Gimme a Sergio Mendes Top 5
skel
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No Mas Que Nada.
Top 5 tracks.
Non ironic, SM is full of pap but when he got it right there was nobody did it better.
I steer more to the cheesier end of the spectrum.
In no order:
One More Lie
Shakara
Funny You Should Say That
Love Music
Dream Hunter
Top 5 tracks.
Non ironic, SM is full of pap but when he got it right there was nobody did it better.
I steer more to the cheesier end of the spectrum.
In no order:
One More Lie
Shakara
Funny You Should Say That
Love Music
Dream Hunter
Comments
No order.
-Primitivo
-Nana
-Coisa No 2
-Roda
Not Bossa or 60s but I'd put it in the top 5
-For What Its Worth
Also: "Real Thing (12" mix)" (you can't front on Lani Hall cooing "Let me hear you say 'Baby / everything's gonna be all right...'") and Terry_Clubbup favorite "Alibis." Sergio's unlikely cover of what was originally a pretty good Edgar Winter song, "Tell Me In A Whisper," is to be avoided.
I also like this: Superstition
After Sunrise
Promise Of A Fisherman
Watch What Happens
The Real Thing
But I can't help but feel that, deep down, he really is just tepid easy listening though, right? The Brasilian James Last?
he was way more than just a brazillian james last...
That's what he is on the surface.
Deep down he's a very talented Bossa/Jazz pianist - he was considered one of the best in Brasil before left for greater fame in the US. It's worth noting that Primal Roots was the album he was most proud of and it was certainly the least commercial record he ever made.
You can't knock SM for the hustle, and musically, just look at the company these people were keeping at the time. Most of them have "Legend" status. I just googled the lineup of Brasil '66 on this set, you see folls like Oscar Castro-Neves and Dave "GRP" Grusin up in there. It's not like the f*cker did a Kenny G.
Can anyone tell me if Jo??o Donato was ever in Sergio's band? I love his playing, but I don't know if they have recorded together.
Donato's credited on Sergio's 'Favourite Things'.... but on percussion.
"Primal Roots" is new to me. I listened to most of it yesterday and would pick it up if I came across it.
As for the rest, some slight hyperbole on my part, I'll admit. Although I will say that, while his piano bossa roots are unmistakeable, he never seemed to hit as hard as the likes of Bossa Tres or the routinely cheesy Milton Banana Trio.
Agua de Beber
Slow Hot Wind
Laia Ladaia
Batucada (the Beat)
The Waters of March