Rodrigo y Gabriela have teamed up with legendary footballer Pelé to record a song marking his 80th birthday, titled ‘Acredita No Véio’, which translates as ‘Listen To The Old Man’.Not simply a footballer warbling over a half-arsed track, it turns out that Pelé is actually a keen songwriter.
He just never really thought to mention it. “I didn’t want the public to make the comparison between Pelé the composer and Pelé the footballer”, he says. “That would have been a huge injustice – in football, my talent was a gift from God.
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