Tinindo Trincando: Contracultura e rock no samba dos Novos Baianos

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss aspects linked to counterculture and rock in musical production of the Brazilian band Novos Baianos in the 70’s. Having the context of Brazilian popular music from that decade as a background, two points will be discussed: 1) the particular understanding of counterculture made by the band, and 2) the experimental mix between rock and Brazilian popular musical genres. The counterculture aspects – according to Roszak (1972), Muggiatti (1981), Goffman e Joy (2007), Risério (2005), Dunn (2001; 2002) – will be observed from memories of one of the band’s leaders, the lyricist Luiz Galvão, in his book Anos 70: novos e baianos (1997), and from the scenes of the movie Novos Baianos F.C., directed by Solano Ribeiro (1973). On musical experimentation, some of their songs recorded in the 70’s point the ways of use of rock’s aesthetic elements, especially in guitar arrangements of the musician Pepeu Gomes

Keywords

• Novos Baianos
• Counterculture
• Rock