1425 – John Lennon – Old dirt road (1974)

 

Escrita por John Lennon e Harry Nilsson, foi gravada em julho e agosto de 1974 e lançada no disco Walls and Bridges, em 26 de setembro de 1974. Nilsson mais tarde faria sua própria gravação, lançada em 1980. Eles compuseram no tempo em que Lennon estava sendo o produtor de um disco de Nilsson, chamado Pussy Cat. Eles usam uma estrada como metáfora pra um ponto de estabilidade em um mundo instável e uma vida sujeita a variáveis. Eles dizem que a vida é como “trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind”. Apesar da estrada ser aparentemente estável, ainda tem o risco de uma enchente por cima dela. É uma balada, com alguma influencia country. A guitarra tocada por Jesse Ed Davis dá a atmosfera country. Parece com o som feito no disco Imagine, com pianos duplos, um tocado por John e outro por Nicky Hopkins. John cantou e tocou piano. Harry Nilsson fez backing vocals. Nikcy Hopkins tocou piano. Jesse Ed Davis tocou guitarra. Ken Asher tocou piano elétrico. Klaus Voorman tocou baixo. Arthur Jenkins tocou percussão. Jim Keltner tocou bateria.

A letra:

Ain't no people on the old dirt road
No more weather on the old dirt road
It's better than a mudslide, mama, when the dry spell come, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, old dirt road

Ain't no difference on the old dirt road
Tarred and feathered on the old dirt road
Trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind, yeah, yeah, yeah

Breezing through the deadwood on a hot summer day
I saw a human being lazybonin' out in the hay
I said, "Uh, hey Mr. Human, can ya rainmaker too?"
He said, "I guess it's okay, ya know, the only thing we need is water
Cool, clear water, water, water, water

Ain't no people on the old dirt road
No more weather on the old dirt road
Better than a mudslide, mama, when the morning comes, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, old dirt road

Keep on keeping on, Keep on keeping on
Keep on keeping on, Keep on keeping on
Keep on keeping on, Keep on keeping on
So long, so long, Bye, bye
Bye, bye, Keep on keeping on
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão de Harry Nilsson:

1424 – Leonard Cohen – Field commander Cohen (1974)

 

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em fevereiro de 1974 e lançada no disco New skin for the old ceremony, em 11 de agosto de 1974. Leonard Cohen tocou violão e cantou. John Lissauer tccou teclado e fez backing vocals. Emily Bindiger fez backing vocals. Gerald Chamberlein tocou trombone. Erin Dickins fez backing vocals. Lewis Furey tocou viola. Ralph Gibson tocou violão. Armen Halburian tocou percussão. Janis Ian cantou. Gail Kantor fez backing vocals. Jeff Layton tocou banjo, bandolim, violão e trompete. Barry Lazarowitz tocou percussão. Roy Markowitz tocou bateria. John Miller tocou baixo.

A letra:

Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy.
Wounded in the line of duty,
parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties,
urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles.
Leave it all and like a man,
come back to nothing special,
such as waiting rooms and ticket lines,
silver bullet suicides,
and messianic ocean tides,
and racial roller-coaster rides
and other forms of boredom advertised as poetry

.
I know you need your sleep now,
I know your life's been hard.
But many men are falling,
where you promised to stand guard.

I never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor.
But then I overheard your prayer,
that you be this and nothing more
than just some grateful faithful woman's favourite singing millionaire,
the patron Saint of envy and the grocer of despair,
working for the Yankee Dollar.

I know you need your sleep now
I know your life's been hard.
But many men are falling,
where you promised to stand guard.

Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are,
and be your sweetest self awhile until I ask for more, my child.
Then let the other selves be wrong, yeah, let them manifest and come
till every taste is on the tongue,
till love is pierced and love is hung,
and every kind of freedom done, then oh,
oh my love, oh my love, oh my love,
oh my love, oh my love, oh my love.

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

1423 – Jackson Browne – Fountain of sorrow (1974)

Escrita por Jackson Browne, foi gravada em 1974 e lançada no disco Late for the sky, em 13 de setembro de 1974. Depois sairia em compacto em 1975, com The late show como Lado B. Foi inspirada no relacionamento de Browne com Joni Mitchell. Foi regravada por Joan Baez, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true

You were turning 'round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes

Now, the things that I remember seem so distant and so small
Though it hasn't really been that long a time
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
Although for a while our path did seem to climb

When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
While the loneliness seems to spring from your life

Like a fountain from a pool

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight

Now, for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And all the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems
It would be easier sometimes to change the past

I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you
In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school
Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you
There's this loneliness springing up from your life

Like a fountain from a pool

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to struggle, you've had to fight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
You could be laughing at me, you've got the right
But you go on smiling so clear and so bright

A versão de Jackson Browne:

A versão de Joan Baez:

A versão de O & O:

1422 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Bend down low (1974)

Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada em 1974 e lançada no disco Natty Dread em 25 de outubro de 1974. É uma canção que mostra a reputação de Bob Marley como sedutor. É uma canção suave, sensual. Bob Marley cantou e tocou guitarra. Aston Barrett tocou baixo. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Bernard Harvey tocou orgao e piano. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Lee Jaffe tocou gaita. Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt e Marcia Griffiths fizeram backing vocal.

A letra:

Bend down low, let me tell you what I know now
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know

Oh! Fisherman row to reap what you sow, now
Oh, tell you all I know (Oo-oh!)
You've got to let me go, now (Oo-oh!)

And all you've got to do
(Bend down low) Oh yeah! Let me tell you what I know
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know oh yeah!

You keep on knockin', but you can't come in
I get to understand you been livin' in sin
But if you love me, woman, walk right in
I've got a notch for your safety-pin

Bend down low, let me tell you what I know now
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know, yeah

I say, keep on knockin', but you can't come in
I get to understand you been livin' in sin
But walk right in, woman, sit right down
I will keep on lovin' you I play the clown

But bend down low, baby, let me tell you what I know
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know, yeah!

A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:

A versão de Kbong:

A versão de EarthKry:

1421 – Bob Dylan – On a night like this (1974)

 

Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada em 8 de novembro de 1973, no Village Recorder Studio, em Los Angeles, California e lançada em 17 de janeiro de 1974 no disco Planet Waves. Depois sairia em compacto, com You angel you como Lado B, em março de 1974. Foi a música que abriu o disco Planet Waves. Bob cantou, tocou guitarra e gaita. Robbie Robertson tocou guitarra. Richard Manuel tocou teclado. Garth Hudson tocou sanfona. Rick Danko tocou baixo. Levon Helm tocou bateria. Foi regravada pelos Los Lobos e Jimmy Fallon, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

On a night like this
So glad you came around
Hold on to me so tight
And heat up some coffee grounds
We got much to talk about
And much to reminisce
It sure is right
On a night like this

On a night like this
So glad you're here to stay
Hold on to me, pretty miss
Say you'll never go away to stray
Run your fingers down my spine
Bring me a touch of bliss
It sure feels right
On a night like this

On a night like this
I can't get any sleep
The air is so cold outside
And the snow's so deep
Build a fire, throw on logs
And listen to it hiss
And let it burn, burn, burn, burn
On a night like this

Put your body next to mine
And keep me company
There is plenty a room for all
So please don't elbow me

Let the four winds blow
Around this old cabin door
If I'm not too far off I think we did this once before
There's more frost on the window glass
With each new tender kiss
But it sure feels right
On a night like this

A versão de Bob Dylan:

A versão dos Los Lobos:

A versão de Love Minus Zero:

1420 – Neil Young – Motion pictures (1974)

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada entre fevereiro e abril de 1974 e lançada no disco On the beach, em 19 de julho de 1974. Motion pictures é uma espécie de elegia ao relacionamento de Neil com a atriz Carrie Snodgress. Neil cantou e tocou guitarra. Ben Kith tocou baixo. Rusty Kershaw tocou slide guitar. Ralph Molina tocou bateria

A letra:

Motion pictures on my TV screen
A home away from home, living in between
But I hear some people have got their dream

I've got mine

I hear the mountains are doing fine
Morning glory is on the vine
And the dew is falling, the ducks are calling

Yes, I've got mine

And all those people, they think they got it made
But I wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or trade
Anything I have to be like one of them
I'd rather start all over again

Well, all those headlines, they just bore me now
I'm deep inside myself, but I'll get out somehow
And I'll stand before you, and I'll bring a smile to your eyes
Motion pictures, motion pictures

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão de Ezra Furman:

A versão de Mercury Rev:

1419 – John Lennon – Steel and glass (1974)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em julho e agosto de 1974 e lançada em 26 de setembro de 1974 no disco Walls and Bridges. Fala sobre o antigo business manager de John, Allen Klein. Tem violinos e sopros e o estilo do refrão parece com How do you sleep?, que havia sido um ataque à Paul McCartney. John cantou e tocou violão. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano. Jesse Ed Davis tocou guitarra. Eddie Mottau tocou violão. Ken Ascher tocou clavinet. Klaus Voorman tocou baixo. Arthur Jenkins tocou percussão. Jim Keltner tocou bateria. Boby Keys, Steve Madaio, Howard Johnson, Ron Aprea e Frank Vacari tocaram os sopros.

A letra:

(This is a story about your friend and mine
Who is it, who is it, who is it?)

There you stand with your L.A. tan
And your New York walk and your New York talk
You're mother left you when you were small
But you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all

Steel and glass, steel and glass
Steel and glass, steel and glass

Your phone don't ring, no one answers your call
How does it feel to be off the wall

Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
But you can't pull strings if your hands are tied

Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
You leave your smell like an alley cat

Steel and glass, steel and glass
Steel and glass, steel and glass

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão de Aloe Blacc:

A versão de Automatic Shoes:

 

1418 – Leonard Cohen – I tried to leave you (1974)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em fevereiro de 1974 e lançada no disco New skin for the old ceremony, em 11 de agosto de 1974. Leonard Cohen tocou violão e cantou. John Lissauer tccou teclado e fez backing vocals. Emily Bindiger fez backing vocals. Gerald Chamberlein tocou trombone. Erin Dickins fez backing vocals. Lewis Furey tocou viola. Ralph Gibson tocou violão. Armen Halburian tocou percussão. Janis Ian cantou. Gail Kantor fez backing vocals. Jeff Layton tocou banjo, bandolim, violão e trompete. Barry Lazarowitz tocou percussão. Roy Markowitz tocou bateria. John Miller tocou baixo.

A letra:

I tried to leave you, I don't deny
I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times.
I'd wake up every morning by your side.

The years go by, you lose your pride.
The baby's crying, so you do not go outside,
And all your work it's right before your eyes.

Goodnight, my darling, I hope you're satisfied,
The bed is kind of narrow, but my arms are open wide.
And here's a man still working for your smile.

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Lera Lynn:

A versão de Maria Elvira:

1417 – Neil Young – On the beach (1974)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada entre fevereiro e abril de 1974 e lançada no disco de mesmo nome, em 19 de julho de 1974. On the beach abriu o Lado B. Uma meditação em forma de blues do lado ruim da fama. Foi regravada pelo Radiohead, entre outros artistas. Neil Young canta e tocou guitarra. Ben Keith tocou bateria de mão. Graham Nash tocou piano elétrico Wurlitzer. Tim Drummond tocou baixo. Ralph Molina tocou bateria.

A letra:

World is turnin'
I hope it don't turn away
The world is turnin'
I hope it don't turn away

All my pictures are fallin'
From the wall where I placed them yesterday
World is turnin'
I hope it don't turn away

I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day
I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day
Though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away
I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day

I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone
I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone
Now I'm livin' out here on the beach, but those seagulls are still out of reach
Went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone

Get out of town, think I'll get out of town
Get out of town, think I'll get out of town
I head for the sticks with my bus and friends
I follow the road, though I don't know where it ends
Get out of town, get out of town, think I'll get out of town

'Cause the world is turnin'
And I don't want to see it turn away

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão do Radiohead:

A versão do Golden Smog:

1416 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Revolution (1974)

 

Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada em 1974 e lançada no disco Natty Dread em 25 de outubro de 1974. É uma canção vai fundo no comentário político controverso. Bob Marley cantou e tocou guitarra. Aston Barrett tocou baixo. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Bernard Harvey tocou orgao e piano. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Lee Jaffe tocou gaita. Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt e Marcia Griffiths fizeram backing vocal.

A letra:

Revelation, reveals the truth, Revelation

(Revolution, revoution, revolution, revolution)

It takes a revolution (revolution) to make a solution
Too much confusion, so much frustration, yeah
I don't wanna live in the park (live in the park)
Can't trust no shadows after dark, yeah (shadows after the dark)
So my friend I wish that you could see
Like a bird in the tree, the prisoners must be free, yeah

Never make a politician, grant you a favour
They will always want to control you forever (forever, forever)
So if a fire make it burn,
And if a blood make it run, yeah

Rasta there up on top, can't you see,
So you can't predict the flop, yeah
We got lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder), brimstone (brimstone) and fire, fire (fire, fire)
Lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder), brimstone (brimstone) and fire

Oh yeah, fire, oh yeah

Kill, cramp and paralyse all weak at conception

Wipe them out of creation (creation), yeah (creation)
Oh! Let i'es is i'es (i'es), in i'es is black (i'es),
In i'es is red (i'es), in i'es is dread, yeah

Let rightousness cover the earth
Like the water cover the sea, yeah, yeah
Lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder), brimstone and fire
Lightning, thunder...

A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:

A versão de The Late Ones:

A versão de Calma Carmona:

1415 – Bob Dylan – Going, going, gone (1974)

 

Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada em 5 de novembro de 1973 e lançada em 17 de janeiro de 1974 no disco Planet Waves. É fantástico o duelo entre o vocal desesperado de Bob e a guitarra de Robbie Robertson. Por vezes parece que Robbie toca uma nota e sufoca a guitarra com a mão. A guitarra de Robbie parece arranhar a garganta de Bob. Bob Dylan cantou e tocou violão. Rick Danko tocou baixo. Levon Helm tocou bateria. Garth Hudson tocou orgão elétrico. Richard Manuel tocou piano e Robbie Robertson tocou a guitarra elétrica. Foi regravada por Jerry Garcia, Gregg Allman e Doyle Bramhall II, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

I’ve just reached a place
Where the willow don’t bend
There’s not much more to be said
It’s the top of the end
I’m going, I’m going, I’m gone

I’m closin’ the book
On the pages and the text
And I don’t really care
What happens next
I’m just going, I’m going, I’m gone

I been hangin’ on threads
I been playin’ it straight
Now, I’ve just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
So I’m going, I’m going, I’m gone

Grandma said, “Boy, go and follow your heart
And you’ll be fine at the end of the line
All that’s gold doesn't shine
Don’t you and your one true love ever part”

I been walkin’ the road
I been livin’ on the edge
Now, I’ve just got to go
Before I get to the ledge
So I’m going, I’m just going, I’m gone

A versão de Bob Dylan:

A versão de Doyle Bramhall II com a Tedeshi Truck Band:

A versão de Gregg Allman:

1414 – Neil Young – Revolution Blues (1974)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada entre fevereiro e abril de 1974, no Sunset Sound Studios, em Hollywood, California e foi lançada em 19 de julho de 1974 no disco On the beach. Foi produzida pelo próprio Neil Young em conjunto com David Briggs. Revolution blues foi inspirada em Charles Manson, que Neil havia encontrado enquanto morava no Topanga Canyon. Charles Manson foi um assassino que matou a esposa do diretor Roman Polanski, quando ela estava grávida. Neil cantou e tocou guitarra. Ben Keith tocou Steel guitar. David Crosby tocou guitarra ritmica. Rick Danko tocou baixo. Levon Helm tocou bateria.

A letra:

Well, we live in a trailer at the edge of town
You never see us 'cause we don't come around
We got twenty five rifles just to keep the population down

But we need you now, and that's why I'm hangin' around
So you be good to me and I'll be good to you
And in this land of conditions I'm not above suspicion

I won't attack you, but I won't back you

Well, it's so good to be here, asleep on your lawn
Remember your guard dog? Well, I'm afraid that he's gone
It was such a drag to hear him whining all night long

Yes, that was me with the doves, setting them free near the factory
Where you built your computer, love
I hope you get the connection, 'cause I can't take the rejection
I won't deceive you, I just don't believe you

Well, I'm a barrel of laughs, with my carbine on
I keep them hoppin', till my ammunition's gone
But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's something wrong

I got the revolution blues, I see bloody fountains
And ten million dune buggies comin' down the mountains
Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars
But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão de Bony King:

A versão de LeNoise:

1413 – John Lennon – #9 Dream (1974)

 

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada entre julho e agosto de 1974 e lançada em 26 de setembro de 1974 no disco Walls and Bridges e depois saiu também em compacto em 16 de dezembro de 1974, com What you got como Lado B. Chegou ao número 9 no Billboard Hot100 e número 23 nos charts britânicos. Chegou também ao número 35 no Canadá. John disse que a escreveu baseado em um sonho. Não houve significado, apenas saiu. O refrão diz “Ah, Bowakawa poussé poussé” e Al Coury da Capitol Records se recusou a dizer pussy pussy no refrão. Então Lori Burton, esposa do engenheiro de som Roy Cicala, sugeriu poussé ao vez de pussy, dando um ar de língua estrangeira. May Pang, namorada de John na época, fez backing vocals. John cantou e tocou violão. John, May Pang, Lori Burton e Joey Dembra fizeram nacking vocals. Ken Asher tocou clavinet. Jesse Ed Davis tocou guitarra. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano elétrico. Arthur Jenkins tocou percussão. Jim Keltner tocou bateria. Bobby Keys tocou sax. Eddie Mottau tocou violão e Klaus Voorman tocou baixo. Foi regravada pelo R.E.M., A-ha e Andrea Corr, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

So long ago
Was it in a dream, was it just a dream?

I know, yes I know
Seemed so very real, it seemed so real to me

Took a walk down the street
Through the heat whispered trees

I thought I could hear (hear, hear, hear)
Somebody call out my name (John) as it started to rain (John)

Two spirits dancing so strange

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

Dream, dream away
Magic in the air, was magic in the air?

I believe, yes I believe
More I cannot say, what more can I say?

On a river of sound
Through the mirror go around, around

I thought I could feel (feel, feel, feel)
Music touching my soul, something warm, sudden cold
The spirit dance was unfolding

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

A versão de John Lennon:

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A versão do R.E.M.: