Kurt Cobain talking about Os Mutantes

Kurt Cobain talking about Os Mutantes

In interview to brazilian MTV, in 1993, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) talking about Os Mutantes, a brazilian psychedelic rock band, linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s.

Em entrevista à MTV brasileira, em 1993, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) fala sobre os Mutantes, uma banda de rock psicodélico brasileiro, ligado com o movimento Tropicália do final dos anos 1960.

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[benbynum]

This is an incredible clip! Can someone please translate or just paraphrase what the Brazilians are saying? Obrigado.

[rafaelbdb2]

Tenho muito orgulho de ver esse tipo de coisa, ainda mais sendo filho de Cláudio César Dias Baptista (irmão de Arnaldo e Sérgio), que foi quem de fato "Fez os próprios efeitos" (0:58) à mão, sozinho (além das Guitarras - inclusive a Guitarra de Ouro - e muito mais), e que foi quem realmente deu início aos Mutantes junto com seu melhor amigo Raphael Vilardi (1:14), de quem recebi meu nome (Rafael).

[Lewelltam]

@Lewelltam ... In other words, don't turn a guy praising another guy who's hit hard times into a negative thing. I'm not that into Nirvana, but Cobain undoubtedly had cool, diverse tastes and he helped a lot of his favourite acts - acts from at least four different continents, home and abroad - to sell a fuckload more tickets and albums than they otherwise would have, just by namechecking them in interviews like this one. Good acts.

And he seemed like a very nice dude too.

[Lewelltam]

@Lewelltam ... sort of mention from Cobain in those days meant that the music that those people made suddenly became relevant - whether they were contemporaries, like Daniel Johnston or Shonen Knife, or from twenty/thirty years past. This was a long, long time before Youtube. Finding out about people was hard. You couldn't read endless blogs or download hundreds of rare albums on a whim. You couldn't order most of those sorts of albums, even if you did know about them and wanted to.

[Lewelltam]

@PapaPinotte

Think that you may be going just a bit overboard there. Arnaldo Baptista has a long history of mental illness - suffering nervous breakdowns and closing himself off from the world. At the time that this clip was shot, his life was not easy. To get messages from literally the most famous guy in music - saying that he loved his music and admired him - can't have hurt. This was long before the big revival in interest in Os Mutantes and the big reunions. Getting any

[aestheticillicit]

Sean Lennon!! <3

[PapaPinotte]

Kind of sad that one should need the approbation of Kurt "angry teen" Cobain to realize that Os Mutantes were genius. This stupid-ass was trying to make friends with Brazilians, not knowing what he was talking about. "According to what I've read", like he didn't even know their music. Mutantes have nothing to envy from Cobain and Nirvana, receiving a "compliment" from him is like a fly telling an eagle "yeah, heard you weren't too bad".

[THECLARENCES]

The Clarences love Kurt & Os Mutantes!

[Pauloito]

brazilian people needs strangers to be secure of the quality of theyr artists, like Cobain or Byrne with Tom Zé.. It´s a shame productors and media don´t give a shit. They preffer stupid and easy listening artist to make money, and people easly forget the real genius...

[Larinho2]

I had no idea Kurt even knew who Os Mutantes were. Yes, they were a very, very, very important Brasilian band! Excellent clip, Shaddoobie. Thanks so much for sharing it! Muito obrigado, viu?

[IvoThePedro]

de que documentário é este video? tenho interesse em adquirir...

[rgdouglass]

@benbynum The lady at first was more difficult for me to understand but it sounded like she was saying the band was more popular in 1998 than ever.