Nico Drums & Blues feat. Alexandre Frazão - Bo's Doodle

Lyrics and Music by NICO GUEDES

Video Directed by NICO GUEDES
Cinematography TIAGO XAVIER
Concept and Art direction OCRE
Make up by KIKA DE CODDA
Boxing Capes by ADELAIDE ABREU
Special appearance: GULA
Created an Produced by OCRE CREATIONS
Filmed at ZFORTES FIGHT CLUB

Special thanks to ZÉ FORTES, a new and dear friend
"obrigado amigo, sem ti não seria mesmo possível"

I also wanna thank BUDDA GUEDES and ALEX LIBERALLI for our journey with mobydick records!
Thank you, the amazing TIAGO XAVIER for all the support all these years, filming, lightning and making movies with us.
Thank you KIKA DE CODDA without you there would be no video or OCRE Creations
Thank you GULA for the brave protest performance
Thank you ALEX FRAZÃO for the fun performance and time toghether

And of course, thank you to all the band mates that are a part of NICO DRUMS & BLUES
EUGÉNIA CONTENTE, VASCO ALESSANDRO MOURA, ANTÓNIO MÃO DE FERRO,
CARL MINNEMANN, MICHAEL LAUREN, MÁRIO COSTA, ALEXANDRE FRAZÃO,
JOÃO ANDRESEN, BUDDA GUEDES, VÍTOR BACALHAU and CAROLINA TORRES

On this Song:

NICO GUEDES vocal and left side drumming I ALEXANDRE FRAZÃO right side drumming
EUGÉNIA CONTENTE guitars I VASCO ALESSANDRO MOURA bass
Produced, recorded and mixed by Budda Guedes at MOBYDICK RECORDS
Mastered by Frederico Cristiano

THE MUSIC
“What started to be a Doodle around Bo Diddley’s groove, became a song far more developed than I expected. I wanted to take this iconic Blues rhythm, that did the crossover to POP music in the 80’s, and bring it back to life, after I realised that we don’t often see it played in live shows anymore. The lyrics wrote themselves as if I was sketching a doodle (therefore: the name of the song), while I was thinking about irracional behaviours (such as War, Idolatry, Loveless human relations) that still endure nowadays, in a emotionally under developed society.
By gathering to drummers, it allowed me and Alexandre Frazão to break the Bo Diddley pattern now and them, making this “weird trip around blues rhythms” somehow interesting.

THE VIDEO
After a lot of time pondering about this video, I decided to call OCRE (creative couple) to finish the ideia for this video. I wanted to present the "Nico Drums & Blues" concept side by side with a metaphor that could illustrate both "battle" as "good sportsmanship” in the end of things.So we came to the ideia of a Boxing Court, were two opponents show there best, always with respect for one another.
We filmed the hole video on the great ZÉ FORTES Academy (Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal), one of the best Muay Thai trainer in Portugal, with a super academy and high mentality!We also created GULA, the female “poster girl” character that, instead of perpetuating the male chauvinism showing “a hot girl with a poster”, decided to break the chains and protest about important human social fights (Feminism, LGBT+ rights, No to War/guns, Yes to Peace).

Bo’s Doodle

I don’t know why people say
“All is fair in, Love and War”

I don’t know why people pray
To any god, That punish poor

Still don’t know What happens now
Are we supposed, To love a Cow

Should we live, our lives
Shadowing, what, others pray?
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What if we Start to say:
“You gotta help others, On you way”

What if we Start to pray:
“Grab all the Love, That’s here to stay”

What if we Decide to say:
“No more War, Come what may”

Should we live, our lives
Shadowing, what others pray