Escrita
por J.J. Cale, foi gravada entre setembro de 1970 e junho de 1971 e
lançada no disco de estréia de J.J. Cale, Naturally, em 1972.
A
letra:
Whippoorwill's
singing Soft summer breeze Makes me think of my babe I left
down in New Orleans I left down in New Orleans
Magnolia, you sweet
thing You're driving me mad Got to get back to you babe You're
the best I ever had You're the best I ever had
You whisper, "Good
morning" So gently in my ear I'm coming home to you
babe I'll soon be there I'll soon be there
Magnolia, you sweet
thing You're driving me mad Got to get back to you babe You're
the best I ever had You're the best I ever had You're the best
I ever had You're the best I ever had
Escrita
por John Fogerty, foi gravada em janeiro de 1972 e lançada no disco
Mardi Gras, em 11 de abril de 1972. Na verdade, foi a música que
abriu o álbum. O guitarrista Tom Fogerty já havia saído e foi
gravada como um trio. Depois desse disco, a banda acabou.
John
Fogerty cantou, tocou guitarra ritmica e solo, tocou teclado e gaita.
Stu Cook tocou baixo, guitarras solo e ritmica e teclado. Doug
Clifford tocou bateria.
A
letra:
I'm
lookin' for a reason to stay I'm all wound up and tied in knots
today I'm lookin' for a reason not to go When the mornin'
comes, I'll be on my way
Every night, I ask
myself again Just what it was that made our dream begin It
seemed like a good idea way back then But I'm wonderin' now what
daydream took me in
I'm lookin' for a
reason to stay I'm all wound up and tied in knots today I'm
lookin' for a reason not to go When the mornin' comes, I'll be on
my way
Yesterday, I tried once
more to find A way to share the trouble on my mind It seems
like you turn away every time I used to like it here, I can't
remember why
I'm lookin' for a
reason to stay Hey, I'm all wound up and tied in knots today I'm
lookin' for a reason not to go When the mornin' comes, I'll be on
my way
I'm lookin' for a
reason to stay Yeah, I'm all wound up and tied in knots today
Escrita
por Burton Cummings, foi gravada em 1972 em Hollywood, California e
lançada em fevereiro de 1972 no disco Rockin'. Posteriormente foi
lançada em compacto, em maio de 1972, com Heaven only moved once
yesterday como Lado B.
Chegou
ao número 70 nos charts pop americanos e número 58 no Canadá.
A
letra:
American
hunter, bring 'em up the north side Guns, guns, guns Run, take
the money, here's a bullet for your boyfriend Guns, guns,
guns Eagle all gone, and no more caribou Guns, guns, guns You
be the red king, I'll be the yellow pawn
God speed mother
nature Never really wanted to say goodbye God speed mother
nature, you know that I'm calling it now Never really wanted to
say goodbye God speed mother nature Never really wanted to say
goodbye God speed mother nature Never really wanted to say
goodbye
Shoot a few, knock 'em
down, cost you half a buck now Guns, guns, guns Babe give you
kisses if you hit a rubber duck now Guns, guns, guns You be the
red king, I'll be the yellow pawn Guns, guns, guns Eagle all
gone, and no more caribou Guns, guns, guns Eagle all gone, and
no more caribou Guns, guns, guns Oh eagle all gone, and no more
caribou Guns
God speed Mother
Nature Never really wanted to say goodbye God speed mother
nature, I'm weeping, I'm crying for you Never really wanted to say
goodbye God speed mother nature, you know that I'm weeping for
you Never really wanted to say goodbye God speed mother nature,
and I'm crying Never really wanted to say goodbye I know you're
gonna hear me, I'm weeping, nature Weeping, mother nature Never
really wanted to say goodbye And I'm weeping for you Weeping
for you, mother nature And I'm crying for you Never really
wanted to say goodbye Take care and visit me, Mother, Mother
Nature And I'm missing you Never really wanted to say
goodbye Where have you gone? God speed, Mother Nature, and I'm
weeping for you
Escrita
por Lou Reed, foi gravada em 31 de agosto de 1972, em Londres, tendo
David Bowie como produtor e foi lançada em 8 de novembro de 1972 no
disco Transformer e depois foi lançada em compacto com Walk on the
wild side como Lado A.
Foi
escrita após um dia com sua noiva Bettye Kronstad, que viria a ser
sua esposa. Eles passaram o dis no Central Park.
Lou
Reed cantou, Mick Ronson tocou piano, David Bowie tocou teclado,
Trevor Bolder tocou trompete, Herbie Flowers tocou tuba, Klaus
Voorman tocou baixo e John Halsey tocou bateria.
Foi
regravada pelo Duran Duran e Susan Boyle, entre outros artistas.
A
letra:
Just
a perfect day Drink sangria in the park And then later, when it
gets dark We go home
Just a perfect day Feed
animals in the zoo Then later a movie, too And then home
Oh, it's such a perfect
day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh, such a perfect day You
just keep me hanging on You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect
day Problems all left alone Weekenders on our own It's such
fun
Just a perfect day You
made me forget myself I thought I was someone else Someone good
Oh, it's such a perfect
day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh, such a perfect day You
just keep me hanging on You just keep me hanging on
You're going to reap
just what you sow You're going to reap just what you sow You're
going to reap just what you sow You're going to reap just what you
sow
Escrita
por Al Green e Teenie Hodges, foi gravada em 1972 e lançada em 23 de
outubro de 1972 no disco I'm still in love with you e posteriormente
lançada como compacto em 1973, que tinha So you're leaving como Lado
B.
Foi
regravada por Etta James, Al Jarreau, entre outros artistas.
É
a canção número 98 da lista da revista Rolling Stone das 500
maiores canções de todos os tempos e número 861 da lista de Dave
Marsh chamada The Heart of rock and soul: the 1001 greatest singles
ever made.
A
letra:
Love
and happiness (yeah) Something that can make you do wrong Make
you do right Love...
Love and happiness
Something's going
wrong Someone's on the phone Three o'clock in the
morning Talking about how she can make it right (well)
Happiness is when you
really feel good about somebody There's nothing wrong Bing in
love with someone (Yeah, Oh baby)
Love and
happiness (Love and happiness)
Love and
happiness (Love and happiness)
You be good to me I'll
be good to you We'll be together We'll see each other Walk
away with victory
Love and
happiness (Love and happiness)
Make you do
right Love'll make you do wrong Make you come home early Make
you stay out all night long The power of love (Wait a minute,
let me tell you) The power of love The power ... Make you do
right Love'll make you do wrong
Love'll make you wanna
dance and sing Make you wanna dance
Love and happiness
Love is... (Wait a
minute) Love is... Walkin' together Talkin' together Singin'
together Prayin' together Say, I wanna moan, say . Moan for
love, I say ... Let me moan for love, I say ... Wanna moan for
love Talkin' about the power ...
Escrita
por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em julho de 1971 e
março de 1972 e lançada em 12 de maio de 1972 no disco Exile on
Main St. Foi uma das canções do disco gravada na Villa Nellcôte,
uma casa no sul da França durante o verão e outono d 1971.
Nicky
Hopkins tocou piano, Jim Price e Boby Keys tocaram os metais, Mick
Jagger cantou, Keith Richards fez backing vocals e tocou guitarra.
Charlie Watts tocou bateria, Mick Taylor tocou guitarra e Bill Wyman
tocou baixo.
A
letra:
Oh
yeah
I hear you
talking When I'm on the street Your mouth don't move But I
can hear you speak
What's the
matter with the boy? He don't come around no more Is he
checking out for sure? Is he gonna close the door on me?
I'm always
hearing voices On the street I want to shout But I can't
hardly speak
I was making
love last night To a dancer friend of mine I can't seem to stay
in step Come every time that she pirouettes over me
And I only
get my rocks off While I'm dreaming I only get my rocks
off While I'm sleeping
I'm zipping
through the days At lightning speed Plug in, flush out And
fire the fuckin' feed
Heading for
the overload Splattered on the dirty road Kick me like you've
kicked before I can't even feel the pain no more
But I only
get my rocks off While I'm dreaming I only get my rocks
off While I'm sleeping
Feel so
hypnotized, can't describe the scene It's all mesmerized, all that
inside me The sunshine bores the daylights out of me Chasing
shadows, moonlight mystery
Heading for
the overload Splattered on the dirty road Kick me like you've
kicked before I can't even feel the pain no more
And I only
get my rocks off While I'm dreaming I only get my rocks
off While I'm sleeping
And I only
get my rocks off While I'm dreaming And I only get my rocks
off While I'm sleeping
Only get
them off Only get them off Get them off Only get them off,
get them off Only get them off
Escrita
por Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff e Cary Gilbert, foi gravada em 1972 e
lançada em setembro de 1972 no disco 360 degrees of Billy Paul e
também no compacto que tinnha Your song como Lado B. Fala de uma
relação extra-conjugal entre um homem e sua amante, chamada Mrs.
Jones. Eles se encontram todos os dias secretamente no mesmo café,
as 6:30, quando eles dão as mãos e conversam.
A
versão de Billy Paul chegou ao número 1 dos charts pop americanos e
tambem nos charts de R&B. Chegou ao número 12 no Reino Unido.
Foi
regravada por Michael Bublé em 2007.
A
letra:
Me
and Mrs. Jones We got a thing, goin' on We both know that it's
wrong But it's much too strong To let it go now
We meet every day at
the same cafe Six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there Holding
hands, making all kinds of plans While the juke box plays our
favorite songs
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
(Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones) We got a thing, goin' on We
both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong To let it go
now
We gotta be extra
careful That do we don't build our hopes up too high Because
she's got her own obligations And so, and so, do I
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
(Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones) We got a thing, goin' on We
both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong To let it go
now
Well, it's time for us
to be leaving It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside Now
she'll go her way and I'll go mine Tomorrow we'll meet The same
place, the same time
Me and Mrs. Jones We
got a thing goin' on We gotta be extra careful We can't afford
to build our hopes up too high I wanna meet and talk with you At
the same place, the same cafe, the same time And we gonna hold
hands like we used to We gonna talk it over, talk it over We
know, they know, and you know what I know that it was wrong But
our thing is strong, we gotta let 'em know now That we gotta thing
going on, a thing going on
Escrita
por John Fogerty, foi gravada em janeiro de 1972 e lançada em 11 de
abril de 1972 no disco Mardi Gras e lançada tambem em compacto em
maio de 1972 com Tearing up the country como Lado B.
Chegou
ao número 25 nos charts pop americanos. Foi o último compacto da
banda, até que se separaram.
Fala
sobre o divórcio dos pais de Fogerty quando ele era criança. E
depois ele mesmo iria se separar e deixar seu filho pra trás.
A
letra:
First
thing I remember Was asking Papa, "Why?" For there
were many things I didn't know And Daddy always smiled Took me
by the hand Saying, "Someday you'll understand"
Well, I'm here to tell
you now each and every mother's son You better learn it fast, you
better learn it young 'Cause someday never comes
The time and tears went
by And I collected dust For there were many things I didn't
know When Daddy went away He said, "Try to be a man And
someday you'll understand"
But I'm here to tell
you now each and every mother's son You better learn it fast, you
better learn it young 'Cause someday never comes
And then one day in
April I wasn't even there For there were many things I didn't
know A son was born to me Mama held his hand Saying,
"Someday you'll understand"
Well, I'm here to tell
you now each and every mother's son You better learn it fast, you
better learn it young 'Cause someday never comes Ooh, someday
never comes
Think it was
September The year I went away For there were many things I
didn't know And I still see him standin' Tryin' to be a man I
said, "Someday you'll understand"
But I'm here to tell
you now each and every mother's son You better learn it fast, you
better learn it young 'Cause someday never comes Ooh, someday
never comes
Escrita
por Burton Cummings e Kurt Winter, foi gravada em 22 de maio de 1972
no Paramount Theather, em Seattle, Washington. Foi lançada no disco
Live at the Paramount, em agosto de 1972 e em compacto em setembro de
1972 com New mother nature como Lado B. Chegou ao número 96 nos
charts pop americanos e numero 9 no Canadá. Nunca foi gravada uma
versão de estúdio da banda.
Pearl
Jam tocou-a quando esteve em Saskatoon em 7 de setembro de 2005 e em
19 de setembro de 2011.
A
letra:
I
been hangin' around gas stations I been learnin' 'bout tires I
been talkin' to grease monkeys I been workin' on cars
Moose Jaw, Broadview,
Moosomin too Runnin' back to Saskatoon Red Deer, Terrace,
Hanna, Medicine Hat Sing another prairie tune Sing another
prairie tune
I been hangin' around
libraries I been learnin' 'bout books I been talkin' to play
writers I been workin' on words, phrases
Moose Jaw, Broadview,
Moosomin too Runnin' back to Saskatoon Red Deer, Terrace,
Hanna, Medicine Hat Sing another prairie tune Sing another
prairie tune
This tune is home
grown Don't come from Hong Kong This tune is home grown Don't
come from Hong Kong
I been hangin' around
grain elevators I been learnin' 'bout food I been talkin' to
soil farmers I been workin' on land
Moose Jaw, Broadview,
Moosomin too Runnin' back to Saskatoon Red Deer, Terrace,
Hanna, Medicine Hat Sing another prairie tune Sing another
prairie tune Sing
This tune is home
grown Don't come from Hong Kong This tune is home grown Now
now, don't come from Hong Kong
Escrita
por Lou Reed, foi gravada em agosto de 1972 e lançada em 8 de
novembro de 1972 no disco Transformer e depois lançada em compacto
com Perfect Day como Lado A.
Teve
David Bowie como produtor. Foi o maior sucesso de Reed, apesar de
fala sobre transexuais, drogas, sexo oral e prostituição masculina.
É o número 223 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os
tempos da revista Rolling Stone.
O
sax baritono foi tocado por Ronnie Ross, que havia sido professor de
David Bowie quando ele era criança. O backing vocal foi feito pelos
Thunderthigs, um grupo vocal formado por Dari Lalou, Karen Friedman e
Casey Synge.
Herbie
Flowers tocou baixo. A bateria foi tocada por Ritchie Dharma usando
brushes no lugar de baquetas.
Holly
é Holly Woodlawn, uma transexual que vivia em Miami Beach quando
criança, mas fugira de Miami pra New York quando tinha 15 anos,
pedindo carona. Candy Darling, outra transexual, que havia crescido
em Long Island. Little Joe era Joe Dalessandro, um ator. Sugar Plum
Fairy era Joe Campbell. Jackie é Jackie Curtis.
Chegou
ao número 16 nos chart pop americanos.
A
letra:
Holly
came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the
U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her legs and then
he was a she
She says, "Hey,
babe Take a walk on the wild side" Said, "Hey,
honey Take a walk on the wild side"
Candy came from out on
the Island In the back room she was everybody's darling But she
never lost her head Even when she was giving head
She says, "Hey,
babe Take a walk on the wild side" Said, "Hey,
babe Take a walk on the wild side"
And the colored girls
go "Doo do doo do doo do do doo..."
Little Joe never once
gave it away Everybody had to pay and pay A hustle here and a
hustle there New York City's the place
Where they said, "Hey,
babe Take a walk on the wild side" I said, "Hey,
Joe Take a walk on the wild side"
Sugar Plum Fairy came
and hit the streets Looking for soul food and a place to eat Went
to the Apollo You should've seen them go, go, go
They said, "Hey,
sugar Take a walk on the wild side" I said, "Hey,
babe Take a walk on the wild side", alright Huh
Jackie is just speeding
away Thought she was James Dean for a day Then I guess she had
to crash Valium would have helped that bash
She said, "Hey,
babe Take a walk on the wild side" I said, "Hey,
honey Take a walk on the wild side"
And the colored girls
say "Doo do doo do doo do do doo..."
Escrita
por Elton John e Bernie Taupie, foi gravada em janeiro de 1972 e
lançada em 19 de maio de 1972 no disco Honky Chateau. Trata-se de
uma parodia sobre um adolescente pensando em suicídio.
Mantem
o estilo de New Orleans de Honky Cat.
Elton
John cantou e tocou piano. Dee Murrays tocou baixo e fez backing
vocals. Nigel Olsson tocou bateria e fez backing vocals. Davey
Johnstone tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. Larry Smith fez
sapateado.
A
letra:
I'm
getting bored Being part of mankind There's not a lot to do no
more This race is a waste of time
People rushing
everywhere Swarming around like flies Think I'll buy a forty
four Give 'em all a surprise
Think I'm gonna kill
myself 'Cause a little suicide Stick around for a couple of
days What a scandal if I died
Yeah I'm gonna kill
myself Get a little headline news I'd like to see what the
papers say On the state of teenage blues
A rift in my family I
can't use the car I gotta be in by ten o'clock Who do they
think they are
I'd make an
exception If you want to save my life Brigitte Bardot gotta
come And see me every night
I think I'm gonna kill
myself 'Cause a little suicide Stick around for a couple of
days What a scandal if I died
Yeah I'm gonna kill
myself Get a little headline news I'd like to see what the
papers say On the state of teenage blues
On the state of teenage
blues
Kill myself,
suicide What a scandal if I died Suicide, headline news On
the state of teenage blues
Escrita
por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em outubro de 1970,
dezembro de 1971 e março de 1972. Foi lançada no compacto que tinha
Tumbling dice como Lado A. Foi tambem lançada no disco Exile on Main
St. um mês depois.
Fala
sobre a ativista dos direitos civis Angela Davis. É uma das raras
canções de cunho politico dos Stones. Davis estava sendo acusada de
assassinato na época.
Jagger
canta e toca gaita. Richards e Mick Taylor tocam as guitarras e fazem
backing vocals. Bill Wyman toca baixo e Charlie Watts toca bateria.
Richard Washington toca marimba e Jimmy Miller, o produtor, toca
percussão.
A
letra:
Got
a sweet black angel Got a pin up girl Got a sweet black
angel Up upon my wall
Well, she ain't no
singer And she ain't no star But she sure talk good And she
move so fast
But the gal in
danger Yeah, de gal in chains But she keep on pushin' Would
ya take her place?
She countin' up de
minutes She countin' up de days She's a sweet black angel,
woh Not a sweet black slave
Ten little
niggers Sittin' on de wall Her brothers been a fallin' Fallin'
one by one
For a judge they
murdered And a judge they stole Now de judge he gonna judge
her For all dat he's worth
Well de gal in
danger De gal in chains But she keep on pushin' Would you do
the same?
She countin' up de
minutes She countin' up de days She's a sweet black angel Not
a gun toting teacher Not a Red lovin' school mom Ain't someone
gonna free her Free de sweet black slave Free de sweet black
slave
Got
a sweet black angel Got a pin up girl Got a sweet black
angel Up upon my wall
Well, she ain't no
singer And she ain't no star But she sure talk good And she
move so fast
But the gal in
danger Yeah, de gal in chains But she keep on pushin' Would
ya take her place?
She countin' up de
minutes She countin' up de days She's a sweet black angel,
woh Not a sweet black slave
Ten little
niggers Sittin' on de wall Her brothers been a fallin' Fallin'
one by one
For a judge they
murdered And a judge they stole Now de judge he gonna judge
her For all dat he's worth
Well de gal in
danger De gal in chains But she keep on pushin' Would you do
the same?
She countin' up de
minutes She countin' up de days She's a sweet black angel Not
a gun toting teacher Not a Red lovin' school mom Ain't someone
gonna free her Free de sweet black slave Free de sweet black
slave
Escrita
por Bob Dylan, foi gravada por ele inicialmente em junho de 1964 mas
nunca foi lançada ate 1991. Foi escrita durante uma viagem de Bob
pra Europa e fala sobre o rompimento do relacionamento dele com Suze
Rotolo.
Foi
regravada por Joan Baez, Jeff Buckley, Judy Collins, Ricky Nelson,
Johnny Cash, George Harrison, Dion e Linda Ronstadt, entre outros
artistas. Mas a nossa versão no entanto é a de Rod Stewart.
A
versão de Rod Stewart foi gravada entre março e maio de 1972 e
lançada no disco Never a dull moment, in 21 de julho de 1972.
A
letra:
Perhaps it's the color
of the sun cut flat And coverin' the crossroads I'm standing at Or
maybe it's the weather or something like that But mama you been on
my mind
I do not mean you
trouble, don't put me down, don't get upset I am not pleadin' or
sayin' I can't forget you I do not pace the floor, bowed down and
bent, but yet Mama you been on my mind
Even tho' my eyes are
hazy And my thoughts they might be narrow Where you been don't
bother me, or bring me down with sorrow I don't even mind where
you be wakin' up tomorrow But mama you been on my mind
I'm not asking you to
say words like yes or no Please understand me, I've no place I'm
calling you to go I'm just whisperin' to myself so I can pretend
that I don't know Mama you been on my mind
When you wake up in the
mornin' baby, look inside your mirror You know I won't be next to
you, you know I won't be near I'd just be curious to know if you
can see yourself as clear As someone who has had you on his
mind As someone who has had you on his mind Mama you been on my
mind
Trata-se
de três músicas do século 19 que Elvis regravou juntas. A primeira
é Dixie, uma canção popular sobre o sul dos Estados Unidos. A
segunda é The Battle Hymn of The Republic, um hino de marcha do
Exercito da Uniao durante a guerra civil americana. A terceira é All
my trials, uma canção de ninar relacionado aos negros americanos.
A
letra:
Oh,
I wish I was in the land of cotton Old things they are not
forgotten Look away, look away, look away Dixieland
Oh, I wish I was in
Dixie, away, away In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in
Dixie 'Cause Dixieland, that's where I was born Early Lord one
frosty morning Look away, look away, look away Dixieland
Glory, glory
hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah His
truth is marching on
So hush little
baby Don't you cry You know your daddy's bound to die But
all my trials, Lord, will soon be over
Glory, glory
hallelujah His truth is marching on His truth is marching on
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
