Comments for Music: Brazil's Latest Export Product at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:01:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6492/1/#pc_14229 hi :D - Tiffany Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:24:41 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6492/1/#pc_3833 Basically it\'s dominated by English language. Audiences in US and UK won\'t go for foreign language pop except as a one time novelty hit, or perhaps as a duet with an established English language artist. So, to succeed they have to sing in English and unfortunatley, now matter how fantastic they sound in Portuguese, or even Spanish of French, most Brazilian singers sound terrible when they sing in English. Caetano Veloso, Seu Jorge, Djavan, Gal Costa, Zeca Baleiro, even Milton Nascimento, they all sound really bad when they sing in English. Nothing is more painful to the anglo ear than to hear Gal Costa shrieking \"minha honey bay-ay-beee, BAY-AY-AY-BEE.\" Only a few could ever get away with singing in English, Astrud Gilberto, Rita Lee, Flora Purim. And notice that they are all women. This is not to say that Brazilian music is not fantiastic, of course, it is, and all of the above are very talented. It\'s just that Brazilian singers sound usually lousy when they sing in English. Rap Roledei - Guest Mon, 29 May 2006 07:16:39 +0100