SERGIO MENDES - YE ME LE

[onefugowie]

was the best time to live dont have the government up your arse things were better than people suck today its to TENSE

[FernandoChecon]

Samba Gringo....very nice!

[nhbright]

I like to play play this song and other Brasil 66 on hot summer days and nights.

[cali4nia4me]

Lani Hall continued her career with A&M records & husband Herb Albpert as we know -- but I wonder what became of Karen Philips, anyone know? She was xlnt, too, though I would think, overshadowed by Lani Hall in lead vocals. Of the lead singers I heard prior to Lani & Karen, no one topped these two women. Recording covers of (then) chart-toppers was genius; still highly recognizable yet nothing like the originals (Scarborough Fair, Fool on the Hill, With a Little Help From My Friends etc)

[nilsenrum]

@cali4nia4me For me Brazil 66's cover of Fool on the Hill is an exception to the rule -The Beatles' own version ends up 2nd!

[nhbright]

trippy- nice music for June!

[onefugowie]

i love Brazil music

[Geraint3000]

This song is so beautiful. And so is the arrangement.

[leahcimber]

The blond may be hot, but the little brunette was the lead singer. The fabulous Lani Hall!

[XTRABIG]

@leahcimber

really?! from the video I got the impression that the blonde woman was lead. she seemed very much into the music.

[hardbossa]

@XTRABIG only the impression. The blonde was far from being the lead singer. Lani Hall, the brunette one, was always the lead singer since the group inception in 1966. The blonde, Karen Philipp, is just more extrovert and perhaps a sexier dancer.

[74tmcentralc]

love this song smoke a spliff to this.blond chick is fuckin hot

[74tmcentralc]

the other girl isn't so bad either. Don't you think?

[bababuga]

Jak nic na dancefloor podczas imprezki w zaciszu domowym dla przyjaciół:-)

Super!

[MakefunNotwar]

sickkkkkkkkk

[joeo78501]

Looks like censors had a problem with their 60's mini skirt look.

[happymlk]

SM & B66 are SO underrated. Should have been one of the best selling acts of the 60s with an eternal following. Their music is beautiful. Very grateful to my mother for exposing them to me & my sister growing up. I don't speak the languages they used other than English. It doesn't matter, the music transcends that.

[dmahnke]

simply sublime!

[obeolojumeji]

The name is pronounced different ways. Iamanja, Yamanja, Iamalia, she is an Orisha of the Juju. Stop discounting them. They might come for you when you least expect it. Don't break up her name like that. Water can reach you anywhere. Ashe (Yoruba for Amen) Portugues messed up a lot of the Yoruba language.

[mozdickson]

muito bonito! Tem talente!

[rsherfield]

SO beautiful, Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 forever!!

[bardobulga]

Canto de Iemanjá

Saveiro savá melé melá

Ilê olá

A rainha mâe do mar

Traz o seu amor

Sua bênçao vem me dar

E eu dou uma flor sing of Iemanja

Sailboat (need help here)

The queen of the sea brings [her] love, [her] blessing

I give [her] a flower

[MCHAUM]

@bardobulga Here is the full lyrics:

Yê-mele, ari, ará, yê-mele, ará Yê-mele, ari, ará, canto de Iemanjá Zauê, zauá, melê, melá, indê, olá, onda do mar A rainha, mãe do mar, faz o seu amor Sua benção vem me dar e eu dou uma flor E eu dou uma flor, e eu dou uma flor Algum dia vai chegar e eu vou ouvir Esse canto de Iemanjá, vai do mar sair Zauê... Yê-mele..

Also look up for the great Laurindo Almeida! You won't believe your EARS!

[TubeChop]

Love this song, great tune,energy and vocal expressions... so what of a translation for those who are Portugese challenged? Ye Me Le ... go to be simple and beautiful, they are, the music is!!

[bardobulga]

Ye Me Le - it´s a only expression by african roots. The authors are Luiz Carlos

Vinhas and Chico Feitosa.. The "chant" chorus section of the lyric (Ye-Me-Le ia ia la) "means nothing," The verses speak of a fisherman and his sailing boat and reference the Ioruba deity Iemanja.

[familiartoy]

Sergio at his best, thanks

[cremalimon]

ninguem fala português cá?

[mozdickson]

falo!

[sophiahomenow]

My mom used to play this. oh what good and sad memories this brings for me. J. Coulter

[joeenglert]

great song-never heard it before. by the way, check out sergio in an old episode of gilligans island playing a mad scientist-that guy could act as well as write music

[Carlito1988]

To put it mildly, this is timeless, unreal, beautiful music!!

[02javis]

black latin music...haaaaaaaaa

[AngelOfTheNight2007]

Thank you, bardobulga, for putting this up here. Sensual and melodic!

[tapeduk]

beautiful song

[IamPaladin]

I first saw this group on Hulabaloo! They came out of the darkness in some smoke and dry ice and singing this song. The lead singers have always been sexy, sultry and just hot. Beautiful leads picked Sergio Mendes who could sing and made you stare. Lani Hall and Karen Phillip, thanks for the stuff of daydreams and cold showers.

[ectowle]

@IamPaladin

This song,YE-ME-LE,has always been sexy, sultry and just hot / daydreams and cold showers.



[violethill]

Hey, does anyone know what happened to the Brasil '66 Norwegian Wood video that had been up last month or so? It was simply fantastic, and I would like to see how it can be relisted or otherwise get download a copy of it.

[cosmicgirl5]

One of my favorites of Sergio Mendes & Brasil66

MANY THANKS for posting I am good this song made my day!

[superstrut75]

nice talk. this made my day too. albeit four months later ! ha. great tune.