Give Me a Band and a Bandana
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| "Give Me a Band and a Bandana" | |
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| Song by Carmen Miranda | |
| Released | 1944 |
| Genre | Pop Samba |
| Composers | Nacio Herb Brown Leo Robin |
"Give Me a Band and a Bandana" is a song by Nacio Herb Brown and Leo Robin, performed by Carmen Miranda in the 1944 20th Century Fox film Greenwich Village. The song includes excerpts from "O Que É que a Baiana Tem?", by Dorival Caymmi, and "Quando Eu Penso na Bahia", by Ary Barroso and Luís Peixoto.[1]
Carmen Miranda's performance of "Give Me a Band and a Bandana" in Greenwich Village takes on a new dimension when she begins singing in Portuguese, as pointed out by Sarah Wright and Tom Whittaker in their book Locating the Voice in Film: Critical Approaches and Global Practices. During the performance, Carmen incorporates lines from two of her favorite sambas: "O Que É que a Baiana Tem?", by Dorival Caymmi, and "Quando Eu Penso na Bahia", by Ary Barroso and Luís Peixoto. The English lyrics of the song reference her famous pronunciation in a Broadway show number from The Streets of Paris, when she sings: "Give me a rhythm that is Latin / And I'll show Manhattan / My 'souse' American tricks". As she exclaims the word "samba!", the band enters the samba rhythm, with Carmen dancing energetically before singing parts of "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?". She immediately follows with the verses of "Quando Eu Penso na Bahia", then returns to the English lyrics of "Give Me a Band and a Bandana".[2]