Brasil, Brasil 1: Samba To Bossa (19 of 20)

Brasil, Brasil

The bossa fraternity began to split with musicians like Jobim now remaining in America, but complaining at the way music had changed.
We had there the same phenomena that I think you have here now.
We had the bossa nova ice box, bossa nova wash...washing machines, bossa nova lawyers.
LAUGHTER And many things.
Now I heard here in the radio bossa nova hair comb, bossa nova shoes! This is not very good for the music.
Carlos Lyra was also to leave Brazil for Mexico with other complaints about the new bossa.

Some people preferred the bossa with lots of jazz.
I thought that there shouldn't be so much jazz.
It was important, the jazz influence in bossa nova, but it shouldn't be too much.
We should keep the jazz like a spice in the food.
Not too much, otherwise it's gonna burn you.
So I wrote a song, Jazz Influence, that talks about that.
Quase que morreu E acaba morrendo, esta quase morrendo, nao percebeu...
By early 1964, the bossa nova boom in Brazil was coming to an end.
It had moved to America where the best known bossa song of all time was about to become a massive hit.
Olha que coisa mais linda Mais cheia de graca E ela menina, que vem e que passa Num doce balanco, a caminho do mar...