Hello, partygoers!

We received a really nice gift here in the old Listening Party rumpus room this week. Partygoer Chris Roberts wrote a wonderful song celebrating this very podcast. Mary and David couldn’t have been more pleased (and there may have been some tears, but that’s all were going to say about it). Chris also made a video to accompany the song and we invite you all to check it out – it’s lots of fun!

Now back to your regular podcast already in progress. This week Mary and David go tropic! As in, Tropicália!

Yes, for listener Mike Roth’s final mixtape, Dave interpreted his request for bossa nova as a request for the wild and provocative music of political protest of the late Sixties/early Seventies in Brazil. Is that what he wanted? Was he pleased to get an hour plus of Portuguese-language craziness? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:

* Os Mutantes – “Panis et circenses” – Os Mutantes, 1968 – 12:57* Caetano Veloso – “Alegria, alegria” – Caetano Veloso, 1968 – 46:27* Gal Costa – “Mamãe coragem” – Tropicália, 1968* Tom Zé – “Dói” – Estudando o Samba, 1976 – 1:29:30* Gilberto Gil – “Sai do sereno” – Expresso 2222, 1972 – 1:36:15* Rita Lee – “De novo aqui meu bom José” – Hoje é o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida, 1972 – 1:43:37* Marcos Valle – “O cafona” – Garra, 1971 – 1:52:59* Jorge Ben – “Fio maravilho” – Ben, 1972 – 1:58:47* Caetano Veloso – “Os árgonautos” – Caetano Veloso, 1969 – 2:01:28* Os Mutantes – “Dom quixote” – Mutantes, 1969 – 2:14:25* Gal Costa – “Meu nom é Gal” – Gal, 1969 – 2:22:43

Also spinning on the old Victrola:

* O’Seis – “Apocalipse” – Continental Records single b-side to “Suicida”, 1966 – 29:54* Gilberto Gil –“Domingo no parque” – Gilberto Gil, 1967 – 41:47* Caetano Veloso – “Samba em paz” – RCA Victor single b/w “Cavaleiro”, 1965 – 1:01:27* Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso – “Coraçâo vagabundo” – Domingo, 1967 – 1:05:15* Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa – “Sol negro” – Maria Bethânia, 1965 – 1:17:09* Gal Costa – “Sim, foi voce” – RCA Victor Records, 1965 – 1:22:22* Gal Costa – “Objeto sim, objeto non” – Gal, 1969* Chris Roberts – “The Ballad of Sneaky Dragon Listening Party” – self-release, 2021

Here is some footage of Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso being interviewed and then Gil performing “Domingo no parque” at the 3rd Festival of Popular Brazilian Music in 1967:

Here is Jorge Ben performing live in 1972 – the first song is “Fio maravilho” and is well worth a watch: