During the repression from the dictatorial regime the protest songs were frequent, always trying to circumvent censorship installed by the government and the secret police PIDE.
Actually, one of the passwords for the Carnation Revolution, was a song. During the Festival RTP da Canção, a tv show where it would be chosen the singer that would represent Portugal in the Eurovision Festival, the song “Depois do Adeus” by Paulo de Carvalho was used as password for the military coup. Despite winning the festival in Portugal in the Eurovision Festival he ranked last. Paulo de Carvalho, a protest singer, is still a face of the revolution and required singer.
Zeca Afonso was one of the biggest influences in protest music (música de intervenção), with songs like “Grândola, Vila Morena”, sung even today as a way of protest against the recent developments in the economical crisis. You can see one of these manifestations in the video above filmed on March 2, 2013 (music starts at 1:42).
This spirit of singing as protest is still alive in the new generations like Deolinda and Boss AC. They
express the
difficulties the Portuguese people currently live, like high
unemployment, especially among graduates,
low wages and high taxes.
From Portugal,
with love
with love
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