You might have to scratch your head for a. The Life Aquatic Illustrated Art Print, featuring Seu Jorge and David Bowie. Our collection of David Bowie Art Prints are designed in a unique minimal.When Jorge first released his covers in coordination with AndersonвЂ™s cult film, Bowie praised JorgeвЂ™s renditions of his songs by saying, вЂњHad Seu Jorge not recorded my songs in Portuguese, I would never have heard this new level of beauty which he has imbued them with.вЂќThe fact that Seu Jorge's character in The Life Aquatic was actually playing acoustic Portuguese rearrangement of classic David Bowie songs was one of the more low-key features of the movie - try putting on this album for your friends and they'll scratch their heads a bit before they realise what the schtick is here - but as well as providing the basis for a subtle joke in a quirky Bill Murray.

The singing sailorвЂ™s setlist veered away from the filmвЂ™s soundtrack sequence on вЂњ Astronauta de M ГЎrmore (Starman) ,вЂќ a song which presents a challenge for translation due to its preexisting rhythm. On JorgeвЂ™s covers of вЂњ Rock and Roll Suicide вЂќ and вЂњ Suffragette City ,вЂќ he embraced the unsettling and urgent discordant nature of the tunes as he reached for high notes with a grittiness that the late Bowie would have breezed through. During his lifetime, David Bowie released French, German, and Indonesian versions of his own songs. Because the Portuguese translations do not always sync up, in many instances Jorge changed lyrics to fit the covers. For those of us who havenвЂ™t had much exposure to the language, the English words sometimes stuck out at FridayвЂ™s show, like in JorgeвЂ™s cover of вЂњ Changes вЂќ where the chorus rang out in the familiar, вЂњCh-ch-ch-ch-changesвЂќ across the room.Seu Jorge, who performs these classic songs including Life on Mars and Rebel Rebel in Australia this month, tells Time Out that he was inspired to revive.About Seu Jorge. The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions.

Simply listening to the fantastic arrangement of a song like вЂњMoonage DaydreamвЂќ is enough to make you high.The story of the tribute show starts with the Wes Anderson filmВ The Life Aquatic of Steve ZissouВ in which Seu Jorge plays the character Pele dos Santos. I often say that вЂmy favorite new music is actually old music that I havenвЂ™t heard yet.вЂ™ Admittedly I still havenвЂ™t gone through all of it, but I have dedicated a lot of time to his earlier works, listening to albums likeВ The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust,В Hunky Dory, andВ Diamond DogsВ over and over again. I kept mentally scolding myself for being oblivious to his musical genius for so longвЂ¦but at the same time I was stoked to discover it all.

In his version of вЂњZiggy StardustвЂќ he even sings, вЂњEu quase morrer de fome mas hoje estou bem. His versions of BowieвЂ™s songs arenвЂ™t straight translations, they are original renditions with the lyrics echoing some of the meaning of the original songs but with events from Seu JorgeвЂ™s life. He is in almost every scene, though has few lines of dialogue and is instead often with his acoustic guitar playing his Portuguese adaptations of classic Bowie hits such as вЂњLife On MarsвЂќ, вЂњRebel RebelвЂќ, вЂњChangesвЂќ, and вЂњStarmanвЂќ.В The songs make up a majority of the soundtrack and were later recorded as an album, duly namedВ The Life Aquatic Sessions.В Bowie even went on to thank Seu Jorge for giving his songs вЂњa new sense of beauty.вЂќAfter opening the concert with his samba-style take on Rebel Rebel, he began to weave the story of how the show came to be and how he was first introduced to the world for his performance in the Brazilian filmВ City of GodВ which, in turn, led to his being called for theВ Life Aquatic.В Like other actors inВ City Of God, Seu Jorge was born and raised in a favela in Rio de Janeiro.

The stage was simply decorated with aquatic props and the lighting, while incredibly professional, was also simple and with little variation aside from occasional appearances of BowieвЂ™s face projected behind the stage. No problem.вЂќ He then scrambled around finding a pen and paper and retreating out of sight to learn the song which, he says, was done in about 40 minutes.All of the songs were brilliantly performed and regularly had me on the verge of tears. He said, вЂњOh yeah, of course man. When he met William DaFoe, he said, вЂњOh hey man,В Platoon!вЂќВ He also wasnвЂ™t fully prepared, for on the very first day Wes Anderson asked him if he would be ready to film вЂњRebel RebelвЂќ.

The evening finally ended with a black and white portrait of Bowie behind the stage and then a slideshow of various photos of Bowie throughout his life and still images from the film. He carried on beautifully and had everyoneвЂ™s rapt attention for the remainder of the show culminating with a five-minute long standing ovation. To lose both David Bowie and my Dad, two men who both gave me so much.вЂќHe then said he wanted to thank us, the crowd, for coming and supporting him and that the show was dedicated to us, his father, and Bowie. Seu JorgeвЂ™s father actually died three days after and he revealed that, вЂњit was a very tough week for me.

It was perhaps the most beautiful show I have ever seen.Thank You David Bowie, and Obrigado Seu Jorge.

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