Compare And Contrast ∞ Aguas de Marco (Waters of March)
What better way to celebrate St. Patty’s Day than to listen to ten different versions of Brazil’s “all-time best” song. Easily, this is one of my all-time favorite standards.
This was the first version of this song I can remember hearing. It was around 1994. I was struck by how out of place the song sounded when heard with the other tracks on Breakaway.
Art Garfunkel ∞ Waters of March
The original song-writer:
Antonio Carlos Jobim ∞ Aguas de Marco
Some more for your listening pleasure:
Emilie-Claire Barlow ∞ Aguas de Marco
Cassandra Wilson ∞ Waters Of March
João Gilberto ∞ Águas De Março
Anya Marina ∞ Waters Of March
Sergio Mendes ∞ Waters of March – featuring Ledisi
Joyce ∞ Waters Of March (Aguas De Marco)
Damien Rice ∞ Waters Of March (live)
Jane Monheit ∞ Waters Of March
Which version do you prefer? or did I leave about your favorite? Leave a hullabaloo.
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There are great! Elis Regina has a wonderful duet version (not sure who she's singing with). I also like Susannah Mccorkle's version.
Also quality: Cibo Matto + Sean Lennon off the Super Relax EP.
Ditto what Barkalounger said. The version to get is Elis Regina & Tom Jobim's duet. This is on the Elis & Tom album. I've never heard anything better than that. However, the McCorkle recording is also very good. I was amazed -- I was not impressed with any of these, and especially disappointed with Joao Gilberto's. This song is almost impossible to sing effectively. Something about syncopation -- if you don't do it right, it sounds sing-song-y.
The McCorkle version that the previous poster recommends is lovely. You should check out the Al Jarreau, Oleta Adams version on A Twist of Jobim. David Byrne sings an interesting version of this with Marisa Monte on Red Hot + Rio.
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