A great song from one of the first portuguese progressive bands. Notice the presence of a very young Lena dÁgua. The video footage was synchronized by me, using this excerpt (youtube/watch?v=e452gi...) by RTP. I wasnt able to find any more, so I had to complete the video with images from Petrus Castrus albums. Info: Petrus Castrus is an interesting Symphonic band formed 1971 by brothers Jose (Keyboards, bass, vocals) and Pedro Castro (Vocals, guitars, bass), who recruited Julio Pereira (Guitars) and Rui Reiss (Organ) ex members of a band called Play Boys and João Seixas on drums, the name of the band is the latin translation of Pedro Castro. They released their first LP Mestre in 1973, considered one of the best albums of all Portuguese Prog history. Due to the controversial lyrics based in poems by Bocage, Alexandre ONeill, Ary dos Santos, Fernando Pessoa and Sophia de Mello Breyner Anderson that are a statement against the Dictatorship, Mestre was banned for three months by the Censorship Commission, its even harder to understand why they werent completely banned, rumors say they had some strong influences in the Government circles, this album is not available on CD. After this debut album they release a third single called A Bananeira still a satirical criticism to the Government, but brothers Castro tired of censorships and temporal banning of their music decide to end the band and leave Portugal to study until 1976. This new incarnation of PETRUS CASTRUS recorded their second album Ascenção e Queda (Rise and Fall) released in 1978, a conceptual album much more Symphonic oriented but still very naïve, the concept is about the hopes of the people in a fictional new politician of an obscure nation that after some times becomes a new dictator. The critic was hard with this album, but very appreciated outside Portugal. Ascenção e Queda is the only PETRIS CASTRUS album released in CD by a Korean label in 2001.
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