1119 – John Lennon – How do you sleep? (1971)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em maio e julho de 1971 e lançada em 9 de setembro de 1971 no disco Imagine. Trata-se de uma canção raivosa direcionada à Paul McCartney. John escreveu essa música em resposta à piadinhas que Paul soltou pra ele no disco Ram. A canção inclui um slide guitar tocado por George Harrison.

John escreveu essa canção também quando Paul ganhou na justiça pra dissolver os Beatles como uma entidade legal.

A canção cita o rumor que existia sobre a morte de Paul. Fala que o Sgt. Pepper pegou Paul de surpresa. Fala que a única coisa que Paul fez Yesterdar e que desde que ele deixou of Beatles ele só fez Another day.

John Lennon cantou e tocou guitarra. George Harrison toou slide guitar. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano eletrio Wurlitzer. John Tout tocou piano. Ted Turner, Rod Linton e Andy Davis tocaram violão. Klaus Voorman tocou baixo. Alan White tocou bateria e The Flux Fiddlers tocaram as cordas.

A letra:

So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head

How do you sleep?
How do you sleep at night?

You live with straights who tell you, you was king
Jump when your momma tell you anything
The only thing you done was yesterday
And since you've gone you're just another day

How do you sleep?
How do you sleep at night?

How do you sleep?
How do you sleep at night?

A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learned something in all those years

How do you sleep?
How do you sleep at night?

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão dos Faries:

A versão de Danny McEvoy:

1118 – Leonard Cohen – Avalanche (1971)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi lançada no seu terceiro disco, Songs of Love and Hate, em 1971.

A letra é baseada em um poema que Cohen havia escrito anteriormente. O estilo do violão é clássico de muitas músicas do compositor.

A letra:

Well I stepped into an avalanche
It covered up my soul
When I am not this hunchback that you see
I sleep beneath the golden hill
You who wish to conquer pain
You must learn, learn to serve me well

You strike my side by accident
As you go down for your gold
The cripple here that you clothe and feed
Is neither starved nor cold
He does not ask for your company
Not at the centre, the centre of the world

When I am on a pedestal
You did not raise me there
Your laws do not compel me
To kneel grotesque and bare
I myself am the pedestal
For this ugly hump at which you stare

You who wish to conquer pain
You must learn what makes me kind
The crumbs of love that you offer me
They're the crumbs I've left behind
Your pain is no credential here
It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound

I have begun to long for you
I who have no greed
I have begun to ask for you
I who have no need
You say you've gone away from me
But I can feel you when you breathe

Do not dress in those rags for me
I know you are not poor
And don't love me quite so fiercely now
When you know that you are not sure
It is your turn, beloved
It is your flesh that I wear

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Nick Cave:

A versão de Janileigh Cohen:

1117 – Janis Joplin – Cry baby (1971)

Escrita por Bert Berns e Jerry Ragovoy, foi gravada inicialmente por Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters em 1963, mas a nossa versão é a de Janis Joplin de 1971, lançada no disco Pearl.

Foi regravada por Joss Stone, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Honey, welcome back home.

I know she told you,
Honey I know she told you that she loved you
Much more than I did,
But all I know is that she left you,
And you swear that you just don't know why,
But you know, honey I'll always,
I'll always be around if you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Oh honey, welcome back home.

Don't you know, honey,
Ain't nobody ever gonna love you
The way I try to do?
Who'll take all your pain,
Honey, your heartache, too?
And if you need me, you know
That I'll always be around if you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Oh daddy, like you always seem to do.

And when you walk around the world, babe,
You said you'd try to look for the end of the road,
You might find out later that the road'll end in Detroit,
Honey, the road'll even end in Kathmandu.
You can go all around the world
Trying to find something to do with your life, baby,
When you only gotta do one thing well,
You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world, babe.
You got a woman waiting for you there,
All you ever gotta do is be a good man one time to one woman
And that'll be the end of the road, babe,
I know you got more tears to share, babe,
So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
And cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby.

And if you ever feel a little lonely, dear,
I want you to come on, come on to your mama now,
And if you ever want a little love of a woman
Come on and baby baby baby babe babe baby now
Cry baby yeah.

A versão de Janis Joplin:

A versão de Joss Stone e Melissa Etheridge:

A versão de Natalia Sikora:

1116 – Van Morrison – Moonshine Whiskey (1971)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada na primavera de 1971 e lançada em outubro de 1971 no disco Tupelo honey. Morrison disse que escreveu essa música pra Janis Joplin.

Van Morrison tocou violão e cantou. Ronnie Montrose tocou guitarra e bandolim. Bill Church tocou baixo. Luis Gasca tocou trompete. Mark Jordan tocou piano. Gary Mallaber tocou percussão. John McFee tocou pedal steel guitar. Rick Sclosser tocou bateria. Elle Schroer fez backing vocals e Jack Schroer tocou sa alto.

A letra:

Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above
Oh, she give me Southern Comfort
Oh, she give me moonshine love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above

Here I am riding on a train
Just about thunderballs down the line
Just can't wait any longer
See that little darling of mine
See that little darling of mine

She's my Texas sweetheart
Part from Arkansas
They were dancing
Across the floor
And a band was playing
People were swayin', to and fro
Streamline promenade baby
Streamline promenade

And I said, wait a minute
Wait a minute, wait a minute
I'm gonna take a plane
Come with me to tonight

Gonna put on my hot pants
And promenade, promenade down funky Broadway
'Til the cows come home
La la la da
La la la da
Oh streamline promenade
Promenade streamline
Streamline promenade
Promenade, promenade, promenade streamline
Think I'm gonna promenade all night

Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above
Oh, she give me Southern Comfort
Oh, she give me moonshine love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above

Listen, here we are
Thinking about time
When I resist here and now
And I just want to lay my feet
On a river bed instead
Can't wait any longer
For the sign
I want to get down some solid time, in the water
Watch the fish in the water
Bubbles, watch the bubbles come up in the water
Promenade streamline in the water
Streamline promenade, get funky
Promenade streamline, funky as you want to be

La da da
La da da
Streamline promenade, oh baby
Well, I feel alright tonight
Streamline promenade

Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love

She give me southern love
Southern love
Southern love
Child, feel southern love
Fell southern love
Southern love
Child, feel southern love (southern love)
Southern love, southern love
Child, feel southern love (southern love)
Oh baby
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
Oh baby
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
(Southern love)
Oh she gave me moonshine whiskey

A versão de Van Morrison:

1115 – The Rolling Stones – I got the blues (1971)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada de março a maio de 1970 e lançada no disco Sticky Fingers em 23 de abril de 1971.

Mick Jagger canta, Keith Richards faz backing vocals e toca guitarra. Mick Taylor toca a outra guitarra. Bill Wyman toca baio, Charlie Watts na bateria e Billy Preston no orgao Hammond. Bobby Keys tocou sax e Jim Price tocou trompete.

A letra:

As I stand by your flame
I get burned once again
Feelin' low down, I'm blue

As I sit by the fire
Of your warm desire
I've got the blues for you, yeah

Every night you've been away
I've sat down and I have prayed
That you're safe in the arms of a guy
Who will bring you alive
Won't drag you down with abuse

In the silk sheet of time
I will find peace of mind
Love is a bed full of blues

And I've got the blues for you
And I've got the blues for you
And I'll bust my brains out for you
And I'll tear my hair out
I'm gonna tear my hair out just for you
If you don't believe what I'm singing
At three o'clock in the morning, babe, well
I'm singing my song for you

A versão dos Stones:

A versão dos Cock'roaches:

A versão do Kansas City School of Rock:

1114 – Paul McCartney – Too many people (1971)

Escrita por Paul McCartney, foi gravada em 10 de novembro de 1970 e lançada no disco Ram em 17 de maio de 1971. Tem frases direcionadas à John Lennon e Yoko, como “Too many people preaching practices” e “You took your lucky break and broke it in two”.

Então John não gostou e escreveu How do you sleep? E depois Paul escreveu Dear friend como uma trégua.

Paul cantou, tocou violão, guitarra e baixo. Linda fez backing vocals. Hugh McCracken tocou violão e guitarra. Denny Seiwell tocou bateria e percussão.

A letra:

Too many people going underground
Too many reaching for a piece of cake
Too many people pulled and pushed around
Too many waiting for that lucky break

That was your first mistake
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two

Too many people sharing party lines
Too many people never sleeping late
Too many people paying parking fines
Too many hungry people losing weight

That was your first mistake
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two

Too many people preaching practices
Don't let them tell you what you wanna be
Too many people holding back
This is crazy and baby, it's not like me

That was your last mistake
I find my love awake and waiting to be
Now what can be done for you?
She's waiting for me

A versão de Paul McCartney:

A versão de Danny McEvoy:

1113 – John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is over) (1971)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em outubro de 1971 e lançada em 1 de dezembro de 1971 em um compacto que tinha Listen the snow is Falling como Lado B. O coro da Harlem Community com crianças participou da gravação.

Foi regravada por Sarah McLachlan, Andy Williams, Neil Diamond, Simone, Diana Ross, Jimmy Buffett, Carly Simon, Darlene Love, Sarah Brightman, Jessica Simpson, Vanessa Carlton, Laura Pausini, Melissa Etheridge, Maroon 5, Sheryl Crown, Peter Frampton, Miley Cyrus e Sean Ono Lennon, entre outros inúmeros artistas.

John cantou e tocou violão. Yoko fez vocais. The Harlem Community Choir fizeram os backing vocals. May Pang fez backing vocals. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano, chimes e glockenspiel. Teddy Irwin tocou guitarra. Jim Keltner tocou bateria e sino e Hugh McCracken, Chris Osbourne e Stuart Scharf tocaram guitarra.

A letra:

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red one
Let's stop all the fight

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now

la, la, ah, ah
Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas (happy Christmas)
Happy Christmas (happy Christmas)

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão de Maroon 5:

A versão de Sheryl Crow:

1112 – Leonard Cohen – Joan of Arc (1971)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em setembro de 1970 nos estúdios da Columbia em Nashville e lançada em março de 1971 no disco Songs of love and hate.

A canção é construída basicamente de um diálogo entre Joana D'Arc e o fogo que a consumiu quando ela foi queimada na estaca, depois de ter sido acusada de heresia em 1431. Na canção, ela diz que está cansada da guerra e diz que ela prefereria estar usando uma vestido de casamento branco (uma das coisas que diziam sobre ela, é que ela se vestia como um homem).

Foi regravada por Judy Collins e Jennifer Warnes, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc
As she came riding through the dark
No moon to keep her Armour bright
Then no man to get her through this darkest very smoky night

She said, "I'm tired of the war
I want the kind of work I had before
With a wedding dress or something white
To wear upon my swollen appetite"

Well, I'm glad to to hear you talk this way
You see I've watched you riding all most every single day
And theres something in me yearns to win
Such a very cold and such a very lonesome heroine

? Well then, who are you?" she sternly spoke
To the one beneath the smoke
"Why, I'm, I'm fire, " he replied
"And I love your solitude, how I love your sense of pride"

"Well then fire, make your body cold
I'm gonna give you mine to hold"
Saying this she climbed inside
To be his one, to be his only bride

It was deep into his fiery heart
He took the dust of a Joan of Arc
And high above all these assembled wedding guests
He hung the ashes of her very lovely wedding dress

It was deep deep into his fiery heart
That he took the dust of all precious Joan of Arc
Then she clearly clearly understood
If if he was fire, oh she must be wood

I saw her wince, I saw her cry
I saw the glory in her eye
Myself I long, I long for love and light
But must it come so cruel, and must it must it be so very bright?

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Judy Collins:

A versão de Jennifer Warnes:

1111 – Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee (1971)

Escrita por Kris Kristofferson e Fred Foster, foi gravada inicialmente por Roger Miller. A nossa versão no entanto é a de Janis Joplin, lançada depois que ela morreu no disco Pearl e em um compacto que chegou ao número 1 dos charts pop americanos em 1971, se tornando a segunda canção póstuma da história a chegar ao número 1. A primeira foi Sitting on The dock of the bay, de Otis Redding.

Foi regravada por Jerry Lee Lewis, Waylon Jennings, Grateful Dead, Kris Kristofferson, Kenny Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Dolly Parton, Olivia Newton John, Johnny Cash, Bill Haley and His Comets, Chet Atkins, Joan Baez, Blind Melon, Melissa Etheridge, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Pink, Arlo Guthrie, Bobby Gentry, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Buck Owens e Hank Snow, entre outros artistas.

A canção fala de dois desconhecidos, o narrador e Boby McGee. Eles pegam carona com um motorista de caminhão e canta ao dirigir pelo sul dos Estados Unidos. Visitam a California e se separam, com o narrador expressando tristeza por isso. A canção chegou ao número 148 da lista das 500 canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

A letra:

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
It rode us all the way to New Orleans

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
We sang every song that driver knew

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no no
And, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
You know, feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun
There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away
He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it
But, I'd trade all of my tomorrows, for a single yesterday
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', that's all that Bobby left me, yeah
But, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
Hey, feelin' good was good enough for me, mm-hmm
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

La da da
La da da da
La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da
Bobby McGee, yeah

La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
Bobby McGee, yeah

La da La la da da la da da la da da
La da da da da da da da da
Hey, my Bobby
Oh, my Bobby McGee, yeah

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Hey, my Bobby
Oh, my Bobby McGee, yeah

Well, I call him my lover, call him my man
I said, I call him my lover did the best I can, c'mon
Hey now, Bobby now
Hey now, Bobby McGee, yeah

Woo
La da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la la
Hey, hey, hey Bobby McGee, yeah
La da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, yeah

A versão de Janis Joplin:

A versão de Kris Kristofferson:

A versão de Willie Nelson:

1110 – Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey (1971)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi lançada no disco Tupelo Honey, em 15 de outubro de 1971. Foi lançada como compacto em 1972 e chegou ao número 47 dos charts pop americanos. O título deriva de um mel caro, produzido no sudeste dos Estados Unidos.

Van Morrison cantou e tocou guitarra. Ronnie Montrose tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. John McFee tocou pedal steel guitar. Bill Chruch tocou baixo. Rolf Houston tocou flauta e fez backing vocals. Mark Jordan tocou piano e piano elétrico. Connie Kay tocou bateria. Gary Mallaber tocou vibraphone. Bruce Royston tocou flauta. Jack Schroer tocou sax alto e Ted Templeman tocou orgao.

Foi regravada por Richie Havens, Dusty Springfield, Billy Bragg, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around all the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

You know she's alright, oh she's alright with me
You know, you know, you know she's alright, she alright with me
You know, you know, you know you know
You know she's alright, alright with me
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright with me
She's alright
She's alright with me
She's alright
She's alright with me

She's al, she's alright, she's alright
She's alright with me
She's alright, she's alright, she's alright, she's alright

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around all these seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because, she's as sweet as Tupelo honey, yes she is
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like the honey, from the bee
She's alright, she's alright with me
She's my baby, you know she's alright
She's my baby, she's my baby, she's alright
She's my baby

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Dusty Springfield:

A versão de Brett Fromson:

1109 – The Rolling Stones – Dead flowers (1971)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em abril de 1970 e lançada em 23 de abril de 1971 no disco Sticky fingers.

Foi regravada por Townes Van Zandt e Jerry Lee Lewis, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talkin' to some rich folk that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
Well, you know I could never be alone

Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away

Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the U.S. Mail
Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave

A versão dos Rolling Stones:

A versão de Townes Van Zandt:

A versão de Kesha com amigos:

1108 – Paul McCartney – Heart of the country (1971)

Escrita por Paul McCartney e Linda McCartney, foi gravada em 16 de novembro de 1970 e lançada em 17 de maio de 1971 no disco Ram.

A canção tem um simples violão acustico com um pesado baixo por trás. Fala de um homem procurando por uma fazenda no meio do nada. Na verdade seria Paul procurando um lugar no interior da Escócia pra fugir das dores de cabeças associadas ao fim dos Beatles.

Paul cantou, tocou baixo e violão. Linda fez backing vocals. Hugh McCraken tocou violão. Denny Seiwell tocou bateria.

A letra:

I look high, I look low
I'm lookin' everywhere I go
Lookin' for a home
In the heart of the country

I'm gonna move, I'm gonna go
I'm gonna tell everyone I know
Lookin' for a home
In the heart of the country

Heart of the country
Where the holy people grow
Heart of the country
Smell the grass in the meadow
Whoa, whoa, whoa

Want a horse, I want a sheep
I wanna get me a good night's sleep
Living in a home
In the heart of the country

I'm gonna move, I'm gonna go
I'm gonna tell everyone I know
Livin' in a home
In the heart of the country

Heart of the country
Where the holy people grow
Heart of the country
Smell the grass in the meadow
Whoa, whoa, whoa

Want a horse, I got a sheep
I'm gonna get me a good night's sleep
Livin' in a home
In the heart of the country

I'm gonna move, I'm gonna go
I'm gonna tell everyone I know
In the heart of the country

Heart of the country
Where the holy people grow
Heart of the country
Smell the grass in the meadow
Whoa, whoa, whoa

A versão de Paul McCartney:

A versão de The Other Favorites:

A versão de Douglas Mitchell:

1107 – John Lennon – Jealous guy (1971)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada entre maio e julho de 1971 e lançada em 9 de setembro de 1971 no disco Imagine. John começou a escrever a canção ainda em 1968 e era chamada Child of nature. Foi regravada 92 vezes.

John cantou, tocou violão e assobiou. Nick Hopkins tocou piano. John Barham toou harmonium. Alan White tocou vibraphone. Klaus Voorman tocou baixo. Jim Keltner tocou bateria. Mike Pinder tocou pandeiro. Joey Molland e Tom Evans tocaram violão. The Flux Fiddlers tocaram as cordas.

A letra:

I was dreamin' of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside

Oh, I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I was trying to catch your eyes
Thought that you was trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain
I was swallowing my pain

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy, watch out
I'm just a jealous guy, look out, babe
I'm just a jealous guy

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão de Bryan Ferry:

A versão de Casey James:

1106 – Leonard Cohen – Famous blue raincoat (1971)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi lançada em 1971 no disco Songs of love and hate, o terceiro de sua carreira. É Escrita em forma de carta e conta a história de um triangulo amoroso entre o narrador, uma mulher chamada Jane e um homem que não tem seu nome revelado.

Fala da Clinton Street em New York City, onde Cohen viveu.

Ron Cornelius tocou violão.

Foi regravada por Tori Amos e Joan Baez, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train, and
You came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well, I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely, L Cohen

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1105 – Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz (1971)

Escrita por Janis Joplin, Michael McClure e Bob Neuwirth, foi gravada em 1 de outubro de 1970 e lançada em janeiro 11 de 1971 no disco Pearl. Foi gravada a cappella. A cantora pede a Deus que prove seu amor por ela se ele der um Mercedes-Benz pra ela, uma tv a cores e uma noite na cidade.

Foi escrita no Vahsen's, um bar em Port Chester, New York, em 8 de agosto de 1970 durante um jam de poesia entre Janis e Bob Neuwirth. Janis morreu três dias depois de gravar essa canção. Ela morreu em 4 de outubro de 1970. Nunca viu o lançamento do disco.

Foi regravada por Elton John, The Supremes, Edson Cordeiro e Pink, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.
So oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz

Oh lord won't you buy me a color TV.
Dialing for dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until 3.
So oh lord won't you buy me a color TV.

Oh lord won't you buy me a night on the town.
I'm counting on you lord, please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round.
Oh lord won't you buy me a night on the town.

Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.
So oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz

A versão de Janis Joplin:

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1104 – Van Morrison – Wild night (1971)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada na primavera de 1971, no Wally Heider Studio, em San Francisco, California e lançada em 15 de outubro de 1971 no disco Tupelo Honey e tambem como compacto que tinha como Lado B a música When that evening sun goes down.

Chegou ao número 28 nos charts pop americanos. É o número 747 no disco de Dave Marsh de 1989, chamado The heart of rock and soul, the 1001 greatest singles ever.

Van Morrison tocou guitarra e cantou. Ronnie Montrose tocou guitarra. Bill Church tocou baixo. Luis gasca tocou trompete. Gary Mallaber tocou percussão. John McFee tocou pedal steel guitar. Rick Shlosser tocou bateria. Jack Schroer toou sax alto e sax baritono.

Chegou ao número 28 nos charts pop americanos, número 20 no Canadá, número 24 na Holanda e número 41 na Bélgica.

Foi regravada por John Mellencamp com Meshell Ndegeocello, Richie Havens, Johnny Rivers, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

As you brush your shoes, stand before the mirror
And you comb your hair, grab your coat and hat
And you walk the streets trying to remember
All the wild nights breezes in your memory ever

And every thing looks so complete
When you're walking out on the streets
And the wind, it catches your feet
Sets you flying, crying

Ooh wee, a wild night, is calling, alright
Ooh wee, wild night, is calling

All the girls walk by, dressed up for each other
And the boys, do the boogie woogie
On the corner of the street
And the people passing by, stare in wild wonder
And inside the jukebox roars just like thunder

And every thing looks so complete
When you're walking out on the streets
And the wind, it catches your feet
Sets you flying, crying

Ooh ooh ooh wee, wild night, is calling, alright
Ooh ooh ooh wee, wild night, is calling, alright

Wild night, is calling
The wild night is calling
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out and make romance
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out make romance

Wild night, is calling
The wild night is calling
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out and make romance
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out make romance

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1103 – The Rolling Stones – Wild horses (1971)

Escrita por Keith Richards e Mick Jagger, foi gravada em dezembro de 1969 e fevereiro de 1970 e lançada em 23 de abril de 1971, no disco Sticky Fingers e depois como compacto que tinha Sway como Lado B. É a canção número 334 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

Jim Dickinson toca piano, Keith Richards toca guitarra e violão de 12 cordas e faz backing vocals, Mick Taylor toca violão. Mick Jagger canta e toca percussão. Bill Wyman toca baio e Charlie Watts toca bateria.

Chegou ao número 28 nos charts pop americanos e número 11 no Canadá. Jerry Hall, e-esposa de Mick Jagger, disse que Wild horses era sua canção favorita dos Stones.

Foi regravada por Leon Russell, Susan Boyle, Dave Matthews e Willie Nelson, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you've decided to show me the same
No sweeping exit or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

I know I've dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken tears must be cried
Let's do some living after we die

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses we'll ride them some day

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses we'll ride them some day

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