Bossant/Garde

Let it be known, from here on out, that 'Bossa Nova' does NOT belong to Starbucks, or any beanie-headed blonde bitch 'dut dut doo doo doo-ing' her way across a stupid fucking coffee shop in Orange County. The BEATLES do NOT belong to Rockband, 'indie' does not belong to Arcade Fire, blacks do NOT belong to Steve Urkel, Tom Tom Club does NOT belong to Magic 92.5










Bossa Nova, in it's original state, was an innovative approach to guitar and song that swept the world of music for good reason in the late 50's. Minimalism in popular song executed in it's finest, the guitar became a percussive instrument capable of extolling all things harmonic and melodic . Chord arrangements more sophisticated than samba yet just as frenetic (beneath the deceitful placid movements).

This style was introduced to the world by the one and only genius João Gilberto.

Os Mutantes, Novos Baianos, Gil Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, and all those involved in the 'Tropicalia" movement
all refer to him and his Bossa Nova as 'the Supreme Master'. Literally.



^^ That 'Pussy Boy' in the blue turtle neck hobo'd his way across Brazil in the 50's, getting kicked out of band to band because of his insistence on the use of 'Marihuana,' his susceptibility to disappearing for weeks on end, plucking one string of his guitar on his roof for 3 days straight, insistence on singing with no vibrato, and his unique (genius) approach to guitar that he insisted nobody was ready for yet. Fake it till ya make it. within 4 years every jazz musician in the US was on his knees trying to get Joao to come live in the States and educate them, and that he did for 7 years before moving to Mexico and eventually back to Brazil.

Bossa Nova is often poached by the white middle class because it is sugar for the ears, meanwhile making them look 'World Conscious, Soulful, & Diverse'
Fuck the Bossa Bandits


Don't take something that's gentle and make it weak.