Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1964
Trem das Onze
Buy Trem das Onze now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
"'Trem das Onze'" (English: "The 11 P.M. Train") is a samba composition by Brazilian singer-songwriter Adoniran Barbosa. Released in 1964 and made famous that same year by the samba group Demnios da Garoa, it is one of the best known Brazilian popular songs and considered some of the most representative cultural symbols of the city of So Paulo.
In the song, Barbosa portrays in his signature-style witty and somewhat tragicomical lyrics the drama of a lover who lives in the distant Jaan suburb of So Paulo, and who cannot stay longer with his beloved woman because the last train will be departing soon, at 11 p.m., and his mother won't sleep until he gets home.
The song is an example of both the classic paulista samba, the variant of samba developed in So Paulo, and the use of a composition structure known as "samba-de-breque" (literally 'brake samba'), where the instrumental accompaniment stops suddenly, giving room to a brief commentary in spoken word about the lyric subject by the lead singer, very much like opening parenthesis.
The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of 'Rolling Stone' as the 15th greatest Brazilian song.
See also
* Tramway da Cantareira (in Portuguese), the tramway referenced in the song
* "Samba Italiano"
* "Tiro ao lvaro"
* "Samba do Arnesto"
References
Category:Brazilian songs
Category:Portuguese-language songs
Category:Samba songs
Category:1964 songs
Category:Songs written by Adoniran Barbosa
Buy Trem das Onze now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1964