A Boy Named Seu
August 19, 2008 by Ailbhe Malone
Filed under Anablog
Seu Jorge is playing next Saturday as part of the Dun Laoighre Festival of World Cultures. While in Brazil he’s known for his original Samba-Funk music, Western listeners’ll probably recognise him from City of God, or from this:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvhGvxuOREw]
Tickets were €28, but they’ve long sold out. Content yourselves with the following instead, and be quicker off the mark next time, eh?
Jorge’s main claim to fame are his covers of classic Ziggy Stardust-Era Bowie songs, translated into his native Portuguese. Bowie himself remarked on “this new level of beauty” brought to his songs by the Brazilian musician. So, firstly, ‘Rebel Rebel’, or, according to a swift Babelfish ‘Rebelde, Rebelde’..
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvx_w79wbrE]
And secondly, ‘Life on Mars’ from The Life Aquatic:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6l8zrsf4LY]