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• cog to the rescue (Score:1)

  by cog (4665)

  Relax. I don't think there are that many Portuguese groups that get played internationally :-)

  Pop, you say? Portuguese?

  Anything peculiar about the song? Masculine voice? Feminine? Acoustic guitars, perhaps? Back vocals? Any word echoing in your head?

  Also, where did you listen to that song?

  Come on, give me something to work with :-)

  As a strategy of last resort, I can start sending you some mp3 by email O:-)
  • Re:cog to the rescue (Score:2)

    by bart (450)

    Thanks for trying to take a shot. However, I'm not even sure I'd recognize it again, if I heard it again. Things like this always happen to me. Anyway, to answer your questions, as good as I remember...

    It was a soft, relaxed man's voice, a bit like that Brazilian samba guy, Gilberto Gil, so it could have been Brazilian, but the music itself most definitely wasn't in a Latin style. One instrument stood: an electric guitar with a sound like from the Police, or Laurent Voulzy (in technical terms: they probabl
    • Re:cog to the rescue (Score:1)

      by cog (4665)

      I'm trying to remember the voice of Gilberto Gil...

      Just to make this clear: the guy wasn't singing in English, right? Or was he?

      I'm inclined to go with David Fonseca, but the guy has almost only English songs.
      • Re:cog to the rescue (Score:2)

        by bart (450)

        If it was in English, I wouldn't have called it a "Portuguese song", would I?

        It definitely sounded like what I've heard how Brazilian people talk — while I actually don't understand a single word of it.

        Thanks for the name, I'll try to find some samples, see if it might be him.
        • Re:cog to the rescue (Score:1)

          by cog (4665)

          Also note: David Fonseca used to have a band called "Silence 4". Could be that too...

          Other than him, and we a lot more Portuguese songs, you have "Delfins" (they used to be a great band...)
  • Re:cog to the rescue (Score:2)

    by bart (450)

    While we're at it... can you tell me the titles for the most famous songs of Madredeus? I'm on the lookout for one particular song, one that made them famous here... but for the life of me, I can't seem to find the title.
    • Re:cog to the rescue (Score:1)

      by cog (4665)

      Here are some of the most famous ones (these all got into their "best of", called "Antologia")

      O Pastor
      Vem
      Oxalá *
      Haja O Que Houver *
      Guitarra
      Andorinha da Primavera
      Céu da Mouraria
      As Ilhas Dos Acores
      As Brumas Do Futuro
      Ao Longe O Mar
      O Sonho
      Alfama
      O Paraíso
      Vaca de Fogo *
      O Mar
      Ainda
      O Tejo

      * - IMHO, some of the most famous
      • Re:cog to the rescue (Score:2)

        by bart (450)

        In case anyone still cares: it was "O Pastor" that I was searching for. It's track 5 in the player on their website [madredeus.com]. A haunting melody, one you still won't forget after several years — as I can testify. "Oxalá" and "Haja O Que Houver" aree indeed very nice too, but some of the others I found not so convincing.
        
        As for the song that started this thread: I've not heard it again. As expected.