I may help with double versions (portuguese/english) of some of the widely known bossas. I have them close to the leadsheets More on this later.

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Originally posted by Dreamer:

Chico,
what can I say? Many brazilian girls are not only extremely attractive "on the outside": they seem also very happy or at least satisfied of their life and this is reflected in a special light in their eyes. Something makes me think that in Brazil the depressive syndrome is a rare disease.


Well, I doubt it's this simple, but it's true that the ability of the brazilian people to overcome problems that would badly depress an average european, still amazes me very much. Maybe the key is that there is a lot of emotional (not material) generosity among brazilians. People seek, with high priority in their lives, true emotional connections with each other, not pale social contact or conversations. That's, at least, what impresses me the most, in my contacts with brazilian friends.

I remember once, in a TV channel, the news about a violent storm over Rio. There were heavy rains that completely smashed entire quarters in Rio's "favelas" (home for many poor people). One family lost ALL their wells. Interviewed by a jornalist, they were saying that it could have been worst: they managed to save the TV, so they could watch the "novela" (a kind of soap opera, also very popular in Portugal).

-- José.

[This message has been edited by matias (edited 06-25-2003).]