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i was going through Rhapsody checking out ppl I haven't listened to before and then I came upon Seu Jorge and realized who he was. I hope he does his Bowie covers. He was one of the reasons why I love Life Aquatic.
Check out the DVD sometime for the full performances of all of the Bowie covers that Jorge performed during filming (I think it is on the Disc 2 extras if you are Netflixing it). Absolutely captivating.
The guy puffs on a roach and sticks it in his guitar neck by the tuning keys before every song. When he finishes the song, the crew bursts into enthusiastic applause and he calmly plucks the roach from his guitar, takes the last puff, and stamps it out.
His voice is really unique and captivating. His solo album of original material from last year is supposed to be excellent, but I haven't gotten around to checking it out yet.
Post by coanbread751 on Feb 3, 2006 10:44:08 GMT -5
I downloaded The Complete Life Aquatic Studio Sessions.......its very very interesting, and good lol. Definentaly worth checking out.....and I watched the performance on the dvd, I love the "Changes" cover.
Two years ago, David Bowie's music took a front and center role in a quirky film, "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou."
In the movie, Brazilian musician and actor Seu Jorge plays an explosives expert. He doesn't set off much dynamite though. Mostly he sits with his guitar on the bow of a trawler skippered by Bill Murray. And he plays tunes like "Rebel Rebel."
When the soundtrack to "The Life Aquatic" was released, it only contained a handful of Seu Jorge's Bowie material. But now an entire CD of the off-kilter but delicious repertoire of Bowie in Portuguese is out.
It's titled "The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions Featuring Seu Jorge." And after a few weeks, it's sitting at number three on the world music charts.
At times in the film, the sight of the Brazilian singing "Changes" in Portuguese just seems downright bizarre. It is so cool, and it is such a surprising best seller.
Brazilian music aficionado Tom Schnabel, of the world music program café LA at KCRW in Santa Monica, California there. He says a surprising best seller, perhaps. But not all that surprising that a Brazilian came up with these interpretations of David Bowie.
Brazilian musicians can make almost anything work. They're used to playing complex jazz chords, they have complex chord voicings, they don't use picks, they use their fingers and they have a moving bass line that they use their thumb to do, they're used to lots of rhythm with the samba style, they're singing along and playing the guitar. They can use their technique on just about any music including David Bowie's.
Turn and face the strange?
Not at all. Seu Jorge will be coming back to the United States again this year to tour. He'll undoubtedly be sharing his unique take on a few pieces of the Bowie songbook.
I've picked up three Seu Jorge albums since the announcement and here's some mini-reviews for anyone who's curious about him:
The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions This are the full versions of the 13 Bowie covers by Seu Jorge that were recorded for The Life Aquatic (not to be confused with the Life Aquatic soundtrack, which includes a few of these songs and is absolutely stellar despite the ommission of the Sigor Ros song. Sidebar: The pre-release temporary soundtrack for the "Let me tell you about my ship" sequence was Radiohead's "Everything in its right place". Oh how I wish they could have/would have gotten the rights). If you have seen The Life Aquatic, you know what to expect here (if you haven't, you probably should if you like your movies quircky, eccentric and unpredictable). Seu Jorge and his guitar, recorded simultaneously, singing David Bowie covers translated (with plenty of lyrical variations and lyrical liberties as I understand it) into Portuguese. The full versions are every bit as captivating as the snippets in the movie. The finger squeeks and noise that come with recording acoustic guitar and vocals together are far more charming and evocative then annoying. Of course, there are some musical limitations to an entire album made solely by a singer and his guitar, but for me the steady stream of foreign but recognizable David Bowie hooks more than makes up for it.
Cru This is his most recent release and as I understand it the original material that he's met the most international success with. This album is very appealing: tight, clean and I just love to listen to this guy sing. That said, I was a bit dissappointed by it and I would reccomend picking up "Carolina" or "TLA Sessions" first.
I got excited about Seu Jorge by visiting seujorge.com and falling in love with the little ~10 second clip in the Flash intro to his site. Check it out and tell me you wouldn't want to hear that at Bonnaroo! I was dissappointed to find that it wasn't on this album and that this album wasn't really in that style.
"Cru" is very stripped down and pretty chilled out. More than half of it is pretty much in the vein of Seu Jorge's voice with some nice supporting guitar and very subtle percussion support. I really like a couple of the more upbeat songs but even they are pretty stripped down in terms of instrumentation. Once I revisited without my initial expectations, I really got into this album, but since its all Portugeuse I have to admit I prefer having the Bowie hooks to latch on to when enjoying spare arrangements featuring Seu Jorge's voice. This one is definitely growing on me.
Carolina Jackpot! The title track is the clip featured on the website. This is full blown samba-funk, with the full horn section and the killer rythm section which that implies (Tasty Brazilian bass lines...mmm mmm good). And you get Seu Jorge singing over it. I have absolutely no idea what kind of instrumentation he will be bringing to Bonnaroo, but this is what I'm hoping for.
