Mas Que Nada

A few years ago, i came across this Nike advertisement on TV, and kinda fall in love with the music straight away. Somehow, it felt that i have heard the melody from somewhere...


After listening to it more carefully, I realised the singer of the song is Black Eyed Peas (which happens to be one of my fave groups at that time).... Apparently they gave a new outlook to this old song from Sergio Mendez... I also dont know who he was until i heard this song actually. This song just makes me wanna groove and i just cant get it out of my head... when i listen to it, i can imagine a cheerful and relax atmosphere...

Wondering what Mas Que Nada Means...
So i checked it out on Wiki... and this is what i got:
In Brazilian Portuguese slang, it means "come on" or "no way". In Latin-American Spanish más que nada literally means "more than anything".

Apparently wiki doesnt help much... =( haha I still dun really get what it means....
but the melody of the song explains a lot... to me, it means "doesnt matter what problem you have at hand, you can forget about it when you listen to the samba"
haha sorry, kinda cheesy...=P

Actually i stopped listening to that song after some time. But recently, my craze for Ballroom dancing has brought me back to it. I was "again" searching for Ballroom dance videos on Youtube. When i was looking for some samba dances, i found these great dances on the videos. The first one is by some professional dancers. As you can see, the technique is super solid! but i cant help but notice that the fit of the girl's dress is horrible. Oh man!



The second one is by a group of people. Technique wise, they are not as good as the first one, but their choreography is really charming. really enjoy watching it



Ohhh... ballroom dance really rocks! it really gives a lot of positive energy...

anyway, other than ballroom dance, i also managed to find something else. It is a Japanese group singing Mas Que Nada, but with bossanova feel to it



The piano accompanyment here is really good but i'm not a big fan of the vocal... somehow the pronouciation of the vocalist doesnt support the feel of the song.... something is lacking there. just not sure what it is... may be authenticity... haha

haha... enough of overdosing this blog with too much of Mas Que Nada-ing...
anyway, thanks to Sergio Mendez who created that beautiful song, now i have something to groove to... yeah!