The first versions of the song was based on the acoustic guitar and a keyboard synthesizing an accordion, over which Russo tried to sing. He struggled to find a melody line and ended up recording many channels with his voice, making the music base and the lyrics so chaotic. The text became so scary that made guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos and his wife Fernanda fled from the studio after they read the written words.[1]
The mixing was also hard, since Russo would never be satisfied with producer Mayrton Bahia's work. The situation reached a point to Russo turned off the sound and Bahia threatened to finish the album without him. Russo didn't say a word and then he said he liked the final result. Villa-Lobos, on the other turn, cried when he listened to the song's final version.[1]
Noteworthy covers
1999 - Singer Jerry Adriani recorded an Italian version of the song on the album Forza Sempre, featuring only Legião Urbana's songs in Italian.
2009 - Jay Vaquer took part in the TV special "Som Brasil", a program by Rede Globo de Televisão which paid tribute to Russo and in which he covered "Pais e Filhos", "Monte Castelo" and "Será".[2]
