Petrus Castrus - Indecisão e Demência

A great song from one of the first portuguese progressive bands. Notice the presence of a very young Lena d'Água.

The video footage was synchronized by me, using this excerpt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e452gixzXRo) by RTP. I wasn't able to find any more, so I had to complete the video with images from Petrus Castrus' albums.

Info:

Petrus Castrus is an interesting Symphonic band formed 1971 by brothers Jose (Keyboards, bass, vocals) and Pedro Castro (Vocals, guitars, bass), who recruited Julio Pereira (Guitars) and Rui Reiss (Organ) ex members of a band called Play Boys and João Seixas on drums, the name of the band is the latin translation of Pedro Castro.
They released their first LP "Mestre" in 1973, considered one of the best albums of all Portuguese Prog history. Due to the controversial lyrics based in poems by Bocage, Alexandre O'Neill, Ary dos Santos, Fernando Pessoa and Sophia de Mello Breyner Anderson that are a statement against the Dictatorship, "Mestre" was banned for three months by the Censorship Commission, it's even harder to understand why they weren't completely banned, rumors say they had some strong influences in the Government circles, this album is not available on CD.

After this debut album they release a third single called "A Bananeira" still a satirical criticism to the Government, but brothers Castro tired of censorships and temporal banning of their music decide to end the band and leave Portugal to study until 1976.

This new incarnation of PETRUS CASTRUS recorded their second album "Ascenção e Queda" (Rise and Fall) released in 1978, a conceptual album much more Symphonic oriented but still very naïve, the concept is about the hopes of the people in a fictional new politician of an obscure nation that after some times becomes a new dictator. The critic was hard with this album, but very appreciated outside Portugal. "Ascenção e Queda" is the only PETRIS CASTRUS album released in CD by a Korean label in 2001.

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Tags:

• Prog Rock
• Petrus Castrus
• Portugal
• Ascensão e Queda
• Rock Progressivo

[ilikerainbowbubbles]

Alguém me sabe dizer onde posso arranjar os album's destes senhores?

[ManiakBrain]

@ilikerainbowbubbles Aqui, por exemplo: cdgo.com

[TheFrankBot]

fine track.... thank you...

[ManiakBrain]

@TheFrankBot You're welcome! I'm glad you like it ;)

[Durandal1717]

Holy shit, never did I imagine I'd see video of them, this is astounding. Now if there were also footage of Xarhanga...I could die happy

[ManiakBrain]

@Durandal1717 Xarhanga! They are also very nice, but I think it's a little bit more difficult to find footage of them, we have to be glad that at least we can hear their songs...

[stefanotesta1949]

molto interessante.

[kinsks]

bom material mesmo!

[Isurus67]

Ascensão e Queda foi um dos meus primeiros LPs. Já na altura falava disto com amigos meus e ninguém conhecia. E continuo a gostar passados tantos anos, isso identifica a boa música!