Pop Music vs Authoritarianism (Military Power)

Abstract

The national politics and the Brazilian pop music have always been united. Since the New State time (1937-1945) with Getúlio Vargas and even during the Old Republic, composers and men of public administration, especially from the three public powers, are building the history of our country until today. Even though together, each of them trod different paths. In some instances convergent but divergent at others. The politicians, in spite of all the setbacks and obstacles inherent in the game of interests notorious in this activity, crossed decades championing noble causes and spurious ones, democratic goals and antidemocratic ones. For a long time and also a bit nowadays, the Brazilian society finds itself surprised by shenanigans, corruption and illicit negotiations, that endanger all the truly republican principles from democracy in Brazil. The most recent scandal is called mensalão by mass media. Alongside this, we know that our history is intersected of coups against legitimately elected presidents. The last of such a sinister event occurred between 1964 and 1985, with the presence of the military, which made up their laws and took decisions in defiance of the Constitution. Brazilian pop music actively participated of this episode, contesting and denouncing through its poetic discourse.