"Alegría, Alegria" by Caetano Veloso

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A brazilian song from 1968 (on the military dictatorship years).

Translated lyrics:

Walking against the wind, no kerchief, no ID
Under the near-December sun
I go…
The Sun is divided among crimes
Spaceships, guerillas
And beautiful Cardinales
I go…
In presidents’ faces, in passionate kisses, in teeth, legs, and flags
Bombs and Brigitte Bardot

The sun on the newsstands fills me with joy and laziness
Who reads that much news?
I go…

Among photos and names
Eyes full of color
And breast full of vain loves
I go…
Why not, why not?

She thinks about marriage
I never went back to school
No kerchief, no ID,
I go…

I drink coca-cola, she thinks about marriage
And a song consoles me
I go…

Among photos and names
No books, no rifle
No hunger, no telephone
In the heart of Brazil…

She doesn’t even know that I even thought about singing on TV
The sun is so lovely
I go…

No kerchief, no ID
Nothing in my pockets or hands
I want to go on living love
I will…
Why not, why not…
Why not, why not…  why not, why not…

[vitoNova]

I was an IA major.  If it wasn't featured in the Battle of Algiers, it didn't happen.  I don't remember that song.

That film was shoved down our throats from Poli Sci 101, up to IA theory Super-Saiyan level 800.

What does a goddamn Brasileiro or whatever know about North Africa anyways?

[buritobr]

freedom freedom freedom song

An icon of the 1960s in Brazil. It was used as a theme of the 1992 TV series "Anos Rebeldes", about middle class young people in the 1960s who decided to join the guerila against the military dictatorship.