The Life Aquatic's Seu Jorge to Release Album, Tour

There are three ways to hear the songs of David Bowie in Portuguese: 1) Sing them to yourself, in Portuguese; 2) Get someone who speaks Portuguese to sing them to you; 3) Check out the special features on your The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou DVD, where you can hear Brazilian singer Seu Jorge perform 10 of the Thin White Duke's songs (in Portuguese). The home video release has full-length versions of the early Bowie songs that audiences heard just pieces of in the theater.

Jorge's own childhood was very different from the life of space-bound, glittery decadence he sings about on the soundtrack-- he grew up in a Brazilian slum and fixed tires to support his family. Jorge put that street cred to good use when he played 'Knockout Ned' in City of God, which was nominated for a handful of Oscars last year. Jorge also sings about those Brazilian slums and, er, rallies against breast implants on Cru (translation: 'Raw'), his debut album on Wrasse Records. The record will be released on September 6. Jorge will be touring North America to support the album in September, but most of his current shows are elsewhere:

06-13 New York, NY - SOBs
06-18 Toulouse, France - Prairie Des Filtres
06-22 Saint Denis, France - Magic
06-23 Saint Denis, France - Magic
06-24 Lorrach, France - Burghof
07-09 Rennes, France - Salle de la Cite
07-10 Montreux, France - Miles Davis Hall
07-15 Istres, France - Pavillon de Gristres
07-25 Nice, France - Arenes et Jardins de Cimiez

>> Tracklist:
01 Tive Razao
02 Mania Do Peitao
03 Chatterton
04 Fiore De La Citta
05 Bem Querer
06 Don't
07 Sao GoxE7a
08 Bola De Meia
09 Una Mujer

href="http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/sdtk/life-aquatic/life-aquatic.shtml">Various Artists: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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Posted by Jessica Suarez on Fri, Jun 3, 2005 at 12:00am