Zeca Pagodinho
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Zeca Pagodinho is a Brazilian singer/songwriter working in the genres of samba
and pagode
.
, Zeca Pagodinho grew up around the most traditional manifestations of samba
and started making his own verses while still a kid. In the '70s, Zeca started frequenting the Carnival Block of Cacique de Ramos, which took place in Rio de Janeiro
every Wednesday and became a true pagode
's crib (pagode is a type of samba
). At one of these jams, samba singer Beth Carvalho
was impressed with Zeca's skills and invited him to record the song "Camarão Que Dorme a Onda Leva".
From that point on, Zeca began to record his own albums. There are now 15 of them, and three DVDs.
His creative, joyful, malicious songs translate the day-by-day of the typical easy going carioca
and are a big success in Brazil. He's one of the biggest-sellers in the country.
The song, a partnership between Arlindo Cruz
and Zeca, tells the story of someone who asks a friend (or partner) to use their credit card on his behalf; afterwards, the relationship breaks up. Both persons are implied to have low incomes.
Lyrics:
Precisei de roupa nova
Mas sem prova de salário
Combinamos, eu pagava
Você fez o crediário
Nosso caso foi pra cova
E a roupa pro armário
E depois você quis manchar meu nome
Dentro do meu metiêr
Mexeu com a moral de um homem
Vou me vingar de você
Porque, eu vou sujar seu nome
No seu SPC*
Tu vai ver, eu vou sujar, seu nome
No SPC
Quis me fazer de otário
Mas o crediário já está pra vencer
Sei que não sou salafrário
Mas o numerário você não vai ver
Porque eu vou sujar, seu nome
No SPC
Eu vou sujar, seu nome no SPC
(...)
Com o aumento dos juros
Você em apuros pra mim vai correr
Pra me vingar dos teus furos
Juro que estou duro
Não pago carnê porque
Translation:
I needed new clothes
but with no proof of salary
We agreed, I was to pay
You made the credit card transaction
Then our affair went to the grave
and the clothes to the closet
And then you tried to stain my name
Inside my circle
Messed with the morals of a man
I'm going to take revenge on you, because
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
Tried to make a halfwit out of me
But the transaction is about to expire
I know I'm no crook
But the numbers, you won't see, because
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
With the raising of the interests
You, in trouble, to me will run
To get revenge from your fumbles
I'll swear I'm broke and won't pay the bill, because
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
Uma prova de amor (2008)
Raridades (2007)
Acústico MTV - Zeca Pagodinho 2 - Gafieira (2006)
À Vera (2005)
Acústico MTV - Zeca Pagodinho (2003)
Deixa a vida me levar (2002)
O quintal do Pagodinho (2002)
Água da minha sede (2000)
Zeca Pagodinho ao vivo - DVD (2000)
Zeca Pagodinho ao vivo (1999)
Zeca Pagodinho (1998)
Hoje é dia de festa (1997)
Deixa clarear (1996)
Samba pras moças (1995)
Alô, mundo! (1993)
Um dos poetas do samba (1992)
Pixote (1991)
Mania da gente (1990)
Boêmio feliz (1989)
Jeito moleque (1988)
Patota de Cosme (1987)
Zeca Pagodinho (1986)
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
and pagode
Pagode
Pagode is a Brazilian style of music which originated in Salvador, Bahia , and quickly went down to Rio de Janeiro region, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with lots of food, music, dance and party...
.
Biography
Born in the neighborhood of Irajá, Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Zeca Pagodinho grew up around the most traditional manifestations of samba
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
and started making his own verses while still a kid. In the '70s, Zeca started frequenting the Carnival Block of Cacique de Ramos, which took place in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
every Wednesday and became a true pagode
Pagode
Pagode is a Brazilian style of music which originated in Salvador, Bahia , and quickly went down to Rio de Janeiro region, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with lots of food, music, dance and party...
's crib (pagode is a type of samba
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
). At one of these jams, samba singer Beth Carvalho
Beth Carvalho
Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho is a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer.-Biography:...
was impressed with Zeca's skills and invited him to record the song "Camarão Que Dorme a Onda Leva".
From that point on, Zeca began to record his own albums. There are now 15 of them, and three DVDs.
His creative, joyful, malicious songs translate the day-by-day of the typical easy going carioca
Carioca
Carioca is a Portuguese adjective or demonym that is used to refer to the native inhabitants of the city of Rio de Janeiro - capital of the homonym state , in Brazil...
and are a big success in Brazil. He's one of the biggest-sellers in the country.
Example of work: SPC
One of Zeca's first hits is from his first album. It's called SPC; the SPC, in Brazil, is a blacklist of bad debtors from which it is hard to get one's name removed (it stands for Credit Protection Service).The song, a partnership between Arlindo Cruz
Arlindo Cruz
Arlindo Cruz is a Brazilian musician, composer and singer, working in the genre of samba and pagode...
and Zeca, tells the story of someone who asks a friend (or partner) to use their credit card on his behalf; afterwards, the relationship breaks up. Both persons are implied to have low incomes.
Lyrics:
Precisei de roupa nova
Mas sem prova de salário
Combinamos, eu pagava
Você fez o crediário
Nosso caso foi pra cova
E a roupa pro armário
E depois você quis manchar meu nome
Dentro do meu metiêr
Mexeu com a moral de um homem
Vou me vingar de você
Porque, eu vou sujar seu nome
No seu SPC*
Tu vai ver, eu vou sujar, seu nome
No SPC
Quis me fazer de otário
Mas o crediário já está pra vencer
Sei que não sou salafrário
Mas o numerário você não vai ver
Porque eu vou sujar, seu nome
No SPC
Eu vou sujar, seu nome no SPC
(...)
Com o aumento dos juros
Você em apuros pra mim vai correr
Pra me vingar dos teus furos
Juro que estou duro
Não pago carnê porque
Translation:
I needed new clothes
but with no proof of salary
We agreed, I was to pay
You made the credit card transaction
Then our affair went to the grave
and the clothes to the closet
And then you tried to stain my name
Inside my circle
Messed with the morals of a man
I'm going to take revenge on you, because
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
Tried to make a halfwit out of me
But the transaction is about to expire
I know I'm no crook
But the numbers, you won't see, because
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
With the raising of the interests
You, in trouble, to me will run
To get revenge from your fumbles
I'll swear I'm broke and won't pay the bill, because
I'm going to soil
Your name in the SPC
- SPC = Credit Protection Service, a government agency of credit protection that registers data about bad payers.