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

A versão dos Beatles:

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1000 – Leonard Cohen – You know who I am (1969)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em outubro de 1968 e lançada em 7 de abril de 1969 no disco Songs from a room. Foi regravada por Mama Cass em 1968 no disco Dream a little dream.

A letra:

I cannot follow you, my love,
You cannot follow me.
I am the distance you put between
All of the moments that we will be.

You know who I am,
You've stared at the sun,
Well I am the one who loves
Changing from nothing to one.

Sometimes I need you naked,
Sometimes I need you wild,
I need you to carry my children in
And I need you to kill a child.
You know who I am

If you should ever track me down
I will surrender there
And I will leave with you one broken man
Whom I will teach you to repair.
You know who I am

I cannot follow you, my love,
You cannot follow me.
I am the distance you put between
All of the moments that we will be.
You know who I am

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Mama Cass:

A versão de Esther Ofarim:

999 – The Allman Brothers Band – Dreams (1969)

Escrita por Greg Allman, foi gravada em agosto de 1969 e lançada no primeiro disco da banda em 4 de novembro de 1969.

A letra:

Just one more mornin'
I had to wake up with the blues
Pulled myself outta bed, yeah
Put on my walkin' shoes,
Went up on the mountain,
To see what I could see,
The whole world was fallin',
right down in front of me.

[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm hung up on dreams I'll never see, yeah Baby.
Ahh help me baby, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah.

Pull myself together, put on a new face,
Climb down off the hilltop, baby,
Get back in the race.

[Chorus]

Pull myself together, put on a new face,
Climb down off the hilltop, baby,
Get back in the race.

[Chorus]

A versão dos Allman Brothers:

A versão de Gov't Mule:

A versão dos New Frantics:

0097 – The Butcher - Leonard Cohen (1969)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em outubro de 1968 e lançada em 7 de abril de 1969 no disco Songs from a room, o segundo da carreira de Leonard Cohen.

I came upon a butcher
He was slaughtering a lamb
I accused him there
With his tortured lamb

He said, "Listen to me, child"
"I am what I am"
"And you, you are my only son"

Well, I found a silver needle
I put it into my arm
It did some good
Did some harm

But the nights were cold
And it almost kept me warm
How come the night is long?

I saw some flowers growing up
Where that lamb fell down
Was I supposed to praise my Lord
Make some kind of joyful sound?

He said, "Listen, listen to me now"
"I go 'round and 'round"
"And you, you are my only child"

Do not leave me now
Do not leave me now
I'm broken down
From a recent fall

Blood upon my body
And ice upon my soul
Lead on, my son, it is your world

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Ken Middleton:

A versão de Santo Rock:

997 – David Bowie – Wild eyed boy from freecloud (1969)

Escrita por David Bowie, foi gravada em junho de 1969 e lançada em 11 de julho de 1969 em um compacto que tinha Space Oddity como Lado A.

A letra:

Solemn faced
The village settles down
Undetected by the stars
And the hangman plays the mandolin before he goes to sleep
And the last thing on his mind
Is the Wild Eyed Boy imprisoned
'Neath the covered wooden shaft
Folds the rope
Into its bag
Blows his pipe of smolders
Blankets smoke into the room
And the day will end for some
As the night begins for one

Staring through the message in his eyes
Lies a solitary son
From the mountain called Freecloud
Where the eagle dare not fly
And the patience in his sigh
Gives no indication
For the townsmen to decide
So the village Dreadful yawns
Pronouncing gross diversion
As the label for the dog
Oh "It's the madness in his eyes"
As he breaks the night to cry:

"It's really me
Really you
And really me
It's so hard for us to really be
Really you
And really me
You'll lose me though I'm always
Really free"

And the mountain moved its eyes
To the world of realize
Where the snow had saved a place
For the wild eyed boy
From Freecloud

And the village Dreadful cried
As the rope began to rise
For the smile stayed on the face
Of the wild eyed boy
From Freecloud
And the women once proud
Clutched the heart of the crowd
As the boulders smashed down from the mountain's hand

And the magic in the stare
Of the wild eyed boy said
"Stop, Freecloud
They won't think to cut me down"
But the cottages fell
Like a playing card hell
And the tears on the face
Of the wise boy
Came tumbling down
To the rumbling ground
And the missionary mystic of peace/love
Stumbled to cry among the clouds
Kicking back the pebbles
From the Freecloud mountain

A versão de David Bowie:

A versão do Orogeny:

A versão de Adam Crawford:

996 – The Marmalade – Reflections of my life (1969)

Escrita por Junior Campbell e Dean Ford, foi gravada em Londres em outubro de 1969 e lançada em 14 de novembro de 1969 no compacto que tinha Rollin' my thing como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 3 no Reino Unido, número 10 nos charts pop americanos e recebeu disco de ouro por vendas acima de 1 milhão de cópias no mundo. Tiveram mais de um milhão de execuções nos rádios dos Estados Unidos.

Graham Knight tocou baixo, Alan Whitehead bateria, Pat Fairlay no violão, e Junior Campbell na guitarra solo e base e teclados. Dean Ford cantou e Junior Campbell e Graham Knight fizeram os backing vocals.

Chegou tambem ao número 6 no Canadá, número 9 na Bélgica e na Holanda, número 2 na Irlanda, número 8 na Noruega e número 5 na Africa do Sul.

A letra:

The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life
Oh, how they fill my eyes

The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life
Oh, how they fill my eyes

Oh, my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home

Oh, my crying (Oh, my crying)
Feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back to my own home

I'm changing, arranging
I'm changing
I'm changing everything
Everything around me

The world is
A bad place
A bad place
A terrible place to live
Oh, but I don't want to die

Oh, my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home

Oh, my crying (Oh, my crying)
Feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back to my own home

Oh, my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home

A versão do Marmalade:

A versão da banda Sixties:

A versão de Dean Ford sozinho:

995 – Leonard Cohen – The old revolution (1969)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em outubro de 1968 e lançada em 7 de abril de 1969 no disco Songs from a room.

A letra:

I finally broke into the prison,
I found my place in the chain.
Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows,
All the brave young men
They're waiting now to see a signal
Which some killer will be lighting for pay.
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture,
You whom I cannot betray.

I fought in the old revolution
On the side of the ghost and the King.
Of course I was very young
And I thought that we were winning;
I can't pretend I still feel very much like singing
As they carry the bodies away.
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture

Lately you've started to stutter
As though you had nothing to say.
To all of my architects let me be traitor.
Now let me say I myself gave the order
To sleep and to search and to destroy.
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture

Yes, you who are broken by power,
You who are absent all day,
You who are kings for the sake of your children's story,
The hand of your beggar is burdened down with money,
The hand of your lover is clay.
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Matthew Vasquez:

A versão de Madeline Tasquin:

994 – Jefferson Airplane – Good Shepherd (1969)

Trata-se de uma canção tradicional que a banda Jefferson Airplane gravou no seu disco de 1969 chamado Volunteers. Foi arranjada e cantada por Jorma Kaukonen, que tocava guitarra solo na banda.

Mas a canção surgiu no começo do século 19, com um pastor metodista negro chamado Joohn Adam Granade, que fazia música, passou pelo ggospel blues na década de 1930, passou pela década de 1950 como uma canção folk e foi gravada pelos Jefferson Airplane na sua versão psicodélica e foi a versão que ficou mais conhecida.

A letra:

If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the blood-stained bandit
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
One for Paul
One for Silas
One for to make my heart rejoice
Can't you hear my lambs acallin
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the long-tongue liar
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the gun shot devil
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

A versão do Jefferson Airplane:

A versão de Hot Tuna:

A versão de Jefferson Starship:

993 – Leonard Cohen – Seems so long ago, Nancy (1969)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em outubro de 1968 e lançada em 7 de abril de 1969 no disco Songs from a room. Nancy foi uma mulher que cresceu com Cohen em Montreal.

A letra:

It seems so long ago,
Nancy was alone,
Looking ate the Late Late show
Through a semi-precious stone.
In the House of Honesty
Her father was on trial,
In the House of Mystery
There was no one at all,
There was no one at all.

It seems so long ago,
None of us were strong
Nancy wore green stockings
And she slept with everyone.

She never said she'd wait for us
Although she was alone,
I think she fell in love for us
In nineteen sixty one,
In nineteen sixty one.

It seems so long ago,
Nancy was alone,
A forty five beside her head,
An open telephone.

We told her she was beautiful,
We told her she was free
But none of us would meet her in
The House of Mystery,
The House of Mystery.

And now you look around you,
See her everywhere,
Many use her body,
Many comb her hair.

In the hollow of the night
When you are cold and numb
You hear her talking freely then,
She's happy that you've come,
She's happy that you've come.

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Bradford Cox:

A versão de Perla Batalla:

992 – The Rolling Stones – Love in vain (1969)

Escrita por Robert Johnson, foi gravada inicialmente por ele mesmo em 1937 e lançada em 1939. Fala de um amor e usa a partida de um trem como metafora da sua perda. No entanto a nossa versão é dos Rolling Stones, de 1969, com um solo de slide com guitarra elétrica.

Os Stones gravaram a versão deles em maio de 1969 e lançaram em 5 de dezembro de 1969 no disco Let it bleed. Foi regravada também por Eric Clapton, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Well I followed her, to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Yeah, I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand

Whoa, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell
When all your love's in vain

When the train, come in the station
I looked her in the eye
Well the train come in the station
And I looked her in the eye

Whoa, I felt so sad so lonesome
That I could not help but cry

When the train left the station
It had two lights on behind
Yeah, when the train left the station
It had two lights on behind

Whoa, the blue light was my baby
And the red light was my mind

All my love was in vain

All my love's in vain

A versão dos Rolling Stones:

A versão de Eric Clapton:

A versão de Robert Johnson:

0094 – A bunch of lonesome heroes - Leonard Cohen (1969)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em outubro de 1968 e lançada em 7 de abril de 1969 no disco Songs from a room, o segundo da carreira de Leonard Cohen.

A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes
Were smoking out along the open road
The night was very dark and thick between them
Each man beneath his ordinary load

"I'd like to tell my story"
Said one of them so young and bold
"I'd like to tell my story
Before I turn into gold"

But no one really could hear him
The night so dark and thick and green
Well, I guess that these heroes must always live there
Where you and I have only been

Put out your cigarette, my love
You've been alone too long
And some of us are very hungry now
To hear what it is you've done that was so wrong

I sing this for the crickets
I sing this for the army
I sing this for your children
And for all who do not need me

"I'd like to tell my story,”
Said one of them so bold
"Oh, yes, I'd like to tell my story
'Cause you know, I feel I'm turning into gold"

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de La Maison Tellier:

A versão de Bonnie Billy:

990 – Joe Jeffrey Group – My pledge of love (1969)

Escrita por Joe Stafford Jr., foi lançada em 1969 pelo Joe Jeffrey Group e chegou ao número 14 dos charts pop americanos e número 6 no Caandá.

Joe Stafford Jr. cantou e tocou guitarra, Al Russ tocou baixo, Charles Perry tocou Percusssão e Ron Browning tocou bateria.

A letra:

I woke up this morning baby
I had you on my mind
I woke up this morning baby
You know that I felt so fine
You know I need you
You know that I love you
This is my pledge of love to
My pledge of love
My pledge of love
Darling, darling, darling to you
Yeah, to you, yeah
I woke up this morning baby
I had you on my mind
I felt so much love this morning
Little girl, little girl you feel so fine
You know I need you
You know that I love you
Darling this is my pledge of love
My pledge of love
My pledge of love
Darling, darling, darling to you
Oh yeah, to you Yeah yeah

Sky gettin dark above me
Baby I need your lovin
Got to have all of your lovin
Baby I want your lovin
Baby (baby), baby (baby)
Baby (baby), baby (baby)
Baby (baby), baby (baby)
Baby (baby), baby (baby)
I woke up this morning baby
That's when I caught your name
I felt so much love this morning
Little girl, little girl for shame
You know I need you
You know that I love you
This is my pledge of love to
My pledge of love
My pledge of love
Darling, darling, darling to you
Yeah
Got to have your lovin
Baby you know I want your lovin

A versão de Joe Jeffrey Group:

A versão de James Darren:

A versão de Nando Reis:

989 – Leonard Cohen – Story of Isaac (1969)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em outubro de 1968 e lançada no disco Songs from a room, em 7 de abril de 1969. É baseada na história do Velho Testamento, em que Deus pede que Abraão sacrifique seu filho Isaac.

Foi regravada por Judy Collins e Suzanne Vega, entre outros artistas.

Leonard Cohen cantou e toou violão clássico, Ron Cornelius tocou violão e guitarra, Bubba Flower tocou banjo, baixo, violino e violão e Charlie Daniels tocou baixo, violino e violão.

A letra:

The door it opened slowly,
My father he came in,
I was nine years old.
And he stood so tall above me,
His blue eyes they were shining
And his voice was very cold.
He said, "I've had a vision
And you know I'm strong and holy,
I must do what I've been told."
So he started up the mountain,
I was running, he was walking,
And his axe was made of gold.

Well, the trees they got much smaller,
The lake a lady's mirror,
We stopped to drink some wine.
Then he threw the bottle over.
Broke a minute later
And he put his hand on mine.
Thought I saw an eagle
But it might have been a vulture,
I never could decide.
Then my father built an altar,
He looked once behind his shoulder,
He knew I would not hide.

You who build these altars now
To sacrifice these children,
You must not do it anymore.
A scheme is not a vision
And you never have been tempted
By a demon or a god.
You who stand above them now,
Your hatchets blunt and bloody,
You were not there before,
When I lay upon a mountain
And my father's hand was trembling
With the beauty of the word.

And if you call me brother now,
Forgive me if I inquire,
"just according to whose plan?"
When it all comes down to dust
I will kill you if I must,
I will help you if I can.
When it all comes down to dust
I will help you if I must,
I will kill you if I can.
And mercy on our uniform,
Man of peace or man of war,
The peacock spreads his fan.

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Judy Collins:

A versão de Suzanne Vega:

988 – The Zombies – I want her, she wants me (1968)

Escrita por Rod Argent, foi gravada no final de julho de 1967 e lançada em 19 de abril de 1968 no disco Odessey and Oracle.

A letra:

I close my eyes and soon I'm feeling sleepy
I sleep so easy
There's nothing on my mind
And life seems kind now
I want her she wants me

I walk downtown and as I look around me
All around me
The people smile at me
It's plain to see that
I want her she wants me

She told me to be careful if I loved her (ooh)
'Cause she had given her heart once before

And now she knows she doesn't have to worry
I would not make her sorry
There's nothing on my mind
And life seems kind now
I want her she wants me

She told me to be careful if I loved her (ooh)
'Cause she had given her heart once before

And now she knows she doesn't have to worry
I would not make her sorry
There's nothing on my mind
And life seems kind now

I want her she wants me (repeats till fade out)

A versão dos Zombies:

A versão de Alferd Packer:

A versão dos Mindbenders:

987 – Johnny Rivers – Summer rain (1967)

Escrita por Jim Jendricks, foi lançada por Johnny Rivers em novembro de 1967, em um compacto que tinha Memory of the coming good Como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 14 nos charts pop americanos. Número 10 no Canadá e Nova Zelandia e número 13 na Australia. Fala do verão do amor de 1967. Cita o disco Sgt. Peppers, dos Beatles, lançado no meio de 1967.

A letra:

Summer rain taps at my window
West wind soft as a sweet dream
My love, warm as the sunshine
Sitting here by me, yeah
She's here by me

She stepped out of a rainbow
Golden hair shining like moonglow
Warm lips, soft as her soul
Sitting here by me, now
She's here by me

All summer long we were dancing in the sand
Everybody just kept on playing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

We sailed into the sunset
Drifting home, caught by a gulf stream
Never gave a thought for tomorrow
Let tomorrow be, yeah
Let tomorrow be

She wants to live in the Rockies
She says that's where we'll find peace
Settle down, raise up a family
One to call our own, yeah
We will have a home

All summer long we were grooving in the sand
Everybody just kept on playing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Winter snows drift by my window
North wind blowing like thunder
Our love is burning like fire
She's here by me, yeah
She's here by me
Let tomorrow be

A versão de Johnny Rivers:

A versão de Brad Dison:

A versão de Acoustic Bruce: