Rotativa - Chico Buarque/Ennio Morricone - 1970
I've always felt like "Rotativa" could've been the theme from a lost Spaghetti Western. But actually, this Ennio Morricone arrangement is a reworking of Chico Buarque's "Roda Vida," a pop tune from the late '60s that helped launch Chico's singing career in Brazil to Sinatra-like levels. I don't know much else about the back story of the album, but according to Wikipedia, Chico recorded these tracks with Morricone when the Brazilian star was in exile from his home country in 1970. So here we have a Brazilian exile song, covered in Italian, and filtered through the American Old West. Now if only I could find a translation of the lyrics...
In other news, check out this interview where Morricone talks trash about "A Fistful of Dollars."
3 comments:
Gregoire, how Ennio Morricone feels about his own music isn't that important. Yusef Islam thinks Cat Stevens sucks. RJD2 says his tracks were "moron music." If I were a brilliant composer and the average person only recognized me as the guy who scored the music in the "curry-detective" movies, I might have a negative reaction against it too...says the guy with the Fistful of Dollars poster. Awesome track btw!
Greg, if you want I'd translate the lyrics. -Gary
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