Can hardly believe she’s gone. They’re all gone. “Girl from Ipanema” was so popular, covered so often, and based on a kind of male adolescent fantasy, that it kind of lost its appeal. But this one, despite the stew of sexual entanglements and abuse behind it that make rock bands look like kindergarten, still takes me somewhere magical. RIP Astrud Weinert. Your lilting, lyrical voice and your dedicated musicality will long outlive you. You are the girl from Ipanema.
Can hardly believe she’s gone. They’re all gone. “Girl from Ipanema” was so popular, covered so often, and based on a kind of male adolescent fantasy, that it kind of lost its appeal. But this one, despite the stew of sexual entanglements and abuse behind it that make rock bands look like kindergarten, still takes me somewhere magical. RIP Astrud Weinert. Your lilting, lyrical voice and your dedicated musicality will long outlive you. You are the girl from Ipanema.
She lived in Philadelphia after her divorce.