Eurovision 2011 Portugal: Homens da Luta – Luta é Alegria

Por vezes dás contigo desanimado
Por vezes dás contigo a desconfiar
Por vezes dás contigo sobressaltado
Por vezes dás contigo a desesperar

De noite ou de dia, a luta é alegria
E o povo avança é na rua a gritar

De pouco vale o cinto sempre apertado
De pouco vale andar a lamuriar
De pouco vale um ar sempre carregado
De pouco vale a raiva para te ajudar

De noite ou de dia, a luta é alegria
E o povo avança é na rua a gritar

E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino
E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino
Vem celebrar esta situação e vamos cantar contra a reacção
Vem celebrar esta situação e vamos cantar contra a reacção

E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino
E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino

Não falta quem te avise «toma cuidado»
Não falta quem te queira mandar calar
Não falta quem te deixe ressabiado
Não falta quem te venda o próprio ar

De noite ou de dia, a luta é alegria
E o povo avança é na rua a gritar

E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino
E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino

Vem celebrar esta situação e vamos cantar contra a reacção
Vem celebrar esta situação e vamos cantar contra a reacção
Vem celebrar esta situação e vamos cantar contra a reacção
Vem celebrar esta situação e vamos cantar contra a reacção

E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino
E traz o pão e traz o queijo e traz o vinho
E vem o velho e vem o novo e o menino
A luta continua

18 thoughts on “Eurovision 2011 Portugal: Homens da Luta – Luta é Alegria

  1. I just received a copy of this CD, which I ordered from Portugal.

    The best song in Eurovision – joyful, lively and political – capturing the spirit of the 1976 Carnation revolution which overthrew the hated Estado Novo. We need a people’s movement across Europe in order to build a better society for ourselves. All that capitalism offers is drudgery and debt – great to hear such a celebration of true, socialist ideals.

  2. Good messages (according with the crisis moment we are) ” a luta é alegria”and the importance of the “cravos” I like the title, it s much deeper than the other songs we listened in the final!
    I liked, bcs the good lesson the taught us!
    Sorry for my english

  3. A LUTA CONTINUA! A LUTA CONTINUA!
    Well, yes it’s all our fault friend. We voted for ’em for being our politicians. So, WE blame because we didn’t pay attention to what they’re doing all these fucking years. Maybe some of us knew about all that but we didn’t react, so it’s the same. THEY STEAL OUR MONEY AND WE MUST REACT NOW! Society’s becoming increasingly severe..So we are who’ll make the change! I love that song btw <3

  4. Eu gostei mesmo desta cancao, mas foi pena que caiu na primeira ronda das meias finais de qualificacao. Espero que Suecia ganham a Festival de Eurovisao este ano. VIVA SUECAS. GOSTO DE ERIC SAADE.

  5. NAGG, I am from Greece, and by reading your comment I just realised that in both our countries we get to experience and hear the same things; heavy taxes, expensive fuel, depending on Germany, not producing enough, having rejected low-paid jobs, having organised sports events that we still repay (Euro2004 for you, Olympic Games for us) and all this stuff. It’s funny how greek people have the same problems that portuguese people have, and how we are both being accused for being lazy and not productive – and I thought it was just US! (we Greeks are still the biggest PIGS around, so don’t worry :oP )
    But well, have you ever thought that economy is a matter of history and size of a country?
    And even if we agree that it’s all our fault, you can’t say we should work for low salaries like the immigrants, because, you know, there are (most correctly;were) laws that protect(ed) workers’s salaries, and those laws couldn’t be applied on illegal immigrants – that’s the reason why native workers wouldn’t and shouldn’t take the immigrants’ jobs, and not because they wouldn’t condescend to do so. (for that matter, neither the immigrants should be taken advantage of, obviously)
    It’s good to accept our weaknesses, but there’s a limit to what we admit as our fault. We shouldn’t believe all the propaganda we are fed with.
    Europe has a huge history of Lutas, of struggling for human rights. I think that having a descent work and salary is a human right that no economic crisis should put into question and harm. If in 1789 the european spirit fought against monarchy and feudalism, today we should fight against the situation we all know.
    And let’s not be so naive; all european peoples, even the german people, are now called upon to make sacrifices, no matter how much they’ve worked till now, and no matter the strength of their countries’ economy. This reality should make us think on whose fault all this is.

  6. I heard these guys represent social classes and movements from 1974 portuguese carnation revolution. it was nice to have a political song at eurovision contest for a change, pity it didn’t make it yesterday

  7. Hi Alex.
    This music was made as protest to crisis faced in Portugal. It talks about people tired of having corrupt polititians and telling the people to react against the situation. The music is kind of a joke but the meaning is there.
    I also like the music 🙂

  8. They looks like people from portuguese village. I guess it’s a joke song. Strange but I enjoy it.

  9. Finalmente pá!

    Já chega de pimbas;
    Já chega de jogadores da bola e suas mulheres loiras;
    Já chega de fado!

    A luta é alegria e só os estúpidos e ignorantes não entendem a dimensão da mensagem destes comediantes; que não são nada parvos!

    PS: o que é o Arzebeijão?

  10. I hope they sing the song in English. So the rest of the world will know what this song is all about!! i do agree that this is far from being the best song that Portugal ever sent to eurovision…but the people have spoken and “os Homens da luta”
    have a message to send… so lets tell the world how the “portuguese people” feel now there goverment and politics in general!!!

  11. Portugal sucks!!! Azerbaijan will be the best this year. Best wishes to Azerbaijan from Brazil!!!

  12. Portugal is the biggest loser in the history of Eurovision. 45 times participated and no victories. All other countries without victories have participated less times. But from 2000 i have never liked a Portuguese song at all. So the worst musical taste of Europe must come from Portugal.

  13. Yes: You are right: For many years Portugal has been sendng wonderful songs to the Eurovision contest… And… mostly for whatever reasons ( political ??) Portugal never won the contest…

    Maybe this year, with this song ( not so great…) but that deals with Fighting with Joy (LUTA E ALEGRIA), we will have the pleasure of listening to the beautiful Portuguese Language at the Eurovision Festival final.

    “E traz o pao e traz o queijo e traz o vinho …”
    And bring the bread the cheese and the wine…

    Good idea! Let’s make a toast!

    Saude , dinheiro e Amor !

    Viva Portugal!

  14. Regardless of the song (they even were sad that the fact they won ruined their plans for May), the fact is that these guys were able to put together the largest demonstration since 1974… the fact that the portuguese voted on them has 2 reasons: 1- they are tired of the politicians and this song is against them 2- they are tired of the crap of eurovision and after all the taxes we pay will be spent on it… at least we will have some fun watching it

    If we should say it to the Germans? Yes of course, or else the help will only be for the politicians as usual

  15. WOW NAGG! 😮
    You know, in 2008 and 2009 Portugal sent two most beautiful songs to Eurovision and I think it’s just sad that your country decided to go some entirely different way this year.

  16. Yes… I agree, I’m sick of being stomped by the Portuguese Government… But I think this is a bit much. Go on and sing this to the Germans, I believe they will be a lot more pleased for helping us out of this whole mess. I believe that the only way out of this rat hole we’re in is by starting to accept all the jobs that we, the Portuguese, threw over for the imigrants in our country: construction work for example; farms; y’a know, all the “lousy” work with “lousy” payment. Produce more, sell more, buy less from other countries. That is the only way. But what can I tell you? We are already too dependant on others to keep ticking. We are full of bad habbits, both inside the system, and in our society. Let me tell you: this tic-tac we are all listening to is the tic-tac of a bomb. One day I believe no-one will be able to retire in Portugal. There are some who do it right, you know. Like everywhere else in the globe. But we have a problem of having too many old people that can’t work, and too many lazy people who got tired of working and never seeing any reward for the work they did/do and others do or did. That’s the major problem, the great majority of people don’t try to do anything well done, they are allways pushing the work to the next person in the chain. Little by litlle, when it get’s to the end, the work is really faulty and no-one buys it. So what can we do if no-one does it right? Corruption is another one: power corrupts and the portuguese are very weak before this fact: it is somewhat rewarding to exercise corruption in such conditions. It’s the only way to have rewards, after all… It doesn’t matter if my neighbour busted his ass for the money I took to get that nice car I wanted… So if anyone wants to get something in here, either they got the money like this, or they get what they want but then get to be in debt to the banks. It’s impossible! The taxes are too heavy! How can fuel cost so much in portugal and cost much less in Spain?! It doesn’t make sense, if it comes from the same place! And since we are getting poorer by the second, why buy it here if I can go to the border? Do the big chiefs even think about this? One more thing: everyone is unhappy with the situation, and so they adere in big masses to strikes. During strike days, a large part of the country doesn’t produce anything, thus aggravating the problem instead of contributing to solve it. We have the rights, but there’s something we are not good at is at thinking if we should, instead of thinking if we can. And this song represents just that: we can say all this. But should we say it to the Germans at a time like this? I hope they just find ir funny and still help us, because this just denotes how crazy things can get in Portugal. Cheers for Euro 2004! Lot’s of money spent, and still being spent for it, while the reward is long gone. See what I mean? It’s not just a problem of the government, it’s a problem of ideologies from the entire people. Get to Work slackers!

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