Caetano Veloso in the New Yorker

[gvopedz]

"On December 13, 1968, the military introduced Institutional Order No. 5, which shut down Congress and authorized the government to detain and torture anyone it considered subversive of the public order. Veloso, who was then twenty-six, was writing songs such as “É Proibido Proibir” (“It’s Prohibited to Prohibit”), with his leftist detractors in mind. He had no idea that he was the subject of a thick government file, dating to 1966, with a list of his putative crimes, such as attending protests and cultural events."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/14/how-caetano-veloso-revolutionized-brazils-sound-and-spirit

 

[Teasing the Korean]

5 minutes ago, gvopedz said:

"On December 13, 1968, the military introduced Institutional Order No. 5, which shut down Congress and authorized the government to detain and torture anyone it considered subversive of the public order. Veloso, who was then twenty-six, was writing songs such as “É Proibido Proibir” (“It’s Prohibited to Prohibit”), with his leftist detractors in mind. He had no idea that he was the subject of a thick government file, dating to 1966, with a list of his putative crimes, such as attending protests and cultural events."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/14/how-caetano-veloso-revolutionized-brazils-sound-and-spirit

Ruy Castro addresses this in his Bossa Nova book.  

I saw Caetano live about 15 years ago.  He was with young band with electric guitars and drums.  Then, about halfway through the concert, they leave the stage, Caetano grabs a nylon string guitar, sits down, and sings and plays "Ho-Ba-La-La" solo. He brought the house down.  

[Bluesnik]

7 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Ruy Castro addresses this in his Bossa Nova book.

That's one I've got to reread soon. I saw him once in 2003 in Brussels, but what you describe must have been powerful.