While other neighboring countries had what is essentially called "dance bands" (think smooth muzak version of country/western music), the Finns kept to their minor-keyed Tango.
OTOH finland doesn't seem totally impervious to dance music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLb6vJ_TkI
Tai vuoksein itkis' koko Argentiina :-)
My parents moved to one of the referenced towns, Uberlândia (Land for All) in the mid-1950s, and then to Goiânia itself later on. (Then Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Brasília. "Home" though always was Phoenix, AZ.)
Edit: cities, title translation
One of the comments there: "Sem dúvida, é considerado um hino para os brasileiros, principalmente para população do Nordeste." ... "Without doubt, [this song] is considered a Hymn for Brazilians, especially for those in the Northeast [region of Brazil]." Northeastern Brazil lives through seven- or fourteen-year cycles of some rain then long drought, leading to many since the 1980s moving to big cities elsewhere in the country.
This is an interesting topic for me personally, and the way I experience it is like this:
The starting point to a musical scale, classically, is major. Minor is the first alt-culture in key signature.
However, the next step to get a major minor like, is the major 7th, or other half tones, like the 6th. Then, you have the converse, making minors major like, such as the melodic minor scale, or the minor 7th.
Interesting songs, especially in popular culture, make use of this dualistic view. Examples are Wicked Game by Chris Isaak (in a mode, where you don't regress to tonic, giving it an incomplete and spooky theme), Clocks by Coldplay (major chord, minor on 5th rather than major; major on 4th).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MShtCg4fk
Anyone know where I can find the drawing of the stormtrooper in a locker room, complete with
I M P E R I A L
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