1006 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Ohio (1970)

Escrita por Neil Young, Foi gravada em 21 de maio de 1970 e lançada em junho de 1970 em um compacto que tinha Find the cost of freedom como Lado B.

Trata-se de uma resposta ao tiroteio na Kent State, Ohio, em 4 de maio de 1970, onde 4 estudantes foram mortos. Chegou ao número 14 nos charts pop americanos e número 16 no Canadá,

É o número 395 das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Ganhou um Grammy em 2009.

David Crosby cantou e tocou guitarra ritmica. Stephen Stills cantou e tocou guitarra. Graham Nash cantou e tocou orgao. Neil Young cantou e tocou guitarra. Calvin Samuels tocou baixo e John Barata tocou bateria.

A letra:

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio

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1005 – The Guess Who – Share the land (1970)

Escrita por Burton Cummings, foi gravada em 1970 em Chicago, Illinois e lançada em setembro de 1970 no compacto que tinha Bus rider como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 2 no Canadá e número 10 nos charts pop americanos. Chegou também ao número 63 na Australia.

Burton Cummings cantou e tocou teclados, Kurt Winter tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals, Greg Leskiw tocou guitarra ritmica e fez backing vocals, Jim Kale tocou baixo e Garry Peterson tocou bateria.

A letra:

Have you been around
Have you done your share of comin' down
On different things that people do
Have you been aware
You got brothers and sisters who care
About what's gonna happen to you in a year from now

Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now

Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now

Did you pay your dues
Did you read the news
This mornin' when the paper landed in your yard
Do you know their names
Can you play their games
Without losin' track and comin' down a bit too hard
Oh

Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now

Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now

Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now

Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
Together, together

you know I'll be standin' by
(Share the land) to help you if you're worried
(Shake your hand) no more sadness, no more sorrow
(Share the land) and no more bad times
(Shake your hand) every day comin' sunshine
(Share the land) every day everybody laughin'
(Shake your hand) walkin' together by the river
(Share the land) walkin' together and laughin'
(Shake your hand) everybody singin' together
(Share the land) everybody singin' and laughin'
(Shake your hand) good times, good times
(Share the land) everybody walkin' by the river now
(Shake your hand) walkin', singin', talkin'
(Share the land) smilin', laughin', diggin' each other

everybody happy together
(Share the land) I'll be there, don't worry, if you're needin' me
(Shake your hand) call on me, call on me
(Share the land) call my name, I'll be runnin' to help you
(Shake your hand) everybody walkin' by the river now
(Share the land) everybody, everybody laughin'
(Shake your hand) everybody singin' and talkin'

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1004 – Neil Young – After the gold rush (1970)

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 12 de março de 1970 e lançada em 31 de agosto de 1970 no disco de mesmo nome.

Composta de três versos, sendo o primeiro uma celebraçao medieval, o segundo deitado num basement fudido e por fim, fala dos escolhidos voando numa nave espacial, tema bem recorrente nos anos 70. Além da voz de Neil, tivemos um piano e uma corneta francesa na gravação.

Foi regravada por Patti Smith, Dolly Parton com Linda Ronstadt e Emmylou Harris, K.D. Land, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming,
And the archer split the tree.

There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
That was floating on the breeze.

Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky.

There was a band playing in my head,
And I felt like getting high.

I was thinking about what a friend had said.
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a friend had said.
I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun.
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones.

All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.

Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home.

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1003 – Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water (1970)

Escrita por Paul Simon, foi gravada em 9 de novembro de 1969 e lançada em 20 de janeiro de 1970 em um compacto que tinha Keep the customer satisfied como Lado B. Foi a última cançõ gravada pro quinto disco da dupla, que também foi o último.

Larry Knetchtel tocou o piano, Joe Osborn tocou baixo e Hal Blaine tocou bateria. Ganhou 5 Grammies em 1971. Foi o maior hit da dupla. Chegou ao número 1 nos charts pop americanos, número também no Reino Unido, Canadá, França e Nova Zelandia. Foi tambem top 5 em oito paises e vendeu mais de 6 milhões de cópias no mundo inteiro.

Teve mais de 50 regravações e é a canção de número 48 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos.

Foi regravada por Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, The Jackson 5, The Supremes, Roberta Flack, Andrea Bocelli, entre outros tantos artistas.

A letra:

When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all (all)
I'm on your side, oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you (ooo)
I'll take your part, oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
Oh, if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

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1002 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have you ever seen the rain? (1970)

Escrita por John Fogerty, foi gravada em 1970 e lançada no disco da banda do mesmo ano chamado Pendulum. Chegou ao número 1 no Canadá, número 8 nos charts pop americanos e número 36 no Reino Unido.

A música fala da crescente tensão entre os membros da banda e a eminente saída do seu irmão, Tom Fogerty.

Foi regravada pelos Spin Doctors, Bonnie Tyler, Joan Jett, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, R.E.M., Rod Stewart, Ramones, The Ventures, Inner Circle, entre outros.

A letra:

Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm
I know it's been comin' for some time
When it's over so they say
It'll rain a sunny day
I know shinin' down like water

I want to know
Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know
Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?

Yesterday and days before
Sun is cold and rain is hard
I know been that way for all my time
'Til forever, on it goes
Through the circle, fast and slow,
I know it can't stop, I wonder

I want to know
Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know
Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?

Yeah

I want to know
Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know
Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?

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1001 – The Beatles – Let it be (1970)

Escrita por Paul McCartney mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartmey, foi gravada em 31 de janeiro de 1969 e lançada em 6 de março de 1970.

Paul disse que a idéia sobre Let it be surgiu depois de sonhar com a mãe, durante um período tenso de gravações com os Beatles. O nome da mãe dele era Mary e morreu de cancer quando Paul tinha 14 anos.

É a canção número 20 das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Paul cantou, fez backing vocals, tocou piano, maracas, piano elétrico e baixo. John fez backing vocals. George Harrison tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals. Ringo tocou bateria. Linda McCartney fez backing vocals e Billy Preston tocou orgao Hammond.

Chegou ao número 1 nos Estados Unidos e número 2 no Reino Unido. Com Let it be, os Beatles completaram 7 anos consecutivos chegando ao número 1 nos Estados Unidos, um record só comparado naquela época com Elvis Presley. Como compositores, Lennon e McCartney chegaram ao numero 1 por 7 anos consecutivos, um record de todos os tempos.

Foi regravada por Aretha Franklin, Ike and Tina Turner, Joan Baez, John Denver, Nick Cave, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

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