Vocal Coach reacts to Mariza - Gente Da Minha Terra ao vivo (Live) 

I'm a Portuguese metalhead, so you would think music like this wouldn't be in my interest. But damn, there isn't a single Portuguese in the world that doesn't get emotional listening to this. This music represents our people and our struggles, it's purely our heart.

The subtitles: "Sings in foreign laguage" Me: *laughs in portuguese*

"Oh people of my land" is a tribute to the land of malencolia, longing and saudade! The singer and the audience are so moved because they share the Portuguese experience "destiny that chains us all". "When you hear the groans of a guitar singing," it's like the melody is calling you home and "you could almost see it as a lullaby, but it's really agony". "This sadness that I bring with me, I inherited from all of you", is a reference to the melancholy at the heart of the Portuguese people and that is inherited from our ancestors ... the men who lost their lives at sea, the lonely women waiting at the altar , the shattered children, the emigrants ... This music embodies this feeling that all Portuguese can relate to and that is part of our core being.

The way she’s singing is exactly how you’re supposed to sing fado... with ups and downs and power and softness...

The Portuguese guitar. No one talks about that? It's uniquely to Portugal. Also usually fado is sang only with two guitars.

This is a song with a lot of history, sang by Amália Rodrigues for ages, and she is considered the best fado singer of all time by many people. The chorus says "oh people of my land, now I understand, this sadness that I bring with me, I inherited from you" and what I love about this video is that she started to cry because I think she really felt that. Mariza was touring the whole world by this time and this is a concert when she was finally back in Portugal, singing to "people of her land". She is a flawless singer, Fado is so hard and has so much emotion, but she almost never breaks. This is a moment when she does break. It's like she failed, but when she continues singing all the words and her voice got a new meaning. It's like a bird almost hitting the ground just to construct de balance to swing back to the air and give you one of the most beautiful flights.

Sou brasileira e acho o fado português uma das coisas mais lindas que existem, muita alma! nunca ouvi nada parecido no mundo!

This song represents the love to our homeland (Portugal), were someone had to go outside to guet differents/better opportunities that could not had in their country. The feelings here are love, saudade (missing), nostalgia, carinho (affection) for what was left behind: home, friends, family. It is a beautiful representation for all the emigrants who had to go outside regardless of the reason that led to it.

Just so you get an idea, after that emotional, quiet bit, her last chorus was: "Oh, gente da minha terra... Agora é que eu percebi Esta tristeza que trago Esta tristeza que trago, Foi de vós que a recebi." Which means something like: "Oh people of my land... Now, I have understood This sadness I carry inside This sadness I carry inside, I received it from you." It's a song about longing for our land and our people, and fado is often emotional in its performances and lyrics. It's a lovely moody genre, and I agree with you, the strings are beautiful.

This song is about Portuguese people and she is so emotional coz she spends so much away from Portugal and when she returns the public loves her

The lyrics were originally written by Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999), a Portuguese singer known as the "Queen of Fado". Here's the full lyrics, with my translation and a few notes: "Gente Da Minha Terra" (people of my land) É meu e vosso este fado (this fado is mine and yours) - the word "fado" actually means "fate" Destino que nos amarra (a fate that binds us) Por mais que seja negado (even though it is denied) Às cordas de uma guitarra (to the strings of a guitar) Sempre que se ouve um gemido (whenever you hear the whimper) Numa guitarra a cantar (of a singing guitar) Fica-se logo perdido (you're suddenly lost) Com vontade de chorar (and you feel like crying) Ó gente da minha terra (oh, people of my land) Agora é que eu percebi (only now I have noticed) Esta tristeza que trago (that all this longing I carry with me) Foi de vós que a recebi (I received it from you all) E pareceria ternura (and it would be delightful) Se eu me deixasse embalar (if I lost myself in its flow) - the long "hmmm" sound (5:07) is the first syllable in "embalar", a word also used to refer to the soothing effect of a lullaby Era maior a amargura (everything would be more bitter) Menos triste o meu cantar (but less sad would be my song) Ó gente da minha terra (oh, people of my land) Agora é que eu percebi (only now I have noticed) Esta tristeza que trago (that all this longing I carry with me) Foi de vós que a recebi (I received it from you all)

I'm Portuguese and I cry every single time, every single time I listen to this performance... No words for this feeling!

I have seen her in concert several times. I went to Madrid to watch her and was in the front row of the circle, when she came and stood in front of me to sing an encore. She is totally mesmerising. She can twist her voice any which way she wants. Most of her songs are really emotional, and all you see is her face and hear her voice, usually dressing in black, to emphasise her white hair and her eyes ! Yu spend the whole concert with goose bumps ! Can you imagine an whole audience totally engrossed in every note - and openly crying !

I am an expat. I miss home, especially nowadays, and this song always makes my Portuguese heart tight, it makes sob like a little child.

She's singing to "her people" . And "her people" are singing back. She's an amazing Fado singer ❤️ thank you for this.

Love and respect from a Spaniard who absolutely adores fado... and Mariza!!

Fado is deeply emotional and this one is one of the most emotional for portuguese nationals, and even for me as a spaniard, I always cry listening to Mariza, the song is about the roots of portuguese people, their saudade, the melancholy that means being portuguese and part of that land and tthat people. Is about the essence and soul of people in her home country

You can notice the emotion on her singing but you really have to check the lyrics and how it connects with Portuguese History to understand why she's crying. This song is a Ode to our people and our struggles. It's beautiful.

Imagine you’re singing to your people and you feel that they are feeling every single word, every single whisper between each word, every single guitar note, and their chests are filled with melancholy, happiness and sadness at the same time... the lyrics address that people and it’s like a lament but also a celebration of a whole nations soul... and the you can have a slight idea of why she cries ... and believe me, I cannot help to cry each time I watch this video... Too much , Mariza, you have made us all love you forever!!

I'm Portuguese, the first time I heard this version sang by Mariza I legit bawled my eyes out. If there ever was a song that expressed what it means to be Portuguese it's this one. There's a reason it's called "Oh gente da minha terra" = "Oh people of my land". So hard to explain the wealth of feelings you get when you don't speak the language and how beautifully written the poem is, but I think that even without understanding the words, Mariza sings them so emotionally that anyone gets it, at least a little bit. Thank you for doing this video, it's always super neat to see an outside perspective to my culture. Wasn't expecting it at all.

Wonderful, watching and responding to one of my favorite artists. I do believe that this particular concert occured when Mariza returned from a very well received world wide tour. A tour that brought honor both to Portugal and to Fado. The audience was already so in love with her, and she fully returned their love with her voice and with her heart.

12 strings guitar.....no easy, and Fado.....music that goes straight into your feelings and emotions...this is portuguese culture in the most pure essence

The lyrics for this song in english are: "Is both mine and yours this fado destiny that tides us (together) no matter how much it is denied by the strings of a guitar whenever one hears a lament of a guitar singing one is instantly lost With a desire to weep Oh people of my land Now I understand This sadness which I carry on Was from you that I received and it would seem tenderness If I let myself be soothed my anguish would be greater my singing (would be) less sadder Oh people of my land" Enjoy!!

I'm Portuguese and I feel like knowing the words of what she's singing gives the song such a different feel that if you're a foreigner listening. Listening to it without knowing what she's saying is already so moving, just imagine knowing what she's saying, it's soooo good

Hi, nice and accurate react to Mariza, let me suggest to you "Canção do Mar" by Dulce Pontes. Greetings from Portugal.

She's singing about the people of her land, the name of the song translated means" oh people from my land" so emotional true Portuguese culture right there...

My father passed away last December, is favourite song was "Quem me dera" by Mariza. He was cremated and we buried the ashes below his favourite tree, where he used to play as a child, nearby the house he was born. That song was playing in the background... Since that day, whenever i fall asleep i can hear Mariza's song in my mind. Actually, i'm hearing it right now. Que SAUDADES meu pai!

I have seen Mariza live since her first UK performances. She is absolutely hypnotic. Some performers have 'it,' but the only rival to her that I have seen live was Freddie.

One of the 13040392... reasons why i am so proud to be Portuguese. 😭

Beth, this tune is wonderful! I'm from Brazil, and I love Portuguese music. Seeing you moved with this song also made me cry once more (I guess most of us who just watched your video also did it) and makes me think that, definitely, music is something who can bring joy, happiness and emotion in ANY language. That's Fado doing its job, touching people around the world! ❤ Obrigado (Thanks) for your video!

Esta canción, gente de mi tierra, en Lisboa, dice que es lo que le transmite su público, su gente, por esto tanta emoción. Maravillosa canción de Amalia Rodrigues y maravillosa Mariza.

You understood everything, much before any translation. And you never needed to be portuguese like me! Thank you for this!

Thank you so much for opening your mind and heart to our culture, music and Mariza. I always listen to this song when I start missing Portugal and my family and I’m glad there are other Londoners/Brits appreciating her talent and how she represents our culture. Thank you!💚🇵🇹❤️

The tension on the jaw, closed vowels and control of head and chest voice bursting is very typically used in Fado. It's like a language on its own :) Very specific of this genre of music. The emotion and sadness of "saudade" is too. She's talking about "oh my people" - "Oh gente da minha terra".

This is the power of music. She probably doesn't understand a single word of the music but the emotion crosses all linguistic boarders. Fado is amazing! Greetings from Lisbon Portugal ❤️🇵🇹

Thanks for bringing people from all over the world to find out what makes them them! :) Specially the portugueses speakers! Regards from Brazil!

One of the meanings it’s about the people who have leave the country to find a better life, but they missing terrible their country, missing their home, their family... It’s about missing their people, “saudade” and the heavy sadness about it.

The lyrics in english: It's mine and yours this fate Destiny that ties us down No matter how much it is denied To the strings of a guitar When ever one ears a cry Of a guitar singing One is just lost Wanting to cry Oh people of my country Now have I understood This sadness that I carry It was from you that I received And it would seem tenderness If I let myself be carried away by a lullaby It would be a greater anguish Less sad my singing Oh people of my country Now I have understood This sadness that I carry It was from you that I received Corus repeats Hope it helps. Sorry I took so long, it shouldn't take the metalhead to do it. ;-)

I’ve heard this song thousands of time and today I just let it go !! Has Portuguese and immigrant a son and father this song hits me in all the spots

I was already in love with this performance, then she had to throw in that agility at the end! Sealed the deal for me.

Ela canta emocionada sobre as pessoas da terra dela. É uma canção sobre amor ao país.

I do not pretend to be an authority on Fado, or singing. Or even someone who understands Portuguese. It just turns out that Mariza enchanted me. I'll just go with that.

Pure emotion: Mariza's voice and portuguse guitar.

This song is about realizing that the pain one constantly carries inside is the pain of being human, and with that, realizing that it is not unique to oneself, it is recieved from all the other people that came before. Realizing that this particular sadness one carries is the Universal sadness of being human. "People of my land, now I realize that this sadness I carry... I recieved it from you"

So proud 🇵🇹 Orgulho em Ser Portuguesa e pertencer a esta fantástica comunidade e país que é o Nosso Portugal ,nobre povo ❤️

I was fortunate to see Mariza in concert once, and it's definitely one of the top performances I've ever seen.

she cried because she finally understood the meaning of the song :) , she had to be away for so long and once she came back she saw what it true meaning

This song it’s about “the people for my land” the Portuguese and the bittersweet emotions of her her sadness the feelings of fado that is always about sad felling or topics like loves from the past or the land and the poor the insusses the work and how beautiful sorrowvcan be . It’s a nostalgic time of song

You must visit her concerts! It is magical! She sing 3 hours, live, nothing pre-recorder, sometimes even without any musical accompaniment!

Mariza is something else!! Out of this world the way she feels the music, the feelings and interpretation of the songs. She is fantastic.

"Please tell-me watt this is abaut" The lyrics can be translated ... read and understood, however feeling it will not be that easy. I am Portuguese, I was born in this "little corner of the world" I genetically carry Fado, the story of my people, fado is more than a song and a poem, fado is a feeling ... "The people of my home land" is a pour way of translate this feeling.... This fate is mine and yours Destiny that ties us As much as it is denied To the strings of a guitar Whenever a groan is heard From a guitar singing You are soon lost In the mood to cry O people of my land Now is that I realized This sadness I bring It was from you that I received And it would seem tenderness If you let me pack The bitterness was greater Less sad my singing O people of my land Now is that I realized This sadness I bring It was from you that I received it O people of my land Now is that I realized This sadness I bring This sadness I bring It was from you that I received it. 

I was fortunately able to see Mariza live in concert a few years ago. It was one of the top five performances I've ever seen.

I am 60 years old and proud to be portugese every time I hear this fado I cry reminds me of my people, I was lucky to see her live in Montreal hope she comes back to Montreal in the near future, this fado is very powerful full of emotions.

I love Mariza, and the Portuguese fado, it's their best traditional music. She's a great singer and a lady.

I rarely comment, but I have to comment on this one. Being Portuguese away from my Country for the last 6 years this songs hits all the notes. This song is about "Saudade", that feeling of missing your home.. The chorus is something like this: Oh people of my land Now I realized This sadness I bring It was from you that I received it Translating to English it losing it's full impact, but I'm a grown ass man, and this songs makes me cry. Cheers. Have a beautiful day! (Saudade forever)

Marisa´s family is from the district of Aveiro, as well as my family´´s. I saw her concert in Águeda (district of Aveiro) three years ago. Couldn´t help crying. Best singer ever.

Beth! The tension in the vowels and the tendency to keep them more closed than open, is related with the pronunciation, the accent, of the Portuguese spoken in Portugal, which is quite different from the Portuguese spoken in Brazil. I'm Brazilian, but I love fado.

troiscarottes il y a 0 seconde I was moved to see that I, a 72-year French teacher of English, share deep-felt emotions with a young British vocal coach when listening to Mariza's rendering of "A Gente da Minha Terra. I, as a speaker of Portuguese, probably focus more on the lyrics as well as the diachronic and synchonic environments of Mariza's performance, but you add an element that I would be quite unable to grasp by myself, so I'll now be able to listen to my fado records - not just Mariza's - from a fresh perspective. Thank you.

I'm so so very sorry Beth you didn't understand the words... This is perfect breathtaking masterpiece - the music, the poem, the voice, the performance, the guitar and violins... Thank you so much for your feelings.... Mariza is like an ancient goddess crying for her people...

She breaks down when she says: La gente de mini terra .. The people of my Land

Beth, the queen of Portuguese music in the 20th century was Amália Rodrigues. She died in 1999. There was a memorial concert for Amália Rodrigues in 1999, and a fresh young singer named Mariza was invited to perform. Amália Rodrigues died in 1999; this concert was in 2005. I can't say I know this, but at least I like to think, the emotion was Mariza was coming to realize that the title was passing on to her. She is the Amália Rodrigues of the 21st century.

First, realize this: There are lady singers who can sing a nice Portuguese folk song. And there are Fadista's. There is a world of difference between those. Mariza earned her credits to be a Fadista. Even though she was just a girl from the "colonies'.. The standards in LisBoa, the capital, were mile high, with legends as Amalia Rodriguez still in memory... And there Mariza came, and what you see is that she becomes accepted, the highest honor she can get. Not many shall succeed, for you must be talented beyond imagination. Say that Mariza sang in the Albert Hall and cut off the amplifiers and did her singing 'like at home'... It's a harsh trial to do that. So there will be many who will not succeed.. And still they will feel the longing, for that great success, that will never come. Can you feel that? Then you can feel Saudade..

Thank you for listening to Marisa. I found quite interesting that you found, in Marisa's voice, the mix that represents Portugal. We are the synthesis of e euroasian soul, a big mix of Phoenicians, Celta's, Romans, Nordic's, Moorish's and the so called Cristian's. People of my land as a Portuguese says that we are all connected, all the pain and joy we received, came from our ancestor's, since the dawn of times. To be Portuguese, it's to be everything and everyone at the same time in every part. Who is born Portuguese is either by mission or punishment. More we mix more pure we are! :)

This is a story about the people of her home town Lisbon...that's a dedication song to them! Take atencion to the Portuguese guitar, FADO only exists because of the performer and the guitar! Our reference is Amália Rodrigues, and who knows and likes FADO her sister also, Celeste Rodrigues, Madonna loved her!

People from my land! Mariza sang for the first time in her country for thousands of people, after singing in many countries all over the world. She is moved because this time she is really singing for the people of her country. I always cry when I see .. Thanks for sharing.

Impressionante como mesmo quem não percebe português sente a emoção do fado. Orgulho

This is why I learnt Portuguese. I a mesmerised by this language. The rolled double R in "gente da miniature teRRA" just sounds so so beautiful...

she was crying because these show was a no paying, and so many people go there to whatch it's a very strong music, you should see de translation

Basically, this song is saying that this melancholy that all Portuguese people feel is something that is ingrained in our culture. She's emotional because this song is about realising for the first time how this feeling of melancholy is something that we inheret for pur ancestors and that it is part of us.

I'm Portuguese from Portugal. This is Portugal. This is the people of Portugal. It's our struggles, our fears, our history, our losses, our destiny and our sadness... It's what our eyes tell and our soul feels. It's Fado. It's so personal, intimate, profund and complex for all of us. Personally I don't like this kind of music, but I think there's no single Portuguese soul that doesn't shiver to this... It's in our essence.

For some context: Mariza went on a tour around the world and her last concert of the tour was in the portuguese capital with a portuguese monument by her side, giving it all a deeper meaning cuz she was returning to her roots singing a song about her people.

Fado é sentimento e saudade, fado está na alma e no sangue de qualquer português que preze a cultura do seu país.

The chorus says : O gente da minha terra /Oh people of my land (= country) Agora é que eu percebi / It's (just) now that I realized Esta tristeza que trago /This sadness that I bring (= with me) Foi de vos que a recebi / I received it from you !

É fado.. emociona , com a melhor voz de Portugal junto com a melhor guitarra do mundo .. guitarra portuguesa 🙏🏻

Lisbon is the most beautiful city in the world, and Portugal is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. ❤️ The city of Porto is very old and romantic city. The Portuguese should be proud of the beauty of their country. They have a beautiful nature, climate, architecture, cuisine, music (fado) ... Only people without souls don't like fado. Lisbon has a soul, and its name is ‘fado’. Fado was recognised by UNESCO in 2011 as an ‘intangible cultural heritage’. Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city, is the heartbeat of the country. It’s also one of the oldest cities in the world, predating even Rome. Lisbon is a city of old souls who value tradition, art, and creativity and are putting those facets of life to use in modern ways. The Portuguese people are some of the kindest I’ve come across in my travels. They are one of the best nations in the world, they are very polite and friendly open to foreigners. People with the beautiful hearts and souls. For me, the Portuguese language is the most beautiful language. I speak several languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, German, and Croatian, my native language. Languages are my passion. European Portuguese and Slavic languages have the same phonetics. In Portugal, Russian speaking people learn the language quite easily. English speaking people don't use many of the sounds used in Portuguese, so they have a bit more difficulty. European Portuguese is sexy as fuck, it's a perversion for my ears. 😊 Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes once called Portuguese "the sweet and gracious language" and Spanish playwright Lope de Vega referred to it as "sweet", while the Brazilian writer Olavo Bilac poetically described it as "a última flor do Lácio, inculta e bela" (the last flower of Latium, rustic and beautiful). Portuguese is also termed "the language of Camões", after one of the greatest literary figures in the Portuguese language, Luís Vaz de Camões. Olavo Bilac once said "a Pátria não é a raça, o meio, o conjunto dos aparelhos económicos e políticos, é o idioma herdado ou criado por um povo". Fernando Pessoa wrote in Lisbon "a minha Pátria é a Língua Portuguesa". Fado (meaning "destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. The music is usually linked to the Portuguese word "saudade" which symbolizes the feeling of loss, longing (a permanent, irreparable loss and its consequent lifelong damage). Fado performers in the middle of the 19th century were mainly from urban working class and sailors, who not only sang, but also danced and beat the fado. Famous singers of fado include Amália Rodrigues, Dulce Pontes, Alfredo Marceneiro, Fernando Farinha, Carlos do Carmo, José Afonso, Camané, Mariza, Mafalda Arnauth, António Zambujo, Ricardo Ribeiro, Ana Moura Carminho and Cristina Branco. Fado is such s high level art form, and no other language, I repeat, no other language could ever work for fado, not even remotely. This form of artistic musical expression only works with Portuguese. This language evokes all of the necessary soulful spiritual nuances, emotions, feelings. Only the Portuguese could turn the concept of FATE into the highly developed musical art form that it is. The beautiful, sonorous, smooth Portuguese language allowed for that to happen. European Portuguese is equally perfect for poetry and literature. As beautiful as French, Italian, Spanish are, neither of these languages would sound right for fado. And Brazilian Portuguese has the same musical relationship with samba, Bossa nova. No other language would work for these 2 musical styles. I can't imagine samba, Bossa nova sung in any other language than Portuguese, of the Brazilian variety. It's perfect for that because its intonation is so expressive, and Brazilians have such a playful relationship with the Portuguese language. Precisely why it works for their own musical styles. Saudações da Croácia. 😘

I love how Beth had to remove the one of the headsets, not to burst into tears I know this because I didn't remove one of the headsets and the tears dropped. Proceeding to listening to this song without reaction.

She always had a very international carreer. And to sing in her own land the theme "People of my land" was really emotional for everyone in that concert.

I was there, lucky me! This was the last song of a concert in Lisbon, our hometown. This song is an ode to people from Lisbon, thanking for all the support and making the fado singer who (s)he is.

She sings around the world but this Fado "Gente Da Minha Terra" is from her to us, the Portuguese. It's about what is to be Portuguese. Very emotional for all reasons. Fado is a Portuguese genre of music.

Worth checking out the incredible Dulce Pontes as well.

That means Ohhh people of my country......and its a country with so much melancholy

That's a Deep Conection of Portugal's Soul, her, The Vehicle and the People of Portugal...it's All in The Heart....and THe Place where this is happening is Belém that has a Deep Historical Feeling for The Portuguese, The Place from where, The Portuguese Caravels Started The Great Epic of The Portuguese Navigations.It's All In Tune!

This song is about saudade...such a portuguese nostalgic feeling. You schould listen also the one and only Amália Rodrigues.

Fado is the expression of the Lusitanian, Portuguese soul! It is collective nostalgia for a people who gave new worlds to the world.

The string's are a other voice. Portuguese guitar sing's to.

You're not wrong when you talk about how emotional this is. It's about longing for home and an inner sadness inherited from those of your culture and homeland.

The main characteristic of a Fado song, it needs to be intense, otherwise is just a pop song. Because of that every Fado singer needs to be vocaly agile, you can't fake that. Normally, when a Fado singer trys to sing a pop song, you can be surprised how good they sound. The other way around, never works, at least I never seen it.

Great reaction and AMAZING TIPS! thank youuu

Hi , the guitar player name is Luis Guerreiro . Fado has so much feeling due to it's roots . I was told it was the sad singing of the ones left behind by the sailors who venture from the coast of Portugal . The longing , the sadness of missing someone , and the uncertainty of they're coming back .

Ive been binge watching your videos all day, They are so addictive, deffo my fav vocal coach reactor on youtube, interesting and informative. If you have time I would love to see you react to 'Fantastic duo- drinking (by vibe)'. its a performance in a singing competition where people sing with their idols. It has alot of amazing vocals. I would love to see what you thought about it and who you thought was the best singer.

people of my land! - that says all! Its pure love for the country!

It's the most expressive musical performance I've heard in my life, and I listen to a lot of music from many genres. That was really magnificent

Mariza was born in Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony in Africa. She is Portuguese and the song is called "Oh people of my country (Portugal, not Mozambique)". She cries when she sings "Oh People of my Country", receiving a very special affection from the audience!

It's soooo beautiful and emotional how Marisa Sings its Amazing ❤❤❤

This song says; O people of my land, this sadness that it brings was from you that I received it, and is a sad song. Thank you for listen. Hugs from Portugal,

Listen to “Amor a Portugal” - Dulce Pontes... beautiful...

This is one of the greatest fado that we have internet Portugal.. Means a lot to all of us. Thats the portugueses feellling..

All the praise she gets is warranted but people are clapping everytime she says "Oh gente da minha terra." "Oh people from my homeland" because of the call to our country. We are not an excessively nationalistic people, in fact we are our worst critics, incredibly self critical, but we do love our people and our country and that's where the clapping came from at that specific point in the lyrics. in my opinion of course.

She sings about the portuguese, is about our natural sadness, that feeling that comes from inside and you dont know how to express it, we call it saudade

I love how you felt the emotion without knowing the words. I love your empathy and passion for music!