David Byrne/Forro in the Dark/LIVE JOES PUB/asa branca by K!

This is one of the clips i shot at Forro's record release party for their debut album "Bonfires of San Joao" on Nublu records. The event featured guest Bebel Gilberto, Miho Hatori from Cibo mato and David Byrne.
Asa Branca' is one of the best known songs to emerge from the Luiz Gonzaga-Humberto Teixeira partnership. Their version drew on a traditional tune, to which they added new lyrics and an arrangement. It was first recorded in 1947, followed by numerous other recordings, but perhaps the 'classic' version of the song is the one of 1952, in which it was first presented as a baião. The lyrics center on the image of the asa branca, a Northeastern bird. It is said that the asa branca is the last living creature to leave the Northeast during a drought. If the asa branca flies away, one can be sure that it won't rain that year.

Asa Branca' is a baião. The baião is a popular dance of Northeastern Brazil that may have emerged in the 19th century. The baião is one of the dances used in the forró, the Northeastern term for a social dance. Some people claim that the word 'forró' is a corruption of the English 'for all'. Allegedly the announcements for social dances which British companies organised for their employees in Recife during the 19th century stated that they were 'for all'. Whether fact or fiction, in time social dances throughout Northeastern Brazil came to be known as forrós.

-http://www.qub.ac.uk/sa-old/resources/Belfast_Project/brasil/bai%8Bo.html

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[BeefyCheeseMeat]

Simply awesome!!! David Byrne continues to be in the vangard, crossing all the preconceived notions of traditional music. The love of my life is from MG and lives to dance forro... I have loved the music of David Byrne since the early 80's. He has just opened my eyes to a whole new way to view the music not simply as a backdrop to the dance but as a bridge between cultures...

I want one of those hats!!!

[fcbaena]

Is it a joke? nothing like forró played by brazilian musicians!

[0407061]

muito bom.

[julio29junho]

Luiz Gonzaga is KING!!!

Go ahead Forro in the Dark!!!

[faloverdade]

That is simply awesome! Congratulations!

[drbas81]

great band.. boring melody and singing... no offense to DB, but this is not the best of him

[Sanfona8baixos]

Yes, viva luiz gonzaga! Thanks!!!!

[comaradella]

@StephenThomsonMoore

open your ears, and your heart

[carlosgouveia100]

adorei essa versão ,ficou devina. wonderful. 7his brasilian music . la musica es universal

[HolyWuh]

@jopaam tô tão feliz pra ouvir outra pessoa falando isso sobre FORROBODÓ. Não é um opinão muito popular, mais é bem pesquisado! mais, ouvi que a palavra forrobodo foi um corruptela do "fauxbourdon,' de frances.

Sobre o video - adoro esse canção, naturalmente - sou musico estadounidense, e tô tocando música Brasileira principamente para mais que 10 anos, incluindo e especialmente forró.

Tambem gosto muito do Talking Heads... Prefero David Byrne cantando canções velhas daquela banda!

[StephenThomsonMoore]

I have to agree with the ones who think it is -pathetically- bad.

[taurusrio]

Great Byrne!!!!!