1. Article continues Veloso, Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and Tom Ze formed the core of Tropicalia, a musical movement that began as a response to the smooth complacency of commercial Brazilian music on the one hand and the looming repression of a military dictatorship on the other.

2. Richard Williams Friday February 10, 2006 The Guardian Buy Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Jorge Ben, Os Mutantes and Tom Ze: Tropicalia/A Brazilian Revolution in Sound now "They looked like three angels," the singer and composer Caetano Veloso wrote of his first sight of the members of Os Mutantes, a young rock group from Sao Paulo whom he met in the mid–60s.

3. Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Jorge Ben, Os Mutantes and Tom Ze: Tropicalia/A Brazilian Revolution in Sound Greg Dulli: Amber Headlights Howie Beck: Howie Beck The Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues The Go–Betweens: That Striped Sunlight Sound Layo & Bushwacka!: Feels Closer Grime and reason Nostalgia 77: Seven‘s & Eight‘s Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp/Symphony No 31 Heart beats From the tracks of their tears to the songs they get jiggy to – pop stars reveal their favourite Valentine tunes Interviews by Caroline Sullivan Friday February 10, 2006 The Guardian Tim Burgess of the Charlatans (top left) chooses the Cure (below left), Sway (top centre) fancies the girl in Michael Jackson‘s (below centre) video of Liberian Girl, and Jem (top right) likes to spend time in bed with the sexy voice of Marvin Gaye (below right). Photographs: Bruno Vincent/Getty, Mark Elias/AP.