In episode #77, we shared 25 songs explicitly talking about Brazilian places in their lyrics, from worldwide famous Corcovado and Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, to its neighborhoods, favelas, and birth to samba. We traveled to São Paulo with Caetano, Os Mutantes, and the mango opus album released by César Camargo Maria & Cia. Then we go to Minas Gerais with Milton Nascimento and his Clube da Equina's associates, and we finish the first part of our journey in Brazil's capital Brasília.

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"Rapaz de Bem" by Johnny Alf

Johnny Alf was once described by the New York Times as "a Black pianist that helped birth Bossa Nova, and his story is rarely told", so today we're talking about a song that arguably inspired the way João Gilberto played his guitar and Tom Jobim's idea for the song "Desafinado".

In "Rapaz de Bem", Alf describes the life's priorities of a young man with a humorous reflection. Access the Translatiosmith for a complete lyric analysis. As much as we discussed the song, we also talked about his career and his pioneering role in bossa nova, a term he actually hated .

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Released in Tom Zé's sophomore album in 1970, the song is an avalanche of Tropicalia elements, blending together psychedelia, rock, and orchestral arrangements that are seemingly weird. The lyrics are a mixture of invented English and Portuguese, with the citation of counter-culture figures like Caetano, Gal Costa, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix, whose name is a play of words with the song's title. Access the Translatiosmith for a complete translation and lyrical analysis. "Jimmy Renda-se" was never a hit in the 1970s, but gained cult status over the years, and is now and ultimately was included in the soundtrack of Oscar-winner movie "Ainda Estou Aqui" in a pivotal car scene.