A long hard look at Brazil... part 4

One more from the Rogerio Duprat school of the initial Tropicalia wave. Gilberto Gil is a natural fit for this three ring circus. He weaves some pretty out there song constructions and orchestral arrangements together with his enthusiastic singing (I do wonder if he ever breathes). It's a tropical feast of a record – if most records are a couple of apples, a pear and usually some lemons, this one has pineapples, berries, watermelons, figs, lychees and maybe a monkey with a cymbal.

This one's representative. Wild and sweet.

But my highlight is this one. Just a crazy threechord romp with Gilberto firing on a raft of backing singers. They're hanging on for dear life. That's one amazing guitar solo too. Fine, it trails off a bit at the end, but who can keep this up for long?