You have to know the language to appreciate them.

The 60's and 70's were the days, those great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_war[proxy wars] and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor[CIA dictatorships] allowed hippies to make awesome freedom music without too imminent a fear of death.

Songs making fun of things or that are pure <Brazil> nostalgia are also accepted. No love songs, ever. Except <popular Brazilian music>[some by Caetano], but that's it!

English:
* 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtYS3EYjVyk[Red Telephone] track from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Changes[Forever Changes (1967)] album by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(band)[Love]
* 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUY2kJE0AZE[White Rabbit] track from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealistic_Pillow[Surrealistic Pillow (1967)] album by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane[Jefferson Airplane]

French:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKbXUcJawUI[Emmenez-moi] (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmenez-moi_(chanson)[wiki]) from the album Entre Deux Rêves (1967) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Aznavour[Charles Aznavour]


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