This a great groove with surprisingly good results from the aging tape. Melodic with a gentle drive and wry lyrics. I would like some of that "improvement powder".

Very happy and singing. Always beautifully composed vocals

Yes, this is very good! If you recorded it in the late eighties, I suspect it was reel to reel because it does sound high quality!!!

A great fun track José and amazing considering the recording constraints.

I'll let you practice in Italian, it can come in handy for you very soon.. (I hope:)): E' carina, la musica e soprattutto il testo con il suo "gioco di parole". E, sì, musica e arrangiamento sono  molto anni 80 :) Sono sempre stato affascinato da come la nostra creatività e i nostri stili musicali cambino col tempo, influenzati, nel tempo, dalle generazioni che attraversiamo.

This is a home recording made on tape in the late eighties with my friend Camané and me in the vocals. "Pode melhorar" (it can get better) sounds just like "pó de melhorar" (improvement powder, a much requested magic stuff). There's a little distortion in the start. Accidents did happen in those primitive recording sessions.

PÓ DE MELHORAR
O céu escureceu, a terra abanou.
Abriu-se uma porta, e ela chegou.
Primeiro fui cavalo, depois promoveu-me a burro.
Primeiro levei um estalo, depois levei um murro.
Mas a nossa paixão não vai acabar, não.
Ela vai tão mal que só pode melhorar.

De um conto de fadas eu trouxe a magia.
Com o jeito das crianças constrói-se a alegria.
Com caixas de pó de perlim-pim-pim,
que agarram nas tristezas e fazem-nas chegar ao fim.
Não é pó de bruxa, nem pode enganar.
É pó de atitude. É pó de melhorar.

Pó De Melhorar

I've been making music with Pedro Castro since 1972. At the time, we created the alternative rock band Petrus Castrus. The music I'm placing here are just the home recordings of ongoing projects and ideas. I created a few playlists (Inéditos) according to language (PO - Portuguese; EN - English; SP - Spanish; FR - French; IT - Italian), and also for concept albums (Três Jardins). There are two long tracks (Mediterrâneo and Isaías) for full concept albums. A playlist called Synergies gathers the collaboration projects with other musicians in the fantastic SoundCloud community.

Petrus Castrus edited records can be found on Spotify and Soundcloud. See the Facebook Petrus Castrus page for more details, including comments about the recordings uploaded here. 

We are both amateur musicians, i.e. music lovers. As for me, I'm just an electrical engineer with a master in AI that really loves creating music and use it to share ideas. That is why all tracks include lyrics or texts.

Enjoy!

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