Cover of Construção

Construção

Chico Buarque

1971

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Rated 6/10

This is my response to the title track:

I've heard this song before, but the Brazilian professor at work gave me new ears for it. She told me each line ends with a word that's stressed on the middle syllable, thus making the final word fall off suddenly in intonation... symbolizing the sudden fall of the fictional construction worker to his death. Brilliant! The Brazilian government at the time censored any criticism, so artists had to be clever in their protest. This is one such instance, a critique of unchecked capitalistic urban development.

I love my workplace!