Has anyone else been watching BBC4's 'City of Men' (spin-off from 'City of God'
?
If not, I can heartily recommend it. Not as good as the film, but not much is.
Anyway, this week's episode was set at a 'Funk Dance' in the favela and I thought, "Ooh, funk dance, now we'll hear some tunes!", only to find that their interpretation of 'funk' wasn't what I expected! The music used was kind of rubbish HipHop and not much cop.
Now, I've always been partial to 'a bit of Brazilian' (Rich?) and would have thought that with their tradition and the lineage of great stuff to use as influences, modern Brazilian music would be pretty good. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. So, does anyone know of any good, contemporary Brazilian stuff?
Cheers.
I'm getting all misty eyed about Joyce now.

If not, I can heartily recommend it. Not as good as the film, but not much is.
Anyway, this week's episode was set at a 'Funk Dance' in the favela and I thought, "Ooh, funk dance, now we'll hear some tunes!", only to find that their interpretation of 'funk' wasn't what I expected! The music used was kind of rubbish HipHop and not much cop.
Now, I've always been partial to 'a bit of Brazilian' (Rich?) and would have thought that with their tradition and the lineage of great stuff to use as influences, modern Brazilian music would be pretty good. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. So, does anyone know of any good, contemporary Brazilian stuff?
Cheers.
I'm getting all misty eyed about Joyce now.

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