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Karma Drums
If you attended at a whatever drums performance you know how the sound can kick your body and take you to the sky (or drown down to hell).
I was wondering how i’d felt listening 2008 Fou ancient drums (reloaded with latest tech) playing in the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing for the Olympics opening ceremony. In that stadium we saw a part of the China we love, without forgetting China that we cannot forgive. And without forgetting that we too have something to make us forgive.
Besides all, it seemed to me that those 2008 Fou drums were putting the world on a common ground, at least for few minutes, ‘cos nothing more that beating a drum and dancing comes from deepest fields of our souls. I think that those drums changed the mood of the ceremony: as they were saying to humann beings ‘remember what great you can be when you play’, beating a drum, hitting keyboards running or swimming or competiting fairly.
Are you lovin' some of the commercials (olympic sponsors) that have been playing?
McDonalds has a cute ad and has picked a great tune for the occasion. The song is called A Minha Menina (here are the lyrics in english) and is performed by a group called
Os Mutantes a big hit for them in 1968. FORTY YEARS AGO!! What great music - timeless for sure. The group was part of the Tropicalia movement that was going on in Brazil at the time.
McDonald's Victory Commercial
and here's the song in full with some guy named Mike from Canada dancing very smoothly to it while atop some scaffolding
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