Post by acousticwarrior on Mar 30, 2017 20:48:36 GMT 1
I'm really surprised no one has mentioned this. Robert said this was inspired by a Portuguese wine called "The Tears Of Christ."
""It's a very cheap Portuguese wine, it's a very heavy drink that all the workers drink...it's about 12p a bottle. I was given a bottle of it and I drank it, and I noticed the label, which is the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus under one arm and a bottle in the other hand. It was completely brilliant...this is drunk by hundreds of thousands of people and it's a pretty visionary drink, really! "I was convinced I was Portuguese, I just sank into this reverie of being a Portuguese flamenco guitarist..."
Yeah, it's a misnomer since flamenco is Spanish, but I'm sure there are equivalent forms of music in Portugal. And Paco De Lucia was of Portuguese heritage.
Yeah, it's a misnomer since flamenco is Spanish, but I'm sure there are equivalent forms of music in Portugal. And Paco De Lucia was of Portuguese heritage.
No, not really, there aren't equivalent forms of music in Portugal. Flamenco and Portugal has nothing in common. Just geographic proximity. Fado is often related to Flamenco, but they are very different.
Regarding Paco de Lucía, he was more Spanish than Spain itself, I can tell you, despite her mother, Lucía Gomes Gonçalves «La Portuguesa». But he was born and raised in Algeciras, Cádiz, a place with the deepest Flamenco tradition, surrounded by Flamenco singers and guitarrists.
Yeah, it's a misnomer since flamenco is Spanish, but I'm sure there are equivalent forms of music in Portugal. And Paco De Lucia was of Portuguese heritage.
No, not really, there aren't equivalent forms of music in Portugal. Flamenco and Portugal has nothing in common. Just geographic proximity. Fado is often related to Flamenco, but they are very different.
Regarding Paco de Lucía, he was more Spanish than Spain itself, I can tell you, despite her mother, Lucía Gomes Gonçalves «La Portuguesa». But he was born and raised in Algeciras, Cádiz, a place with the deepest Flamenco tradition, surrounded by Flamenco singers and guitarrists.
Flamenco could become Fado after you've had too many Tears of Christ... 😁
The lyrics make a cool pattern. It belies the punchy rhythmic structure of the song. I think it's a successful experiment.
I can see the twisty streets of Lisbon being a place of getting drunk and lost and feeling like you're in paradise with no accountability. Everything could kind of feel like an illusion in that state. Little alleyways and dead ends right by the water. The view from the top of the hill at the castle where you can't be so drunk you fall over the edge or down the stairs.
I love the story of the cheap wine. There is some great wine in Portugal (especially the green), which I say as a staunch beer drinker.
The lyrics make a cool pattern. It belies the punchy rhythmic structure of the song. I think it's a successful experiment.
I can see the twisty streets of Lisbon being a place of getting drunk and lost and feeling like you're in paradise with no accountability. Everything could kind of feel like an illusion in that state. Little alleyways and dead ends right by the water. The view from the top of the hill at the castle where you can't be so drunk you fall over the edge or down the stairs.
I love the story of the cheap wine. There is some great wine in Portugal (especially the green), which I say as a staunch beer drinker.
O vinho verde é muito, muito agradavel. Eu adoro Portugal.
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