bossa nova

i recently bought an mp3 cd with the title Bossa Nova: An Introduction to Brazilian Music. it was a pirated copy of course but who can resist a cd like that?

here's a description of the genre: "bossa nova compositions often spoke of love, the beach, and beautiful women and seemed to be a depiction of the author’s bohemian life rather than a tale of Brazilians’ daily struggles as usually happened with samba, a music genre popular among the working class (Isabel Viana)." it's absolutely beautiful. of course i didn't understand most of the songs in the cd but the rhythm spoke more than just lyrics.

listening to bossa nova gives you a natural high. it gives you the allusion that you are in a cafe somewhere sunny, drinking coffee while the locals pass you by. like you just woke up from an afternoon siesta and are on your way to the beach to meet friends. it's so weird! it ought to be lumped with weed and cocaine as a prohibited substance.