sábado, 11 de julho de 2020

1127 – The Rolling Stones – Sway (1971)

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

A canção tem slide guitar com gargalo de garrafa, tocado por Mick Taylor. Guitarra base foi tocada por Mick Jagger. Richards fez backing vocals mas não tocou guitarra na gravação.

Mick Jagger cantou e tocou guitarra base. Keith Richards fez backing vocals. Mick Taylor tocou guitarra solo e slide guitar. Bill Wyman tocou baixo. Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano.

A letra:

Did you ever wake up to find
A day that broke up your mind
Destroyed your notion of circular time
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway
Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground
For all my friends out on the burial ground
Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
There must be ways to find out
Love is the way they say is really strutting out
Hey, hey, hey now
One day I woke up to find
Right in the bed next to mine
Someone that broke me up with a corner of her smile, yeah
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me
It's just that demon life has got me

A versão dos Stones:


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sexta-feira, 10 de julho de 2020

1126 – Paul McCartney – Dear boy (1971)

Escrita por Paul e Linda McCartney, foi gravada em 1 de março de 1971 e lançada em 17 de maio de 1971 no disco Ram. Foi escrita durante o tempo em que estavam na fazenda deles em Mull of Kintyre. Falava da sorte dele de ter Linda.

Paul cantou, tocou guitarra, baixo, piano e percussão. Linda fez backing vocals. David Spinozza e Hugh McCracken tocaram guitarra. Denny Seiwell tocou bateria e percussão. Paul Beaver e Phillip Davis tocaram sinterizadores. Jim Guercio fez backing vocals.

A letra:

I guess you never knew, dear boy, what you had found,
I guess you never knew, dear boy, that she was just the cutest thing around.
I guess you never knew what you had found, dear boy.
I guess you never saw, dear boy that love was there,
And maybe when you look too hard, dear boy, you never do become aware.
I guess you never did become aware, dear boy.
When I stepped in, my heart was down and out,
But her love came through and brought me round,
Got me up and about.
I hope you never know, dear boy, how much you missed,
And even when you fall in love, dear boy,
It won't be half as good as this
I hope you never know how much you missed,
Dear boy, how much you missed, dear boy

A versão de Paul McCartney:


A versão de Mike Gilks:


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quinta-feira, 9 de julho de 2020

1125 – John Lennon – Crippled inside (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 cantou e tocou guitarra. George Harrison tocou slide guitar. Nicky Hopkins tocou Tack piano. Ted Turner e Rod Linton tocaram violao. John Tout tocou violão. Klaus Voorman e Steve Brendell tocaram baixo. Alan White tocou bateria.

A letra:

You can shine your shoes and wear a suit
You can comb your hair and look quite cute
You can hide your face behind a smile
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
You can wear a mask and paint your face
You can call yourself the human race
You can wear a collar and a tie
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
Well now, you know that your cat
Has nine lives, nine lives to itself
But you only got one
And a dog's life ain't fun
Mamma take a look outside
You can go to church and sing a hymn
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
Take it [Incomprehensible]
Well now, you know that your cat
Has nine lives, nine lives to itself
But you only got one
And a dog's life ain't fun
Mamma take a look outside
You can go to church and sing a hymn
Judge me by the color of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside

A versão de John Lennon:


A versão de Isto:


A versão de Jennifer Schmitt:

quarta-feira, 8 de julho de 2020

1124 – Leonard Cohen – Dress rehearsal rag (1971)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em setembro de 1970 e lançada no disco Songs of Love and Hate, em 19 de março de 1971. Foi gravada anteriormente por Judy Collins, em 1966. Cohen disse que gravou-a e nunca mais iria cantá-la.

A letra:

Four o'clock in the afternoon
And I didn't feel like very much.
I said to myself, "Where are you golden boy,
Where is your famous golden touch?"
I thought you knew where
All of the elephants lie down,
I thought you were the crown prince
Of all the wheels in Ivory Town.
Just take a look at your body now,
There's nothing much to save
And a bitter voice in the mirror cries,
"Hey, Prince, you need a shave."
Now if you can manage to get
Your trembling fingers to behave,
Why don't you try unwrapping
A stainless steel razor blade?
That's right, it's come to this,
Yes it's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down,
Wasn't it a strange way down?

There's no hot water
And the cold is running thin.
Well, what do you expect from
The kind of places you've been living in?
Don't drink from that cup,
It's all caked and cracked along the rim.
That's not the electric light, my friend,
That is your vision growing dim.
Cover up your face with soap, there,
Now you're Santa Claus.
And you've got a gift for anyone
Who will give you his applause.
I thought you were a racing man,
Ah, but you couldn't take the pace.
That's a funeral in the mirror
And it's stopping at your face.
That's right, it's come to this,
Yes it's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down,
Ah wasn't it a strange way down?

Once there was a path
And a girl with chestnut hair,
And you passed the summers
Picking all of the berries that grew there
There were times she was a woman,
Oh, there were times she was just a child,
And you held her in the shadows
Where the raspberries grow wild.
And you climbed the twilight mountains
And you sang about the view,
And everywhere that you wandered
Love seemed to go along with you.
That's a hard one to remember,
Yes it makes you clench your fist.
And then the veins stand out like highways,
All along your wrist.
And yes it's come to this,
It's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down,
Wasn't it a strange way down?
You can still find a job,
Go out and talk to a friend.
On the back of every magazine
There are those coupons you can send.
Why don't you join the Rosicrucians,
They can give you back your hope,
You can find your love with diagrams
On a plain brown envelope.
But you've used up all your coupons
Except the one that seems
To be written on your wrist
Along with several thousand dreams.
Now Santa Claus comes forward,
That's a razor in his mit
And he puts on his dark glasses
And he shows you where to hit
And then the cameras pan,
The stand in stunt man,
Dress rehearsal rag,
It's just the dress rehearsal rag,
You know this dress rehearsal rag,
It's just a dress rehearsal rag.

A versão de Leonard Cohen:


A versão de Judy Collins:


A versão do Art of Time Ensemble:

terça-feira, 7 de julho de 2020

1123 – Janis Joplin – Move over (1971)

Escrita por Janis Joplin, foi gravada em Los Angeles, no Sunset Sound Recorders, entre setembro e outubro de 1970 e lançada no disco Pearl, lançado após a morte dela. É a música que abre o disco.

A letra:

You say that it's over baby, Lord,
You say that it's over now,
But still you hang around me, come on,
Won't you move over.

You know that I need a man, honey Lord,
You know that I need a man,
But when I ask you to you just tell me
That maybe you can.

Please dontcha do it to me babe, no!
Please dontcha do it to me baby,
Either take this love I offer
Or honey let me be.

I ain't quite a ready for walking, no no no no,
I ain't quite a ready for walking,
And whatcha gonna do with your life,
Life all just dangling ?

Oh yeah, make up your mind, honey,
You're playing with me, hey hey hey,
Make up your mind, darling,
You're playing with me, come on now!
Now either be my loving man,
I said-a let me honey, let me be, yeah!

You say that it's over, baby, no,
You say that it's over now,
But still you hang around me, come on
Won't you move over.

You know that I need a man, honey, I told you so.
You know that I need a man,
But when I ask you to you just tell me
That maybe you can.

Hey! Please dontcha do it to me, babe, no!
Please dontcha do it to me baby,
Either take this love I offer,
Honey let me be.

I said won't you, won't you let me be ?
Honey, you're teasing me.
Yeah, you're playing with my heart, dear,
I believe you're toying with my affections, honey.

I can't take it no more baby,
And furthermore, I don't intend to.
I'm just tired of hanging from the end of a string, honey,
You expect me to fight like a goddamned mule.
Wah, wah, wah, wah, honey...

A versão de Janis Joplin:


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A versão de Jessie Lee:

sexta-feira, 3 de julho de 2020

1122 – Van Morrison – Old old Woodstock (1971)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada na primavera e verão de 1971 e lançada no disco Tupelo Honey em 15 de outubro de 1971. Foi escrita em Woodstock, no estado da Nova York.

É um tributo à sua vida na cidade de Woodstock. Mostra uma sensibilidade em torno das crianças e familia, Janet Planet foi a inspiração pra gravação.

Van Morrison tocou guitarra, gaita, cantou e fez backing vocals. Ronnie Montrose tocou guitarra e violão, bandolim e fez backing vocals. Bill Church tocou baixo. Connie Kay tocou bateria. Jack Schroer tocou sax tenor, alto e baritono. Mark Jordan tocou piano e piano elétrico. Gary Mallaber tocou percussao e vibrafone. John McFee tocou pedal steel guitar. Bruce Royston tocou flauta, Luis Gasca tocou trompete, Boots Houston tocou flauta e fez backing vocals e Ellen Schroer e Janet Planet fizeram backing vocal.

A letra:

Oh don't it get you
Get you when you're through
Feel the breezes blowing
All around your coat
Oh don't it get you
When you gotta roam
Hear the children singing
My Daddy's coming home
Going down to old Woodstock
Feel the cool night breeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Going down to give my baby a squeeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Feel the cool night breeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Way behind the shady trees
Here I come a swaggering
Way on over the ridge
See the water flowing
Way beneath the bridge
And my woman's waiting
By the kitchen door
I'm driving along
In my old beat up car
Going down to old Woodstock
Feel the cool night breeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Give my child a squeeze
Going down to old Woodstock
To feel the cool night breeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Way behind the shady trees
Listen, oh don't it get you
Get you in your throat
Feel the breezes blowing
All around your coat
Lord don't it get you
When you're bound to roam
Hear your children sing
My Daddy's coming home
Going down to old Woodstock
To feel the cool night breeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Give my child a squeeze
Going down to old Woodstock
To feel the cool night breeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Way behind the shady trees
Going down to old Woodstock
To feel the cool night breeze
Going down to old Woodstock
Give my child a squeeze
Going down to old Woodstock
To feel the cool night breezes
Old Woodstock

A versão de Van Morrison:


A versão de Jimmy e Immy:

quinta-feira, 2 de julho de 2020

1121 – The Rolling Stones – Sister morphine (1971)

Escrita por Mick Jagger, Keith Richards e Marianne Faithfull, foi gravada inicialmente por Marianne em 1968 e lançada em 1969. A versão escolhida no entanto foi a dos próprios Stones, lançada no disco Sticky Fingers, de 1971.

Conta com Mick Jagger nos vocais, Keith Richards no violão e backing vocals, Cooder na guitarra, Nitzsche no piano, Bill Wyman no baixo e Charlie Watts na bateria.

A letra:

Here I lie in my hospital bed
Tell me, sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long
Oh, you see that I'm not that strong
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Tell me, sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?
Oh, I can't crawl across the floor
Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score
Well it just goes to show
Things are not what they seem
Please, sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast?
And that this shot will be my last
Sweet cousin Cocaine, lay your cool cool hand on my head
Ah, come on, sister Morphine, you better make up my bed
'Cause you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
Yeah, and you can sit around, yeah and you can watch all
The clean white sheets stained red

A versão dos Rolling Stones:


A versão de Marianne Faithfull:


A versão de Margot Cotten:

quarta-feira, 1 de julho de 2020

1120 – Paul McCartney – Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (1971)

Escrita por Paul McCartney, foi gravada em 6 de novembro de 1970 e lançada em 17 de maio de 1971 no disco Ram. Quando lançada em compacto, em 2 de agosto de 1971, chegou ao número nos charts pop americanos, sendo a primeira canção de Paul pós os Beatles a chegar ao número 1 nos Estados Unidos. Foi o primeiro disco de ouro de Paul como artista solo. Chegou tambem ao numero 1 no Canada e Nova Zelandia, número 3 no Mexico e número 5 na Australia.

Fala sobre um tio de Paul e sobre o Almirante William Halsey. Sobre o tio, Paul disse que se lembrava muito bem dele e sobre o almirante, que representava uma geração anterior e que ele queria homenagear pois sempre ignorava o que diziam os mais velhos e agora queria se desculpar.

Paul ganhou um premio Grammy de melhor arranjo acompanhando vocalistas pela canção. Recebeu disco de ouro.

Paul cantou, tocou guitarra, violão, piano, baixo e xilofone. Linda fez backing vocals. Hugh McCracken toou violão e guitarra. Denny Seiwell tocou bateria. Paul beaver tocou sintetizador. David Nadien e Aaron Rosand tocaram violino. Marvin Stamm, Mel Davis, Ray Crisara e Snooky Young tocaram metais.

A letra:

We're so sorry, Uncle Albert
We're so sorry if we caused you any pain
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert
But there's no one left at home
And I believe I'm gonna rain

We're so sorry but we haven't heard a thing all day
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert
But if anything should happen we'll be sure to give a ring
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert
But we haven't done a bloody thing all day
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert
But the kettle's on the boil and we're so easily called away

Hands across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Hands across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie (butter pie)
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie
Hands across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Hands across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around
Hands across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Hands across the water (water)
Heads across the sky

A versão de Paul McCartney:


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A versão dos Liverpudlians:

quinta-feira, 25 de junho de 2020

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:


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A versão de Danny McEvoy:

quarta-feira, 24 de junho de 2020

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:


terça-feira, 23 de junho de 2020

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:

segunda-feira, 22 de junho de 2020

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:

domingo, 21 de junho de 2020

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:

sábado, 20 de junho de 2020

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:

sexta-feira, 19 de junho de 2020

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:

2043 – Bruce Springsteen – Point blank (1980)

  Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em 25 de agosto de 1979 no Power Station Studios, em New York City, e lançada no disco Th...