Força Bruta by Jorge Ben
- Released in
- 1970
- Genre
- Samba & MPB
Força Bruta (Brute Force) is Jorge Ben's seventh studio album, released in 1970. Following the major success of his psychedelic 1969 self-titled, Força Bruta sees Jorge Ben settle into a more relaxed âsamba soulâ groove, and also marks his second studio collaboration with backing band Trio MocotĂł, pictured below:
The album was recorded in one single night, mostly unrehearsed and semi-improvised, with occasional string and brass arrangements being added later.
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âZĂ© Canjicaâ could be translated as something like âJohnny Porridgeâ, but really it's just a
funny pet name given to Jorge Ben by the ex-girlfriend he sings about in this
tune.
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The name âDomenicaâ has the same etymological roots as âDomingoâ (Sunday) in âdominicusâ (âof the Lord.â) âDomingarâ (to Sunday) is an expression meaning to loiter,
like having a âlazy Sunday.â So this song is just an excuse to make Sunday
puns :-D
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This song features callbacks to two tracks from Jorge Ben's previous album,
referencing the Charles character from âCharles, Anjo 45â (Charles, 45 Angel,)
as well as the general theme of the song âDescobri que Sou um Anjoâ (I Found
Out that I'm an Angel.) I've included some notes about the real-life Charles
at the bottom of the page (see footnote2)
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Aparecida is one of the titles of Mary, the mother of Jesus (âNossa Senhora
Aparecida,â literally âOur Lady, the Appeared.â) It was also a very popular
woman's name for a while.
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The big hit of the album.
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This song is one of the many written by Jorge Ben for his wife Domingas Terezinha Inalmo de Menezes.
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Footnotes
Quote from JoĂŁo Parahyba: â[The nickname] Comanche was because by the end of the 60s I was already a flower child, hippie as hell, had huge hair, and loved to wear bandannas. [...] I was crazy for American indians, I knew all the tribes, always rooted for the indians in movies. No one talked about indians in Brazil back then.â
(source)â©- Charles is actually Charles AntĂŽnio SondrĂ©, a childhood friend of Jorge who, according to him, was a sort of âRobin Hood of the slums.â The âAngel 45â moniker came from the .45 pistol he carried. The Charles from this album, Charles Jr., is his son (supposedlyâJorge Ben has a Bob Dylan-like penchant for just saying stuff and refusing to elaborate on it...) (source)â©