Faroeste Caboclo by Legião Urbana

Genre: Rock
Year: 2009

"Faroeste Caboclo" (English: Caboclo western) is a song composed by Renato Russo and recorded by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Written in 1979, the song was released in 1987 in the album Que País é Este 1978/1987. "Faroeste Caboclo" tells the story of João de Santo Cristo, a poor man from the Brazilian Northeast who moves to Brasília in search of a better life, gets involved in drug trafficking, briefly abandons the life of crime for the love of a woman and is finally murdered by a rival. Despite its unusual characteristics for a folk song - 168 different lines, no chorus and 9 minutes of playing time - "Faroeste Caboclo" was a smash hit. A movie based on the story of João de Santo Cristo is being produced with screenplay by Marcos Read full article at wikipedia.org

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