1221 – Pink Floyd – Childhood's end (1972)

Escrita por David Gilmour, foi gravada em março de 1972, no Chateau D'Herouville, em Pontoise, França e lançada em 3 de junho de 1972 no disco Obscured by clouds. Foi a última música composta intersamente por David Gilmour. E tambem foi a ultima a ter letra dele até 1987, no disco A momentary lapse of reason.

David Gilmour cantou, tocou violão e guitarra. Roger Waters tocou baixo. Nick Mason tocou bateria e Richard Wright tocou orgao Hammon e sinterizador.

A letra:

You shout in your sleep
Perhaps the price is just too steep
Is your conscience at rest if once put to the test?
You awake with a start to just the beating of your heart
Just one man beneath the sky
Just two ears, just two eyes

You set sail across the sea of long past thoughts and memories
Childhood's end
Your fantasies merge with harsh realities
And then as the sail is hoist
You find your eyes are growing moist
All the fears never voiced say you have to make your final choice

Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why?
Some are born
Some men die beneath one infinite sky
There'll be war, there'll be peace
But everything one day will cease
All the iron turned to rust
All the proud men turned to dust
And so all things, time will mend
So this song will end

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1220 – The Rolling Stones – Casino Boogie (1972)

 

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em dezembro de 1971 e março de 1972. Foi lançada em 12 de maio de 1972 no disco Exile on Main St. Foi gravada na Ville Nellcote, a casa de Richards no sul da França. O blues direto dá um efeito de boogie.

Richards faz um backing vocal diferenciado e Bobby Keys toca um sax que faz a diferença na canção.

Com dificuldade de escrever a letra, Mick Jagger escreveu frases pequenas e sem sentido num pedaço de papel. Misturou e os membros da banda tiraram como num sorteio. Foi gravada na ordem que foram tiradas pelos membros da banda.

A letra:

No good, can't speak, wound up, no sleep
Skydiver inside her, sLip rope, stunt flyer
Wounded lover, got no time on hand
One last cycle, thrill freak Uncle Sam
Pause for bus'ness, hope you'll understand
Judge and jury walk out hand in hand
Dietrich movies, close up boogies
Kissing cunt in Cannes

Grotesque music, million dollar sad
Got no tactics, got no time on hand

Left shoe shuffle, right shoe muffle
Sinking in the sand
Fade out freedom, steaming heat on
Watch that hat in black
Finger twitching, got no time on hand

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1219 – Neil Young – Harvest (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em abril de 1971 e lançada em 1 de fevereiro de 1972 no disco Harvest.

É uma valsa country. Os Stray Gators tocaram com Neil, além de John Harris no piano. Neil disse que era a melhor música do disco e uma de suas favoritas.

A letra:

Did I see you down
in a young girl's town
With your mother in so much pain?
I was almost there
at the top of the stairs
With her screamin' in the rain.

Did she wake you up
to tell you that
It was only a change of plan?
Dream up, dream up,
let me fill your cup
With the promise of a man.

Did I see you walking with the boys
Though it was not hand in hand?
And was some black face
in a lonely place
When you could understand?

Did she wake you up
to tell you that
It was only a change of plan?
Dream up, dream up,
let me fill your cup
With the promise of a man.

Will I see you give
more than I can take?
Will I only harvest some?
As the days fly past
will we lose our grasp
Or fuse it in the sun?

Did she wake you up
to tell you that
It was only a change of plan?
Dream up, dream up,
let me fill your cup
With the promise of a man.

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1218 – David Bowie – Lady Stardust (1972)

Escrita por David Bowie, foi gravada em 12 de novembro de 1971 no Trident Studios, em Londres e lançada em 16 de junho de 1972 no disco The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars.

David Bowie cantou e tocou violão. Mick Ronson tocou piano e fez backing vocals. Trevor Bolder tocou baixo e Mick Woodmansey tocou bateria.

A letra:

People stared at the makeup on his face
Laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace
The boy in the bright blue jeans
Jumped up on the stage
And lady stardust sang his songs
Of darkness and disgrace

And he was alright, the band was altogether
Yes he was alright, the song went on forever
And he was awful nice
Really quite out of sight

And he sang all night long
Femme fatales emerged from shadows
To watch this creature fair
Boys stood upon their chairs
To make their point of view
I smiled sadly for a love
I could not obey
Lady stardust sang his songs
Of darkness and dismay

And he was alright, the band was altogether
Yes he was alright, the song went on forever
And he was awful nice
Really quite paradise

And he sang all night long
All night long
Oh how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name

And he was alright, the band was altogether
Yes he was alright, the song went on forever
And he was awful nice
Really quite out of sight

He sang all night long

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1217 – Wings – Little woman love (1972)

 

Escrita por Paul McCartney e Linda McCartney, foi gravada em 1970 e em 1971 e lançada em 12 de maio de 1972, no compacto que tinha Mary had a little lamb como Lado A.

Foi gravada em 1970 durante as sessões de Ram, mas foi deixada de fora.

Paul tocou piano e cantou. Linda fez backing vocals. David Spinozza tocou guitarra. Hugh McCracken tocou guitarra também. Denny Seiwell tocou bateria e percussão. Milt Hinton tocou baixo.

A letra:

I got a little woman I can really love
My woman fit me like a little glove
You know I'll always love
My little woman love

I take her home most every night
My woman love to hold me tight
You know I feel alright
My little woman mine

Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I got a little woman I can really love
My woman fit me like a little glove
You know I'll always love
My little woman love

Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I take her home most every night
My woman love to hold me tight
You know I feel alright
My little woman mine

My woman love

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1216 – Eagles – Witchy woman (1972)

 

Escrita por Don Henley e Bernie Leadon, foi gravada em 1972 no Olympic Sound Studios em Londres, e lançada em 1 de junho de 1972 no disco Eagles e depois em compacto que tinha Early bird como Lado B, em 1 de agosto de 1972.

Chegou ao número 9 no charts pop americanos e número 8 no Canadá. Leadon começou a escrever a canção enquanto estava na banda The Flying Burrito Brothers e Henley terminou com ele quando o mesmo entrou no Eagles. Henley disse que foi inspirada em Zelda Fitzgerald, esposa do escritor F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Don Henley cantou e tocou bateria. Glenn Frey fez backing vocal e tocou guitarra solo. Bernie Leadon fez backing vocal e tocou guitarra base. Randy Meisner tocou baixo e fez backing vocals.

A letra:

Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight

Woohoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woohoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye

She held me spellbound in the night
Dancing shadows and firelight
Crazy laughter in another room
And she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon

Woohoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woohoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye

Well, I know you want a lover
Let me tell you brother
She's been sleeping in the Devil's bed
And there's some rumors going round
Someone's underground
She can rock you in the night time 'til your skin turns red

Woohoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woohoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye

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1215 – Pink Floyd – Free four (1972)

 

Escrita por Roger Waters, foi gravada em fevereiro e março de 1972 no Strawberry Studios na França. Foi lançada no disco Obscured by clouds em 2 de junho de 1972.

David Gilmour toca violão, guitarra e bate palmas. Nick Mason tocou bateria, pandeiro e bateu palmas. Roger Waters cantou, tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Richard Wright tocou um sintetizador analógico.

A letra:

One two free four

The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle in the gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die

Life is a short warm moment
And death is a long cold rest
You get your chance to try
In the twinkling of an eye
Eighty years with luck or even less

So all aboard for the American tour
And maybe you'll make it to the top
But mind how you go
And I can tell you 'cos I know
You may find it hard to get off

But you are the angel of death
And I am the dead man's son
He was buried like a mole in a fox-hole
And everyone's still on the run

And who is the master of foxhounds?
And who says the hunt has begun?
And who calls the tune in the courtroom?
And who beats the funeral drum?

The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle in the gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die

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1214 – The Rolling Stones – Tumbling dice (1972)

 

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, gravado em julho e setembro de 1971, foi lançada em 14 de abril de 1972 no compacto que tinha Sweet little angel como Lado B. Posteriormente foi lançada em maio do mesmo ano, no disco Exile on Main Street. Chegou ao número 7 nos charts pop americanos e número 5 no Reino Unido.

A letra fala sobre um jogador de jogos de azar que não conseguia se manter fiel a nenhuma mulher. É o número 424 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Q Magazine disse que essa era a canção número 258 da lista das 1001 melhores canções de todos os tempos.

Mick Jagger cantou e tocou guitarra base. Keith Richards tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals. Mick Taylor tocou baixo. Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Jimmy Miller tocou bateria. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano. Bobby Keys tocou sax. Jim Price tocou trompete e trombone. Clydie king, Venetta Fields e Sherlie Matthews fizeram backing vocals.

Foi regravada por Linda Ronstadt, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Mmm yeah! (Woo, woo)
Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me
Make me burn the candle right down
But, baby, baby, don't need no jewels in my crown

'Cause all you women is low down gamblers
Cheatin' like I don't know how
Baby, got no flavor, fever in the funk house now
This low down bitchin' got my poor feet a itchin'
Don't you know you know the duece is still wild

Baby, I can't stay, you got to roll me
And call me the tumblin' dice
Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry
Don't you see the time flashin' by

Honey, got no money
I'm all sixes and sevens and nines
Say now baby, I'm the rank outsider
You can be my partner in crime

Baby, I can't stay
You got to roll me and call me the tumblin'
Roll me and call me the tumblin' dice
Now baby

Oh my, my, my, I'm the lone crap shooter
Playin' the field ev'ry night
Baby, I can't stay
You got to roll me and call me the tumblin' dice (Call me the tumblin')
Got to roll me (ya yes), got to roll me, got to roll me (Oh yeah)

Got to roll me
Got to roll me (yeah)
Got to roll me (Keep on rolling)
Got to roll me (Keep on rolling)
Got to roll me (Keep on rolling)
Got to roll me

Call me the tumblin' dice, yeah
Got to roll me
Got to roll me
Baby sweet as sugar (Got to roll me)
Yeah, my, my, my yeah (Got to roll me)
Now now now now (Got to roll me)
I went down baby, oh
Got to roll me (hit me)
Baby I'm down

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1213 – Neil Young – Out on the weekend (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 1971 e lançada em 1 de fevereiro de 1972 no disco Harvest. Na verdade, ela abre o disco. Os Stray Gators gravaram os instrumentos. Ben Keith tocou pedal steel guitar.

A letra:

Think I'll pack it in and buy a pick-up
Take it down to L.A.
Find a place to call my own and try to fix up
Start a brand new day

The woman I'm thinking of, she loved me all up
But I'm so down today
She's so fine, she's in my mind
I hear her callin'

See the lonely boy, out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay
Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak and
Can't begin to say

She got pictures on the wall, they make me look up
From her big brass bed
Now I'm running down the road trying to stay up
Somewhere in her head

The woman I'm thinking of, she loved me all up
But I'm so down today
She's so fine she's in my mind
I hear her callin'

See the lonely boy, out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay
Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak and
Can't begin to say

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1212 – David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust (1972)

Escrita por David Bowie, foi gravada por 11 de novembro de 1971 e lançada em 16 de junho de 1972 no disco The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. A banda que gravou com ele foram os Spiders from Mars, que era formada por Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder e Mick Woodmansey.

Fala de Ziggy Stardust, um alienigena bissexual, que se torna rock star e que é mensageiro de seres extraterrestres. É o número 282 das lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos, da revista Rolling Stone. É também uma das 500 cançoes que deram forma ao rock and roll do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

David Bowie cantou e tocou violão de 12 cordas. Mick Ronson tocou guitarras. Trevor Bolder tocou baixo e Mick Woodmansey tocou bateria.

A letra:

Oh

Oh, yeah

Ziggy played guitar
Jamming good with Weird and Gilly
And the Spiders from Mars
He played it left hand
But made it too far
Became the special man
Then we were Ziggy's band

Ziggy really sang
Screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan
He could lick 'em by smiling
He could leave 'em to hang
They came on so loaded, man
Well-hung and snow-white tan

So where were the spiders
While the fly tried to break our bones?
With just the beer light to guide us
So we bitched about his fans
And should we crush his sweet hands?
Oh

Mm-hmm

Ziggy played for time
Jiving us that we were voodoo
The kids were just crass
He was the nazz
With God-given ass
He took it all too far
But, boy, could he play guitar

Making love with his ego
Ziggy sucked up into his mind, ah
Like a leper messiah
When the kids had killed the man
I had to break up the band

Oh, yeah

Ooh

Ziggy played guitar

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1211 – Wings – Give Ireland back to the Irish (1972)

 

Escrita por Paul McCartney e Linda McCartney, foi gravada em 1 de fevereiro de 1972 e lançada em 25 de fevereiro de 1972 no compacto que tinha Give Ireland back to the Irish (Instrumental) como Lado B. Foi escrita como resposta ao Bloody Sunday, em 30 de janeiro de 1972, quando tropas britânicas invadiram a Irlanda do Norte e matou 13 protestantes de direitos humanos. Foi a primeira canção que teve o guitarrista da Irlanda do Norte, Henry McCullough. A canção foi gravada dois dias depois do massacre.

Foi banida de tocar na Inglaterra e nos Estados Unidos. Mesmo assim chegou ao número 16 no Reino Unido e número 21 nos charts pop americanos. Chegou ao número 1 na Irlanda. Paul nunca havia lançado uma musica política antes e foi massacrado pela mídia britânica, como sendo um militante do IRA.

Paul tocou baixo e cantou. Linda fez backing vocals e piano. Denny Laine tocou as guitarras e fez backing vocals. Henry McCullough ticou tambem as guitarras e Denny Seiwell tocou bateria.

A letra:

Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today
Great britain you are tremendous
And nobody knows like me
But really what are you doin'
In the land across the sea
Tell me how would you like it
If on your way to work
You were stopped by irish soliders
Would you lie down do nothing
Would you give in or go berserk
Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today
Great britian and all the people
Say that all people must be free
Meanwhile back in ireland
There's a man who looks like me
And he dreams of god and country
And he's feeling really bad
And he's sitting in a prison
Should he lie down do nothing
Should give in or go mad
Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today
Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today

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1210 – Eagles – Take it easy (1972)

Escrita por Jackson Browne e Glenn Frey, foi lançada em 1 de maio de 1972 no compacto que tinha Get you in the mood como Lado B. Foi também lançada no disco de estréia da banda, chamado Eagles.

Foi o primeiro compacto da banda. Gleen Frey cantou. Chegou ao número 12 dos charts pop americanos. É uma das 500 canções que deram forma ao rock and roll, do The Rock and Roll of Fame.

Jackson Browne gravaria-a depois, em seu disco For Everyman, de 1973. Foi regravada também por Johnny Rivers, entre outros artistas.

Jackson Browne começou a compor essa musica em 1971 mas não conseguiu terminar. Glenn Frey morava no mesmo prédio de Browne e então terminaram a canção juntos.

Os Eagles gravaram-a no Olympic Studios, em Londres com o produtor Glyn Johns.

Glenn Frey tocou violão e cantou. Bernie Leadon tocou guitarra solo, banjo e fez backing vocals. Randy Meisner tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Don Henley tocou bateria e fez backing vocals.

A letra:

Well, I'm a-running down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that wanna own me
Two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
And take it easy

Well, I'm a-standing on a corner
In Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord
In a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

Come on, baby
Don't say "Maybe"
I gotta know
If your sweet love
Is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win
Though we will never be here again
So open up, I'm climbin' in
So take it easy

Well, I'm running down the road
Trying to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover
Who won't blow my cover
She's so hard to find

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy
Come on, baby
Don't say "Maybe"
I gotta know
If your sweet love
Is gonna save me

Oh we got it easy
We oughta take it easy

A versão do Eagles:

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1209 – Pink Floyd – Burning bridges (1972)

 

Escrita por Roger Waters e Richard Wright, foi gravada em março de 1972 no Chateau d'Herouville, em Pontoise, França. Foi lançada em 3 de junho de 1972 no disco Obscured by clouds.

David Gilmour canta, toda slide guitar e guitarra. Richard Wright canta e toca orgao Hammond. Roger Waters toca baixo e Nick Mason toca bateria e percussão.

A letra:

Bridges burning gladly,
Merging with the shadows,
Flickering between the lines.
Stolen moments floating softly on the air,
Born on wings of fire and climbing higher.
Ancient bonds are breaking,
Moving on and changing sides.
Dreaming of a new day,
Cast aside the other way.
Magic visions stirring,
Kindled by and burning flames rise in her eyes.
The door stands ajar,
The wall that once were high.
Beyond the gilded cage,
Beyond the reach of ties.
The moment is at hand.
She breaks the golden band.

A versão do Pink Floyd:

A versão de Moby Dick:

1208 – The Rolling Stones – Torn and frayed (1972)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada no verão de 1971, em dezembro de 1971 e em março de 1972, no Villa Nellcote studios e no Sunset Sound Recorders, ambos em Los Angeles, California. Foi lançada no disco Exile on Main St., em 12 de maio de 1972.

Al Perkins tocou pedal steel guitar, Mick Jagger cantou e Keith Richards fez backing vocals, tocou violão e uma guitarra Telecaster elétrica. Mick Taylor tocou baixo e Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Jim Price tocou orgao e Nicy Hopkins tocou piano.

A letra:

Hey let him follow you down
Way underground wind and he's bound
Bound to follow you down
Just a dead beat right off the street
Bound to follow you down

Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos
And dressing rooms filled with parasites
On stage the band has got problems
They're a bag of nerves on first nights
He ain't tied down to no home town
Yeah, and he thought he was wreckless
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad
Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away
Let it steal your heart away

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away

Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough
Yeah, and the codeine to fix it
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies
Who's gonna help him to kick it

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away
Let it steal your heart away

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays

A versão dos Rolling Stones:

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1207 – Neil Young – Old man (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 6 de fevereiro de 1971, em Nashville, Tennessee e lançada em primeiro de fevereiro de 1972, no disco Harvest. Também foi lançada em compacto e teve The needle and the damage done como Lado B. Chegou ao número 4 no Canadá e número 31 nos charts pop americanos.

Neil comprou um rancho em Northern California, o Broken Arrow Ranch, por 350 mil dólares em 1970. Lá tinha um senhor que tomava conta do rancho. Essa música foi feita pra ele, seu nome Louis Avila.

Neil cantou e tocou guitarra. Ben Keith tocou pedal steel guitar. James McManon tocou piano. James Taylor tocou banjo e fez backing vocals. Linda Ronstadt fez backing vocals. Tim Drummond tocou baixo e Kenny Buttrey tocou bateria.

A letra:

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

Old man look at my life,
Twenty four
and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.

Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things
that don't get lost.
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.

Lullabies, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you.

I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

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