1241 – Elvis Presley – Separate ways (1972)

 

Escrita por Red West e Richard Mainegra, foi gravada por Elvis em 27 de março de 1972 e lançada em novembro de 1972 em um compacto que tinha Always on my mind como Lado B.

Ganhou disco de ouro por venda de 500 mil cópias.

Elvis estava se separando da esposa e preocupado com sua filha. A letra caiu como uma luva.

A letra:

I see a change is coming to our lives
It's not the same as it used to be
And it's not too late to realise our mistake
We're just not right for each other

Love has slipped away left us only friends
We almost seem like strangers
All that's left between us are the memories we shared
Of times we thought we cared for each other

There's nothing left to do but go our separate ways
And pick up all the pieces left behind us
And maybe someday, somewhere along the way
Another love will find us

Some day when she's older, maybe she will understand
Why her mom and dad are not together
The tears that she will cry when I have to say goodbye
Will tear at my heart forever

There's nothing left to do but go our separate ways
And pick up all the pieces left behind us
And maybe someday, somewhere along the way
Another love will find us
There's nothing left to do but go our separate ways

A versão de Elvis Presley:

A versão de Bart Van Gijn:

 

A versão de Joe Var Veri:

 

1240 – Paul Simon – Duncan (1972)

Escrita por Paul Simon, foi gravada em 1971 e lançada em 24 de janeiro de 1972 no disco Paul Simon e posteriormente lançada como compacto e que tinha Run that body down como Lado B.

Conta a vida de Lincoln Duncan, um filho de pescador. Sem conseguir dormir num motel barato porque um casal ao lado faz sexo, Dunca decide ir embora daquele lugar, um cidade litoranea do Canada. Então ele desce pra New England. Ele perde seu dinheiro, confiança e fé nele mesmo até que perde sua virgindade e tudo volta ao normal.

Chegou ao número 52 dos charts pop americanos. Chegou também ao número 39 no Canadá.

Paul cantou e tocou violão. Los Incas tocaram flauta, charango e percussão.

A letra:

Couple in the next room bound to win a prize
They've been going at it all night long
Well, I'm trying to get some sleep
But these motel walls are cheap
Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my song
Here's my song
My father was a fisherman
My mama was a fisherman's friend
And I was born in the boredom and a chowder
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the maritimes
Headed down the turnpike for New England
Sweet New England

Holes in my confidence
Holes in the knees of my jeans
I was left without a penny in my pocket
Ooo-Weee I was about destitute as a kid could be
And I wished I wore a ring so I could hock it
I'd like to hock it
A young girl in a parking lot
Was preaching to a crowd
Singing sacred songs and reading from the Bible
Well, I told her I was lost
And she told me all about the Pentecost
And I seen that girl as the road to my survival
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Just later on the very same night
When I crept to her tent with a flashlight
And my long years of innocenece ended
Well, she took me to the woods
Saying here comes something and it feels so good
And just like a dog I was befriended
I was befriended
Oh, oh, what a night, oh what a garden of delight
Even now that sweet memory lingers
I was playing my guitar
Lying underneath the stars
Just thanking the Lord for my fingers
For my fingers
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

A versão de Paul Simon:

A versão de George Krikes:

A versão de Mike Sinatra:

1239 – Elton John – Honky cat (1972)

Escrita por Elton John e Bernie Taupie, foi gravada em janeiro de 1972 e lançada no disco Honky Chateau no dia 19 de maio de 1972. Posteriormente foi lançada no compacto que tinha Slave como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 31 nos charts britânicos e número 8 nos charts pop americanos.

Elton John tocou um piano eletrico Fender Rhodes, um piano acustico e cantou. Jacques Bolognesi tocou trombone. Jean Louis Chautemps tocou sax. Alan Hatot tocou sax. Davey Jonstone tocou banjo. Ivan Julien tocou trompete. Dee Murray tocou baixo e Nigel Olsson tocou bateria.

A letra:

When I look back, boy, I must have been green
Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream
Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign
Until I saw your city lights, honey, I was blind

They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways
And, oh, the change is gonna do me good

You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine
It's like trying to drink whiskey from a bottle of wine

Well, I read some books, and I read some magazines
About those high-class ladies down in New Orleans
And all the folks back home, well, said I was a fool
They said, oh, believe in the Lord is the golden rule

They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways
And, ooh ooh ooh ooh, oh, change is gonna do me good

They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways
And, oh oh oh oh, oh, change is gonna do me good

They said, stay at home, boy, you gotta tend the farm
Living in the city, boy, is going to break your heart
But how can you stay when your heart says no?
How can you stop when your feet say go?

You better get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways
And, ooh ooh ooh ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good

You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine
It's like trying to drink whiskey, oh, from a bottle of wine

Oh, yeah

Get back, honky cat
Get back, honky cat
Get back, whoo

Get back, honky cat
Get back, honky cat
Get back, whoo

Get back, honky cat
Get back, get back, honky cat, whoo (oh yeah)

A versão de Elton John:

A versão de Mike The Prophet:

A versão de Max Bergmanis:

1238 – The Rolling Stones – Let it loose (1972)

 

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em junho e julho de 1970, em julho e agosto de 1971 e finalizada entre janeiro e março de 1972. Foi lançada no disco Exile on Main St.

É um gospel blues emocionado com uma pitada religiosa. Jagger havia visitado a Igreja do Reverendo James Cleveland e estava impressionado com a cantoria dos corais de lá.

Jagger fez os vocais principais e os backing vocals foram feitos por Tami Lynn, Dr. John, Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Shierley Goodman e Joe Greene. Keith Richards tocou guitarra usando um auto falante Leslie. Bill Wyman toca o baixo e Charlie Watts toca bateria. Nicky Hopkins toca piano e mellotron. Bobby Keys tocou sa tenor e Jim Price tocou trombone e trompete.

A letra;

Who's that woman on your arm?
All dressed up to do you harm
And I'm hip to what she'll do
Give her just about a month or two

Bit off more than I can chew
And I knew, yeah, I knew what it was leading to
Some things, well, I can't refuse
One of them, one of them the bedroom blues

She delivers right on time, I can't resist a corny line
But take the shine right off your shoes
Yeah, right off your shoes
Carryin', carryin' the bedroom blues

Oh, yeah, in the bar you're getting drunk
Oh, yeah, yeah, I ain't in love
I ain't in lust, oh, no, no, no
Find the switch and shut the light
Won't you shut it? Yeah
Let it all come down tonight

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
Some face I'll never see no more, wrong
Let it all come down tonight
Keep those tears hid out of sight, yeah

Let it loose, yeah, let it loose, let it loose
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it loose, yeah, yeah

Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down

A versão dos Stones:

A versão do Magpie Salute:

A versão de Paul Bertolino:

1237 – Neil Young – Words (Between the lines of age) (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada entre janeiro e setembro de 1971 e lançada em 1 de fevereiro de 1972 no disco Harvest. É a última canção do disco e tem uma longa jam de guitarra com a banda. Tem a típica estrutura de Neil, com quatro acordes viajando em solos improvisados.

A canção tambem é famosa por alternar entre os tempos 4/4 e 11/8, para os interludes.

Foi gravada com Buttrey, Drummond, Keith e Nitzche no piano e lap steel. Stephen Stills a Grahan Nash fizeram backing vocals

A letra:

Someone and someone
Were down by the pond
Looking for something
To plant in the lawn
Out in the fields
They were turning the soil
I'm sitting here hoping
This water will boil
When I look through the windows
And out on the road
They're bringing me presents
And saying hello

Singing words, words
Between the lines of age
Words, words
Between the lines of age

If I was a junkman
Selling you cars
Washing your windows
And shining your stars
Thinking your mind
Was my own in a dream
What would you wonder
And how would it seem?
Living in castles
A bit at a time
The king started laughing
And talking in rhyme

Singing words, words
Between the lines of age
Words, words
Between the lines of age

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão de Pig Jam Eletric:

A versão de Dave Spiller:

1236 – Elvis Presley – Sylvia (1972)

Escrita por Geoff Stephens e Les Reed, foi gravada por Elvis em 8 de junho de 1970 e lançada no disco Elvis now, em 20 de fevereiro de 1972. Foi lançada também como compacto no Brasil, com Put your hand in the hand como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 1 no Brasil.

A letra:

These long lonely evenings
Here I am on the phone
Wondering if she will call
She said she would write me
'Cause she knows I'm alone
But I hear nothing at all

I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
But when I'm with her Lord, I forgive her
'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
There's nothing like a word of love from Sylvia
The only one I'm thinking of is Sylvia
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
If I just had my Sylvia with me

That old weepin' willow
Seems to whisper her name
Why did she go away
The tears on my pillow
They're not hard to explain
There's nothing else I can say

I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
But when I'm with her Lord, I forgive her
'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
There's nothing in the world like Sylvia
The only one I'm thinking of is Sylvia
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
If I just had my Sylvia with me.

A versão de Elvis:

A versão de Olivier Cantore:

A versão de Fabiano Sassui:

1235 – Van Morrison – Redwood tree (1972)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada em abril de 1972 e lançada em julho de 1972 no disco Saint Dominic's Preview e também como Lado A do compacto que tinha Saint Dominic's preview como Lado B.

A canção fala de nostalgua e memorias dele crescendo.

Van Morrison cantou e tocou guitarra ritmica Jules Broussard toxou sax tenor. Bill Church tocou baixo. Gary Mallaber tocou bateria. Doug Messenger tocou guitarra. Janet Planet, Ellen Schroer e Mark Spinger fizeram backing vocals. Tom Salisbury tocou piano e Jack Schroer tocou sax alto e baritono.

A letra

Boy and his dog
Went out looking for the rainbow
You know what did they learn
Since that very day

Walking by the river
And running like a blue streak
Through the fields of streams and meadows
Laughing all the way

Oh redwood tree
Please let us under
When we were young we used to go
Under the redwood tree

And it smells like rain
Maybe even thunder
Won't you keep us from all harm
Wonderful redwood tree

And a boy and his father
Went out, went out looking for the lost dog
You know what oh haven't they learned
Since they did that together
They did not bring him back
He already had departed
But look at everything they have learned
Since that, since that very day

Oh redwood tree
Please let us under
When we were young we used to go
Under the redwood tree

And it smells like rain
Maybe even thunder
Won't you keep us from all harm
Wonderful redwood tree

A versão de Van Morrison:

 

1234 – Paul Simon – Peace like a river (1972)

 

Escrita por Paul Simon, foi gravado entre janeiro e março de 1972 e lançada em 24 de janeiro de 1972 no disco Paul Simon.

Paul Simon cantou e tocou violão. Victor Montane tocou congas. Joe Osborn tocou baixo.

A letra:

Ah, peace like a river ran through the city
Long past the midnight curfew we sat starry-eyed
Ahoh, ahoh, we were satisfied
Ah, and I remember misinformation followed us
Like a plague
Nobody knew from time to time if the plans would change
Ahoh, ahoh, ahoh
If the plans would change
You can beat us with wires
You can beat us with chains
You can run out your rules
But you know you can't outrun the history train
I've seen a glorious day
Ahee-ee-ee-ee-eeee-ee
Ee-ee-ee-ee

Ah, four in the morning I woke up from out of my dream
Nowhere to go but back to sleep but I'm reconciled
Ahoh, ahoh, ahoh
I'm gonna be up for a while
Ahoh, ahoh, ahoh
I'm gonna be up for a while
Ahah, ahah, ahaah
I'm gonna be up for a while

A versão de Paul Simon:

A versão de Josh Turner:

A versão de Sam Brookes:

1233 – Elton John – Crocodile rock (1972)

 

Escrita por Elton John e Bernie Taupin, foi gravada em junho de 1972 na França e lançada em 27 de outubro de 1972 no compacto que tinha Elderberry Wine como Lado B. E foi lançada depois no disco Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player.

Foi o primeiro número 1 dele nos Estados Unidos. Foi o número 1 no Canadá.

John tocou um orgao Farfisa. A letra fala nostalgicamente do começo do rock and roll, de encontrar a namorada e da independencia da juventude daquele tempo. Davey Johnstone tocou as guitarras, Dee Murray tocou o baixo e Nidel Olsson tocou a bateria. Elton no entando fez todos os vocais, incluindo os backing vocals em falsetto.

A letra:

I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy, a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were rocking round the clock
We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well, Crocodile rocking is something shocking
When your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
Oh, lady, mama those Friday nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And the Crocodile rocking was out of sight

But the years went by and the rock just died
Suzie went and left me for some foreign guy
Long nights crying by the record machine
Dreaming of my Chevy and old blue jeans

But they'll never kill the thrills we've got
Burning up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning fast as the weeks went past
We really thought the Crocodile Rock would last

Well, Crocodile rocking is something shocking
When your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess, I never will
Oh, lady, mama those Friday nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And the Crocodile rocking was out of sight

I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy, a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were rocking round the clock
We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well, Crocodile rocking is something shocking
When your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess, I never will
Oh, lady, mama those Friday nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And the Crocodile rocking was out of sight

Come on everybody

A versão de Elton John:

A versão de Larkin Poe:

A versão de Jack Seabaugh:

1232 – The Rolling Stones – Loving cup (1972)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi lançada em 12 de maio de 1972 no disco Exile on Main St.

Mick Jagger cantou e fez backing vocals. Keith Richards fez backing vocals e tocou guitarra. Mick Taylor tocou a outra guitarra. Bill Wyman tocou baixo e Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano. Bobby Keys tocou sax e trompete. Jim Price tocou trombone. Jimmy Miller tocou maracas.

A letra:

I'm the man on the mountain, come on up
I'm the plowman in the valley with a face full of mud
Yes, I'm fumbling and I know my car don't start
Yes, I'm stumbling and I know I play a bad guitar

Give me little drink
From your loving cup
Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk yeah

I'm the man who walks the hillside in the sweet summer sun
I'm the man that brings you roses when you ain't got none
Well I can run and jump and fish, but I won't fight
You if you want to push and pull with me all night

Give me little drink
From you loving cup
Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk yeah

I feel so humble with you tonight
Just sitting in front of the fire
See your face dancing in the flame
Feel your mouth kissing me again
What a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz
What a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz
Oh, what a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz

Yes, I am nitty gritty and my shirt's all torn
But I would love to spill the beans with you till dawn

Give me little drink
From your loving cup
Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk

Give me little drink
Give me little drink
Give me little drink
Give me little drink
Give me little drink

Give me little drink (keep on lovin', keep on lovin')
Give me little drink
Give me little drink (let's slow it down baby)
Give me little drink
Give me little drink
Give me little drink

Give me little drink
Give me little drink
Give me little drink

A versão dos Stones:

A versão de Kyle Craft e Showboat Honey:

A versão de Leo Cotten:

1231 – Neil Young – The needle and the damage done (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada na UCLA, em 30 de janeiro de 1971, no Royce Hall e lançada em 1 de fevereiro de 1972 no disco Harvest.

A letra fala dos efeitos vício em heroina nos músicos que ele conhecia, incluindo seu amigo de Crazy Horse Danny Whitten, que morreu de overdose ainda em 1972.

Foi regravada pelo Duran Duran, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, Flea, Tori Amos, Andrea Corr, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews, Jewel e Gregg Allman, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

I caught you knockin'
at my cellar door
I love you, baby,
can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.

I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.

I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood
to keep from running out.

I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
like a settin' sun.

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão de Jewel:

A versão de Mike Massé:

1230 – Elvis Presley – Burning love (1972)

 

Escrita por Dennis Linde, foi gravada por Elvis em 28 de março de 1972 e lançada em 1 de agosto de 1972 no compacto que tinha It's a matter of time como Lado B. Ela havia sido gravada antes por Arthur Alexander. Foi o maior hit de Elvis na America desde Suspicious minds, de 1969 e foi o último TOP 10 de Elvis nos charts pop americanos.

O riff e introdução foram tocados pelo próprio compositor, Dennis Linde. Elvis cantou. James Burton tocou guitarra. John Wilkinson tambem tocou guitarra. Emory Gordy Jr. Tocou baixo. Glen D. Hardin tocou piano. Ronnie Tutt tocou bateria. J.D. Summer e The Stamps fizeram os backing vocals. Jerry Carrigan tocou percussão e sino de vaca.

A letra:

Lord Almighty
Feel my temperature rising
Higher, higher
It's burning through to my soul

Girl, girl, girl, girl
You gonna set me on fire
My brain is flaming
I don't know which way to go

Your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky
With burning love

I feel my temperature rising
Help me, I'm flaming
I must be a hundred and nine
Burning, burning, burning
And nothing can cool me
I just might turn into smoke
But I feel fine

'Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like a sweet song of a choir
And you light my morning sky
With burning love

It's coming closer
The flames are now licking my body
Won't you help me
Feel like I'm slipping away
It's hard to breath
And my chest is a-heaving
Lord, have mercy
Burning the hole where I lay

Your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky
With burning love
With burning love

I'm just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love

A versão de Elvis Presley:

A versão dos Doland Band:

A versão de Jordan Hines Productions:

1229 – Van Morrison – Saint Dominic's preview (1972)

 

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada em abril de 1972 e lançada em julho de 1972 no disco de mesmo nome. Depois saiu em compacto com Redwood tree como Lado A É uma das canções que fala do The Troubles, o conflito etnico da Irlanda do Norte, que durou três décadas. Fala também da vida de Morrison antes da fama, limpando janelas.

Várias palavras foram difíceis de identificar quando a música saiu. Ele usa “Chamois” pra descrever o couro usado pra limpar as janelas. Com isso ele faz link com a catedral de Notre Dame e a cantora Edith Piaf.

Van Morrison cantou e tocou guitarra. Jules Broussard tocou sa tenor. Bill Church tocou baixo. Gary Mallaber tocou bateria. John McFee tocou steel guitar. Doug Messenger tocou guitarra. Pat O'Hara tocou trombone. Janet Planet, Ellen Schroer e Mark Springer fizeram backing vocals. Tom Salisbury tocou piano e Jack Schroer tocou sax alto e baritono.

A letra:

Chamois cleaning all the windows
Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul
And I hear blue strains of no regredion
Across the street from Cathedral Notre Dame

Meanwhile back in San Francisco
We're trying hard to make this whole thing blend
As we sit upon this jagged
Storey block, with you my friend

And it's a long way to Buffalo
It's a long way to Belfast city too
And I'm hoping the choice won't blow the hoist
'Cos this town, they bit off more than they can chew

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
Saint Dominic's preview, Saint Dominic's preview
Saint Dominic's preview

All the orange boxes are scattered
We get to Safeway's supermarket in the rain
And everybody feels so determined
Not to feel anyone else's pain

You know that no one's making no commitments
To anybody but themselves
Hidin' behind closed doorways
Tryin' to get outside, outside of empty shells

And for every cross-cuttin' country corner
For every Hank Williams railroad train that cried
And all the chains, badges, flags and emblems
And every strain on every brain and every eye [unverified]

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
Saint Dominic's preview, Saint Dominic's preview
Saint Dominic's preview

And the restaurant tables are completely covered
The record company has paid out for the wine
You got everything in the world you ever wanted
Right about now your face should wear a smile

That's the way it all should happen
When you're in, when you're in the state you're in
You've got your pen and notebook ready
I think it's about time, time for us to begin

And we're over in a 52nd Street apartment
Socializing with the whino few
Just to be hip and get wet with the jet set
But they're flying too high to see my point of view

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
Saint Dominic's preview, Saint Dominic's preview
Saint Dominic's preview

See them freedom marching
Out on the street, freedom marching
Saint Dominic's preview

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Jealous of the Birds:

A versão de Slow Train:

1228 – Paul Simon – Me and Julio down by the schoolyard (1972)

 

Escrita por Paul Simon, foi gravada ainda em 1971 e lançada em janeiro de 1972 no disco chamado apenas de Paul Simon. Depois foi lançada como compacto, e tinnha Congratulations como Lado B.

Fala de dois amigos que quebraram alguma lei e uma pessoa vai até a delegacia pra dar queixa. Eles são presos mas são soltos quando um padre radical intervem.

A percussão da música, bem raro na música americana, teve uma cuíca, instrumento brasileiro usado no samba. Paul Simon cantou, tocou violão e assoviou. David Spinozza tocou violão. Airto Moreira tocou cuíca e Russell George tocou baixo.

A letra:

The mama pajama rolled out of bed
And she ran to the police station
When the papa found out he began to shout
And he started the investigation

It's against the law
It was against the law
What the mama saw
It was against the law

The mama looked down and spit on the ground
Every time my name gets mentioned
The papa said, "oh, if I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention"

Well I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way
I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona

Seein' me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
Seein' me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard

Whoa, in a couple days they come and take me away
But the press let the story leak
And when the radical priest
Come to get me released
We was all on the cover of Newsweek

And I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way
I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona

Seein' me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
Seein' me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
Seein' me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard

A versão de Paul Simon:

A versão de Nate Donnis e Phil Woodring:

A versão de Andy Tunstall:

1227 – Elton John – Rocket man (1972)

Escrita por Elton John e Bernie Taupin, foi lançada em 3 de março de 1972 em um compacto que tinha Susie (Dramas) como Lado B e depois saiu no disco Honky Chateau, em maio de 1972. Chegou ao número 2 no Reino Unido e número 6 nos charts pop americanos. É a canção de número 242 das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

A canção fala de um astronauta que está indo pra Marte e que possui sentimentos variados ao deixar sua familia pra fazer seu trabalho. Gera uma noção de um astronauta nao mais como um herói, mas como um trabalho comum.

Elton John tocou piano e cantou. Davey Johnstone tocou slide guitar, violão e fez backing vocals. Dee Murray tocou baio e fez backing vocals. Nigel Olsson tocou bateria e fez backing vocals e David Hentschel tocou sintetizador.

Foi regravada por Kate Bush, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour 9:00 a.m.
And I'm gonna be high
As a kite by then

I miss the Earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them
If you did

And all this science
I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man
A rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a-

A versão de Elton John:

A versão de Kate Bush:

A versão de Mike Masse e Jeff Hall: