Igreja
| "Igreja" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Titãs | ||||
| from the album Cabeça Dinossauro | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 2:47 | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Nando Reis | |||
| Producer(s) | Liminha, Vitor Farias and Pena Schmidt | |||
| Titãs singles chronology | ||||
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"Igreja" ("Church") is a single by Brazilian rock band Titãs, released in 1986, as part of their Cabeça Dinossauro album.
Lyrics and composition
[edit]According to songwriter and then bassist and vocalist Nando Reis, the song was written on the acoustic guitar at his mother's house in the district of Butantã, São Paulo as a protest to the censorship against Jean-Luc Godard's film Je vous salue, Marie:[1][2] "there was a boycott against it and Roberto Carlos, of whom I am a big fan, wrote something in support of the boycott. That, in a certain way, was against my ideals, the matter of liberty. That motivated me to write the song."[3]
By the time of the album's release, Reis said:[4]
"I had a Catholic education, studied in a parochial school, and because of that I have a good degree of anger towards the Church, I don't trust it. It's an organized institution that, in some political moments, has a very worthy position - but that's not what I'm talking about in the song Igreja. Religiously it is something I lost entirely. I don't believe in God. I don't pray."
Reception within the band
[edit]It was one of the last songs to be selected for the album and it stirred controversy among the members themselves - vocalist Arnaldo Antunes, at first, didn't want to record it and would even leave the stage sometimes when the song was performed live.[5][3][1] When the members had a meeting at vocalist Branco Mello's apartment to discuss the album's repertoire, vocalist, bassist and saxophonist Paulo Miklos also opposed the song's inclusion,.[5] but soon changed his mind as the band performed it live.[3]
Antunes, on the other hand, said "the song is against the Church as the institution, but at the same time I have a problem, for me it is difficult to sing that I don't have a religion, because I do. And the Church has great contributions to the history of men, to the arts, take Botticelli for instance."[4]
Personnel
[edit]Per the Cabeça Dinossauro liner notes:[6]
- Nando Reis - lead vocals
- Arnaldo Antunes - backing vocals
- Branco Mello - backing vocals
- Sérgio Britto - backing vocals
- Marcelo Fromer - lead guitar
- Tony Bellotto - rhythm guitar
- Paulo Miklos - bass[3]
- Charles Gavin - drums
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nanini, Lucas (26 June 2016). "'Faltava barulho na música brasileira', dizem Titãs sobre 'Cabeça dinossauro'". G1. Grupo Globo. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Alexandre 2013, p. 291.
- ^ a b c d Nando Reis: 50 fatos sobre os Titãs (Parte II): Cabeça Dinossauro e Jesus Não Tem Dentes. YouTube. 13 January 2021. Event occurs at 06:14-07:41. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b Petta, Rosangela (22 June 1986). "Cabeça de Titãs". O Estado de S. Paulo (34144). Grupo Estado: Caderno 2, p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b Alexandre 2013, p. 292.
- ^ "Encarte: Titãs - Cabeça Dinossauro". Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- Alexandre, Ricardo (2013). Dias de Luta: O rock e o Brasil dos anos 80. Porto Alegre: Arquipélago. ISBN 978-85-60171-39-2.
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