{"id":86404,"date":"2015-06-05T14:08:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=86404"},"modified":"2015-06-05T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:36:59","slug":"26-anos-de-vida-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/05\/26-anos-de-vida-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c26 Anos de Vida Normal\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RshEK016584?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I hate the summer. I hate the heat, I hate the humidity, I hate the pressure to have fun, I hate the sand-in-an-hourglass frenzy of it all. I hate summer movies and the crowds of people at outdoor events. I do like the tomatoes. But ever since it dawned on me that grown-ups don\u2019t get summer vacation, I have not seen the reason for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently there\u2019s a sort of <small>SAD<\/small> that affects some people in the sun. Something about the sun flips a switch in their brains so that, just as everyone else is at their happiest, they\u2019re miserable. I don\u2019t know about me\u2014although the heat is a migraine trigger. But I do go strange in the heat. I\u2019m not just cranky but furious and spiky, able at any moment to erupt in scornful rage. It is exciting, but tiring, too, like a summer film overlarded with special effects. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But even I will concede that certain things belong only to the warm-weather months. Case in point: the music of Erasmo Carlos, the Brazilian singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>This seasonal appeal doesn\u2019t hold for Carlos himself, presumably. He plays\u2014and lives\u2014year-round. But his work, especially the seventies tracks, are a treat I reserve for summer.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just that the music of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jovem_Guarda\">Jovem Guarda<\/a> movement evokes a sultry Brazil. (Although it does.) Or that the mellifluous pop rock and lilting lyrics suggest fun, dancing, and relaxation. (Although that\u2019s true, too. And even the more contemplative albums, like <em>Sonhos e Mem\u00f3rias<\/em>, say \u201csummer\u201d to me.)<\/p>\n<p>My brother first introduced me to Carlos\u2019s music one June day many years ago. The song was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RshEK016584\">26 Anos de Vida Normal,<\/a>\u201d a na-na inflected ode to &#8230; well, I don\u2019t know what, exactly. But with its lush string arrangements and over-the-top flute and synthesizer lines, it sounded suitably sun-drenched. Driving with my brother, a warm breeze blowing through the windows, in rare good health and feeling young and selfish and happy, I knew for a short moment what summer can be.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sadie Stein is <\/em>contributing editor of <em>The Paris Review<\/em>, and the <em>Daily<\/em>\u2019s correspondent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate the summer. I hate the heat, I hate the humidity, I hate the pressure to have fun, I hate the sand-in-an-hourglass frenzy of it all. I hate summer movies and the crowds of people at outdoor events. I do like the tomatoes. 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