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Faroeste Caboclo

first published 1987

"Faroeste Caboclo" (English: Caboclo Western) is a song composed in 1979 by Renato Russo and recorded by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana for the album Que País É Este 1978/1987. The song is a lengthy ballad that depicts the story of João de Santo Cristo, a poor man from the Brazilian Northeast who moves to Brasília in search of a better life, gets involved in drug trafficking, briefly abandons the life of crime to pursue a woman and is finally murdered by a rival. Despite its unusual characteristics for a folk song (168 different lines, no chorus and 9 minutes of playing time), "Faroeste Caboclo" was acclaimed by critics. It is widely regarded as a Brazilian rock classic, as well as one of the greatest Brazilian rock songs of all time.

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