Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - "Mas Que Nada" (Translation English & Portuguese)

Sérgio Santos Mendes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛχʒiu ˈsɐ̃tuʒ ˈmẽȷ̃dʒiʃ]; born February 11, 1941 in Niterói, Brazil) is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk.

Mendes is married to Gracinha Leporace who regularly performs vocals for her husband and can also be heard on his 2006 version of the Jorge Ben Jor song "Mas Que Nada" with Black Eyed Peas.

The child of a physician in Niterói, Brazil, Mendes attended the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. As his interest in jazz grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late-1950s just as bossa nova, a jazz-inflected derivative of samba, was emerging. Mendes played with Antonio Carlos Jobim (regarded as a mentor) and many U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil.

Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded Dance Moderno in 1961. Touring Europe and the United States, Mendes recorded albums with Cannonball Adderley and Herbie Mann and played Carnegie Hall. Mendes moved to the U.S. in 1964 and cut two albums under the Sergio Mendes & Brasil '65 group name with Capitol Records and Atlantic Records.

When sales were tepid, he replaced his Brazilian born vocalist Wanda de Sá with the distinctive voice of Chicago native Lani Hall (who learned Mendes' Portuguese material phonetically), switched to Herb Alpert's A&M label, and released Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, an album that went platinum based largely on the success of the single "Mas Que Nada" (a Jorge Ben cover) and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured regularly.

The original lineup of Brasil '66 was Mendes (piano), vocalists Lani Hall and Janis Hansen (singer), Bob Matthews (bass), Jose Soares (percussion) and Joao Palma (drums). John Pisano guested as guitarist. This line-up recorded three albums between 1966-1968 (including the best-selling Look Around LP), before there was a major personnel change for their fourth album Fool on the Hill.

Though his early singles with Brasil '66 (most notably "Mas Que Nada") met with some success, Mendes really burst into mainstream prominence when he performed the Oscar-nominated Burt Bacharach and Hal David song "The Look of Love" on the Academy Awards telecast in April 1968. Brasil '66's version of the song quickly shot into the top 10, peaking at #4 and eclipsing Dusty Springfield's version from the soundtrack of the movie, Casino Royale. Mendes spent the rest of 1968 enjoying consecutive top 10 and top 20 hits with his follow-up singles, "The Fool on the Hill" and "Scarborough Fair." From 1968 on, Mendes was arguably the biggest Brazilian star in the world, enjoying immense popularity worldwide and performing in venues as varied as stadium arenas and the White House, where he gave concerts for both Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon. The Brasil '66 group appeared at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan in June 1970.

English translation:
Whatever

Oari rai
Oba oba boa
Whatever
Get out of my way
That I wanna pass
Because samba is really exciting
And I wanna dance [samba]

This samba
That is mixxed with maracatu*
Old black samba
Black samba you
Whatever
A samba like this is so nice
You don't me to get to the end


Portuguese translation:
Mais Que Nada

Oari rai
Ob Ob Ob
Mas que nada
Sai da minha frente
Eu quero passar
Pois o samba est animado
O que eu quero sambar

Este samba
Que misto de maracatu
samba de preto velho
Samba de preto tu
Mas que nada
Um samba como esse to legal
Voc no vai querer
Que eu chegue no final

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[HIMM2011]

My dad is thinking of going to the world cup in 2014 and I just hope he takes me to Rio! I love the Brazilian culture and I wish I could experience it!

[frankoba]

OMG You gotta love this guy and Jobim. I love the song and the language. Sooooooo sexy!!!!!!

[MaisSimples]

Sergio Mendes!!!! Yeah!! Brasileiro!! Como eu!! Viva o Brasil!!

[pacnwcomre1]

O que eu quero ainda nao tem nome. Quero achar "a terra de ninguem" denovo dentro do pais mesmo no rio Xingu. Otimo!!

[TheScallywagSwag]

@HIMM2011 You HAVE to go - it's an amazing place, amazing culture, but be careful in the summer - soo many people :)

[kickcopper10]

10kickcopper- I loved this song in the 60's. Forgot the name of it or who did it for so long. So glad to hear it on the movie cartoon RIO and went from there to find it. Beautiful Brazillian song.

[mikhailcasalis]

Oh how I miss Brazil at times.

[Thomascole2000]

adoro e seu music/i love his music

[seeking911]

LOVE this music!

[jerryprofe]

Que bonita canción pero tengo que decir que las mujers también están

bien bonitas! Sin duda ninguna.

Saludos desde Pueblo, Colorado, USA

[lekkerereet]

@LateNightCable yes! with so many things in live...nothing beats the original

[MsHappyKat]

someday I'm going to Brasilia and then I will hear this song all the way from Denmark to Brasilia..... it's SUCH a great song!!! <3 :)))