Escrita
por Bono Vox, Larry Mullen Jr, The Edge e Adam Clayton, foi gravada
entre julho e setembro de 1980 no Windmill Lane Studios, em Dublin,
Irlanda e lançada no disco Boy, o primeiro da banda, em 20 de
outubro de 1980. Foi produzida por Steve Lillywhite. Eletric Co. É
uma abreviação de Terapia de Convulsão Elétrica, ou tratamento de
choque, dispensado em pacientes psiquiatricos, como parte do
tratamento. Foi feita em homenagem a um amigo da banda que se matou
depois de ter levado choque em um hospital.
A
letra:
Boy,
stupid boy Don't sit at the table Until you're able to
Toy, broken toy Shout shout You're
inside out
If you don't know Electric co. If
you don't know Electric co.
Red, running red Play for real The
toy could feel A hole in your head You go in shock You're
spoon-fed
If you don't know Electric co. If
you don't know Electric co.
If you don't know Electric co. If
you don't know Electric co. If you don't know Electric co. If
you don't know Electric co. If you don't know Electric co. If
you don't know Electric co.
Escrita
por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em março de 1979 e agosto de
1980, foi lançada no disco The River, o quinto disco de Bruce, em 17
de outubro de 1980. Sairia também em 1981 em um compacto no Japão,
com Be true no Lado B. Foi produzida por Bruce Springsteen, Steven
Van Zandt e Jon Landau. Fala de relacionamento. É uma canção mais
devagar, no estilo dos anos 60. Um casal questiona as
responsabilidades do relacionamento. O narrador promete ser o melhor
pra sua namorada. Apenas a vida como casal permite a alguém a vencer
as lutas da vida. Bruce cantou, tocou guitarra de 6 e de 12 cordas e
gaita. Roy Bittan tocou piano e fez backing vocals. Clarence Clemons
tocou sax e fez backing vocals. Danny Federici tocou orgão. Garry
Tallent tocou baixo. Steve Van Zandt tocou violão, guitarra e fez
backing vocals e harmonias vocais. Max Weinberg tocou bateria.
A
letra:
I
see you walking, baby, down the street Pushing that baby carriage
at your feet I see that lonely ribbon in your hair Tell me am I
the man for whom you put it there You never smile girl, you never
speak You just walk on by, darling, week after week Raising two
kids alone in this mixed up world Must be a lonely life for a
working girl
Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little
girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry
you
Now, honey, I don't wanna clip your wings But a time
comes when two people should think of these things Having a home
and a family Facing up to their responsibilities They say in
the end true love prevails But in the end true love can't be some
fairytale To say I'll make your dreams come true would be
wrong But maybe, darling, I could help them along
Little
girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry
you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you
My daddy
said right before he died That true, true love was just a lie He
went to his grave a broken heart An unfulfilled life, makes a man
hard
Oh darling There's something happy and there's
something sad 'Bout wanting somebody, oh so bad I wear my love
darling, without shame I'd be proud if you would wear my
name
Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I
wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you Little
girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry
you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you
Escrita
por Neil Young, foi gravada em 15 de setembro de 1977, em Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, no Triiad Recording Studios e lançada em 29 de
outubro de 1980, no disco Hawks and Doves, o décimo primeiro de
Neil. Neil Young tocou violões de 12 e de 6 cordas, cantou e tocou
vibes. Foi inspirada no personagem do ator Dean Stockwell. Tem
efeitos que faz parecer que Neil está cantando embaixo d'água.
A
letra:
Live
with me, live with me Live with me, live with me Live with
me.
Lost in space I heard you were lost in space That's
such a lonely place for you to be.
Out of control Singin'
with too much soul I heard you got out on parole Workin' for
the queen.
Gardening again Landscape again Keepin' all
the grounds around her clean Workin' for the queen.
Don't
take out the magic pen Don't draw on the infinity board Your
buildings, if they rise again Would do much better on the ocean
floor They'll never feel the way they did before They did
before.
Out on the ocean floor, out on the ocean floor What
could be stranger than the unknown danger That lies on the
ocean floor?
Breakers crash on the beach I count them like
lambs in my sleep They come at me steady They know I'm not
ready They pound on my mattress door Have they got a big one in
store.
Losing you I heard I was losing you That's not
the only thing that I got to lose I got to lose The deep sea
blues Look at these blues The deep sea blues
Escrita
por Benny Andersson e Bjorn Ulvaeus, foi gravada em 1980 e lançada
em 21 de julho de 1980, no compacto que tinha Elaine como Lado B.
Sairia também no disco Super Trouper, o sétimo disco da banda, em 3
de novembro de 1980. Foi produzida por Benny Andersson e Bjorn
Ulvaeus. Fala do fim de um relacionamento. Se tornou o oitavo número
1 do grupo no Reino Unido. Foi também o quarto e último Top 10 do
grupo nos Estados Unidos. Agnetha Faltskog fez os vocais principais.
Foi número 8 no Billboard Hot100, número 1 no Reino Unido, Bélgica,
Irlanda e Holanda. Número 2 na Suécia e Finlandia. Número 3 na
Áustria, Noruega e Suiça. Número 4 na Alemanha Ocidental. Número
5 na França. Número 6 na Argentina. Número 7 na Austrália. Número
10 na Espanha. Número 13 na Itália e número 16 na Nova Zelandia.
Bjorn e Benny começaram a escrever essa canção no verão de 1979,
quando estavam de férias em um cottage na ilha de Viggso. Muitos
dizem ser sobre o divórcio de Bjorn e Agnetha um ano antes. Agnetha
Faltskog cantou e fez backing vocals. Anni-Frid Lyngstad fez backing
vocals. Bjorn Ulvaeus fez backing vocals. Benny Andersson tocou
teclado, sintetizadores e backing vocals. Ola Brunkert tocou bateria.
Mike Watson tocou baixo. Lasse Wellander tocou guitarra. Ake
Sundqvist tocou percussão. Foi regravada por Cher, Carla Bruni, Susa
Boyle e Dannii Minogue regravaram a canção, entre outros artistas.
A
letra:
I
don't wanna talk About things we've gone through Though it's
hurting me Now it's history
I've played all my cards And that's
what you've done too Nothing more to say No more ace to play
The winner takes it all The loser's
standing small Beside the victory That's her destiny
I was in your arms Thinking I
belonged there I figured it made sense Building me a fence
Building me a home Thinking I'd be
strong there But I was a fool Playing by the rules
The gods may throw a dice Their
minds as cold as ice And someone way down here Loses someone
dear
The winner takes it all (takes it
all) The loser has to fall (has to fall) It's simple and it's
plain (it's so plain) Why should I complain? (Why complain?)
But tell me, does she kiss Like I
used to kiss you? Does it feel the same When she calls your
name?
Somewhere deep inside You must know
I miss you But what can I say? Rules must be obeyed
The judges will decide (will
decide) The likes of me abide (me abide) Spectators of the show
(of the show) Always staying low (staying low)
The game is on again (on again) A
lover or a friend (or a friend) A big thing or a small (big or
small) The winner takes it all (takes it all)
I don't wanna talk If it makes you
feel sad And I understand You've come to shake my hand
I apologize If it makes you feel
bad Seeing me so tense No self-confidence But you see
The winner takes it all The winner
takes it all
So the winner takes it all And the
loser has to fall Throw the dice, cold as ice Way down here,
someone dear Takes it all, has to fall And it's plain, why
complain?
Escrita
por Sting, foi gravada em 1980 e lançada em 19 de setembro de 1980
no compacto que tinha Friends como Lado B. Sairia também no disco
Zenyatta Mondatta, o terceiro da banda, em 3 de outubro de 1980. Foi
produzida por Nigel Gray, Sting, Stewart Copeland e Andy Summers.
Fala de um relacionamento sexual de um professor com uma aluna que
veio à tona. É o terceiro número 1 da banda no Reino Unido e
também o compacto mais vendido no ano de 1980 no Reino Unido, com
808 mil cópias apenas em 1980. Chegou ao número 10 no Billboard
Hot100. Chegou ao número 1 no Reino Unido, Dinamarca, Irlanda e
Espanha. Número 2 no Canada e Nova Zelandia. Número na Austrália,
Holanda, Itália e Africa do Sul. Número 6 na Argentina, número 8
na Bélgica, número 9 na Noruega, número 14 na Suécia e número 23
na Alemanha Ocidental. Ganhou o Grammy Award for Best Rock
Performance by a Duo ou Group with Vocal em 1982. Fala de desejo,
medo, culpa. Fala de Nabokov, que escreveu o livro Lolita. Sting
cantou, fez backing vocals, tocou baixo e pedals. Andy Summers tocou
guitarra e sintetizador de guitarra. Stewart Copeland tocou bateria.
A
letra:
Young
teacher, the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so
badly Knows what she wants to be
Inside him, there's longing This
girl's an open page Book marking, she's so close now This girl
is half his age
Don't stand, don't stand so Don't
stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so
close to me
Her friends are so jealous You know
how bad girls get Sometimes it's not so easy To be the
teacher's pet
Temptation, frustration So bad it
makes him cry Wet bus stop, she's waiting His car is warm and
dry
Don't stand, don't stand so Don't
stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so
close to me
Loose talk in the classroom To hurt
they try and try Strong words in the staff room The accusations
fly
It's no use, he sees her He starts
to shake and cough Just like the old man in That book by
Nabokov
Don't stand, don't stand so Don't
stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so
close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so Don't
stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so
close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so Don't
stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so
close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so Don't
stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so
close to me
Escrita
por Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley e Lol Tolhust, foi
gravada entre 1979 e 1980, e lançada em 28 de março de 1980, no
compacto que tinha Another journey by train como Lado B. Sairia
também no disco Seventeen seconds, o segundo da banda, em 19 de
abril de 1980. Foi produzida por Mike Hedges e Robert Smith. Foi a
primeira vez que a banda entrou nos charts ingleses, chegando ao
número 31. Chegou também no número 20 na Belgica, número 26 na
Holanda e número 38 na Nova Zelandia. Gallup disse que o baixo era
pra ser parecido com os Stranglers. É a canção que foi mais tocada
ao vivo pelo Cure em toda a história. Robert Smith tocou guitarra e
cantou. Simon Gallup tocou baixo. Matthieu Hartley tocou teclado e
Lol Tulhurst tocou bateria.
A
letra:
Come
closer and see See into the trees Find the girl While you
can
Come closer and see See into the
dark Just follow your eyes Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice Calling my name The
sound is deep In the dark
I hear her voice And start to
run Into the trees Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop But I know it's too
late I'm lost in a forest All alone
The girl was never there It's always
the same I'm running towards nothing Again and again and again
and again...
Escrita
por Bono Vox, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. e Adam Clayton, foi gravada
entre julho e setembro de 1980, no Windmill Lane Studio, em Dublin,
Irlanda e lançada no disco Boy, o primeiro disco da banda, em 20 de
outubro de 1980. Foi produzida por Steve Lillywhite. Bono cantou e
tocou glockenspiel. The Edge tocou guitarra e glockenspiel. Adam
Claytn tocou baixo e Larry Mullen Jr. tocou bateria.
A
letra:
Bright
morning lights Wipe the sleep from another day's eye Turn away
from the wall And there's nothing at all Being naked and
afraid In the open space of my bed
I'll be with you now I'll be with
you now I'll be with you now We lie on a cloud We lie
Just as I am I awoke with a tear on
my tongue I awoke with a feeling of never before In my sleep I
discover the one But she ran with the morning sun
I'll be with you now I'll be with
you now I'll be with you now We lie on a cloud We lie
Another time, another place We
lie Another child has lost the race We lie
Another time, another place We
lie Your time, your price
We lie Another time, another
place We lie Another child has lost
We lie Another time, another
place We lie Your time, your place
Escrita
por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em 25 de agosto de 1979 no Power
Station Studios, em New York City, e lançada no disco The River, o
quinto disco de Bruce, em 17 de outubro de 1980. Sairia também em
compacto, com Ramrod como Lado B, em 1981. Foi produzida por Bruce
Springsteen, Jon Landau e Steven Van Zandt. Foi escrita em 1978 e foi
uma das primeiras canções a serem escritas depois da turnê de
Darkness on the edge of town. Foi tocada pela primeira vez na
California, no dia 7 de julho de 1978. Bruce tocou também nesse dia
pela primeira vez a música Independence day. Fala sobre o
desencantamento da vida por uma família de trabalhadores. É uma das
canções com mais dor do disco. Fala de medo, solidão,
desapontamento, desespero. Fala sobre o conflito entre sonho e
realidade. O cantor sonha que está dançando com sua ex-namorada e
estão felizes. Mas na realidade ele a viu numa porta qualquer
esperando a chuva passar. Ela teve que virar adulta rápido pela
dureza da vida e em vez de conseguir o que queria, ela acabou na fila
do welfare. A música tem Roy Bittan no piano por trás de Bruce,
alternando entre vulnerabilidade, descrença e raiva. Voce começa a
morrer depois que nasce. Você deixa a rédea solta quando vai
ficando mais velho, como se não existisse mais. Bruce cantou e tocou
guitarra. Roy Bittan tocou piano. Clarence Clemons tocou triangulo e
guiro. Danny Federici tocou orgao. Garry Tallent tocou baixo. Steven
Van Zandt tocou guitarra e fez harmonias vocais. Max Weinberg tocou
bateria.
A
letra:
Do
you still say your prayers, little darling? Do you go to bed at
night Praying that tomorrow Everything will be alright? But
tomorrows fall in number In number one by one You wake up and
you're dying You don't even know what from
Well, they shot
you point blank You been shot in the back Baby, point blank You
been fooled this time, little girl, that's a fact Right between
the eyes Baby, point blank Right between the pretty lies that
they tell Little girl, you fell
You grew up where young
girls They grow up fast You took what you were handed And
left behind what was asked But what they asked, baby, wasn't
right You didn't have to live that life I was gonna be your
Romeo You were gonna be my Juliet These days you don't wait on
Romeos You wait on that welfare cheque And on all the pretty
little things that you can never have And all the promises
That
always end up point blank Shot between the eyes Point
blank Like little white lies you tell to ease the pain You're
walking in the sights, girl Of point blank And it's one false
move And baby, the lights go out
Once I dreamed we were
together again Baby, you and me Back home in those old
clubs The way we used to be We were standing at the bar It
was hard to hear The band was playing loud And you were
shouting something in my ear You pulled my jacket off And as
the drummer counted four You grabbed my hand And pulled me out
on the floor You just stood there and held me Then you started
dancing slow And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let
you go Well, I saw you last night Down on the avenue Your
face was in the shadows But I knew that it was you You were
standing in the doorway Out of the rain You didn't answer When
I called out your name You just turned and then you looked
away Like just another stranger waiting to get blown away
Point
blank Right between the eyes Point blank Right between the
pretty lies you fell Point blank Shot straight through the
heart Yeah, point blank You've been twisted up 'Til you've
become just another part of it Point blank You're walking in
the sights Point blank Living one false move Just one false
move away Point blank They caught you in their sights Point
blank Did you forget how to love, girl? Did you forget how to
fight? Point blank They must have shot you in the head 'Cause
point blank Bang bang, baby, you're dead
Escrita
por Neil Young, foi gravada em 11 de dezembro de 1974, no Quadrafonic
Sound Studio, em Nashville, Tennessee e lançada em 29 de outubro de
1980 no disco Hawks and Doves, o décimo primero disco de Neil. Foi
produzida por Neil Young, Wliott Mazer e Tim Drummond. Neil tocou
violão e cantou. Tim Drummond tocou baixo. Levon Helm tocou bateria.
Tom Scribner tocou uma serra. A letra alegórica dessa canção faz
referencia à ambiguidade sobre trabalhar com seus amigos de banda.
A
letra:
Up and down the old
homestead The naked rider gallops through his head And although
the moon isn't full He still feels the pull
Out on the floor where the cowboys
dance Approaching slowly at a glance Here comes the shadow of
his stance The reins are fallin' from his hands
Why do you ride that crazy
horse? Inquires the shadow with little remorse Just then a
priest comes down the stairs With a sack of dreams and old
nightmares
Who are you, the rider says You
dress in black but you talk like a Fed You spout ideas from books
that you read Don't you care about this guy's head?
Just then the sound of hoof beats was
heard And the sky was darkened by a prehistoric bird Who flew
between the unfulfilled moon And the naked rider, to a telephone
booth
We'll call the moon and see what's
up I've got some change in this little tin cup We'll say that
the shadow is growin' dim And we need some light to get back to
him Just one call should do it all I'll carve this number on
the wall With my beak
Flying feathers were all around The
air was filled with a ringing sound Two more birds, the second and
the third Came down from the sky to deliver the word
Where have you been, they said to the
first Get back to the clouds, we're dying of thirst There's not
enough time to make that call Let's ditch this rider, shadow and
all
The sky was filled with the beautiful
birds Still on the ground some crying was heard With his dime
in his hand and his hand on the dial His ears were sweating as he
forced a smile
Hoof beats beating across the range He
rode through the night with his cup of change Tired and beaten he
fell into slumber But up in the sky they still had his number
Up and down the old homestead The
naked rider gallops through his head And although the moon isn't
full He still feels the pull Still feels the pull
Escrita
por Benny Andersson e Bjorn Ulvaeus, foi gravada entre setembro e
outubro de 1980 no Polar Music Studios em Estocolmo, e lançada em 3
de novembro de 1980, no disco Super Trouper, o sétimo disco do
grupo. Sairia também em compacto, em julho de 1981, com On and on
and on como Lado B. Foi produzida por Benny Andersson e Bjorn
Ulvaeus. Chegou ao número 7 no Reino Unido, número 8 na Irlanda,
número 13 na Bélgica, número 26 na Alemanha Ocidental e número 68
na Suécia. Agnetha Falyskog cantou. Anni-Frid Lyngstad fez backing
vocals. Benny Andersson tocou teclado, sintetizadores e fez backing
vocals. Bjorn Ulvaeus tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. Lasse
Wellander tocou guitarra. Rutger Gunnarsson tocou baixo e Ola
Brunkert tocou bateria. O vocal do refrão é feito como um coro de
igreja. Foi regravada pelo Information Society, entre outros
artistas.
A
letra:
I
wasn't jealous before we met Now every woman I see is a potential
threat And I'm possessive, it isn't nice You've heard me saying
that smoking was my only vice
But now it isn't true Now everything
is new And all I've learned has overturned I beg of you
Don't go wasting your emotion Lay
all your love on me
It was like shooting a sitting duck A
little small talk, a smile, and baby I was stuck I still don't
know what you've done with me A grown-up woman should never fall
so easily
I feel a kind of fear When I don't
have you near Unsatisfied, I skip my pride I beg you, dear
Don't go wasting your emotion Lay
all your love on me Don't go sharing your devotion Lay all your
love on me
I've had a few little love affairs They
didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce I used to
think I was sensible It makes the truth even more incomprehensible
'Cause everything is new And
everything is you And all I've learned has overturned What can
I do?
Don't go wasting your emotion Lay
all your love on me Don't go sharing your devotion Lay all your
love on me
Don't go wasting your emotion Lay
all your love on me Don't go sharing your devotion Lay all your
love on me Don't go wasting your emotion Lay all your love on
me
Escrita
Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre junho e agosto de 1980, no Power
Station Studios, em New York City e lançada no disco Making movies,
o terceiro da banda, em 17 de outubro de 1980. Foi produzida por Mark
Knopfler e Jimmy Iovine. Mark Knopfler tocou guitarra e cantou. John
Illsley tocou baixo e cantou. Pick Withers tocou bateria e cantou.
Roy Bittan tocou teclado e Sid McGinnis tocou guitarra.
A
letra:
Les
boys do cabaret Les boys are glad to be gay They're not afraid
now A disco bar in Germany Les boys are glad to be Upon
parade now
Les boys got leather straps Les boys
got SS caps But they got no gun now Get dressed up get a little
risqué Got to do a little s & m these days It's all in fun
now
Les boys come on again For the high
class whores And the businessmen Who drive in their Mercedes
Benz To a disco bar in old München
Well now they get the jokes that the
d.j. makes They get so nervous and they make mistakes They're
bad for business Some tourist take a photograph (take a
photograph) Les boys don't get one laugh He says they're
useless
Les boys come on again For the high
class whores And the businessmen Who drive in their Mercedes
Benz To a disco bar in old München
Late at night when they've gone
away Les boys dream of Jean Genet High heel shoes and a black
beret And the posters on the wall that say Les boys do
cabaret Les boys are glad to be gay
Les boys do cabaret Les boys are
glad to be gay Les boys do cabaret Les boys are glad to be
gay Les boys do cabaret Les boys are glad to be gay Les boys
do cabaret Les boys are glad to be gay Les boys do cabaret Les
boys are glad to be gay Les boys do cabaret Les boys do cabaret
Escrita
por Bob Marley, fo gravada entre
janeiro e abril de 1980 e lançada no disco Uprising, o décimo
segundo disco de Bob e último antes dele morrer. Foi produzida por
Chris Blackwell e Bob Marley. Bob
cantou, tocou guitarra e violão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo, piano e
percussão. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Carlton Davis
tocou bateria. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado e fez backing vocals.
Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra solo e
backing vocals. Earl Lindo tocou teclado. Al Anderson tocou guitarra
solo. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing
vocals.
A
letra:
Zion
train is coming our way The Zion train is coming our way Oh,
people, get on board! (You better get on board!) Thank the Lord
(Praise Fari) I gotta catch a train, 'cause there is no other
station Then you going in the same direction (Ooh-ooh)
Zion train is coming our way The
Zion train is coming our way
Which man can save his brother's soul?
(Save your brother's soul) Oh man, it's just self control
(Oo-hoo-oo!) Don't gain the world and lose your soul (Just don't
lose your soul) Wisdom is better than silver and gold To the
bridge (Ooh-ooh!)
Oh, where there's a will There's
always a way Where there's a will There's always a way (Way,
way, way, way)
Soul train is coming our way, er! Zion
train is coming our way
Two thousand years of history
(History) Could not be wiped away so easily Two thousand years
of history (Black history) Could not be wiped so easily (Could not
be wiped so easily)
Oh, children, Zion train is comin' our
way, get on board now! They said the Zion train is comin' our
way You got a ticket, so thank the Lord!
Zion train is Zion train is Zion
train is Zion train
They said the soul train is coming our
way They said the soul train is coming our way
Escrita
por Bono Vox, The Edge, Adam Clayton e Larry Mullen Jr., foi gravada
em 1980 e lançada em 18 de agosto de 1980, no compacto que tinha
Things to make and do, instrumental, como Lado B. Sairia também no
disco Boy, o de estréia da banda, em 20 de outubro de 1980. Foi
produzida por Steve Lillywhite. Na verdade foi a primeira música que
ele produziu com a banda. A letra fala de remover uma pessoa do seu
círculo social habitual e reflete sobre o que seria o mundo sem a
presença dessa pessoa.
A
letra:
Starting
a landslide in my ego Look from the outside To the world I left
behind
I'm dreaming You're awake If I
were sleeping What's at stake A day without me
Whatever the feelings I keep
feeling What are the feelings You left behind
Today's a day without me
I started a landslide in my ego Look
from the outside To the world I left behind
In the world I left behind Wipe
their eyes, and then let go To the world I left behind Shed a
tear, and then let go
Escrita
por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em 24 e 25 de abril de 1980, no
Power Station Studio, em New York City e lançada em 17 de outubro de
1980, no disco The River, o quinto de Bruce. Sairia também em
compacto, que tinha The River como Lado A, em maio de 1981. Foi
produzida por Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt e Jon Landau. Bruce
disse que o coração e a alma do disco eram Independence day, Point
blank, Stolen car e The River. Ou seja, é uma das quatro canções
mais importantes do disco pro próprio Bruce. Fala de um lar que já
não pode mais ter pai e filho juntos no mesmo teto. A canção é
cantada do filho falando pro pai. Começa com a frase: “Papa go to
bed now, it's getting late”, mudando a ordem natural que era o pai
dizendo isso pro filho. O filho então reconhece que apesar de
algumas similaridades, eles dois brigam demais e é hora do filho
partir. É conhecida como melhor trabalho vocal de Bruce, com uma
sinceridade brutal que fortalece a canção. Foi escrita ainda em
1977. Bruce cantou e tocou guitarra. Roy Bittan tocou piano. Clarence
Clemons tocou sax e pandeiro. Danny Federici tocou orgão. Gary
Tallent tocou baixo. Steve Van Zandt tocou guitarra. Max Weinberg
tocou bateria.
A
letra:
Well
Papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say is gonna
change anything now I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's
Gate We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow Cause
the darkness of this house has got the best of us There's a
darkness in this town that's got us too But they can't touch me
now And you can't touch me now They ain't gonna do to me What
I watched them do to you
So say goodbye it's Independence
Day It's Independence Day All down the line Just say goodbye
it's Independence Day It's Independence Day this time
Now I
don't know what it always was with us We chose the words, and
yeah, we drew the lines There was just no way this house could
hold the two of us I guess that we were just too much of the same
kind
Well say goodbye it's Independence Day It's
Independence Day all boys must run away So say goodbye it's
Independence Day All men must make their way come Independence
Day
Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint And
the highway she's deserted clear down to Breaker's Point There's a
lot of people leaving town now Leaving their friends, their
homes At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all
alone
Well Papa go to bed now, it's getting late Nothing we
can say can change anything now Because there's just different
people coming down here now and they see things in different ways And
soon everything we've known will just be swept away
So say
goodbye it's Independence Day Papa now I know the things you
wanted that you could not say But won't you just say goodbye it's
Independence Day I swear I never meant to take those things away
Escrita
por Neil Young, foi gravada em 11 de agosto de 1976, no Indigo Ranch
Recording Studio, em Malibu, na California e lançada em 29 de
outubro de 1980, no disco Hawks and Doves, o décimo segundo disco de
Neil. Foi produzida por Elliot Mazer, Tim Mulligan e Neil Young. Na
gravação, só temos Neil tocando violão e cantando. Nenhum outro
músico. Fala sobre a vida de Lou Kennedy, um mercador marinho que
teve seu barco destruído por um barco alemão em agosto de 1941.
Neil estava de ferias em Nassau, nas Bahamas e conheceu Kennedy no
começo dos anos 70 e conheceu sua história e compôs essa música
em sua homenagem.
A
letra:
I
am a young mariner headed to war I'm thinking about my family and
what it was for There's water on the wood and the sails feel
good And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good
My father was a sailor named Captain
Kennedy He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the
sea Exploded on the water for everyone to see And humiliate
that American Captain Kennedy
I saw him in Nassau in nineteen-seventy
one His strength was failing but he still ran a run He worked
until his fingers wore to the bone To buy that wooden schooner and
sail on his own
He was known in the islands as hundred
foot iron That steel hull freighter was passing its time And
time flew by faster with life on the sea And the days grew shorter
for Captain Kennedy
I am a young mariner headed to war I'm
thinking about my family and what it was for There's water on the
wood and the sails feel good And when I get to shore I hope
that I can kill good
