The Girl from Ipanema

So tonight Jen and i went to see this brazilian singer/guitar player named Caetano Veloso. He was AWESOME!! and we managed to get tickets for 10 dollars because we are students. This guy seriously goes on my list of top 3 live performers i have seen in my life. This list includes paul mccartney and josh ritter. Random, i know. But what i always say is that they are teh kind of people who could be playing in your living room or in a giant ampitheatre and they would still manage to have the same kind of stage presence. and i tell you, this guy could turn a dead audience alive! anyways it was real fun. He does this style of music called tropicalismo which incorporates all these brazilian styles like bossa nova with a hint of beatles rock and roll. real cool shit.

so anyways i have this really profound love of bossa nova music. It's so damn sexy and makes me want to sway, especially teh song "the girl from ipanema." One time after a 4th of july party at my uncle's house we were all sitting around the firepit, and my cousin alix put on the girl from ipanema and we all started swaying and laughing and stuff. and out of nowhere my dad goes "wow i havent' heard this song in so long. I remember when i was young i used to hear this song on the radio and i would say to myself 'wow, what must this girl from ipanema be like? she must be so beautiful.' I could not even imagine. And then i met Graciela and as i saw her walking i remember telling her 'you are like my girl from ipanema." EEEmagine if someone said that to you! liek for reals!! cuz my mom was all tall and tan and young and lovely and shit. but still liek eeeemagine! ugh.

so i started listening to the song tonight when i got home cuz i was in a swayey mood and i had this other fond memory of Joteria 2007 (aka, the disaster that was Puerto Rico). There was one magical night when we had decided to stay in a really fancy hotel to make up for all the shit of our trip. so we were in this awesome hotel wiht beautiful decor and we had just watched the sunset. And Cathy decided to turn on the girl from ipanema. I'm almost 100% sure we were drunk. We listened to the girl from ipanema on repeat for about 3 hours while we all danced and swayed and eventually passed out and took a long nap only to wake up and eat the greatest spare ribs of all our lives.

so i confess that sometimes in my room at night i turn on the girl from ipanema and i just sway a little especially at the part when he says "and whne she passes each one she passes goes....ahhhhhhh" umph!!