This song was voted the All-time greatest Brazillian song by over 200 Brazilian journalists, musicians and artists back in 2001 - Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote the music, along with both the English and Portugese lyrics for the song.
Waters of March isn't a traditional song, but a series of image that sort of form a collage. Everything goes back to the Waters of March (or Spring waters) - it could be said the Waters of March are a metaphor for the passing of life and the natural, daily progression towards death.
One critic pointed out that the music constantly progresses downward, like the spring waters flowing downward from the mountains to the sea when the ice melts.
According to Oscar Castro-Neves, Jobim told him he wrote this stream of consciouness as his version of therapy - it saved him thousands of dollars in psycho analysis.
The difference between the Portugese and English versions - there are actually more lyrics in English. In Portugese every lyric begins with E.. in English Its. Jobim avoided writing any words with Latin roots in the English version.
This song was voted the All-time greatest Brazillian song by over 200 Brazilian journalists, musicians and artists back in 2001 - Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote the music, along with both the English and Portugese lyrics for the song. Waters of March isn't a traditional song, but a series of image that sort of form a collage. Everything goes back to the Waters of March (or Spring waters) - it could be said the Waters of March are a metaphor for the passing of life and the natural, daily progression towards death. One critic pointed out that the music constantly progresses downward, like the spring waters flowing downward from the mountains to the sea when the ice melts. According to Oscar Castro-Neves, Jobim told him he wrote this stream of consciouness as his version of therapy - it saved him thousands of dollars in psycho analysis. The difference between the Portugese and English versions - there are actually more lyrics in English. In Portugese every lyric begins with E.. in English Its. Jobim avoided writing any words with Latin roots in the English version.
jimraw1, glad to see you can read wik. :)
jimraw1, glad to see you can read wik. :)