- Alegria, Alegria
"Alegria, Alegria" (English: "Joy, joy" or "happiness, happiness") is a song written and performed by
Caetano Veloso . It is often referred to as "the Brazilian anthem of 1967".At first booed at the 1967
Rede Record festival for its use ofelectric guitar s, Caetano's interpretation and attitude eventually won the audience overcite book | last = Motta | first = Nelson | authorlink =Nelson Motta | coauthors = | title = Noites Tropicais | publisher = Objetiva | year = 2001 | location = Rio de Janeiro | pages = | url = | doi = | id = ISBN 85-7302-292-2 ] . "Alegria, Alegria" placed fourth at the festival.Although "alegria" means "joy" or "happiness" in Portuguese, the theme of the song is freedom.
"Alegria, Alegria" was the soundtrack of the title sequence of
1992 miniseries "Anos Rebeldes "."Alegria, Alegria" is, alongside
Daniela Mercury 's "O Canto da Cidade", remembered by the population for the 1992Fernando Collor de Mello impeachment . The miniseries mentioned above was a hit, and "Alegria, alegria" was sang suring public manifestations in favor of the impeach. Ironically, Mercury recorded the song in an album celebrating the thirty years of theTropicália movement.References
External links
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=MmzNNp6zOJc Caetano Veloso performing the song live] on
YouTube .
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