Televisão de Cachorro

Televisão de Cachorro
Studio album by Pato Fu
Released	April 1, 1998
Genre	Alternative rock, indie pop
Length	44:24
Language	Portuguese, english
Label	BMG
Producer	Dudu Marote
Pato Fu chronology
Tem Mas Acabou (1996) Televisão de Cachorro (1998) Isopor (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Televisão de Cachorro is the fourth studio album of the Brazilian rock band Pato Fu. The album was produced by Dudu Marote. Televisão de Cachorro in Pato Fu's career and the first produced in part by Dudu Marote sold 120,000 copies and strengthened the bonds between them, leading to the next album Isopor, where the electronics predominate. This was the first one after the inclusion of the drummer Xande Tamietti and had special appearances by André Abujamra (from Karnak) and Edu K. The big hit was "Antes que Seja Tarde." The album has a heavier rock sound than the predecessors and the subsequent. The concern with denser subjects emerge in the political lyrics for "Licitação" and "O Mundo não Mudou", marking a departure from their cute profile which predominated the inconsequent humor. The influence of Tropicália is evident in "A Necrofilia da Arte", which brings the Gilberto Gil melody for "Alfômega" (1969) under new lyrics by Rubinho Troll. The influence of the '80s, evidenced through the references to The B-52s, Devo and Talking Heads, is also brought in the version for "Eu Sei" (Legião Urbana cover). "Canção pra Você Viver Mais" is mirrored in Portishead. After their most consistent album, Gol de Quem? (1995), which made justice to the pop idiom through nonchalance, inconsequence, and adolescent humor, Televisão de Cachorro tries to establish an artificial maturity which is a testimony of a tired formula, fortunately changed in the following album, Isopor.^[2]

Track listing

1. "A Necrofilia da Arte" (The Necrophilia of Art) (Rubinho Troll/Gilberto Gil) – 4:04
2. "Antes que Seja Tarde" (Before It's Too Late) (Tarcisio Moura/John Ulhoa/Fernanda Takai) – 4:15
3. "Nunca Diga" (Never Say) (Frank Jorge) – 2:08
4. "Eu Sei" (I Know) (Renato Russo) – 3:05
5. "Licitação" (Bidding) (John Ulhoa) – 2:43
6. "Vivo num Morro" ("I Live on a Hill", but it can be interpreted as "I Live, I Don't Die") (John Ulhoa) – 3:37
7. "Um Dia, Um Ladrão" (One Day, One Thief) (John Ulhoa) – 2:33
8. "Canção pra Você Viver Mais" (Song for You to Live More) (John Ulhoa) – 5:24
9. "Tempestade" (Storm) (M. Vouraski/Marrara/Carlos Pinduca/Prata/Joana Lewis/Txotxa) – 2:48
10. "O Mundo Não Mudou" (The World Hasn't Changed) (John Ulhoa) – 2:44
11. "Televisão de Cachorro" (Doggy TV) (John Ulhoa) – 3:41
12. "Spaceballs, the Ballad" (Zuim/Bert/Bob Faria) – 4:28
13. "Boa Noite" (Good Night) (Ricardo Kóctus) – 2:54

Personnel

• Fernanda Takai - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• John Ulhoa - lead guitar, vocals; programming
• Ricardo Koctus - bass, vocals
• Xande Tamietti - drums

Curiosities

• The disc's eight track "Canção pra Você Viver Mais" is dedicated to her father Fernanda which he suffered from a serious illness. Takai had already written the title without being able to compose a letter to her father. However, John, upon learning this, made music and showed the result to the vocalist, who thanked Ulhoa for managing to externalize what she felt to be losing her father.^[3]

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Neder, Alvaro. "allmusic ((( Televisão de Cachorro > Review )))". Allmusic.
3. Livia Fukuda. "Canção Pra Você Viver Mais". Archived from the original on 2007-09-23. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

External links

• John's interview with Tem Mas Acabou. (Portuguese)