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Gal Costa

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The Resume

    (September 26, 1945-November 9, 2022)
    Born in Salvador, Brazil
    Birth name was Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos
    Tropicalia singer
    Recorded the albums 'Domingo' (with <33589>Caetano Veloso, 1967), 'Gal Costa' (1969), 'Gal' (1969), 'Legal' (1970), 'India' (1973), 'Agua Viva' (1978), 'Baby Gal' (1983), 'Gal' (1992), 'Gal Bossa Tropical' (2002), 'Recanto' (with Veloso, 2011), and 'Nenhuma Dor' (2021)

Why she might be annoying:

    She never learned to read music.
    For forty years, the thong bikini photo on the cover of 'India' was censored in Brazil by selling the album inside a blue bag.
    Despite her flamboyant stage presence, she actually be quite shy.
    She said, 'When I get on stage, I don't even recognize myself.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She never knew her father as her mother left him after discovering he had a second family in another city.
    She recorded songs in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.
    She promoted Brazilian music by seeking out material by emerging songwriters.
    She made her US debut with a pair of sold out Carnegie Hall concerts (1985).
    The New York Times described her voice as possessing both 'jazzy agility and rock intensity.'
    She said, 'Any kind of diversity, I am a defender.... You have to have freedom to be, to exist, whatever you may be. That's implicit in my way of being.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying