Não vá se perder por aí: a trajetória dos mutantes
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2008-08-21
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Santos, Daniela Vieira dos [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Essa pesquisa, com base numa abordagem sócio-histórica da canção, examina a produção musical dos Mutantes, conjunto de pop rock formado em 1966 por Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista e Sérgio Dias. Em especial, o nosso objetivo é o de entender o significado histórico do experimentalismo na trajetória do grupo entre fins da década de 1960 e meados da década de 1970, a fim de perceber o motivo da mudança sonora ocorrida no conjunto a partir de 1971. Além disso, procuramos perceber como essas “experimentações” estavam vinculadas aos aspectos mais evidentes da sociedade no período, como, por exemplo, a (re) estruturação da Indústria Cultural Brasileira. Tomamos como referência maior o movimento da contracultura que engendrou, não só no exterior como também no Brasil, significativas transformações na sociedade nos âmbitos moral, comportamental, político, cultural e ideológico. Ainda que possa parecer contraditório, entendemos que foi justamente a reorganização da Indústria Cultural Brasileira que contribuiu para que os Mutantes pudessem realizar as suas várias experimentações sonoras. Contudo, dada a configuração social no campo da música popular brasileira no período posterior à decretação do AI-5, destacando-se nesse campo o fechamento do mercado fonográfico à inventividade sonora e o fim dos festivais da canção, os Mutantes enveredaram para a vertente do rock progressivo, perdendo, portanto, a sua notável peculiaridade musical. A padronização dos instrumentos musicais a partir dos anos 70 também contribuiu substantivamente para que as suas músicas se tornassem pastiche dos grupos de rock anglo-americanos, em detrimento do aspecto paródico que caracterizou os seus primeiros trabalhos.
This research, which was based on a socio-historical approach of the popular song, examines the musical production of the Mutantes, a pop rock group created in 1966 by Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista and Sergio Dias. In particular, our goal is to comprehend the historical meaning of “experimentalism” in the trajectory of the group during the period between the end of the sixties and the mid-seventies, in order to identify the reasons for the resonant change which took place in the group from 1971 on. Furthermore, we try to understand how these “experimentations” were linked to the evident aspects of the society of the period, such as the reorganization of the Brazilian Culture Industry. We considered as reference the large countercultural movement, which not only abroad but also in Brazil led to important moral, behavioral, political, cultural and ideological transformations in society. Although it may seem contradictory, we believe that it was precisely the reorganization of the Brazilian Cultural Industry that contributed to the Mutantes’ achievements in their various musical experimentations. However, given the social scenario in Brazilian popular music of the period after the AI-5 Bill, which led, among other things to the closing of the phonographic market in its inventiveness, and to the end of the “Song Festivals”, the Mutantes head for progressive rock, thus losing their remarkable musical peculiarities. The standardization of the musical instruments as from the 70’s resulted on the Mutantes’ poor imitation of American-English rock, loosing their parody aspect which characterized their early records.
This research, which was based on a socio-historical approach of the popular song, examines the musical production of the Mutantes, a pop rock group created in 1966 by Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista and Sergio Dias. In particular, our goal is to comprehend the historical meaning of “experimentalism” in the trajectory of the group during the period between the end of the sixties and the mid-seventies, in order to identify the reasons for the resonant change which took place in the group from 1971 on. Furthermore, we try to understand how these “experimentations” were linked to the evident aspects of the society of the period, such as the reorganization of the Brazilian Culture Industry. We considered as reference the large countercultural movement, which not only abroad but also in Brazil led to important moral, behavioral, political, cultural and ideological transformations in society. Although it may seem contradictory, we believe that it was precisely the reorganization of the Brazilian Cultural Industry that contributed to the Mutantes’ achievements in their various musical experimentations. However, given the social scenario in Brazilian popular music of the period after the AI-5 Bill, which led, among other things to the closing of the phonographic market in its inventiveness, and to the end of the “Song Festivals”, the Mutantes head for progressive rock, thus losing their remarkable musical peculiarities. The standardization of the musical instruments as from the 70’s resulted on the Mutantes’ poor imitation of American-English rock, loosing their parody aspect which characterized their early records.
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Sociologia, Tropicalismo (Movimento musical), Contracultura, Industria cultural, Mutantes, Counterculture, Cultural Industry
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SANTOS, Daniela Vieira dos. Não vá se perder por aí: a trajetória dos mutantes. 2008. 175 f. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Araraquara, 2008.