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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
I'm studying Portuguese, so any sound files in Portuguese would be fantastic. I'm fairly fluent in French, which helps.

Pessoa is an interesting case. As you probably know, he also wrote in English. He also lived in Durban for s ...[text shortened]... y Portuguese music worth listening to. What would you recommend?
Sorry, I have no sound files with Portuguese poetry...

As for music, it depends on your tastes. Aside from the typical Madredeus and Mariza there's some interesting more contemporary music.

Mão Morta is an interesting sort of rock with very good lyrics (In my opinion). They're quite good, if you ask me, but it's one of those bands that you either love them or hate them.

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Here's an example of their lyrics from the song "Arrastando o seu cadáver":

É demencial
Não há palavras que consigam dizer o horror
Vi um pobre homem agarrado ao que restava da sua mulher
Errando pela baixa
Os olhos fixos num horizonte perdido
Sem uma palavra
Sem um som
Arrastando a carcassa desfigurada por entre o trânsito do fim da tarde
Passei sem conseguir dizer nada

Ninguém dizia nada...
O silêncio
Acompanhava o olhar vazio
A dor

A vaguear por entre as ruínas e o trânsito do fim da tarde
As pessoas apressavam-se por causa do cair da noite
E o pobre homem seguia um destino sem rumo
Arrastando o seu cadáver
E o pobre homem
Seguia um destino sem rumo
Arrastando o seu cadáver

Ninguém dizia nada...
O silêncio
Acompanhava o olhar vazio
A dor
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Edit: I think their older stuff is less mature, so I would recommend the newer ones. Again, depends on your tastes...

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About their new albúm, "Nús":

<<Convém, talvez, começar por referir o que está por trás da génese de "Nus" e que ajuda a compreender a sua estrutura: o ponto de partida, quer para a composição quer para as letras, foi o poema "Uivo" ("Howl" ) de Allen Ginsberg. É um longo poema, de um só fôlego, em escrita automática, que opera por sobreposições, com um ritmo ancrado no 'who' que inicía cada novo quadro, um 'who' surdo, repetitivo, como a pontuação de um contrabaixo, onde Ginsberg faz uma espécie de retrato à base de flashes da sua 'Beat Generation'.>>

edit: From their website

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Thanks Palynka, that is worth investigating. But, do they sound anything like Manu Chao ? 🙂

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Thanks Palynka, that is worth investigating. But, do they sound anything like Manu Chao ? 🙂
No, not at all. 🙂 Quite the opposite, it's dark, bleak and psychotic...

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That's reassuring!

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I don't knwo much poetry, but two I love are Rudyard Kipling's 'If' and William Henry Davies's 'Leisure'

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"If" was voted as Britain's favourite poem if I'm not mistaken.

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Originally posted by Fat mans revenge
To make nearly an entire poem out of gibberish is just great.
Then why don't you have a go?

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Almost ANY poem by Philip Larkin.


Edit: ANY, I say!

Edit 2: Almost.

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By R. Kelly

This is the remix to ignition
Hot and fresh out the kitchen
Mama rollin' that body
Got evey man in her wishin
Sippin' on coke and rum
I'm like so what I’m drunk
It's the freakin' weekend baby
I'm about to have me some fun

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After making love i like to read 'The Second Coming' by WB Yeats...I find it inspirational...

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Originally posted by dfm65
After making love i like to read 'The Second Coming' by WB Yeats...I find it inspirational...
Larkin's Dry-Point is better.

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Originally posted by Nyxie
Well if it makes you feel better I don't remember it all now. The teacher told us all to memorize a poem or a famous momologue from a play. I was about halfway through and everyone looked about half passed out when the teacher interrupted me and said " that's enough". So I never got to even recite the whole thing. What a waste of time memorizing it.

I still have The Raven memorized, along with Paul Revere's Ride, Jabberwocky, Casey at the Bat, and a bunch of other smaller stuff. Just added the Owl and the Pussy Cat, from reading it to my 4-month old daughter. She's enthralled when you read picture books to her.

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My son loves The Owl & the Pussycat. Tries to remember the words...getting quite good at it.

I think I'll have a bash at memorizing The Raven. At least it'll give me a reason to mutter to myself.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
My son loves The Owl & the Pussycat. Tries to remember the words...getting quite good at it.

I think I'll have a bash at memorizing The Raven. At least it'll give me a reason to mutter to myself.
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