1570 – Paul Simon – 50 ways to leave your lover (1975)

 

Escrita por Paul Simon, foi gravada em 1975 e lançada no disco Still craze after all these years , o quarto da carreira de Paul, em 25 de outubro de 1975. Foi produzida pelo próprio Paul Simon. Tem Backing vocals feitos por Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson e Phoebe Snow. O riff de bateria é feito pelo baterista Steve Gadd. Foi o único hit número 1 de Paul Simon no Billboard Hot100 como artista solo. Foi também a melhor posição dele na França, sendo número 2. Foi Top 20 também no Canadá e na Nova Zelandia. Foi número 23 no Reino Unido. Foi feita após o divórcio de Paul com sua primeira esposa, Peggy Harper. E ele decidiu usar um tom mais divertido pra registrar o evento. Foi gravada num estúdio pequeno em New York City. O teme foi baseada em Tit er jeg glad, uma música dinamarquesa de amor de 1917, composta por Carl Nielsen. Paul Simon cantou e tocou violão. John Tropea e Hugh McCracken tocaram guitarra. Tony Levin tocou baixo. Kenny Ascher tocou orgão Hammond. Steve Gadd tocou bateria. Ralph MacDonald tocou pandeiro. Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson e Phoebe Show fizeram backing vocals.

A letra:

"The problem is all inside your head"
She said to me
"The answer is easy if you
Take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle
To be free
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover"

She said, "It's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning
Won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself
At the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover"

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Ooh, slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

She said, "It grieves me so
To see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do
To make you smile again"
I said, "I appreciate that
And would you please explain
About the fifty ways?"

She said, "Why don't we both
Just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning
You'll begin to see the light"
And then she kissed me
And I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

A versão de Paul Simon:

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A versão de Stories com Sarah Dugas:

1569 – Patti Smith – Redondo Beach (1975)

 

Escrita por Patti Smith, Richard Shol e Lenny Kaye, foi gravada em 1975 e lançada em 13 de dezembro de 1975 no disco Horses. Foi produzida por John Cale. Fala de suicídio através de afogamento de ma garota jovem depois de um argumento com o narrador. Foi regravada por Morrissey, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Late afternoon, dreaming hotel
We just had the quarrel that sent you away
I was looking for you, are you gone gone?

Called you on the phone, another dimension
Well, you never returned, oh you know what I mean
I went looking for you, are you gone, gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal,
Women all standing with a shock on their faces
Sad description, oh I was looking for you

Everyone was singing, girl is washed up
On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad
I was looking for you, are you gone gone?

Pretty little girl, everyone cried
She was the victim of sweet suicide
I went looking for you, are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal,
Women all standing with shock on their faces
Sad description, oh I was looking for you

Desk clerk told me girl was washed up,
Was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now
I went looking for you, are you gone gone?

Picked up my key, didn't reply
Went to my room, started to cry
You were small, an angel, are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal
I was just standing with shock on my face
The hearse pulled away, and the girl that had died, it was you

You'll never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone
Never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone
Gone gone, gone gone, good-bye.

A versão de Patti Smith:

A versão de Arlo Parks:

A versão de Morrissey:

1568 – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Made in the shade (1975)

 

Escrita por Ronnie Van Zant, foi gravada em janeiro de 1975, em Atlanta, Georgia, e lançada em 24 de março de 1975, no disco Nuthin' Fancy, o terceiro da banda. Foi produzida por Al Kooper. Ronnie Van Zant cantou. Gary Rossington, Allen Collins e Ed King tocaram guitarra. Leon Wikeson tocou baixo. Artimus Pyle tocou bateria e percussão. Billy Powell tocou teclado.

A letra:

"Well when I was a young-un they used to teach me to play music like this here..."

When I look in your face baby
When I look in your eyes
I can tell pretty mama I been wastin' time
'Cause you don't really love me
You just want me for what I am
But you best treat me right, woman
Gonna lose your money man

Well when I first met you baby, you was a red light girl
But I tried to take you to the better world
But you would not listen
Still you think I am a fool
Well you had it made in the shade, baby
Don't let that tree fall down on you

Well I work the railroad each and every day
Well I work real hard tryin' to make my pay
Lord I never tell you what you supposed to do
Well Girl you had it made in the shade
Don't let that tree fall down on you

Well Girl you had it made in the shade

Don't let that tree fall down on you

A versão do Lynyrd Skynyrd:

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1567 – Joe Dassin – Ça va pas changer le monde (1975)

 

Escrita por Vito Pallavicini, Pierre Delanoe, Claude Lemesle, Joe Dassin e Pino Massara, foi gravada em 1975 e lançada no disco Le costume blanc, também em 1975. Sairia depois em compacto, em janeiro de 1976, Il faut naitre à Monaco, como Lado B. Chegou ao número 1 na França, número 15 na Suíça, número 16 na Bélgica, e número 23 na Holanda.

A letra:

C'est drôle, tu es partie
Et pourtant tu es encore ici
Puisque tout me parle de toi
Un parfum de femme
L'écho de ta voix
Ton adieu, je n'y crois pas du tout
C'est un au revoir
Presque un rendez-vous

Ça va pas changer le monde
Il a trop tourné sans nous
Il pleuvra toujours sur Londres
Ça va rien changer du tout
Qu'est-ce que ça peut bien lui faire
Une porte qui s'est renfermée?
On s'est aimés, n'en parlons plus
Et la vie continue

Ça va pas changer le monde
Que tu changes de maison
Il va continuer, le monde
Et il aura bien raison
Les poussières d'une étoile
C'est ça qui fait briller la voie lactée
On s'est aimés, n'en parlons plus
Et la vie continue

Ça va pas changer le monde
Ça va pas le déranger
Il est comme avant, le monde
C'est toi seule qui as changé
Moi, je suis resté le même
Celui qui croyait que tu l'aimais
C'était pas vrai, n'en parlons plus
Et la vie continue

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la

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1566 – James Taylor – Mexico (1975)

Escrita por James Taylor, foi gravada entre março e abril de 1975 e lançada em maio de 1975 no disco Gorilla. Sairia depois em compacto com Gorilla como Lado B em agosto de 1975. Chegou ao número 49 do Billboard Hot100. No Canadá chegou ao número 8. Foi regravada por Jimmy Buffett, entre outros artistas. Fala sobre o sonho de uma noite em uma cidade do México perto da fronteira. De início se pensa que se trata de uma experiencia do cantor mas depois se percebe que é apenas uma fantasia e que ele nunca foi no México. Graham Nash e David Crosby fizeram os backing vocals. James Taylor tocou violão e cantou. Danny Kirtchmar tocou guitarra. Leland Skalar tocou baixo. Russ Kunkel tocou bateria. Milt Holland tocou percussão e Gayle Levant tocou harpa.

A letra:

Way down here
You need a reason to move
Feel like a fool
Running your stateside games
Lose your load
Leave your mind behind, Baby James

Oh, Mexico
It sounds so simple I just got to go
The sun's so hot I forgot to go home
Guess I'll have to go now

Americano got the sleepy damn eye
But his body's still shaking like a live wire
Sleepy "Señorita" with the eyes on fire

Oh, Mexico
It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low
Moon's so bright like to light up the night
Make everything all right

Baby's hungry and the money's all gone
The folks back home don't want to talk on the phone
She gets a long letter, sends back a postcard
Times are hard

Oh, down in Mexico
I never really been so I don't really know
Oh, Mexico
I guess I'll have to go

Oh, Mexico
I never really been but I'd sure like to go
Oh, Mexico
I guess I'll have to go now

Talkin' 'bout in Mexico (Mexico)
In a honky tonk down in Mexico
Oh, Mexico, Mexico
Oh, Mexico
Oh, Mexico, Mexico
Oh, Mexico
Oh, Mexico, Mexico
Oh, Mexico
Oh, Mexico, Mexico

A versão de James Taylor:

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1565 – Eric Clapton – The sky is crying (1975)

 

Escrita por Elmore James, foi gravada por Eric Clapton no final de 1974/começo de 1975 e lançada no disco There's one in every crowd, o terceiro disco solo dele, em março de 1975. É considerada por muitos a melhor música do disco. Ela foi lançada originalmente por Elmore James, seu autor, em 1960, em um compacto que tinha Held my baby last night como Lado B. Foi regravada também por Albert King, em 1969, Stevie Ray Vaughn, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

The sky is crying
Look at the tears rolling down the streets 

That's right
The sky is crying
Look at the tears rolling down the streets

Yeah
I looked out my window
The rain was falling down in sheets

My baby left me this morning
Lord knows I don't know the reason why
My baby left me this morning
I don't know the reason why
And every time I think about it
I hang my head and cry

The sun is shining
Although it's raining in my heart
The sun is shining
Although it's raining in my heart
I love my baby
I hate to see us part 

Yeah, yeah, yes 

A versão de Eric Clapton:

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1564 – Rod Stewart – Still love you (1975)

 

 

Escrita por Rod Stewart, foi gravada de abril a junho de 1975 e lançada no disco Atlantic crossing, em 15 de agosto de 1975.

A letra:

I was told by a good friend
You were untouchable, out of my reach.
But the first time ever I saw you,
I spilled my cherry lime over your dress.
You said, "Don't you worry, it's not my best one."
First encounter, hardly the best.

But I would not change a thing
If I could do it all over again.
All I'm tryin' to say in this awkward way is,
"I still love you."

Didn't I try to impress you,
But my old Chevy van kept breakin' down.
And my one room over the drugstore,
We watched the neon lights go out over town.

And some nights we'd go out dancin',
Come home singin' by the Erie Canal.
Two hearts gently poundin'
As that mornin' train came janglin' through.

But I would not change a thing
If I could do it all over again.
All I'm tryin' to say in this awkward way is,
"I still love you."

Well darlin', didn't I promise
I'd never go so far away again?
But here I am writin' this letter;
Goodbye to you, my love, see you again.

But I would not change a thing
If I could do it all over again.
All I'm tryin' to say in this awkward way is,
"I still love you."

"I still love you."

Guess I will always love you

I love you

I love you

A versão de Rod Stewart:

1563 – Bob Seger – Beautiful loser (1975)

 

Escrita por Bob Seger, foi lançada em abril de 1975 no disco de mesmo nome. Foi produzida pelo próprio Bob Seger, no Muslcle Shoals Rhythm section. Fala sobre as pessoas que colocam objetivos tão curtos na vida que não conseguem nunca alcançar nada. Seger pegou a idéia do romance Beautiful losers, de Leonard Cohen.

A letra:

He wants to dream like a young man
With the wisdom of an old man
He wants his home and security
He wants to live like a sailor at sea

Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall?
You realize you just can't have it all

He's your oldest and your best friend
If you need him, he'll be there again
He's always willing to be second best
A perfect lodger, a perfect guest

Beautiful loser, read it on the wall
And realize, you just can't have it all
You just can't have it all, you just can't have it all
Oh, oh, can't have it all

He'll never make any enemies, enemies no...
He won't complain if he's caught in a freeze, ah
He'll always ask, he'll always say please

Beautiful loser, never take it all
'Cause it's easier, faster when you fall
You just don't need it all
Oh, oh, you just don't need it all

You just don't need it all
Oh, oh, you just don't need it all

A versão de Bob Seger:

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1562 – Joe Dassin – Et si tu n'existais pas (1975)

Escrita por Pierre Delanoé, Claude Lemesle, Vito Pallavicini, Toto Cutugno e Pasquale Losito, foi lançada primeiramente como compacto, com Ça va pas changer le monde como Lado B. Depois sairia como a primeira faixa do disco Le Costume blanc, em 1976. Foi regravada por Iggy Pop em 2002, em francês também. Chegou ao número 8 na França e número 12 ma Bélgica.

A letra:

Et si tu n'existais pas
Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais?
Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi
Sans espoir et sans regrets

Et si tu n'existais pas
J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour
Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts
Naître les couleurs du jour
Et qui n'en revient pas

Et si tu n'existais pas
Dis-moi pour qui j'existerais?
Des passantes endormies dans mes bras
Que je n'aimerai jamais

Et si tu n'existais pas
Je ne serais qu'un point de plus
Dans ce monde qui vient et qui va
Je me sentirais perdu
J'aurais besoin de toi

Et si tu n'existais pas
Dis-moi comment j'existerais?
Je pourrais faire semblant d'être moi
Mais je ne serais pas vrai

Et si tu n'existais pas
Je crois que je l'aurais trouvé
Le secret de la vie, le pourquoi
Simplement pour te créer
Et pour te regarder

Et si tu n'existais pas
Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais?
Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi
Sans espoir et sans regrets

Et si tu n'existais pas
J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour
Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts
Naître les couleurs du jour

A versão de Joe Dassin:

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1561 – James Taylor – Sarah Maria (1975)

Escrita por James Taylor, foi gravada entre 17 de março e 24 de abril de 1975, no Warner Bros. Studios, em North Hollywood e em Burbank, no The Burbank Studios. Foi lançada no disco Gorilla, em maio de 1975, o sexto da carreira de James Taylor. É sobre sua filha Sally, nascida com o nome de Sarah Maria Taylor, em 7 de janeiro de 1974. James Taylor cantou, fez harmonias vocais e tocou violão. Nick DeCaro tocou sanfona. David Grisman tocou bandolim. Leland Sklar tocou baixo e Victor Feldman tocou Marimba.

A letra:

Well, the moon is in the ocean
And the stars are in the skies
And all that I can see
Is my sweet Maria's eyes

Sarah, Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria

Well, you know about the sugar cane
That comes from way down south
She's got one end in her hand
She's got one end in her mouth

Come on, Sarah, Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria

She took me out walking
To the corner of the world
Where everyone was a-talking
About such a pretty little girl

Come on, Sarah, Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria

Well, the moon is in the ocean
And the stars are in the sky
And all that I can see
Is my sweet Maria's eyes

Sarah, Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria

Sarah, Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria

A versão de James Taylor:

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1560 – Eric Clapton – Pretty blue eyes (1975)

Escrita por Eric Clapton, foi gravada no final de 1974 e começo de 1975, foi lançada em março de 1975 no disco There's one in every crowd, o terceiro da carreira solo de Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton cantou, tocou guitarra, violão e dobro. Dick Sims tocou orgao Hammond, piano acústico e Fender Rhodes. Albhy Galuten tocou sintetizadores. George Terry tocou guitarra, violão e fez backing vocal. Carl Radle tocou guitarra e baixo. Jamie Oldaker tocou baterie e percussão. Yvonne Eliman e Marcy Levy fizendo backing vocals.

A letra:

Left alone to cry
While he goes out singing
And she don't see why
A wedding bell ain't ringing

Left alone to cry
While he goes out rocking
And she can't see why
It ain't her he's socking

Left alone to cry
Life don't seem worth living
I stand to say goodbye
Done enough forgiving

A versão de Eric Clapton:

1559 – David Bowie – Can you hear me (1975)

Escrita por David Bowie, foi gravada entre janeiro e agosto de 1974, no Olympic Studio em Londres e no Sigma Sound Studio em Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos. Foi produzida por David Bowie, Toni Visconti e Harry Maslin. Toni Visconti faria os arranjos de cordas. Foi lançada em 7 de março de 1975 no disco Young Americans. Sairia depois em compacto, com Golden years como Lado A. Bowie disse que era uma canção real de amor, mas não identificou à pessoa homenageada. O sax alto tocado por David Sanborn fez a introdução ao terceiro verso. O backing vocal tem Luther Vandross com 24 anos, no início de sua carreira. David Bowie quis que a cantora escocesa Lulu gravasse também essa canção e foram pra New York City. Nessa viagem Bowie conheceu o guitarrista Calor Alomar, um porto-riquenho que viria a trabalhar muito com Bowie. David Bowie cantou, Carlos Alomar tocou guitarra ritmica. Mike Garson tocou piano. David Sanborn tocou sax alto. Willie Weeks tocou baixo. Andy Newmark tocou bateria. Larry Washington e Pablo Rosario tocaram congas. Luuther Vandross, Ava Cherry, Robin Clark, Diane Sumler e Anthony Hinton fizeram backing vocals.

A letra:

Once we were lovers, can they understand?
Closer than others, I was your, I was your man
Don't talk of heartaches, ooo, I remember them all
When I'm checking you out one day to see if I'm faking it all

Can you hear me?
Can you feel me inside?
Show your love, love
Take it in right, take it in right

There's been many others so many times
Sixty new cities and what do I, what do I find?
I want love so badly, I want you most of all
You know, it's harder to take it from anyone
It's harder to fall, can you hear me call?

Can you hear me?
Can you feel me inside?
Show your love, love
Take it in right, take it in right

Well, can you hear me?
Yeah
Can you feel me inside
I do
Show your love, show your sweet, sweet love
Show me your love

Take it in right, take it in right
Take it in right into your love love
Babe, take it in right into love life
Take it in right, take it in right, right to love life
Take it in right

Why don't you take it?
Why don't you take it?
Why don't you take it
Right to your heart?

Why don't you take it?
Why don't you take it?
Why don't you take it
Right to your heart?

Why don't you take it?
Why don't you take it?
Why don't you take it
Right to your heart?

Why don't you take it?
Why don't you take it?
Right to your heart?

A versão de David Bowie:

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A versão de David Bowie com Cher:

1558 – Patti Smith – Kimberly (1975)

 

Escrita por Patti Smith, Allen Lanier e Ivan Kral, foi gravada em agosto e setembro de 1975, no Electra Lady Studio em New York City e lançada em 10 de novembro de 1975. John Cale foi o produtor. Se trata de uma dedicação à irmã de Patti mais nova, chamada Kimberly. Fala de uma memória de criança, quando ela segurou Kimberly nos braços durante uma tempestade de raios. The hand that rocks the craddle, dos Smiths, foi baseada na melodia de Kimberly. Patti Smith cantou. Jay Dee Daugherty tocou bateria. Lenny Kaye tocou guitarra solo. Ivan Kral tocou baixo e guitarra. Richard Sohl tocou piano.

A letra:

The wall is high, the black barn
The babe in my arms in her swaddling clothes
And I know soon that the sky will split
And the planets will shift
Balls of jade will drop and existence will stop

Little sister, the sky is falling, I don't mind, I don't mind
Little sister, the fates are calling on you

Ah, here I stand again in this old 'lectric whirlwind
The sea rushes up my knees like flame
And I feel like just some misplaced Joan Of Arc
And the cause is you lookin' up at me
Oh baby, I remember when you were born
It was dawn and the storm settled in my belly
And I rolled in the grass and I spit out the gas
And I lit a match and the void went flash
And the sky split and the planets hit
Balls of jade dropped and existence stopped, stopped, stop, stop

Little sister, the sky is falling, I don't mind, I don't mind
Little sister, the fates are calling on you

I was goin' crazy, so crazy I knew I could break through with you
So with one hand I rocked you and with one heart I reached for you
Ah, I knew your youth was for the takin', fire on a mental plane
So I ran through the fields as the bats with their baby vein faces
Burst from the barn and flames in a violent violet sky
And I fell on my knees and pressed you against me
Your soul was like a network of spittle
Like glass balls movin' in like cold streams of logic
And I prayed as the lightning attacked
That something will make it go crack
Something will make it go crack
Something will make it go crack

The palm trees fall into the sea
It doesn't matter much to me
As long as you're safe, Kimberly
And I can gaze deep
Into your starry eyes, baby
Looking deep in your eyes, baby
Looking deep in your eyes, baby
Looking deep in your eyes, baby
Into your starry eyes, oh

Oh, in your starry eyes, baby
Looking deep in your eyes, baby
Looking deep in your eyes, baby, oh

Oh, looking deep in your eyes, baby
Into your starry eyes, baby
Looking deep in your eyes, baby

A versão de Patti Smith: