🇧🇷 Reacting to Tim Maia - "Você" ( English subtitles)

Throughout his extensive career, Tim Maia, born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia on September 28, 1942, and passing away on March 15, 1998, achieved significant success in the Brazilian music industry. His legacy includes a variety of musical styles like soul, funk, disco, jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, romantic ballads, samba, bossa nova, baião, and música popular brasileira (MPB). He was particularly instrumental in introducing the soul genre to Brazilian music and, alongside Jorge Ben, was a pioneer in blending samba with soul, funk, and rock and roll in a style known as sambalanço.
Tim Maia's impact in music continued posthumously, with his works maintaining popularity and inspiring a 2012 theatrical musical in Rio de Janeiro titled "Vale Tudo." During his career, he had stints with all major Brazilian record labels, producing several hits like "O Descobridor dos Sete Mares" and "Me Dê Motivo." He also collaborated with artists like Fevers, Edu Lobo, Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins, and Sandra de Sá, with his partnership with Sá on "Vale Tudo" later becoming a solo success. The 1980s saw more achievements with albums like "Tim Maia" (1986), featuring the hit "Do Leme ao Pontal (Tomo Guaraná, Suco de Caju, Goiabada Para Sobremesa)." Maia's exploration in music led him to produce a bossa nova covers album, inspired by Caetano Veloso's songbook. Despite a period of lesser media presence, he surged back into popularity with mentions in Jorge Ben Jor's "W/Brasil" and a successful re-recording of Lulu Santos' "Como uma Onda." Tim Maia's personal life was as eventful as his career. He spent time in the United States from 1959 to 1964, where he encountered legal troubles that eventually led to his deportation. He had three sons: José Carlos da Silva Nogueira, whom he met at age 15 but never legally recognized; Marcio Leonardo "Léo" Maia, whom he adopted; and Carmelo "Telmo" Maia, with his wife Geisa Gomes da Silva, from whom he later divorced. In his later years, Maia joined the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) in October 1997, rumored to be considering a Senate run. He was known for his candid and often ironic take on Brazilian politics and society. On March 8, 1998, followed a health decline during a performance, leaving behind a rich and influential musical legacy.