Ney Matogrosso
Ney Matogrosso
Genres: mpb, brasil, brazilian, samba, brazil
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About Ney Matogrosso
Ney de Souza Pereira (born August 1, 1941, in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul), widely known as Ney Matogrosso, is a Brazilian singer. An uncommon artist with an uncommon sopranino voice, Ney Matogrosso fell in the Brazilian popular music scene like a bomb in the '70s aboard the Secos & Molhados. The end of the group marked the beginning of a fertile and successful solo career in which he began exploring his sensuous and charismatic persona through satiric and ironic repertories. As time passed, he substituted self-contained and deeply sensitive interpretations of classics for the popular and classical Brazilian music. Along with his representative and prolific solo discography, for which he received three platinum and three gold records, Matogrosso recorded in Itália with Astor Piazzola, performed in Argentina, Uruguay, participated in two Montreux Jazz Festivals (Switzerland), and toured Portugal several times. He also performed in Israel and the U.S., but always refused invitations to develop an international career. Matogrosso also worked as an actor in Sonho de Valsa (by Ana Carolina, the director, not the singer/composer) and Caramujo Flor (short subject by Joel Pizzini), and directed shows by RPM, Cazuza, and Simone. Arriving in Rio de Janeiro in 1966, Matogrosso became a hippie leather artisan and divided his time between Rio, São Paulo, and Brasília, where he was a close friend of singer/composer Luli. Through her he met João Ricardo, who had a vision for a groundbreaking group and was searching for a high-pitched male voice. Invited by Ricardo, Matogrosso moved to São Paulo where he spent one year dedicating himself to exhaustive rehearsals, artisanship, and theater plays. With the explosive success of Secos e Molhados and the group's final dissolution, Matogrosso started his solo career exploring his unusual voice timbre, his mesmerizing scenic persona, and his androgynous visuals, enhanced by innovative and exotic costumes. A second solo album, Água do Céu - Pássaro, was supported by the show Homem de Neanderthal, in 1975, with which Matogrosso opened in Rio de Janeiro, drawing both raves and packed houses. "Barco Negro" and "Homem com H" appeared amongst considerable polemics aroused by the usual conservatives on duty. In that period, he worked with Astor Piazzola in Milan, Italy, where he recorded a double single with the Argentinean composer. A cleaner Matogrosso recorded Bandido in 1976, having his first national hit as a solo artist with "Bandido Corazón," written especially for him by Rita Lee.
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Ney Matogrosso — Top 30 songs of 47
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ney Matogrosso | Balada Do Louco | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Quase um Segundo | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Tanto Amar | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Deixa A Menina | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Vereda Tropical | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Bandido corazon | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | O Vira | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Viajante | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Amor Objeto | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Pavão Mysterioso (mpb) | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Cordas de Aco | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | O Beco | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Se Não For Amor Eu Cegue | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Como 2 e 2 | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Poema | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Bandido Corazon | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Promessas Demais | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Jesus | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Postal de Amor | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | A Cor do Desejo | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Oriente | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Seu tipo | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Na Floresta | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Jogo da vida | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Não Existe Pecado Sul Equador | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Partido Alto | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Mal Necessario | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Quem sabe? | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Bandolero | ||
| Ney Matogrosso | Sangue Latino |