Last weekend my husband and I welcomed the visit of very dear friends: a couple who, like us, is Dutch-Brazilian. They are both musicians (she is a singer, and he is a trumpet player), so we always end up spending a considerable amount of time talking about and listening to music. Interestingly, she (the Dutch half of the couple) had never heard of the best Brazilian band of all times, Os Mutantes, while he (the Brazilian half) had never heard of the best Dutch band of all times, Doe Maar. So it was my pleasure and honor to rectify this strange situation, and we spent quite some time listening both to Os Mutantes and Doe Maar. This gave me the idea for this special edition of BMoF: THE BATTLE OF BANDS!
I’m posting below two songs by each of the two bands, and people can vote in comments if they want. Os Mutantes have already made a number of appearances here at BMoF, as befits the best Brazilian band of all times. They were active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and their music is of the best experimental, psychedelic vintage around. Doe Maar was active in the early 1980s, and their music is both a reflection of the Zeitgeist of the time (punk, post-punk, ska, verging towards new wave) and perennially awesome. For Os Mutantes, I give you ‘Top top’ and ‘Technicolor’ (in English), both from Jardim Eletrico (1971); for Doe Maar, I give you ‘Tijd genoeg’ (1982) and ‘Bella Donna’ (instrumental, 1980). (You can see it as a musical version of the football epic matches between Brazil and the Netherlands in numerous World Cups – last time, to the latter’s advantage…)
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