Trem das Onze
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"Trem das Onze" | |
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Song by Demônios da Garoa | |
Released | 1964 |
Genre | Samba |
Songwriter(s) | Adoniran Barbosa |
"Trem das Onze" (
In the song, Barbosa portrays in his signature-style witty and somewhat tragicomic lyrics the drama of a lover who lives in the distant Jaçanã suburb of São Paulo, and who cannot stay longer with his beloved woman because the last train will be departing soon, at 11 p.m., and his mother won't sleep until he gets home.
The song is an example of both the classic paulista samba, the variant of samba developed in São Paulo, and the use of a composition structure known as "samba-de-breque" (literally brake samba), where the instrumental accompaniment stops suddenly, giving room to a brief commentary in spoken word about the lyric subject by the lead singer, very much like opening parenthesis.[citation needed]
The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 15th greatest Brazilian song.[1]
See also
- Tramway da Cantareira (in Portuguese), the tramway referenced in the song
- "Samba Italiano"
- "Tiro ao Álvaro"
- "Samba do Arnesto"
- "Joga a chave"
References
- ^ Angelo, Assis (2009). "As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Trem das Onze"". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. Retrieved 6 January 2014.