Astrud Gilberto at 83

[donnie]

I meant to post this a few days ago, but never got around to it.

She was a Brazilian Bossa nova singer, best remembered for the 60's iconic hit The Girl from Ipanema.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVdaFQhS86E

PS: Although I love this song, there's a grammatical error in the lyrics that bugs me every time I hear it.

[dachshundonstilts]

That grammatical error exists because the English lyric was written to be sung by a man but was very clumsily rewritten for female singers. As originally written by Norman Gimbel it goes, "She looks straight ahead, not at me."

[donnie]

That grammatical error exists because the English lyric was written to be sung by a man but was very clumsily rewritten for female singers. As originally written by Norman Gimbel it goes, "She looks straight ahead, not at me."

Ah! So that's it. I tried mentally rewriting those lines to eliminate it and keep the meaning, but I couldn't think of anything.

[dachshundonstilts]

How about “But each time she goes out for a swim…”

[donnie]

There you go!