“In the lyrics ‘Cristina... don’t take it the wrong way’, I had to think about inner beauty to be able to sing ‘Beauty is fundamental’ without feeling bad”

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“In the lyrics ‘Cristina... don’t take it the wrong way’, I had to think about inner beauty to be able to sing ‘Beauty is fundamental’ without feeling bad”

On the podcast Posto Emissor, Midus, bassist and vocalist for the band Roquivários, recalls ‘Cristina (Beleza É Fundamental)’, the band’s biggest hit which made history during the Portuguese rock boom of the early 80s: “The lyrics were about an ex-girlfriend of [saxophonist Mário] Gramaço, and it didn’t make sense for me to be saying ‘beauty is fundamental’.”

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