2188 – Echo and The Bunnymen – A promise (1981)

 

Escrita por Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch. Les Pattinson e Pete de Freitas, foi gravada em março de 1981, no Rockfield Studios, no País de Gales. Foi lançada em 29 de maio de 1981, no disco Heaven up here, o segundo da banda. Saiu também em compacto, com Broke my neck como Lado B. Foi produzida por Hugh Jones e The Bunnymen. Ian McCulloch cantou e tocou guitarra. Will Sergeant tocou guitarra solo. Les Pattinson tocou baixo e Pete de Freitas tocou bateria.

A letra:

You said something will change
We were all dressed up
Somewhere to go
No sign of rain
But something will change
You promised

You said nothing will change
We were almost near
Almost far
Down came the rain
But nothing will change
You promised

A promise a promise a promise

It's exactly the same
You said
It's always the same
But I'll make it change
Into something the same
I promise

A promise a promise a promise

Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
A promise a promise a promise a promise
(Light on the water)
(We could sail on forever) a promise
A promise
(There's light on the water)
(We could sail on forever) a promise
(There's light on the water) a promise
(There's light on the water) a promise
(We could sail on forever) a promise
(There's Light on the water) a promise
(There's Light on the water) a promise
(We could sail on forever)

A versão de Echo and The Bunnymen:

2187 – Peter Frampton – Breaking all the rules (1981)

 

Escrita por Peter Frampton e Keith Reid, foi gravada em novembro de 1979 e junho de 1980, no Charlie Chaplin Sound Stage no A&M Studios, em Los Angeles e foi lançada em 14 de maio de 1981, no disco de mesmo nome, o sétimo da carreira de Peter. Foi produzida por Peter Frampton, David Kershenbaum, Chris Kimsey e Harvey Goldberg. Peter Frampton tocou guitarra, teclado e cantou. Steve Lukather tocou guitarra. John Regan tocou baixo. Arthu Stead tocou piano, sintetizador, piano elétrico, órgão e Fender Rhodes. Jeff Porcaro tocou bateria e percussão.

A letra:

We are the people one and all
From deliverance to the fall
From the battle and the heat
To our triumph and defeat
We are the young ones crying out
Full of anger full of doubt
And we're breaking all of the rules
Never choosing to be fools
We are tired of being used
We are constantly excused
In the battle and the heat
In the shadow of retreat
We are the young ones crying out
Full of anger full of doubt
And we're breaking all of the rules
Never choosing to be fools
We are the people one and all
From deliverance to the fall
From the bitter to the brave
From the cradle to the grave
We are the young ones crying out
Full of anger full of doubt
And we're breaking all of the rules
Never choosing to be fools

A versão de Peter Frampton:

A versão de Mad Max Band:

A versão de Marco Barone:

2186 – James Taylor – London town (1981)

 

Escrita por James Taylor, foi gravada entre setembro de 1980 e janeiro de 1981 e lançada em março de 1981, no disco Dad love his work, o décimo da carreira de James. Foi produzida por Peter Asher. James Taylor cantou e tocou violão. Don Grolnick tocou piano acústico e Fender Rhodes. Dan Dugmore tocou guitarra. Waddy Wachtel também tocou guitarra. Leland Sklar tocou baixo. Rick Marotta tocou bateria. Grege Taylor tocou gaita. David Lasley e Arnold McCuller fizeram backing vocals.

A letra:

I do believe, I must believe, I think I can begin again.
Become again the man I was back when.
So I'm walking on your streets again, feeling now as I did then,
I've since become a different man.
London Town, turn be around, London Town, carry me back,
oh, London Town, lost and found, and I feel like going back

I can remember lots of time and space, if I lose the name, still I know the faces.
Time as come and left its traces.
London Town, turn be around, London Town, carry me back,
oh, London Town, lost and found, and I feel like going back.

When I grew too old and dull to rock 'n roll, like to hold on tight to you, darling.
And when my fires have all burned out, I'd like to think I can still think about
the things I used to sing about When I was spending all my time alone.
By myself and on my own, seldom seen and quite unknown.
London Town, turn be around, London Town, carry me back,
oh, London Town, lost and found, and I feel like going back. Yes, I feel like going back.

A versão de James Taylor:

2185 – Emmylou Harris and Waylon Jennings – Spanish Johnny (1981)

 

Escrita por Paul Siebel, foi gravada entre 1978 e 1980, e lançada em 4 de fevereiro de 1981 no disco Evangeline, o oitavo disco de Emmylou Harris. Foi produzida por Brian Ahern. Foi gravada em dueto com Waylon Jennings.

A letra:

Those other years, the dusty years
We drove the big hers through
I tried to forget the miles we rode
And Spanish Johnny too
He'd sit beside a water ditch when all this herd was in
And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin

The old talk, the old ways, and the dealin' of our game
But Spanish Johnny never spoke, but sing a song of Spain
And his talk with men was vicious talk
When he was drunk on gin
Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin

We had to stand, we tried to judge, we had to stop him then
For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men
He died a hard death long ago before the road come in
And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin

Well, we carried him out in the mornin' sun
A man that done no good
And we lowered him down in the cold clay
Stuck in a cross of wood
And a letter we wrote to his kinfolk
To tell them where he'd been
And we shipped it out to Mexico, along with his mandolin

A versão de Emmylou Harris com Waylon Jennings:

2184 – Emmylou Harris – Evangeline (1981)

Escrita por Robbie Robertson, fo gravada entre 1978 e 1980 e foi lançada em 4 de fevereiro de 1981, no disco de mesmo nome, o oitavo disco de Emmylou Harris. Foi produzida por Brian Ahern. Na gravação, Dolly Parton e Linda Ronstadt fizeram harmonias vocais. Brian Ahern tocou violão, guitarra, baixo de seis cordas e pandeiro. Hal Blaine tocou bateria. James Burton tocou guitarra. Emmylou Harris cantou, tocou violãoe fez backing vocals. Albert Lee tocou guitarra.

A letra:

She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Alone in the pale moonlight
Waitin' for a man, a riverboat gambler
Said that he'd return tonight

They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Lovin' the whole night through
He was a riverboat gambler off to make a killin'
And bring it on back to you

Evangeline Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away

Bayou Sam from South Louisian'
Had gamblin' in his veins
Evangeline from the maritime
Was slowly goin' insane

High on the top of a Hickory Hill
She stands in the lightning and thunder
Down on the river the boat was a sinkin'
She watched that Queen go under

Evangeline Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away

Evangeline Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away

A versão de Emmylou Harris:

A versão de Levon Helm com Sheryl Crow:

 

2183 – Christopher Cross – Arthur's theme (Best that you can do) (1981)

 

Escrita por Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager e Peter Allen, foi gravada em 1981 e lançada em 14 de agosto de 1981 no compacto que tinha Minstrel gigolo como Lado B. Saiu também na trilha sonora do filme Arthur. Foi produzida por Michael Omartian. Ganhou o Oscar de Best original song no 54^th Academy Awars e ganhou também um globo de ouro na mesma categoia, no 39^th Golden Globe Awards. Foi um grande sucesso comercial nos Estados Unidos, chegando ao número 1 Billboard Hot100, ficando no topo por 3 semanas consecutivas. Além disso, foi número 1 no Canadá e na Noruega. Número 5 na Itália, número 6 na Suíça e número 7 na Irlanda, África do Sul e Reino Unido. Número 10 na Nova Zelandia, número 13 na Austrália e número 14 na Espanha. Christopher Cross tocou guitarra, cantou e fez backing vocals. Michael Omartian tocou teclado e sintetizadores. Michael Boddicker tocou sintetizador. Steve Lukather tocou guitarra. Marty Walsh tocou guitarra. David Hungate tocou baixo. Jeff Porcaro tocou bateria. Paulinho da Costa tocou percussão e Ernie Watts tocou sax.

A letra:

Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way 'cross town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey! What've I found?"

When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
Is fall in love

Arthur, he does as he pleases
All of his life, his master's toys
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a pretty good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be

When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love

When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love

When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love

When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true

A versão de Christpher Cross:

A versão de HSCC:

A versão de Rumer:

2182 – New Order – Ceremony (1981)

 

Escrita por Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris e Bernard Summer, foi gravada em 1980 e lançada em março de 1981, em um compacto que tinha In a lonely place como Lado B. Foi produzida por Martin Hannett. Foi uma das últimas canções escritas ainda na época do Joy Division. A letra é de Ian Curtis. Bernard Summers, o guitarrista, foi quem fez os vocais que seriam feitos por Ian Curtis. Chegou ao número 34 no Reino Unido e número 7 na Nova Zelandia.

A letra:

This is why events unnerve me
They find it all, a different story
Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time
All she asks the strength to hold me
Then again the same old story
Word will travel, oh so quickly
Travel first and lean towards this time

Oh, I'll break them all, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Watching her, these things she said
The times she cried
Too frail to wake this time

Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching forever

Forever, watching love grow
Forever, letting me know
Forever

A versão do New Order:

A versão Day Wave:

A versão do Radiohead:

2181 – The Teardrop Explodes – Reward (1981)

 

Escrita por Allan Gill e Julian Cope, foi gravada entre o verão de 1979 e o verão de 1980 no Rockfield Studios, no País de Gales e lançada em 23 de janeiro de 1981 no compacto que tinha Strange house in the snow como Lado B. Ela sairia também no disco Kilimanjaro, o disco de estréia da banda. Mas isso foi um caso curioso. O disco foi lançado em 10 de outubro de 1980 sem Reward. Como Reward virou um hit, eles relançaram o disco em 1981 incluindo Reward no disco, tornando a primeira impressão do disco rara. Foi produzida por Clive Langer e Alan Winstanley. Reward foi o maior hit da banda, chegando ao numero 6 no Reino Unido e número 11 na Irlanda. Fala sobre a alegria de fazer sucesso. A frase inicial diz: “Bless my cotton socks, I'm in the news”.

A letra:

Bless my cotton socks, I'm in the news
The king sits on his face, but it's all assumed

All wrapped up the same
All wrapped up the same
They can't have it, you can't have it, I can't have it too
Until I learn to accept my reward

Prisoners stand in queues and stand in queues
Live in solitude like Howard Hughes

All wrapped up the same
All wrapped up the same
Silence has it, arrogance has it, I can't have it too
Until I learn to accept my reward

Suddenly it struck me very clear
Oh, suddenly it struck me very clean

All wrapped up the same (same)
All wrapped up the same (same)
They can't have it, you can't have it, I can't have it too
Until I learn to accept my reward

Until I learn to accept my reward
Until I learn to accept my reward
Until I learn to accept my
I learn to accept my
I learn to accept my reward

A versão do Teardrop Explodes:

2180 – The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in pink (1981)

 

Escrita por John Ashton, Tim Butler, Richard Butler, Vince Ely, Duncan Kilburn e Roger Morris, foi gravada entre 1980 e 1981 e lançada em 15 de maio de 1981 no disco Talk talk talk, o segundo da banda. Sairia também em um compacto com Mack the Knife como Lado B ainda em 1981. Foi produzida por Steve Lillywhite. Foi feito um filme em 1986 com o mesmo nome da música, de muito sucesso entre os jovens de todo o mundo. Chegou ao número 43 no Reino Unido. É sobre duas mulheres que Richard Butler conhecia em Muswell Hill, no norte de Londres. Uma era amiga de uma ex-namorad e a outra frequentava o pub que ele frequentava. Mas nenhuma se chamava Caroline e nenhuma estava na idade de high school. Ele disse que a canção era sobre uma garota que gostava muito de trepar e achava que era popular por causa disso. Quando na verdade os caras que estão trepando com ela estão rindo dela pelas costas.

A letra:

Caroline laughs and it's raining all day
She loves to be one of the girls
She lives in the place in the side of our lives
Where nothing is ever put straight

She turns her self round and she smiles and she says
"This is it, that's the end of the joke"
And loses herself in her dreaming and sleep
And her lovers walk through in their coaches

Pretty in pink, isn't she?
Pretty in pink, isn't she?

All of her lovers, all talk of her notes
And the flowers that they never sent
And wasn't she easy?
Isn't she pretty in pink?

The one who insists he was first in the line
Is the last to remember her name
He's walking around in this dress that she wore
She is gone, but the joke's the same

Pretty in pink, isn't she?
Pretty in pink, isn't she?

Caroline talks to you softly, sometimes
She says, "I love you" and "Too much"
She doesn't have anything you want to steal
Well, nothing you can touch

She waves, she buttons your shirt
The traffic is waiting outside
She hands you this coat
She gives you her clothes
These cars collide

Pretty in pink, isn't she?
Pretty in pink, isn't she?

All their favorite rags are worn
And other kinds of uniform
Kitty, you're really free like individuality
You are what you want to be
Until tomorrow, the driveway's broken
His doorbell sings its chimes
In time with what and for who
God knows why I tried this
Vicious drug and I shake

A versão do Psychedelic Furs:

2179 – Mission of Burma – That's when I reach for my revolver (1981)

 

Escrita por Clint Conley, foi gravada entre janeiro e março de 1981 e lançada em agosto de 1981 no EP de lançamento da banda, chamado Signals, calls and marches. Foi produzida por Richard W. Harte. Clint Conley tocou baixo, cantou e tocou percussão. Martin Swope tocou percussão e loops. Roger Miller tocou guitarra, fez backing vocals, tocou piano, trompet e percussão. Peter Prescott tocou bateria, fez backing vocals, e tocou percussão.

A letra:

Once I had my heroes
Once I had my dreams
But all of that has changed now
They've turned things inside out
The truth is not that comfortable, no

And Mother taught us patience
The virtues of restraint
And Father taught us boundaries
Beyond which we must go
To find the secrets promised us, yeah

That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when it all gets blown away
That's when I reach for my revolver
The spirit fights to find its way

A friend of mine once told me
His one and only aim
To build a giant castle
And live inside his name
Cry and whispers sing in muted pain
Yeah

That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when it all gets blown away
That's when I reach for my revolver
The spirit fights to find its way

Tonight the sky is empty
But that is nothing new
Its dead eyes look upon us
And they tell me we're nothing but slaves

That's when I reach for my revolver (just slaves)
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver

A versão do Mission of Burma:

A versão de Moby:

A versão de Graham Coxon:

2178 – The Allman Brothers Band – Straight from the heart (1981)

 

Escrita por Dickey Betts e Johnny Cobb, foi gravada em março de 1981 e lançada em julho de 1981, no compacto que tinha Leavin' como Lado B. Sairia também no disco Brothers on the road, o oitavo disco da banda. Foi produzida por John Ryan. Foi o primeiro top40 deles desde o auge e o último. Chegou ao número 39 no Billboard Hot100.

A letra:

You've heard every line before
My life's a revolving door
With no way out and no way in
You know just what's on my mind
Could you take a chance one more time
Maybe we could start all over again
Straight from the heart
Baby my love

Your eyes can't tell a lie
I can see what you're feeling inside
Don't give up before we start
'Cause this time love is
Straight from the heart

I know what they're telling you
I wish I could say that it's not true
Love is so hard to find
But I never took the time
I never let you in
Please let me try again
Straight from the heart

Your eyes can't tell a lie
I can see what you're feeling inside
Don't give up before we start
'Cause this time love is
Straight from the heart

I thought I knew about love
But I didn't know at all
Didn't take the time to see
Until I started to fall
Straight from the heart

A versão do Allman Brothers Band:

2177 – The Jam – Funeral pyre (1981)

Escrita por Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton e Paul Weller, foi gravada em 1981 e lançada como compacto em 29 de maio de 1981, com Disguises como Lado B. Foi produzida pela banda e Peter Wilson. Disguises é um cover da banda Who. Chegou ao número 4 no Reino Unido. A canção não aparece em nenhum disco original da banda.

A letra:

Down in amongst the streets tonight
Books will burn, people laugh and cry in their turmoil
(Turmoil turns rejoiceful)
Shed your fears and lose your guilt
Tonight we burn responsibility in the fire
We'll watch the flames grow higher
But if you get too burnt, you can't come back home

And as I was standing by the edge
I could see the faces of those who led
Pissing theirselves laughing (and the flames grew)
Their mad eyes bulged, their flushed faces said
The weak get crushed as the strong grow stronger

We feast on flesh and drink on blood
Live by fear and despise love in a crisis
(What with today's high prices)
Bring some paper and bring some wood
Bring what's left of all your love for the fire
We'll watch the flames grow higher
But if you get too burnt, you can't come back home

And as I was standing by the edge
I could see the faces of those who led
Pissing theirselves laughing (and the flames grew)
Their mad eyes bulged, their flushed faces said
The weak get crushed as the strong grow stronger

In the funeral pyre
We'll watch the flames grow higher
But if you get too burnt, you can't come back home
In the funeral pyre
We'll watch the flames grow higher
But if you get too burnt, you can't come back home
In the funeral pyre
(Well I feel so old, when I feel so young
Well, I just can't grow up to meet the demands)
We'll watch the flames grow higher
But if you get too burnt, you can't come back home
(Well I feel so old, when I feel so young
Well, I just can't grow up to meet the demands)
(Well I feel so old, when I feel so young
Well, I just can't grow up to meet the demands)

A versão do Jam:

2176 – ZZ Top – Leila (1981)

 

Escrita por Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill e Frank Beard, foi gravada em 1981 e lançada no disco El loco, o décimo primeiro da banda, em 15 de julho de 1981. Saiu também no compacto que tinha Don't tease me como Lado B, na mesma data. Foi produzida por Bill Ham. Chegou ao número 77 no Billboard Hot100. Billy Gibbons tocou guitarra, steel guitar e cantou. Dusty Hill tocou baixo. Frank Beard tocou bateria. Mark Erlewine tocou pedal steel.

A letra:

She had a look in her eye
That could make you melt
Made me feel better than I ever felt
But bless her heart, she couldn't stay
I begged her not to go away

She left my ex best friend out in old Tucson
Told me she was leaving
And would be rolling on
Now the days just pass on by
Losing her is the reason why

Leila, Leila, your mind will be flying high
And everything will be alright

You know I love you girl more than I can say
I still think about you each and every day
My lonesome old heart still feels the same
So Leila won't you steal away

Leila, Leila, your mind will be flying high
And everything will be alright

Leila, Leila, your mind will be flying high
And everything will be alright

A versão do ZZ Top:

2175 – Ramones – The KKK took my baby away (1981)

Escrita por Joey Ramone, foi gravada entre março e abril de 1981, em New York City e na Inglaterra, foi lançada em 20 de julho de 1981 no disco Pleasant dreams, o sexto disco da banda. Sairia também em compacto, com We want the airwaves como Lado A. Foi produzida por Graham Gouldman. O protagonista da canção canta que sua namorada foi raptada pela Ku Klux Klan quando estava indo pra Los Angeles pro feriado e pede que o ouvinte ligue pras autoridades pra saber onde ela está e se está viva. Na verdade ainda era resquício de Joey puto com Johnny por ter roubado sua namorada Linda e por Johnny ser racista porque Joey era judeu. Depois que isso aconteceu, Joey e Johnny nunca mais se falaram. Johnny Ramone no entanto, disse que essa era sua música favorita desse disco.

A letra:

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

Hey, ho, hey, ho,

I don't know
Where my baby can be
They took her from me
They took her from me

I don't know
Where my baby can be
They took her from me
They took her from me

Ring me, ring me, ring me
At the president
And find out
Where my baby went
Ring me, ring me, ring me
At the fbi
And find out if
My baby's alive

Yeah, yeah, yeah
O-o-o-o-o-o
Yeah, yeah, yeah
O-o-o-o-o-o

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

The kkk took my baby away
They took my girl
They took my baby away

A versão dos Ramones:

A versão do National:

A versão de Sophie Joanne:

2174 – The Undertones – It's going to happen (1981)

Escrita por Damian O'Neill e Michael Bradley, foi gravada em janeiro de 1981 no Wisseloord Studios, na Holanda, e lançada em 21 de abril de 1981, no compacto que tinha Fairly in the money now como Lado B. Saiu também no disco Positive touch, o terceiro da banda, em 5 de maio de 1981. Foi produzida por Roger Bechirian. Até então a maioria das músicas da banda tinha sido sobre angústia adolescente e romance, essa foi a primeira canção que rompeu isso. Aqui eles falam das greves de fome que aconteceram na Irlanda do Norte nesse período. Também tem a inclusão de “brass instruments” na gravação como novidade. Chegou ao número 18 no Reino Unido e número 10 na Irlanda.

A letra:

Happens all the time
Its going to happen - happen - till your change your mind
Its going to happen - happen - happens all the time
Its going to happen - happen - till your change your mind

Best story I ever heard
The truth about fat Mr X and the young girl
See how far he'll let you go
Before he persuades you when you're walking home

Happens all the time ...

Watching your friends passing by
Going to sleep without blinking a blue eye
Too slow to notice what's wrong
Two faced to you when you're taking them on

Happens all the time ...

Everything goes when you're dead
Everything empties from what was in your head
No point in waiting today
Stupid revenge is what's making you stay

Its going to happen - happen - till your change your mind

A versão dos Undertones: