#amalia rodrigues

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Enchanted Isles (1965)

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amalia rodrigues by jouineau bauduge circa 1948

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Amalia Rodrigues, Rossio (lisboa,1975).

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TORONTO, CANADA STREET ART: AMÁLIA RODRIGUES by MATTHEW CADOCH

Portuguese music legend 6aug23

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Foi Deus

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Amalia Rodrigues · Don Byas , Lisboa Antiga, 1972

[venom-erotica]

Que sina a tua, meu peito

Que nunca estás satisfeito

Que dás tudo e não tens nada…

[hollywoodholdall]

Jeanne Crain, Greer Garson, Rhonda Fleming, and Jane Powell congratulate Portuguese singer Amália Rodrigues after her debut at Hollywood's popular Mocambo nightclub early in 1954.

Greer Garson, Jeanne Crain, Amália Rodrigues, Rhonda Fleming, and Jane Powell, 1954

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Amália Rodrigues

https://www.unadonnalgiorno.it/amalia-rodrigues/

Amália Rodrigues, cantante e attrice, regina assoluta del fado, è stata la più grande interprete della musica portoghese.

Una carriera lunga quasi sessant’anni in cui ha registrato 170 album e esportato la musica lusitana in tutto il mondo.

Nata il 23 luglio 1920 a Lisbona, in una famiglia modesta, venne allevata dai nonni materni e frequentò solo tre anni di scuola elementare. Aveva iniziato presto a lavorare ma la sua passione era la musica. Sognava malinconicamente le storie che riusciva a vedere al cinema modificando e rielaborando testi e arie secondo il suo gusto.

La svolta è stata nel 1939, aveva diciannove anni quando, dopo essersi esibita in piccole manifestazioni locali, venne invitata a esibirsi al Retiro da Severa, uno dei locali più prestigiosi di Lisbona. La sua performance impressionò pubblico e critica segnando l’inizio di un repentino e enorme successo.

In un anno veniva già pagata venti volte più dei maggiori artisti del momento esibendosi in riviste teatrali e al cinema.

Ha inciso il primo disco, un 78 giri, nel 1945 quando era già ampiamente conosciuta e amata. Nel 1950 è partita per la prima tournée internazionale in Brasile, nel 1955 il film Gli amanti del Tago, le ha aperto trionfalmente le porte del mitico Olympia di Parigi.

Si è esibita nei maggiori teatri e sale da concerto di tutto il mondo.

La sua voce unica, potente e appassionata, trasmetteva in maniera incisiva e originale l’anima e l’emozione del fado, la forma d’arte che meglio esprime la saudade, il sentimento di malinconia e nostalgia tipico della cultura portoghese.

A metà degli anni settanta, la Rivoluzione dei garofani la prese a bersaglio, discriminandola duramente per esser stata, senza volerlo, un simbolo del Portogallo di Salazar, dopo dieci anni è stata, però, riabilitata dal nuovo governo socialista.

Ha vissuto i suoi ultimi anni in ritiro nella sua celebre casa di Rua São Bento, a Lisbona, dove è mancata il 6 ottobre 1999.

Alla sua morte vennero proclamati tre giorni di lutto nazionale, ai funerali parteciparono decine di migliaia di persone. La sua salma riposa nel Pantheon di Lisbona.

Numerosi sono stati i premi e riconoscimenti ricevuti, tra cui il prestigioso Ordine della Libertà conferitole dal presidente della Repubblica portoghese nel 1990.

La sua inconfondibile voce si era evoluta col tempo, dall’agile timbro cristallino della giovinezza, attraverso il recupero del colore speciale dei suoi suoni gravi, fino al timbro rugginoso, lacerato dalla tarda età, inconfondibilmente “suo” e incrinato da una ferita mai rimarginata: la malattia del vivere. Un suono remoto, metafisico, declinato dagli accordi della chitarra che scivola su melodie intrise di nostalgia.

Amália Rodrigues ha lasciato un’eredità immensa nella musica e nella cultura lusitana.

La sua voce straordinaria e il talento interpretativo hanno toccato i cuori di milioni di persone in tutto il mondo.

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Work was interesting in a circus sort of way

Napped 2 hrs, maybe paint in a few?

Random things in my download folder

I met big daddy kane that day, serch introduced

Home alone, listening to amalia rodrigues

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Enchanted Isles (1965)

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saw this today at the cinema. the first time i saw the trailer, i thought their relationship was super awkward, i wasn't buying it, it was strange to think of ethan (an actor that i like) in an almodóvar setting. but this part works very well, there is an easy chemistry between pedro and him, even if the dialogue feels a bit stiff in english. but sadly it's a 30min short financed by a fashion house, so when it starts to get good, it ends. i'm pretty sure if this was developed further i would have loved it a lot. i liked that they put a lengthy interview with almodóvar at the end of the movie, where he explained his ideas, inspirations, and where the story would have gone, i'd really love to see the whole thing. he also talks about how lately the most interesting films and ideas about westerns came from women (jane campion, chloe zhao, and kelly reichardt). i've never been a huge fan of westerns, but it's really interesting to hear him talk about it, and as always i love his aesthetics and to see the emotions he brings on screen.

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https://youtu.be/GzSNyZRsC5Y?si=AJhtOrLl-9MJHKqD

Propaganda

Amália Rodrigues (Fado, a Singer's Story)— I'm gonna be very real with you, the idea of calling Amália hot is kind of unfathomable to me because she's always seemed like some sort of near-mythical entity that went beyond that. But after submitting a bunch of other Portuguese movie stars it occurred to me I couldn't leave her out and she was a beautiful woman. So here she is. She was (and still is in the entire country's collective minds) a singer first and foremost, thee singer of all time actually (of fado). But she also did movies, quite a few of them, often about fado. As a singer she's basically the definition of fado, you wanna know what the genre is about you go listen to her. And be ready for her to make you cry. Linked example

Françoise Dorleac (L'homme de Rio, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)— One of the first actresses I had a crush on and still is. I want to cry every time I think about her because she is one of many with a tragic story but I just want to include her because she deserves it

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Amália Rodrigues:

Françoise Dorleac:

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Have you seen this picture of Elvis? I get so exited when I see an Italian connection to Elvis. For example today I discovered he owned several Beretta guns that explicitly say “Made in Italy”. 😍

This is not quite the same, but yeah: BRAZIL! 🇧🇷

OMG, YES! I'm crazy about that picture, I shared it here months ago. I totally have that feeling too! So cool you mentioned Elvis also collected Italian guns. I know just how you feel about it, dear. 🥹

Well, on Elvis and Brazil, there's a few connections I'll never get over... they're so dear to me.

First, during the last of Elvis' appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show (January 6, 1957), EP performed on the same day as a Brazilian singer named Leny Eversong. They didn't performed together, but I was so happy they got a couple pictures taken that day, backstage. Leny was/is one of the greatest female Brazilian voices. ♥ I don't know if that's true or not, but some places say Elvis told her she reminded him of his momma. Cute.

January 6, 1957: Elvis backstage with Brazilian singer Leny Eversong and the host of the show, Ed Sullivan.

Another Elvis/Brazil connection took place during his Hollywood era. On my favorite Elvis movie "Live a Little, Love a Little" (1968) there's a song composed by the Brazilian musician, Luiz Bonfá. The song is "Almost In Love", a beautiful ballad which dreamy melody was borrowed from Luiz Bonfá's original 1965 song "Moonlight in Rio", while the lyrics Elvis sings was composed by Randy Starr. According to Luiz Bonfá, in 1968 he was working at MGM and someone (I won't remember who) told him Elvis needed a song for the soundtrack of this 1968 movie. That's when the Brazilian musician would lend his beautiful melody, an original composition, to what would become the song recorded by the King and featured in the 1968 movie "Live a Little, Love a Little" soundtrack.

Brazilian's Bossa Nova was very popular around the world in the 60s but, unfortunately, that was the only song composed by a Brazilian musician that the King ever recorded. Either way I'm so, so proud of it. ♥

Last but not least, years later, on November 30, 1972 Elvis attended Paul Anka and Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes's opening night at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV. They met backstage. Sergio Mendes is one of the greatest Brazilian musicians of all times. He was friends with Frank Sinatra (they toured in the 60s). About that night meeting the King, Sergio said Elvis went backstage to congratulate Paul and him for the concert, telling them he did enjoy the show.

Here's some pictures:

November 30, 1972: Elvis attended Sergio Mendes and Paul Anka's opening night at Caesar's Palace. The photos show Elvis backstage at Caesar's Palace, early on December 1st, with Sergio and Paul.

Sergio Mendes and Frank Sinatra toured together in 1968.

Those are the Brazilian connections to Elvis that I know of so far. I don't believe there's more but who knows?

According to Kathy Westemoreland on her Facebook page (as shared on this website), Elvis did enjoy the music of the Portuguese singer, Amalia Rodrigues, known as the "Queen of Fado". Brazilian Portuguese and the Portuguese from Portugal are not the same but they are similar, just like American English and British English, because Brazil was a Portugal colony when it was first "discovered" in 1500, that until 1822 when Brazil became an independent nation. That leaves me wondering if Elvis knew a little bit of Portuguese or not, having him listened to some songs in Portuguese (both from Portugal with the Fado music and from Brazil with our Bossa Nova). That would be so cool, but I've heard or seen nothing that could proved this yet.

Italian language, on the other side, Elvis knew at least one word: "Arrivederci" -- "Oh, no, that's Italian", he said after mistaken German for Italian during a press conference in Germany in 1958, giving us yet another cute moment of him to cherish.

Anyway. Thank you so much for being kind and reminding me of that Army Elvis picture with the Brazil showing in the map right behind him on the wall. I love that picture. It's so silly, but even the slightest connections of Elvis with our different nations thrills us, I know exactly how you feel about the Italian guns he collected. ♥

I bet you love the song "Heart of Rome" too, don't you? Or "It's Now or Never", an English version from an Italian song ("O Sole mio"). I think there's more connections of Elvis and Italy. I'd love to read all about it if you'd like to share, including pictures of the Italian guns Elvis had, if you have any of them.

Ohh, by the way, another cool thing I know connecting Elvis to Italy is that Elvis' suite at the former International Hotel then Hilton Hotel and now Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas, which unfortunately was remodeled and doesn't look like it was when Elvis was there, is named today after a region in central Italy! I've seen somewhere on Youtube that Elvis' actual penthouse suite, when remodeled, was split in two or three different villas. Well, one is named "Tuscany". SO COOL! ⚡🥹 ✨

WestGate Hotel, Las Vegas. That picture above was taken on October 2023 by an Elvis fan, Jill Stringham, shared on the Facebook group "Elvis in the 70s". Below there's a video inside the suite.