Força Verde Explained

Força Verde
Type:Album
Artist:Zé Ramalho
Cover:Zé Ramalho - A Força Verde.jpg
Released:1982
Recorded:April 1982
Genre:MPB
Length:45:12
58:12 (Remastered version)
Label:Epic (CBS – Sony Music)
Producer:Zé Ramalho and Mauro Motta
Prev Title:A Terceira Lâmina
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Orquídea Negra
Next Year:1983

Força Verde is the fifth solo album by Brazilian singer/guitarist Zé Ramalho. It was released in 1982.

Ramalho was accused of plagiarism for the opening and title track: its lyrics are a translation of a poem by Irish writer William Butler Yeats but Ramalho apparently copied it from an Incredible Hulk magazine, without knowing or citing the origin of it. It resulted in a lawsuit, and the writer was cited on subsequent albums.[1] [2]

"Beira-Mar – Capítulo II" is the continuation of a trilogy started on "Beira-Mar" (from 1979's A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu) and finished on "Beira-Mar – Capítulo Final" (from 1998's Eu Sou Todos Nós).[3] [4]

Track listing

  1. "Força Verde" (Green Force) – 5:31
  2. "Eternas Ondas" (Eternal Waves) – 5:01
  3. "O Monte Olímpia" (The Mount Olímpia) – 3:45
  4. "Banquete de Signos" (Signs' Banquet) – 6:06
  5. "Visões de Zé Limeira Sobre o Final do Século XX" (Visions of Zé Limeira of the End of the 20th Century) – 3:36
  6. "Pepitas de Fogo" (Fire gold nuggets) – 5:14
  7. "Beira-Mar – Capítulo II" (Near the Sea – Chapter II) – 5:44
  8. "Os Segredos de Sumé" (The Secrets of Sumé) – 3:49
  9. "Amálgama" (Amalgam) – 4:09
  10. "Cristais do Tempo" (Crystals of the Time) – 2:17

2003 Re-Issue

  1. "Morceguinho (O Rei da Natureza)" (Little Bat (The King of Nature)) – 2:17
  2. "São Sebastião do Rodeio" (Saint Sebastian of the Rodeio) – 3:40
  3. "Frevo Mulher" (Woman Frevo) – 3:38
  4. "Rapaz do táxi" (Taxi Guy) – 3:37

All music by Zé Ramalho.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O dia em que Zé Ramalho plagiou o Hulk. UNIVERSO HQ. 5 February 2016. pt.
  2. A prova do Hulk. Revista Veja. 21 July 1982.
  3. Web site: A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu . Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural . . 26 January 2021 . Portuguese . 26 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Luciano . Aderaldo . 35 anos de A Peleja Do Diabo Com O Dono Do Céu . Jornal GGN . 26 January 2021 . Portuguese . 13 August 2014.

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