. Nicely done.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:11:35 -0800

I knew, I knew, I knew you would do something amazing and beautiful with this song. Now it sounds like the music box you find in the dustiest corner of a thrift store. I love punks tweaking sad machines, I love Os Mutantes, and I will always love you too.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:37:16 -0800

Heh, no problem. This is really, really great. Very nice job.

By: BrnP84

BrnP84 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:17:15 -0800

Good stuff, I didn't know what song you were trying to cover at first but than it hit me about a min in, nice chill cover of an awesome song.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:30:32 -0800

Wow. I'm really diggin this idea of yours, micayetoca! This is excellent. I can't wait to play it for my novia!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:56:00 -0800

micayetoca - just to echo others' thoughts, this is wonderful. Often tremolo makes my head hurt, but it works here very well. This has such a chill, smooth, relaxed vibe.

Great job.

This requests thing is the best challenge yet, methinks.

By: chococat

chococat — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:21:33 -0800

How'd I miss this?
Why does this work so well? Because you did it? It's a whole new song, which should have been done this way to begin with. Really great.

By: clearlydemon

clearlydemon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:35:48 -0800

I didn't see the original request, it was a complete surprise. Amazing!