Category: Songs

ROSA DOS VENTOS Music: Tiago Videira Lyrics: Sónia Duarte Rosinha vinda do Leste - ou do céu? - tal nome que tu me deste, - ou dei eu? Eu sou a Rosa dos Ventos. Dos ventos, sou eu a rosa. Rosa dos Ventos eu sou. Roseira virada a Sul - ai quanta flor! - crescendo … Continue reading Rosa dos Ventos →

  This is a Jazzy Samba-Canção (Bossa Nova) written sometime ago and revised several times. The latest version is now sung by the beautiful Daniela Basílio with lyrics from Sónia Duarte. SAMBA DE  BLUE Music: Tiago Videira Lyrics: Sónia Duarte Encontrei o meu amor afastando os corvos ao seu redor, feliz fiquei, ai tão feliz … Continue reading Samba de Blue →

  LISBOA DOS MARCHANTES Música: Tiago Videira Letra: Sónia Duarte Ai Com a Marcha s’ alegra a gente, nas varandas há bandeiras, Lisboa lá vai contente, subindo e descendo as ladeiras. Ai as luzinhas brilham nas ruas como a alma de quem dança, No Tejo, vogam faluas
s ob o olhar duma criança. Ai que bela … Continue reading Lisboa dos Marchantes →

  LISBOA TU ÉS MEU FADO Música: Tiago Videira Letra: Sónia Duarte  Calçada de juventude, vestida de uma canção, marchas com mais atitude quando te levo p’la mão.
Tu dás música a quem passa, a mais bela entre as demais, alegras com tua graça, ó rainha dos arraiais! De cortejos, tu assinas tantos pátios alfacinhas que … Continue reading Lisboa, tu és meu Fado →

This song is dedicated to my friend Fábio Serranito who is a philosopher and a person who loves classical music but tends to avoid pop songs. My challenge was, then, trying to write something poppish but with a classical approach: not your usual chords neither an easy arrangement and a little of operatic demanding in … Continue reading Filosofia Cósmica (Cosmic Philosophy) →

This is a pure, innocent love ballad. In this version the musicians are the lovely Gabby Gordon (vocals) and Jean-Michel Sutcliffe (Acoustic Guitar). Everything else is by myself. I GUESS IT’S LOVE Music: Tiago Videira Lyrics: Tiago Videira 1.G/D/Em7/C/Em7/Am7/D7 I like to see the stars at night I don’t know why I like it when … Continue reading I guess it’s love →

(Image by Carlos Paes) This is a song that the beautiful Daniela Basílio decided to lend her voice to. André Reis made the recording of the voice and Sónia Duarte the lyrics. It's a metaphorical social critic. Then I did the bass line, and recorded all the other instruments around the voice of Daniela. It … Continue reading Vampiros do Interior →

This is a song, very calm and nostalgic, a melancholic ballad. An old detuned piano and a whispered voice trying to convey the most romantic feeling. It is sung by the beautiful Daniela Basílio, lyrics by Sónia Duarte. CANÇÃO DE AMOR Music: Tiago Videira Lyrics: Sónia Duarte 1. Sim9/Lam9/Solm9/Fa9(maj7)/Mimb9(b5) Esta é uma canção de amor … Continue reading Canção de Amor (Whispered Lovesong) →

This song was born after Flávio Conceição has written a love poem in the style of Pedro Abrunhosa. I just felt inspired to make the music come true. And then it began the quest for searching for the right voice, since it was virtually impossible to get Pedro Abrunhosa's one. But it doesn't really matter. … Continue reading Porque o amor é um vírus →

This is the second version of one of my eldest songs. This one is originally from 2005, when Bruno Torrão presented me a poem about the pain of those who belong to a minority and feel opressed by society. I've decided to pick it up again this year and made a new arrangement for it, … Continue reading Àqueles – o grito da liberdade (To Those ones – freedom cry) →

This is a very sad pop ballad whose lyrical content is a metaphor for someone who is helpless seeing another person being dragged into the world of drug addiction. This work was finalist in a Portuguese pop song composition contest (CAAM 2007), and so a demo recorded by a professional female singer was recorded at … Continue reading Névoa (Mist) →