"Devastação" genre: Funk
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	The song has a funky and “jazzistic� appeal mixed together. With a regular however broken stroke rhythm guitar and keyboards doing minor7 chords on the back and a soft jazz & blues scales electric guitar solo, it’s a rather fast song with a strong drumbeat. There’s a slower plucking guitar theme in the middle and two combined vocals all along.
	CD: Mantraman   Label: WCK - Sonopress Music Credits: Camilo Anauate
	Story Behind the Song It was created in 1988, when I had a rock song cover band called Abskyw. The lead guitarist, Gabriel Jafet, came up with the lyrics that spoke about destruction of the natural environment. It was a prelude to the ecologic movement that was spread worldwide in the 90’s and exposed the situation of progress, technology and money justifying the devastation of forests and threatening the continuation of a variety of animal species. As an alert to “what will there be after 2000 when we open our windows?â€� if we don’t start thinking of the consequences of our actions, it condemns the blind capitalistic rush mentality that runs over man’s most important gift: nature. It states that it is our responsibility to protect and preserve nature because we depend upon it to live. I, Camilo Anauate created the music with chords and rhythms I was working on at the time. Lyrics DEVASTAÇÃO (Camilo A. Anauate e Gabriel C. Jafet) Fábricas vão crescendo, As fumaças invadindo o céu, Nossa fonte de vida desaparecendo. Matança pelo papel! Um clarão surge por entre as matas, É o sinal da devastação. O que haverá depois de 2000 Se não pararem com a destruição? O progresso capitalista mostra a sua força Destruindo o verde que um dia predominou. Máquinas deixam seus rastros por entre as cinzas. E o governo nada faz para acabar com este terror! O meio ambiente é destruído sem nem um mal ter feito. Nem mesmo as reservas são preservadas, Animais são pegos pelas queimadas, Hoje muitos deles em extinção. O que haverá amanhã quando abrirmos a janela? O que haverá amanhã quando abrirmos a janela? É o bicho-homem destruindo o que há de mais belo E importante na natureza. Sem pensar nas conseqüências... Sem pensar nas conseqüências! LYRICS TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH: DEVASTATION (Camilo A. Anauate and Gabriel C. Jafet) Factories keep on growing, Their smoke invading the skies, Our life sources disappearing. Killing for paper! A glare rises amongst the woods It’s the token of devastation. What will happen after 2000 If destruction doesn’t stop? The capitalistic progress shows it’s strength Razing the greens which have once prevailed Machines leave their traces along the ashes And governments do nothing to stop this terror! The environment is annihilated despite of causing no harm. Not even reserves are preserved, Animals get stuck in the flames of burning land, Now-a-days many of them already in extinction What will there be tomorrow when we open the windows? What will there be tomorrow when we open the windows? Its the human species exterminating what is most beautiful And vital in nature. Not thinking of the consequences... Not thinking of the consequences!

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