Quiet nights of quiet stars

RIP, the Queen of Tropicália, Gal Costa...

Here's just a mere pitada of the lady's fabulous talent - as she revists a classc from her roots in bossa nova:

Gal Costa - Corcovado

Sublime.

Quiet star

Eighty-five years ago today, the "father of Bossa Nova" Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida (Tom) Jobim was born.

To commemorate, I am definitely in a sultry samba mode, so here are some of his classics...

Doris Day - Corcavado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)

Gal Costa - Desafinado

The Springfields - One Note Samba

Frank Sinatra and Tom Jobim - Girl from Ipanema

Antonio Carlos Jobim (January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994) on Wikipedia

This beats the Party Leaders' debate...

Italian TV is indeed a wonder to behold! Imagine if we could settle down of an evening to watch the telly, and instead of the Brown-Cameron-Clegg circus THIS came on?

Stryx!

Mia Martini - Bene

Gal Costa - Relance

I'd love it...