Insanely good internet chicks playing Bossa Nova and Lounge

I came across these, and they are so good.

Mercedezzz playing "wave" on a banjo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPMZwzV2Csk&feature=related

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2009-05-09 14:28 ]

Brazilianposer playing "cry me a river"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIziA5-NC4I&feature=related

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2009-05-09 14:29 ]

Brazilianposer playing "meditation"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxN7WgGLzE&feature=related

Brazilianposer playing "Aguas de marco" (waters of march)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWcMv3XwCpU&feature=related

Mercedezzz playing "ela e carioca"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXEop_hj_G8&feature=related

Mercedezzz playing "Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar" on a banjo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_7HItDCnQM&feature=related

CantaBossa playing "A felicidad":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tuzwF9fNzI&feature=related

caromukkina singing "chega de suadade"

This one rocks. She sounds a lot like the singer for the squirel nut zippers. She is totally getting into it and handling the portugese lyrics expertly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgPBJF7ZGAA&feature=related

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2009-05-09 14:46 ]

And the great Sitti Navarro from the Phillipines, live on some TV show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnpSqVWfwmQ

Thanks! It’s very good to see bossa being alive and kicking.

I feel the same way, and by such young people! And with such conviction. All these young musicians understand the irony, poignancy and inherent melancholy sentiment that is Bossa Nova.

Let's hope nobody from the Cars tries to do Bossa Nova music or Lucas will get his panties in a bunch.

really?

Lucas I wonder if when you are searching YouTube you actually type in the key words "Insanely Good Chicks Playing"

:wink:

No, I did not.

Though, a couple of the asian ones are top notch in every respect. Especially Sitti navarro.

But to answer tikismug's statement,

the crucial difference is that Bossa Nova stopped being cool by 1967. So, to find young kids playing this type of music, stretched few and far between across the nation is intriguing to me. Suffice it to say you don't see this type of stuff easiily, while with exotica music there seems to be some new band each week. Including the new Elliot Easton group.

Ironically, I actually have always admired this guy's guitar skills. Much like Pat Benetar's Neil Gerardo, he is one of the unsung guitar heroes of pop-rock. Elliot Easton is a truly gifted guitarist.

But this Bossa Nova stuff is a different beast altogether. Portugese is a notoriously jaw-cracking language to learn. The guitar chords in most of it are advanced, to say the least. It takes a special sense of style to get it right, and the fact that these young people are doing so makes it even more cool, in my opinion. Bossa Nova has a level of sophistication that alludes most other styles, save pop jazz....I truly like it.

Oh, and I don't wear panties. I already established that I wear diapers, (just like that crazy astronaut chick who was stalking the ex boyfriend.)

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2009-05-09 18:47 ]

...and if we are gonna be really picky, I wouldn't call Bossa Nova, tiki music. I'd call it Beyond Tiki.

You can't read?

"Exotica, Lounge, Cocktail, Hawaiian, Vocals & Standards, Bump & Grind, Space-Age, Surf, Rockabilly, Swing and Tiki band discussion."

Bossa Nova fits under the category of both vocals and standards and lounge.

Hey your little vendetta against me is really getting boring.

Lucas... "Nil Illegitimi Carborundum"
FWIW

I really was not trying to sabotage or hi-jack this creep's thread, you know?

It was just a intitial reaction that I should not have posted. I saw a thread for yet another Exotica band, this one including famous names, and I posted what I was thinking without realizing I was going to make someone cry. My motivation was simple: I love the local Exotica bands on this forum. I give them my full support. I give them my support first, because I know how hard they work, and I would like to see them get more recognition. It really was not meant to be a slam on Elliot Easton, and I apologize if that's how it came off.

But maybe the Las Vegas sun is baking this guy's head, and making him get all hinkey on me...whatever...

Basil, I will take your advice and not let the bastards grind me down!

I said it before, and I will say it again Lucas.
and I went to see Elliot on Fri. so I know first hand.

its a Surf Band, while kinda Jazzy, and Loungy,
its 80% Surf.

Not Hawaiian, Not Happahaole, Not Exotica, Not BossaNova,
so just because the name is the tiki gods, I dont think that they will be playing Next Years Tiki Oasis, and its a side project for all involved.
I really don't think they are trying to cash in on the tiki crowd.
you got nothing to be afraid of.

chill bruddah.
Jeff(bigtikidude)

I don't know, Jeff. It sounded like they were describing a cross between Tikiyaki orchestra and Pink Martini. And that ground has already been covered and done to perfection by those two bands.

On 2009-05-10 08:14, lucas vigor wrote:
I really was not trying to sabotage or hi-jack this creep's thread, you know?

I'd rather be a creep that a douche bag like you.

I was trying to spread the word about a cool, cheap show on the Sunset Strip that I'm sure most TCers would dig. You steared the thread to your complaints about the whole world keeping the small intimate bands down.

You then deleted all your posts because you knew your were wrong. I was just showing your what a schmuck you were being by giving you a taste of your own medicine.

Va fa en culo.

On 2009-05-10 12:21, lucas vigor wrote:
Va fa en culo.

If you're going to try an be cool and tell me to fuck myself in Italian, the least you could do is spell it correctly.

It's Va fa un culo

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Va%27%20fa%27%20un%20culo

Thanks Lucas...my all-time-favorite song is Girl From Ipanema.

And now some Bossa Nova with some "hot guys" for the girls to watch. (Air Bossa Nova...who knew!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32_tkje6NjU

And don't forget the famous...Elvis Has Left The Building...LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-yZifpgCR0

And one of my personal favorites...MD Baby!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBo3ul6zXaA

I also think it is great that so many young musicians are into this style of music.

On 2009-05-10 12:30, TikiPug wrote:

On 2009-05-10 12:21, lucas vigor wrote:
Va fa en culo.

If you're going to try an be cool and tell me to fuck myself in Italian, the least you could do is spell it correctly.

It's Va fa un culo

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Va%27%20fa%27%20un%20culo

There are many ways to say it. Italian Americans sometimes just say "Fangul". As long as you understand me, that's all that matters.

Care to criticize this Italian as well?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1JTEFlof48

Diane Krall "the look of love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it1NaXrIN9I

Lisa Ono.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG9Mj6_o_HY&feature=related

Lisa Ono playing "Blue Hawaii"...(unfortunately just a slide show with music)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKbXm5rr3UU&feature=related