Any Portuguese speakers here?

[bbernardini]

At least I'm making an educated guess that I need a Portuguese speaker. I have a 61KB mp3 recording here:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/otzrlg

This is a gentleman introducing a tune which he says translates as "Cool it, woman." However, the online translations (unsurprisingly) don't give me a result that looks like what he says, at least not in the first half (the second half looks right). I'm assuming it's Portuguese, as he said he wrote it with his brother in Rio de Janeiro in 1972.

Long story short, I need to know how to write this song title in the original language. Thoughts? Thanks.

[Orrex]

1. Sorry, but my speakers are Korean

[rabs]

2. Have you the name of the songwriter, or the complete title in Portuguese?

I listened to it several times and it appears to say "Con calma, mulher."

It could be "Be calm, woman." Or "Stay calm, Woman." Or "Take it easy, woman."

But need a little more info and context if you have it. Some lines of the song in Portuguese will help.

[bbernardini]

3. Here's the whole song in mp3:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/3946l5

I really don't have much more info or context. It was performed by a group called Minas at a radio festival this weekend. Unfortunately, this particlar tune does not appear to be on any of their albums. Hopefully the mp3 at that link will help clear things up. Thanks!

[Richardo]

4. I know one or two words

Probably not very helpful in this case though.

[Blue_Tires]

5. contact SwampRat or CommiePinkoDirtbag

[SidneyCarton]

6. Calma Mulher

Like a lot of idiomatic phrases this can be translated a couple of ways...

"Calm down, Woman"
"Relax, Woman"
"Cool it, Woman"
"Take it easy, Woman"

The question is one of context, what is the tone of the song?

[bbernardini]

7. Thanks.

I actually got an e-mail from the guy who wrote it, and he said that the title was exactly what you said it was.

If you want to hear the tone of the song, you can download that mp3. :) They sound like a pretty good band.

[rabs]

8. Minas -- Brazilian jazz group based in Philadelphia

First, after listening to the song, I would go with sidneycarton's "Relax, woman." (But any of the others would be okay too.)


Sampler of "Calma mulher." Song should be on CD titled "Um dia azul" (A Blue Day)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5100410791294004942


Minas, the early days in Rio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ0NctaM_bc

Founders of the group Orlando and Patricia Hassad. They even have a samba school in Philadelphia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0KDvxOKNqE&NR=1

This is one of their earlier works ... recorded in 1978 on plastic !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy_4xFl9JsM

Lots of other videos and stuff by googling "minas num dia azul"

Hey, thanks for bringing this group to our attention, nice music.

Btw, they may get the group's name, Minas, from the southern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Could be the Haddads grew up in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais.