[HN Gopher] Astrud Gilberto has died ___________________________________________________________________ Astrud Gilberto has died Author : brudgers Score : 70 points Date : 2023-06-06 15:19 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.bbc.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.com) | pmarreck wrote: | She got paid $120 for her voice work in Girl from Ipanema. | | I think that may be the only money she ever saw from that. That | is incredible, and the other guys who took credit for this song | basically made a fortune off her. | fortyfivan wrote: | The Independent covered her story in depth a year ago. | | https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/featu... | amanaplanacanal wrote: | Her voice totally made that song. RIP. | embit wrote: | Equal credit goes to one and only Stan Getz | youreincorrect wrote: | The "other guys" as in Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (her | husband)? You write this as if they were nothing to the song. | hiccuphippo wrote: | One of the other guys was her husband, so she probably enjoyed | some of that money. | ksherlock wrote: | And she was getting some strange on the side with one of the | other guys (Stan Getz). | rmsaksida wrote: | Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) was composed by Tom | Jobim, one of the greatest Brazilian composers, and written by | Vinicius de Moraes, one of the greatest Brazilian poets. Joao | Gilberto, another one of our greatest musicians, also | contributed to the song. It was recorded by different singers | before the English version with Astrud was ever recorded, and | the most famous version in Brazil by far is sung by Tom Jobim | himself. | | Astrud is actually not that well known in Brazil - she's much | more famous abroad. I'm not sure who the "guys who took credit" | are supposed to be but I never thought of Garota de Ipanema as | being Astrud's song or anything like that. Not to say whatever | happened to her wasn't unfair, of course, but her | interpretation of the song is one among many. The song is | Vinicius and Tom's. | dr_dshiv wrote: | Unless you don't know that; when I listen to it, that song is | _all_ about her. | rmsaksida wrote: | I totally get it, but the song is also very famous in | Brazil and not because of her. | Gys wrote: | 'Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto is the girl from | Ipanema.' | | https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001337/http://www.jobim | .... | belter wrote: | https://www.fatosdesconhecidos.com.br/conheca-a-musa-que- | ins... | digisign wrote: | Nope, the singer is watching her walk down the sidewalk. | oh_sigh wrote: | No. It was their song, they deserve the bulk of the credit for | it. It was already a hit performed and written in Portuguese | before the English version came out. She happened to be in the | studio as the wife of one of the musicians when they decided to | do an English version, and she was the only one who could speak | English among the women there. America was ready for Bossa Nova | and the song would have been a hit regardless of who raised | their hand that day. | | Plus, her entire career was launched with that song. | | How much money was there from the album sales even? If a bulk | of the remuneration comes from touring like it does today, it's | not clear to me how they could even compensate her beyond what | she was "given" by becoming a huge star due to the album. | | I guess it would be nice to think that everyone involved in | something successful becomes fabulously wealthy due to it, even | regardless of their original deal, but shouldn't it go the | other way too then? If the album flopped, would it be okay if | they demanded she give back the $120? | rmason wrote: | I've got a friend who wrote about meeting Astrud Gilberto through | contacts in the music business. As a teen he had a crush on her, | I think everyone of a certain age certainly did. | | Here's how he described her, "She was a 45-year-old woman, in an | 18-year-old body, with a 14-year-old mind." | | I've learned that in meeting an idol that you how you imagine | someone might be is seldom how they really are in real life. | AlbertCory wrote: | Fortunately, we still have Flora: | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Purim | | (Not bossa nova, though.) | | Personally, except for (maybe) French, Portuguese is the non- | English language I most like to hear someone singing in. | cjohnson318 wrote: | I mean, she did a lot. I like Corcovado the best. | ryanisnan wrote: | Why am I reading about this on Hacker News? | | edit: Editing to say, I don't mean this in a condescending way, | or that this person's passing is irrelevant. I more precisely | mean to say that I don't understand how this content is topical | to this forum. | kristopolous wrote: | in the future, just flag things you think don't belong. That's | the "proper channel" for doing this type of feedback. | unixhero wrote: | If you are a good music nerd, then you know that bossa nova is | the bomb and the absolute best thing out there. From there you | know about Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben Jor, Astrud Gilberto and | all the other giants from Brazil and that came about during | that era. | | As such this is a depth first hit on bossa nova which every | nerd worth its salt should appreciate. | fortyfivan wrote: | I can't upvote this enough! I've dedicated a good portion of | my life to collecting Brazilian records from that era. | Expensive, but rewarding hobby. | gooseyard wrote: | Are you disappointed by the experience of having read it? | speed_spread wrote: | She made good coding music. | ElevenFingers wrote: | "astrid gilberto radio [?] - bossanova to code/program to" | 3wolf wrote: | Bossa nova is some of my favorite music to listen to while | working. It's mellow, soothing, but never boring. Also, being | in a foreign language helps minimize distraction. RIP | denvaar wrote: | One of my favorite recording of her was on a Dutch TV show. | Pretty cool footage https://youtu.be/13YKO0Vwz8E ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-06-07 23:00 UTC)