Non-Brazilians, what kind of vibes and emotions do you associate with Bossa Nova?

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Non-Brazilians, what kind of vibes and emotions do you associate with Bossa Nova?

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  1. _kevx_91 Avatar

    An elderly couple retired on some tropical island.

  2. alizayback Avatar

    It ain’t very nova.

  3. spongebobama Avatar

    I like it, a little. But most people whom it really rung a bell are nearing 80 now. Yound and middle ages brazilians like things other than bossa nova. Sorry, it was for non brazilians. Cheers. Edit: why the downvote?

  4. SeaEgg2638 Avatar

    Happy couple cuddling each other, Rio beaches, hot summer night, affectionate relaxed vibes

  5. Neonexus-ULTRA Avatar
  6. lagueradavila Avatar

    Really relaxing and wholesome….

  7. DisastrousContact615 Avatar

    A good Brazilian friend of mine I hosted on a visit to Chile told me “Chilean music sounds sad to me even when it’s happy”. With a lot of Bossa Nova I feel kind of the opposite, strangely happy even when it’s very sad.

  8. Late_Faithlessness24 Avatar

    Boring stuff that only rich people of South zone listen to

  9. WonderfulAd7151 Avatar

    sounds like sexy time beach music

  10. HistorianJRM85 Avatar

    both relaxing and highly technical at the same time.

    it’s music to play on weekends in sunny weather 👍🏼

  11. Hot_Palpitation_2351 Avatar

    I am brazillian, so I will say the reality:

    Rich people talking about their life as a paradise and their utopia about fucking young girls and the emptiness of the rich south zone carioca life. But with poetry!

    Só gringo gosta, provavelmente só gringo vai falar bem, por isso ele pediu pra não brasileiros.

  12. neilabz Avatar

    It’s very relaxing to me and I associate it with hot sunny weather (maybe beaches) and also my grandparents.

    My grandparents were not Brazilian and had never been to Brazil but they played a lot of jazz, blues and a faux-bossa nova aka English language covers of bossa nova songs. The first ever version of “The Girl From Ipanema” I ever heard was the Frank Sinatra one.

    Frank Sinatra was sort of a gateway to French ye-ye and Italian big band music. I sort of rediscovered Bossa-nova during Covid. That 1950s-1960s period of music appeals to me especially because I love cinema generation of Grace Kelly and Sophia Loren. Bossa nova goes with that glamour to me.

    The Hitchcock movie “To Catch a Thief” is very bossa nova to me but was set in the south of France during summer

  13. neilabz Avatar

    https://preview.redd.it/ha6499jfoqre1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f1d79943801bf1ad62239e69296101ec92c3f34

    I think this is my favourite bossa nova song. I don’t understand the lyrics. It doesn’t sound happy or sad to me, more ironic and “sigh!” Or “oh well!”. At worst, a breakup without anger