01x01 - KING TIME - Transform the old ways of living

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RIO DE JANEIRO, JUNE 2021

GILBERTO GIL'S 79TH BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday to you

THE GILS, FROM THE YOUNGEST
TO THE OLDEST,

REUNITE FOR A CHALLENGE:
PLANNING A CONCERT

BASED ON GIL'S SONGS
TO GO ON TOUR IN 2022.

ON STAGE, FAMILY ONLY.

Speech! Speech!

Give us a speech.

What I would like to say...

I'm here

with my whole family, my people.

Those who have been
working to perform this symphony

filled with diverse sounds,

a lot of dissonance,

and harmony too.

An

everlasting symphony.

We go on with our daily lives,
having birthdays...

The ones

who just arrived,

the two little girls,

Roma and Pina who
are five months old now.

Not just the family,
it's the entire world because

we're all in perpetual interaction
with the world.

All of this combined make up the life

of a person, a man's life.

Me.

So cute.

Kiss!

Kiss!

AT HOME WITH THE GILS

My mother and my father.

Gina, me. I look just like him.

We're at the same age.

-Really?
-He died when he was 78.

The age I am today.

38.



We're gonna cover it so that
the kids will go crazy

as we reveal their picture.

We made it!

PRETA GIL
DAUGHTER

Oh, gosh.

I feel like a Kardashian, guys!

I'm Kim.

Ouch!

This is Rominha.

ROMA GIL
GRANDDAUGHTER

This has been here for so long.

BEM GIL
SON

I was one month old.

Winning every time is absurd.

It's not the logic of the game.

It's not a game

if you always win.

Our much-anticipated assembly
is about to start.

Yes!

Long live our family.

Long live all families across the world.

Come on!

He's asleep.

He's asleep.

Are you sleeping?

He's asleep.

-I have a surprise. Come here.
-Sol!

Come here.

Six,

five,

four,

three,

two,

one!

Miss Bela, oh, my God!

-Wow.
-The Gils.

So cool.

Granny Bela's beautiful.

Just like you.

I look just like my father.

-You do!
-Bem and Ana had Dom

and Sereno.

Your mom and dad had you and Flor.

LUCAS GIL
GRANDSON

Up here, the siblings.

Your dad.

Bela...

You can understand the whole family here.

Guys, let's have our assembly.

All right.

The assembly's a meeting

we're having right now

to tell you how it all started.

You were doing the Refavela 40
European tour

and we have a Whatsapp group

and I poured my heart out there.

My dream is to go on tour in Europe.

I've never been to Europe with my father.

I had no expectations.

-I just said it.
-Put it out there.

But when you say it
and Ms. Flora hears it,

things come true.

It's true!

And you said, "Why don't we do it?"

We owe this idea to Preta.

All of it.

It's hers.

It was a little tantrum,

a tantrum that became a big tour.

Shall we start with Bela?

What's the song, Bela Gil?

-What's the song?
-I'll tell you,

well, just to explain

what we're doing here these days.

Each one has to advocate

BELA GIL
DAUGHTER

for a song
to be on the set list of this tour.

Songs must be approved

by Daddy.

He'll decide which song is in.

So, Bela Gil, what's your song?

My song... I'll let you guess it.

"Cores Vivas".

Exactly.

It's the song Daddy wrote me
without even knowing it.

He wrote it for me before I was born.

The summer tide

I've always loved this song.
I think it was...

Wait for the evening

-Exactly, It's beautiful.
-Dive deep

-into the sensation
-We played it in Italy.

Of enjoying good life

It's good to live

Thanks to the heat of the sun

Benefactor of this region

The naturalness

of the raft, the coconut trees

The blue-colored fisherman

Beautiful sight

Postcard

Taste of honey

Strength of salt
Peacock feathers' colors

Scenes of total vibration

Yeah!

I would suggest that in the case

it's included in the set list

it should be sung as we did here.

Yes, many voices!

Everybody sings.

Now, I'll pass it on to someone else.

Well,

my relationship with this person
has changed a lot.

It's getting better,

more congenial, loving...

Today I can say

she's one of my best friends.

Her Chinese zodiac sign

is the rat, but she's more like a lioness,

-or an owl...
-Guys, that's me.

...a queen bee.

-Is it me, daughter?
-Yes, Mommy.

Oh, my God.

Well, here it is.

I've made a list

with five songs Gil's written for me.

He said it's too many.

-Five!
-Five!

Then I came back to the room,

and he said there were more.

I took notes.

I'm at the ninth one.

Before I started dating him,
he had already written me a song.

It was the other way around.

-He wrote it to date me.
-To try to date you.

What a cute proposal!

He hit on me with a song.
It was literally his move.

I imagine you as a jackfruit tree

Reclining on the side of the road

FLORA AND GILBERTO GIL


Ancient, strong, abundant

Beautiful

Lady

Scattered seeds on the ground

Like the remains of

Our own dreams

Devoured

By the early bird

Oh, Flora

I chose this song.

FRANCISCO GIL
GRANDSON

It was a 100% emotional choice.

It's a song about separation.

It's about a moment of love, but

a transcendental love, really.

In a way that with time,
beside the experience with music,

I've learned how to see it in my life.

-Has anyone guessed?
-"Deixar Você".

Let them guess.

-I think it's "Drão".
-"Drão".

It's "Drão".

A song that my grandpa
made for my grandma and...

Since I was a kid,
I used to listen to all the stories,

all those things,

especially because
I have so much love

for my grandpa and his wife.

I also see my grandpa loves

my grandma so much, his ex-wife,

for all his ex-wives,
the family has this strong bond.

It's a very strong song.

The first time I ever stepped
on a stage to sing,

to perform, it was with you

to sing "Drão".

And...

This song is kind of indispensable.

Yes.

Drão

Our love is like a grain

A seed of illusion

It's your turn now.

It has to die to grow

I think you play it in C, right?

-I don't remember.
-You modulate to G, I think.

Our seeding

Who could make

This love die?

If love is like a grain

It dies and is born as wheat

Lives and dies as bread

Drão, Drão

Drão

Drão, Drão

SANDRA GADELHA
EX-WIFE

Drão

Drão, Drão

Drão

Drão, Drão

I had a realization.

Because I sing "Deixar Você",
you thought I was talking about it.

-It's also about breakups.
-Yes, about separation,

from the same album.

-But "Deixar Você" is for Flora.
-But...

-"Deixar Você" wasn't for anyone.
-No?

-It wasn't.
-Ms. Flora said it was for her.

-Revelations.
-"Deixar Você" was...

Actually, I heard one of Herbert's songs.

Herbert Vianna. It was like a ballad,

like a samba ballad.

-I've told you.
-You wanted to wrote a song like that.

I want a song that sounded like that.

We've just heard a dramatic reveal.

It's a b*mb. Not sure if you're ready.

Let's change the subject.

The first controversy in the show.

We were talking about

that you thought I made
"Deixar Você" for you.

I didn't. You told me.

I told them I wrote this song

to mimic a Herbert's song.

I see.

-Really?
-Yes.

So many surprises.

-This is a revelation.
-The song's for Herbert.

It's for Herbert.

I'm loving this.

Listen to this. Herbert Vianna.

Was this song written for my mom?

"Ela"? No...

"My music
My only muse, woman,

"Mother of my children,
Islands of love

"Each one

"A lighthouse in the sea

"She

"Who turns me into a navigator"

-The music, right.
-The music.

"My music,
My only muse"

PRETA GIL
DAUGHTER

-Woman, mother
-The music.

The music goddess...

-The muse.
-I think music is your thing.

-My thing? It's my guide.
-For sure.

-It guides my life.
-The greatest muse.

My mother always said

that when I was a boy, I was 3 years old,

I'd say this,

"Mom. I wanna be a musician
and a father of a boy."

This knife Cleo gave me, I mean...

BELA GIL
DAUGHTER

It's a great knife.

Sweety, how's everything going?

Everybody's hungry.

I know, Mom.
It was supposed to be from 12 to 3.

I see.

This smells like real feijoada.

Some family members
have never tried your food.

They know about it,
but they're prejudiced.

-Yeah.
-Today, you'll be able

to prove everybody wrong.

-I hope so.
-You will.

We are used to eating meat.

Are we actors?

I'll put the kale here.
Then I'll add salt and you mash it.

-Using your hands.
-Are we having it raw?

Yes, we are. And...

Not even like...

-No, zero.
-Why?

You're doing the frying pan's work.

-Are we having raw kale?
-Yes.

It wasn't like that in the old days.

It wasn't but it is now.

Bela, you're so innovative.

Not all in at once.

I'll save some for presentation.

Thank you.

Hey, Bela, is this feijoada good?

-Try it.
-I'll give it a try.

Let's see.

Preta didn't let me cut the line.

-Is this the sausage?
-Yeah.

It smells so freaking good!

-It's because of the smoke.
-You smoked it?

No, I buy it... No, I buy it...

-Let's try it.
-It's tofu.

The secret tofu.

I was gonna make it myself
because I can extract the smoke.

-But I bought it ready made.
-It's veggie sausage, right?

-You've been eating little lately.
-I haven't.

I'm eating a little.
Feijoada is a heavy dish.

JOÃO GIL
GRANDSON

Especially Bela's.

Would she be okay seeing us

-eating feijoada and drinking Coke...
-I don't think so.

Bela isn't picky like that.
She doesn't mind.

I wanted to order some
Japanese take out so I call JP.

"JP, I'll order take out, okay?"
He said, "I'll bring you some."

When he got there, everything was vegan.

-No fish.
-No fish, man.

-No fish.
-Mango...

I opened it and got an okra sushi,
you know?

Grandpa and I are close friends.
We have a great relationship.

We interact a lot
and this is the subject which

apart from soccer,

BENTO GIL
GRANDSON

the main topic we share,

that we enjoy, we talk about it a lot,

is a song that makes me reflect a lot.

I think that people in general don't,

but it's inevitable.

My song is "Não Tenho Medo da Morte".

Wow.

-Really?
-I figured you'd choose this one

because we talk about it.

I remember

I was surprised by...

Some years ago when you were much younger,

you told me

how it sounded to you, how it got you,

-thinking about death.
-I love it.

This got me closer to you
much more than before.

-Yeah.
-I thought you were like me.

Yeah, we see eye to eye.

It comes from the fear of not knowing...

Dealing with this mystery.

Dad, this is something
I think that everyone here can say

that growing up

JOSÉ GIL
SON

with you and your work

is a life lesson.

There are so many topics, so many things

that are sensitive and different

your work brings up, when we follow them.

It's a life lesson for all of us.

I think we are privileged

to grow up listening to songs

that made us curious about things
that perhaps

Bento wouldn't care at his age.

-Things like this.
-Exactly.

This is the role of art. Poetry as well.

That's it, right?

Entering into

this sentimental realm.

The perception
and the presence of the soul.

That's the role of art.

I'm not afraid of death

But I'm afraid of dying

What would the difference be?

You might ask

Death comes after

I stop breathing

Dying happens while I'm still here

In life, in the sun, in the air

There can still be pain

Pain

Or urge to piss

-Something like this.
-Yes.

Remember when you got sick?

MARIA GIL
DAUGHTER

-Yes.
-And we had that talk.

He wanted to stop the treatment.

I did.

I said, "Dad, it's not about you anymore."

Right? "It's about all of us."

-You don't have that choice.
-You had to try at least.

-Thank God.
-Sustaining your life is

everyone's obligation,
but it starts with you, it's yours.

You must want to live...

-For everybody.
-Right.

Right.

Mr. Pe.

-Time, the king
-Time, the king

Oh, Time, the king

Oh, Time, the king

Transform

The old ways

Of living

Teach me, father

What I don't know yet

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Help us

The lyrics illustrate everything
we talked about.

How impressive.

Yes, it was...

My creativity is based on my existence.

That's the beauty of the poet.

They translate

everyone's feelings.

Yes, because that is...

-Poetry, metaphors...
-Humanity.

Maybe you haven't seen it,
but I posted a video

and I chose this song.

I say in the text, "Time, the king",

and you are my king and my time.

My choice is a must-have song.

MÃEANA
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

It's a must.

Not only for being groovy,
but also the message.

It's the song that made my caxixi player

famous.

Gil was playing and he was like...

It's "Alapalá".

Yes!

"Alapalá".

"The son asked his father
where his grandpa was."

And the family tree.

-The family tree.
-Exactly.

Now.

There are many generations.

Aganju, Xangô

Alapalá, Alapalá, Alapalá

Xangô, Aganju

Aganju, Xangô

Alapalá, Alapalá, Alapalá

Xangô, Aganju

Alapalá, Egum
Spirit raised to heaven

Winged axe

Angel Aganju's wings

Alapalá, Egum,
Spirit raised to heaven

Astral axe, ancestor of metal

Raw iron

Protected body
Embalmed in sacred balm

Eternal and noble body
Of a Nagô King

I'm going to sing an Umbanda song

to this person.

Oraieie, oraieieo

Oraieieio Mother Oxum

Oraieieio, Mother of waters

Oraieieio, Mother Oxum

Oraieie in the waterfall

In her waters she'll wash away

The human's pain

In the current to transform it

This person

is a treasure.

A bright star so unique
with her grand mission.

Precious black diamond,

cut in the resistance

against all prejudice and wickedness
of human beings.

She learned to transform
the cowards' poison

into a healing potion.

And she knows

she's beautiful, hot, elegant, sincere

and loved, loved so much.

Is it waterproof?

It's over.

This thing is for real.

I love everyone in this room.

You all know that.

My heart is huge
for our family and for the newcomers.

But you are very special.

You introducing me with this song

"Mother Oxum" when I was
already bursting into tears.

It's a real honor to me

being godmother to your son

and my brother's,
who's been always a son to me.

He's always been.

I held Bem in my arms,
I saw his birth, a long-awaited child

by us and his siblings.

You are very sweet and...

You touched my soul.

That's why I'm crying so much.

I had to explain

so people don't think that I'm crazy.

Although I really am, but that's okay.

Are you crying?

What do I do now?

Advocate for your song.

When my dad released this song,

I was five years old, Sol's age now.

I found this song he wrote

beautiful, brilliant,

wonderful, but only later in life

I could understand
its relevance in shaping

my character and personality.

This song is a cry for freedom and respect

by the so-called minorities,

which in our life,
in our family, has been the majority.

We've always embraced diversity
and differences

and it was a shock to me when I understood

that life and the people out there
weren't like us.

That my life wasn't "Realce".

And "Realce" is about that,

"The more glitter, the merrier".

It talks about not being ashamed
of who you are.

My song is "Realce".

Hey ya mama

Yeah

Hey ya mama

Don't worry

What we can do, we do
What we can't

Will explode

The force is brutal

and the source of force is neutral
And suddenly

We will be able to

Stand out, stand out

The more glitter, the merrier

Stand out

Stand out

With the velvet color
With love, with everything

With the real content

Of beauty

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out, stand out

Stand out, stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Stand out

Great!

Thank you, guys!

Tomorrow is Saint John's Day,
the rehearsal will be shorter

and dinner will be here.

Bonfire is burning

To honor Saint John

The forró already started

Let's dance in this hall

Janjão dances with Raquel

Inho with Iaiá

Janjão dances with Raquel

Sinha and I

Bring the cachaça, man

I wanna see, wanna see the straw flying

UP NEXT

Look at the sky, my love

To see how gorgeous it is

Look at that multicolored balloon

As it fades away in the sky

When a night

Like this when you gave me your heart

There was a party in the sky

Because it was Saint John's night

There were balloons in the air

And xote and baião on the dance floor

And in the land

The look in your eyes

That fired up my heart

Look at the sky, my love