[Relaxing&Samba]
No.65 "Piquenique Em Paquetá" by Lisa Ono
Hi. Today's song is "Piquenique Em Paquetá"(Picnic in Paquetá) by "Lisa Ono".
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Piquenique Em Paquetá (Picnic in Paquetá) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Lisa Ono |
| Album Title | CATUPIRY |
| Catalog Number | MDCL-1050 (32MD-1050) |
| Track No. | 5 |
| Duration | 3:51 |
| Released | 1989 |
| Publisher | MIDI |
| Lyricist | Roger Belbenoit |
| Composer | Lisa Ono |
| Arranger | Alberto Arantes |
About the creators
Roger Belbenoit is a Brazilian lyricist worked with Lisa Ono regulary in her early period.
We cannot find much information about him so, would be grateful if you could let us know any info.
Lisa Ono is actually an excellent composer.
In this album, the 7 of 12 songs are composed by her, and all of them convey a fresh feeling.
We had an image that the Bossa nova albums tend to include a few of standard number even they are new release.(could be only in Japan.)
So, her challenge, putting an album of all new songs on sale, was a bit of surprise at that time.
"Maestro" Alberto Arantes was a Brazilian composer, arranger, conductor.and a musician.
His arrangement for flute is well known, and "Pot-Pourri Brasileiro" is a standard number created by him in 1990.
Cover art
- Song image & Lyrics
Happy picnic
This seems to be singing a happy exciting feeling for the coming picnic day to Paquetá Island.
Taking some oranges, Fubá*, new mat and Panama hat, I am going on a picnic on Paquetá Island on Sunday.
In the boat, I am going to dance. No one can stop my picnic on Paquetá.
We were not familiar with "Fubá" so just checked it on the internet.
Umm... It looks nice.
(Brazilian Cornmeal Cake)
Link to the lyrics
- Sound impressions
Joyful and relaxing
This is a joyful and relaxing acoustic samba in middle speed.
The ensemble of the drums, bass, Latin guitar, clarinet, and the flute start at the same time and play a samba rhythm.
In the middle of the song, the saxophone, guitar and the keyboards join and play a mini session, but it is quite cool and tasteful.
Risa Ono's breezy singing is relaxing, and could reduce our tension.
For the last 1 minutes, you will be taken into the midst of a carnival parade in Rio.
Please enjoy the delightful sound created by the various Samba percussion, particularly the cuica.
Paquetá Island is an island near Rio de Janeiro. It's a popular holiday direction for locals and the tourists, according to Wikipedia.
None of us has been to Brazil, but would love to go there someday.
- Reference
- About the artist
Newbie with firm belief
Lisa Ono debuted in 1989 with single "You're so unique". Since then, 9 singles, and 33 original, live, and 12 best albums has been released until now.
(Wikipedia, Lisa Ono)
This song "Piquenique Em Paquetáis" is included in her first album "Catupiry" of 1989.
Before debuting, she was singing Brazilian songs at the hotel lounge in solo acoustic style.
She soon became a known face among record producers, and a few record company was actually approaching for her to debut.
She however had a strong will for creating a debut album in conditions like,
- Sing a song in Portuguese.
- Recording in Brazil with local musicians in there.
Because at that time, she had a firm belief that the Brazilian music is the best in the world, and it has to be her identity at least at first.
It is quite natural and reasonable from her strategy point of view.
But for the record companies, it is a very tough request because,
- Can't expect a good sales for the songs in foreign language.
- Recording in Brazil is costly.
So, the contracting was not a easy job for all concerned. But finally, a record company named "MIDI" agreed to business with her.
After a few discussions, she finally cleared issues and started recording in Rio de janeiro with brilliant musicians mostly local.
(ref. campanella, 2014-09-10)
Because of it or not, the album achieved very high quality.
She released more than 30 albums until now. But in terms of the merriness and passion, this album becomes top class.Let us continue to the next time before it becomes too long.
Thank you.
- Samples from online music stores
A best album linked
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.5.
The album "Catupiry" is rarely available, so, linked the best album "Laguna-Azul" instead of it.
Please click track No.6 of disk 1 for this.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
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7. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | パケタ島でピクニック (Paquetá-tō de picnic) |
|---|---|
| Artist | 小野リサ (Lisa Ono) |
| Album Title | CATUPIRY |
