nossa nossa.........
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Topic: nossa nossa.........
Posted By: IrishNatal
Subject: nossa nossa.........
Date Posted: 12 January 2012 at 18:19
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Im nearing a gringo meltdown/douchebag moment! I am wakened every morning at 4:45am to "nossa nossa assim voce me mata" by the cowboy builders on the site beside us. They play this godforsaken piece of brazilian excuse for music on a loop for hours, ensuring sleep depravation to anyone who lives within 2 blocks! They also live in the construction so it NEVER stops!
After 3/4 hours of forro i assume most gringos would be on edge (without alcohol to numb the hearing). And this particular song seems to be flavor of the feckin month in Brazil right now and is the crowning turd in the turdpile of brazilian music in general!!
I have 6 more weeks of this living hell before the other brazilian cowboy builders complete the job on our apartment, which was due to be finished 2 weeks before xmas!!
I have attempted revenge by bombarding them with radiohead and the smiths at full pelt, but they seem immune to it!
Sorry but I needed a sleep depraved rant!!!!!!
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Posted By: 3casas
Date Posted: 12 January 2012 at 18:45
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earplugs and white noise generators (simplynoise.com is my favorite, and free) are the only way i get my work done since our neighbor's teenage son got a super amp in his picape.... he leaves it on and it plays, well, i don't know what the hell it is he plays but it ain't music. As for revenge, it doesn't work. The only thing you can do is try to drown it out. I'm surprised The Smiths at volume 11 didn't make them go kill themselves. Maybe you need to try Morrisey's later works? Celine Dion? (that would make ME kill myself). Personally I tend to blast opera or Tchaikovsky when my neighbors play 70s soft rock or that evangelical crap. ------------- |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 12 January 2012 at 18:58
 !! Thanks!!
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Posted By: expt2233
Date Posted: 12 January 2012 at 19:01
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Revenge? I enjoy throwing eggs. If you have a good lookout onto the street, egg them as they come home. Don't do it every day. Just sporadically.
You could just blast something way worse than music, like the sound of a baby crying on a loop. That has been scientifically proven to generate rage in many people. |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 12 January 2012 at 19:11
As for noise retaliation ive decided such action is futile, people here are just immune to noise.....As I type they seem to be having a party tonight, deafening!! A quick drive to extra to buy some eggs is in order i feel!!!
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Posted By: expt2233
Date Posted: 12 January 2012 at 22:19
Haha. Rotten eggs! Good idea. Or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs Crank it wayyyyy up, leave the house for a few days. :-) |
Posted By: toolio
Date Posted: 13 January 2012 at 06:30
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Play loud recordings of bagpipes--preferably the Scottish variety. If you want to get serious, and spend a little money, you can buy an alarm siren, power supply, remote control and remote control switcher. Get somebody at a local alarm store to put together a device from those components that allows you to set off the siren by tapping the appropriate remote control button. When the music starts, turn the siren on, When the music stops, turn the siren off. You will have to plug it in somewhere, but you can use a long length of wire to position the siren close to their location. Trouble is, it will wake your neighbours as well. ------------- I don't need to be right; I just don't want to be wrong. |
Posted By: irishdaz
Date Posted: 14 January 2012 at 16:33
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I've thrown eggs at beeping cars, men building apartment blocks, men cutting trees, people having parties in the condo next door, school graduation ceremonies. Eventually I just moved out of the area. ------------- http://pernambucogypsy.blogspot.com - http://pernambucogypsy.blogspot.com |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 09:23
| So it began at 7am this morning with my windows rattling and my ears in danger of exploding. 8 sun matured eggs launched with zero effect! Still going strong, a brief powercut gave a 20 window to breathe. We have decided to go to Pipa for the next 5 weekends to get away! I officially hate Forro!!! |
Posted By: Twirly
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 09:58
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Why Pipa?
The beach sucks with it's little lagoon that functions as a public toilet. But still better than Natal I guess. |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 12:08
Why not pipa? We are looking at buying a beach house there at the end of summer. It seems that your opinion of it would represent a minority given the amount of people that it attracts? But hey, it's your opinion! BTW you could live there on a lot less than $R17k too 
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Posted By: Twirly
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 12:21
Well, I don't like people that much (thats why I live in sampa  )
Miss it up north though. If I could land a R$5k job there I'd go in a spiff. |
Posted By: Gringodude
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 13:28
 ------------- Keeping the BrazilianLifestyle "Have a great day everyone" - Ray "You know who you are, now go and reflect!" - Esprit |
Posted By: Fortaleza-Newf
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 14:00
I concur forro is right up there in music hell with nickleback and hootie and the blowfish ------------- Now Kuala Lumpur Newf!!! |
Posted By: 3casas
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 15:53
Geez, choosing between nickelback and house-shaking forro? It's like "would you rather eat a pound of soap or a pound of poo"... please tell me suicide is an option???? ------------- |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 17:29
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Posted By: irishdaz
Date Posted: 15 January 2012 at 20:01
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Forro is the devils music. I leave Pernambuco every June when the festival of Sao Joao takes place. Hicks of all sorts blast out forro for a month straight with no shame. It is hell and if God existed he'd agree. ------------- http://pernambucogypsy.blogspot.com - http://pernambucogypsy.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Floriano
Date Posted: 16 January 2012 at 10:38
Forro sounds to me like "Country Doof Doof" it is so damn repetitive. ------------- “He who has a WHY to live can bear almost any HOW.” Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 16 January 2012 at 17:43
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Posted By: Catarinense
Date Posted: 16 January 2012 at 20:47
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There's a bar across the street which in and of itself is not so bad, but on Sat and Sunday, doofus pulls up, opens his hatch back and shows off his som. The construction store up the street sells high powered air rifles which don't make much sound when fired and comes with a scope...just saying.
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Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 16 January 2012 at 21:21
 Eggs are the limit
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Posted By: KSaudades
Date Posted: 20 January 2012 at 21:56
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Forro is evil. The Brazilian sertanejo is just as bad. I second the rotten eggs idea. Here are some more evil ideas. Last time I lived in SP, I lived in Pinheiros and there was a 24-hr pool hall/karoake bar 3 houses away from me. I lived on the 16th floor and the sound traveled upwards. So, drunk douchebags singing sertanejo karoake at 3 am on Tuesday? I was flaming pissed. tried white noise. No luck. I used rotten eggs, rotten tomatoes and the ultimate: tuna bombs. I saved all of the juice from my canned tuna fish and stuck it in balloons w/ some vinegar. Launched a few of them from 16 floors up and when they hit, that junk splattered all over the place. It got quiet quickly. Good luck! |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 20 January 2012 at 22:11
worth a try next week! 
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Posted By: KSaudades
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 19:46
| did the tuna bombs work?? :) |
Posted By: expt2233
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 20:26
| Genius. |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 20:49
| I dont know what has happened but they are very quiet last week? We cleared out for the weekend and today I didnt hear them until 8:30am? Forro has stopped! But i know they wont be quiet for long, they are brazilians, so, tuna juice at the ready!! |
Posted By: expt2233
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 01:24
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Some lady who walks her obnoxious dog keeps standing outside my window and talking to some other lady with an obnoxious dog.
The two dogs bark for 15 minutes straight. Last time I launched 3 eggs at her from two windows. She had no idea what was happening. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH |
Posted By: Isa26
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 17:06
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I like Michel Telo,but can imagine your frustration,if having to listen to it in obligation.Too much noise in Brasil (be it loud music everywhere or commercial yelling),too little respect. |
Posted By: WENGER
Date Posted: 03 February 2012 at 11:40
Nossa !!! I am awakened every morning at 4:30 by a ...wait...you will not believe it...by a ROOSTER!!! I live in Centro of SP in apto, why the f.... they need a f..... rooster here?1 kg of poultry can be bought by 2 reais... I think they keep him in some house nearby. Should I become rich to move to Moema to get some sleep ? |
Posted By: toolio
Date Posted: 03 February 2012 at 11:52
Been there, done that LOL. A few years ago my neighbour acquired a rooster. It lasted about a month, until many of us complained. Not sure whether they got rid of it or one of the other neighbours did it for them. Now I am awakened only by loud barking dogs all night  ------------- I don't need to be right; I just don't want to be wrong. |
Posted By: Gringo.Floripa
Date Posted: 03 February 2012 at 12:23
Happened to see the other day, the refrain Ai se eu te pego is now available as a t-shirt. I think you need a dozen IrishNatal! ------------- I might bark, but I don't bite. (trolls, sock puppets, Brasil-bashers, and "Joined:Today" persons too lazy to use the Search function excluded; cry babies too) |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 05 February 2012 at 17:36
| Bad enough that Mr Telo is now the voice of fiat, but now some eejit has convinced him that an english version of this abomination is a good idea? Really, who would buy this crap? If this song gets any sort of popularity in english i will eat my dishmop! |
Posted By: KSaudades
Date Posted: 05 February 2012 at 19:58
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Fiat is taking a lot of crap for this ad, too. I saw the video for this lame song & thought, no one will listen to this crap! they will just make fun of Brasil. Parabens!!!! |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 06 February 2012 at 13:59
news this morning, headliine....michel telo is now an international star (where???) second...100 dead because of police strike! you have to love the way they work! Brasil!! 
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Posted By: Isa26
Date Posted: 07 February 2012 at 15:18
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Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 07 February 2012 at 16:23
Good god! does he sing it in Flemish? dutch? or port? I feel for them!!! |
Posted By: Isa26
Date Posted: 07 February 2012 at 16:37
in Portuguese.Why feel sorry?Everybody seems to enjoy the song and the radio often announces it as : a summer/holiday song to make people forget the winter.It works
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Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 07 February 2012 at 16:43
Each to their own i suppose
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Posted By: Isa26
Date Posted: 07 February 2012 at 16:47
| I suppose so. |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 07 February 2012 at 16:56
Seems the Belgians have proved the exception
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Posted By: WENGER
Date Posted: 09 February 2012 at 08:40
Sounds like f....ing PSY OPS iluminati subliminal programming Its - 30, clear proof of Gobal Warming, ai se eu te pego |
Posted By: Mineiro_Alemão
Date Posted: 09 February 2012 at 08:56
Not just there, half of Europe is already infected with this sound poloution !!! I´ve been in Germany in January, there as well the radio stations play it all day and every day long !  Thanks to some crack-head Brazilian soccer player in Spain, the song an artist made it to Europe. There´s already an English version avaliable too:  IF I CATCH YOU - OFFICIAL - MICHEL TELÓhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwC5BFX7rqQ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwC5BFX7rqQ ------------- 
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Posted By: toolio
Date Posted: 09 February 2012 at 09:05
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It's even worse when he sings it in English.
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Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 09 February 2012 at 11:28
| a crime against the senses in ANY language!!!!!!! |
Posted By: 3casas
Date Posted: 11 February 2012 at 13:44
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a crime indeed. the douche across the street is blasting it and 2 minutes in my daughter points out it is "english"- you could have fooled me, i can't understand a bloody word. All I can really make out is "keel mee", which is pretty much my thoughts exactly.......
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Posted By: ganeshrkara
Date Posted: 11 February 2012 at 14:18
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Looks like the success of the song disturbed his marriage as well.... http://br.omg.yahoo.com/noticias/mulher-de-michel-tel%C3%B3-anuncia-div%C3%B3rcio-ap%C3%B3s-tr%C3%AAs-anos-de-casamento.html ------------- |
Posted By: tamte
Date Posted: 11 February 2012 at 15:06
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Posted By: Isa26
Date Posted: 12 February 2012 at 07:22
English version ain't my thing.This song doesn't work without many a's and ai ai's.I think you all hate this song because in Brazil it must be overplayed,just like when it was the time/year of "oh não,não vou não quero não minha mulher não deixa não".
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Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 21:14
I heard that Mr Telo is worth R$33 million? Maybe the wife is taking her 50% cut before he blows the lot! |
Posted By: TarkInBrazil
Date Posted: 14 February 2012 at 08:20
Which I'm sure he will do, after he finishes with the fans. |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 14 February 2012 at 18:41
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So, after weeks of forro hell, my problem appears to be over! Had a "few" beers*** with the site foreman, who we happened across in a bar on sunday. Explained how nobody in our building can sleep yadda yadda, low and behold, hes horrifed and shocked?? It never occured to them that others might be suffering! (you have to love the self awareness of this place). So after many beers we agreed on a forro ban until 11am every day! I didnt want to post too soon but its 2 days now with NO forro at all! Gringo bliss!
*** i was buying him the beer!
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Posted By: 3casas
Date Posted: 14 February 2012 at 19:29
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go find some wood to touch/knock on, and good for you!!!!
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Posted By: Twirly
Date Posted: 15 February 2012 at 06:16
| @IrishNatal: Bet you a beer it won't last. |
Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 15 February 2012 at 16:25
I will take that bet! 3 days and counting! And they today invited me to go some waterpark after carnaval! Of course i did what is traditional, accepted with no intention of going! |
Posted By: Isa26
Date Posted: 15 February 2012 at 17:49
A true succes story!
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Posted By: IrishNatal
Date Posted: 23 July 2012 at 20:58
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Interesting spin on this old chestnut! Made me smile!
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/07/19/ai-se-eu-te-pego-the-most-popular-song-in-the-world-bad-translation/ |
Posted By: Capybara
Date Posted: 23 July 2012 at 21:40
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My 3 year old LOVES ai se eu te pego Its blasted constantly in our 'hood. My only solace is that he doesnt know the dance...
I dont *hate* it in PT but who the f*** translated it ito English?! |
Posted By: 3casas
Date Posted: 24 July 2012 at 09:03
Best thing i've seen associated with this old nightmare in a while. i'd put it up on my FB but then my inlaws would assume that i actually like the song. ------------- |