Samba Do Avião (Song of the Jet) - Gal Costa (Tom Jobim)

[English lyrics] (Song of the Jet) Influenced by music from a young age by her record store owner father, Gal Costa became one of Brazil's foremost female tropicalismo movement singers and guitar players during the late 1960s and 70s. Along with her friend Maria Bethânia, she became a political activist often coming into conflict with Brazil's government when dissent in music was censored.

In 1999, Gal Costa pointed her work in the direction of a safe harbor: Tom Jobim; looking for refuge in the beautiful music of Bossa Nova. The show opened in São Paulo, where the double CD and a DVD was recorded. The album was named "Gal Costa Canta Tom Jobim ao Vivo".

And because of this show, Gal traveled for a year overseas and to the great cities of Brazil, always singing to large audiences. Tom Jobim, who had passed in 1994, would have approved.

Song of the Jet (Samba Do Avião) - ( English lyrics by Gene Lees):

How my heart is singing
I see Rio de Janeiro
My lonely longing days are ending
Rio, my love, there by the sea
Rio, my love, waiting for me
See the cable cars
That sway above the bay of Guanabara
Tiny sailboats far below dance the samba as they go
Shinning Rio there you lie
City of sand and sea and sky
Mountains of green rising so high
Four minutes more we'll be there at the airport of Galeão
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Statue of the saviour with open arms above the yellow sea shore
Sugar loaf in majesty climbing from the silver sea
Dark eyed girls who smile at me
City of love and mysteries
Fasten seat belts
No smoking please
Now we're descending and everything rushing
And now the wheels
Touch the ground

Samba Do Avião lyrics:

Minha alma canta
Vejo o Rio de Janeiro
Estou morrendo de saudades
Rio, seu mar
Praia sem fim
Rio, você foi feito prá mim

Cristo Redentor
Braços abertos sobre a Guanabara

Este samba é só porque
Rio, eu gosto de você
A morena vai sambar
Seu corpo todo balançar

Rio de sol, de céu, de mar
Dentro de um minuto estaremos no Galeão

Este samba é só porque
Rio, eu gosto de você
A morena vai sambar
Seu corpo todo balançar

Aperte o cinto, vamos chegar
Água brilhando, olha a pista chegando
E vamos nós Aterrar...

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Music

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• Samba Do Avião
• Gal Costa
• Tom Jobim
• 1999
• Bossa Nova
• São Paulo
• 1994
• Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Derradeira Primavera
• Por causa de Você
• Maria Bethânia
• brazil
• acoustic
• jazz
• samba
• ballad
• live
• live concert
• Caetano Veloso
• Gilberto Gil
• Jorge Ben

[retafmil]

@lonbra2012 - Her whole life has been devoted to music. At 14, she first listened to João Gilberto's "Chega de Saudade" on the radio and became interested in Bossa Nova. She then went on to work as a clerk on Salvador's main record store to get closer to music.

At 18, she was introduced to Caetano Veloso by Andréa Gadelha, engaging with him in a deep friendship that still lasts. She began her professional career in 1964, where she performed alongside Veloso, Gil, Maria Bethânia and Tom Zé.

[lonbra2012]

lazy woman. She needed to ready the lyrics. That music is well known.