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She got paid $120 for her voice work in Girl from Ipanema. I think that may be the only money she ever saw from that. That is incredible, and the other guys wh

She got paid $120 for her voice work in Girl from Ipanema. I think that may be the only money she ever saw from that. That is incredible, and the other guys who took credit for this song basically made a fortune off her.

amanaplanacanal 3y ago
Her voice totally made that song. RIP.
- embit 3y ago
  Equal credit goes to one and only Stan Getz
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youreincorrect 3y ago
The "other guys" as in Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (her husband)? You write this as if they were nothing to the song.
- pmarreck 3y ago
  I didn’t mean it to come across that way, I just wasn’t sure of the spelling of their names and I didn’t have time to look it up when I commented
rmsaksida 3y ago
Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) was composed by Tom Jobim, one of the greatest Brazilian composers, and written by Vinícius de Moraes, one of the greatest Brazilian poets. João Gilberto, another one of our greatest musicians, also contributed to the song. It was recorded by different singers before the English version with Astrud was ever recorded, and the most famous version in Brazil by far is sung by Tom Jobim himself. Astrud is actually not that well known in Brazil - she's much more famous abroad. I'm not sure who the "guys who took credit" are supposed to be but I never thought of Garota de Ipanema as being Astrud's song or anything like that. Not to say whatever happened to her wasn't unfair, of course, but her interpretation of the song is one among many. The song is Vinícius and Tom's.
- pmarreck 3y ago
  I knew most of those things, and I apologize for apparently suggesting that she deserved credit in lieu of those guys, because she did not. I was just suggesting that given how well the song did in English speaking countries AFTER her participation, $120 seems a travesty.
- dr_dshiv 3y ago
  Unless you don’t know that; when I listen to it, that song is all about her.
  - rmsaksida 3y ago
    I totally get it, but the song is also very famous in Brazil and not because of her.
    - soneca 3y ago
      That doesn’t mean the performer who made the version that is known worldwide should not be rewarded properly by it. I am not sure the debate has took this turn. Because the music is known in Brazil with different performers, it attenuates the cheap payment she got for the English version. The article states that she avoided performing in Brazil because she felt it didn’t treat her well. Taking from the Brazilians in this thread, it checks.
      - brvsft 3y ago
        > That doesn’t mean the performer who made the version... She didn't make it. She sang a part of it. And it isn't as if they knew how successful this recording would become. I'm not Brazilian, but I'm a fan of bossa nova. The way some people are talking in this thread as if the entire song was created by Astrud seems absurd. The position completely erases the work done by the men who pioneered bossa nova as a genre. Do you actually listen to this music? What do you do when listening to this album? Do you fast forward past the lengthy saxophone solos?
oh_sigh 3y ago
No. It was their song, they deserve the bulk of the credit for it. It was already a hit performed and written in Portuguese before the English version came out. She happened to be in the studio as the wife of one of the musicians when they decided to do an English version, and she was the only one who could speak English among the women there. America was ready for Bossa Nova and the song would have been a hit regardless of who raised their hand that day. Plus, her entire career was launched with that song. How much money was there from the album sales even? If a bulk of the remuneration comes from touring like it does today, it's not clear to me how they could even compensate her beyond what she was "given" by becoming a huge star due to the album. I guess it would be nice to think that everyone involved in something successful becomes fabulously wealthy due to it, even regardless of their original deal, but shouldn't it go the other way too then? If the album flopped, would it be okay if they demanded she give back the $120?
- pmarreck 3y ago
  I actually never stated that they didn’t deserve the bulk of the credit, I just tried to state that she deserved more than $120 maybe some form of equity should be part of every compensation
fortyfivan 3y ago
The Independent covered her story in depth a year ago. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/astrud-gilberto-girl-from-ipanema-b2006879.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/featu...
hiccuphippo 3y ago
One of the other guys was her husband, so she probably enjoyed some of that money.
- ksherlock 3y ago
  And she was getting some strange on the side with one of the other guys (Stan Getz).
jojobas 3y ago
She got her whole career from that, jump-started by a Grammy, and died a millionaire.

amanaplanacanal 3y ago

Her voice totally made that song. RIP.

embit 3y ago
Equal credit goes to one and only Stan Getz
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youreincorrect 3y ago

The "other guys" as in Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (her husband)? You write this as if they were nothing to the song.

pmarreck 3y ago
I didn’t mean it to come across that way, I just wasn’t sure of the spelling of their names and I didn’t have time to look it up when I commented

rmsaksida 3y ago

Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) was composed by Tom Jobim, one of the greatest Brazilian composers, and written by Vinícius de Moraes, one of the greatest Brazilian poets. João Gilberto, another one of our greatest musicians, also contributed to the song. It was recorded by different singers before the English version with Astrud was ever recorded, and the most famous version in Brazil by far is sung by Tom Jobim himself. Astrud is actually not that well known in Brazil - she's much more famous abroad. I'm not sure who the "guys who took credit" are supposed to be but I never thought of Garota de Ipanema as being Astrud's song or anything like that. Not to say whatever happened to her wasn't unfair, of course, but her interpretation of the song is one among many. The song is Vinícius and Tom's.

pmarreck 3y ago
I knew most of those things, and I apologize for apparently suggesting that she deserved credit in lieu of those guys, because she did not. I was just suggesting that given how well the song did in English speaking countries AFTER her participation, $120 seems a travesty.
dr_dshiv 3y ago
Unless you don’t know that; when I listen to it, that song is all about her.
- rmsaksida 3y ago
  I totally get it, but the song is also very famous in Brazil and not because of her.
  - soneca 3y ago
    That doesn’t mean the performer who made the version that is known worldwide should not be rewarded properly by it. I am not sure the debate has took this turn. Because the music is known in Brazil with different performers, it attenuates the cheap payment she got for the English version. The article states that she avoided performing in Brazil because she felt it didn’t treat her well. Taking from the Brazilians in this thread, it checks.
    - brvsft 3y ago
      > That doesn’t mean the performer who made the version... She didn't make it. She sang a part of it. And it isn't as if they knew how successful this recording would become. I'm not Brazilian, but I'm a fan of bossa nova. The way some people are talking in this thread as if the entire song was created by Astrud seems absurd. The position completely erases the work done by the men who pioneered bossa nova as a genre. Do you actually listen to this music? What do you do when listening to this album? Do you fast forward past the lengthy saxophone solos?

oh_sigh 3y ago

No. It was their song, they deserve the bulk of the credit for it. It was already a hit performed and written in Portuguese before the English version came out. She happened to be in the studio as the wife of one of the musicians when they decided to do an English version, and she was the only one who could speak English among the women there. America was ready for Bossa Nova and the song would have been a hit regardless of who raised their hand that day. Plus, her entire career was launched with that song. How much money was there from the album sales even? If a bulk of the remuneration comes from touring like it does today, it's not clear to me how they could even compensate her beyond what she was "given" by becoming a huge star due to the album. I guess it would be nice to think that everyone involved in something successful becomes fabulously wealthy due to it, even regardless of their original deal, but shouldn't it go the other way too then? If the album flopped, would it be okay if they demanded she give back the $120?

pmarreck 3y ago
I actually never stated that they didn’t deserve the bulk of the credit, I just tried to state that she deserved more than $120 maybe some form of equity should be part of every compensation

fortyfivan 3y ago

The Independent covered her story in depth a year ago. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/astrud-gilberto-girl-from-ipanema-b2006879.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/featu...

hiccuphippo 3y ago

One of the other guys was her husband, so she probably enjoyed some of that money.

ksherlock 3y ago
And she was getting some strange on the side with one of the other guys (Stan Getz).

jojobas 3y ago

She got her whole career from that, jump-started by a Grammy, and died a millionaire.