Caetano Veloso - Nega Maluca/Billie Jean/Eleanor Rigby
I’m kind of slow to the MJ tribute, I’ve been away from the blogsphere, but back with a worthy song. This is one of the best cover songs period, and needless to say, probably the best Michael Jackson cover ever— which is especially hard to accomplish. Veloso is the pioneer of the tropicalia Brazilian style— acoustic, buoyant and breezy, often sprinkled with jungle sounds. The entire album is a gem, but if there’s one song to snag off the album, its this one. Veloso manages merge the Brazilian song Nega Maluca with Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean and tacks on the chorus from The Beatles’ Elenor Rigby to the end.
- ex libris
