
Certain Things ♫
1990
Certains Things — “Certas Coisas” , compositions by Lulu Santos and Nelson Motta, sung by Milton Nascimento
Lyrics
Milton Nascimento
Nilton Nascimento first heard João Gilberto’s 1958 recording of “Chega De Saudade” (known in English as the jazz standard “No More Blues”) as a stargazing teenager in Três Pontas, Brazil. The classic tune introduced his generation to an uncharted galaxy of musical possibilities. “It was very new,” Nascimento writes in an email. “And it opened the door for musicians all over Brazil to try new things.”
Nascimento catapulted to fame in 1967 at the second International Song Festival in Rio de Janeiro, where he introduced three instant standards, “Travessia,” “Morro Velho,” and “Maria, Minha Fé.” With his multi-octave vocal range and gift for combining disparate elements in his arrangements, Nascimento is often the most effective interpreter of his own music, although an international array of artists have performed his songs.
Nascimento is famous for a vast sonic palette that seamlessly blends rock and jazz, Portuguese fado and Spanish guitars, Andean flutes and Gregorian chants. But bossa nova is the foundation of his sound, and on the fall North American tour that brings Nascimento to Zellerbach Hall on Saturday, November 1, for a Cal Performances concert, Nascimento is focusing on the spare, beautifully textured arrangements of his latest album, Novas Bossas. As on the CD, he’s accompanied by the Jobim Trio, featuring guitarist Paulo Jobim, pianist Daniel Jobim (son and grandson of the seminal bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim), and veteran Nascimento drummer Paulo Braga.
The Novas Bossas project celebrates the 50th anniversary of bossa nova and grew out of a concert in Rio last year celebrating Antonio Jobim’s 80th birthday. The performance was so well received, his “Samba do Avião” was incorporated into a soap opera soundtrack (Brazilian soaps attract huge audiences across Latin America), a project that opened the door for a deeper collaboration.
“We started to get together in my house to discuss ideas and musical projects, the same way we musicians used to do in the old days,” Nascimento writes. “Everybody meeting in each other’s houses to trade albums, think, and try new arrangements. This informal gathering is very rare nowadays. Time is passing by way too fast and we almost never do this kind of gathering.”
Lulu Santos and Nelson Motta

Nelson Cândido Motta Filho (born 29 October 1944, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian journalist, ghostwriter, songwriter, writer, and record producer.
He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos, Rita Lee, Djavan and others, and producer for several MPB artists, such as Elis Regina, and others. Motta also produced early Brazilian rock shows and wrote lyrics in collaboration with rock artists.
Lulu Santos, stage name of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos (born May 4, 1953), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist.

There would be no sound
If there weren’t
The silence
There would be no light
If it weren’t
The darkness
Life is like that
Day and night
No and yes
Every voice that sings love
Doesn’t say everything
To mean
Everything that remains silent speaks
Higher
To the heart
Silently
I tell you
With passion
I love you silently
As someone who listens
A symphony
Of silence and
Light
We are fear and
I wish we are
Deeds of silence
And sound
There are certain things
That I don’t know how to say
Life is like that
Day and night
No and yes
I love you silently
As someone who listens
A symphony
Of silence and
Light
We are fear and
I wish we are
Deeds of silence
And sound
There are certain things
That I don’t know how to say
Se não houvesse
O silêncio
Não haveria luz
Se não fosse
A escuridão
A vida é mesmo assim
Dia e noite
Não e sim
Cada voz que canta o amor
Não diz tudo que
Quer dizer
Tudo que cala fala
Mais alto
Ao coração
Silenciosamente
Eu te falo
Com paixão
Eu te amo calado
Como quem ouve
Uma sinfonia
De silêncio e de
Luz
Nós somos medo e
Desejo somos
Feitos de silêncio
E som
Tem certas coisas
Que eu não sei dizer
Dia e noite
Não e sim
Eu te amo calado
Como quem ouve
Uma sinfonia
De silêncio e de
Luz
Nós somos medo e
Desejo somos
Feitos de silêncio
E som
Tem certas coisas
Que eu não sei dizer
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