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Van Morrison, foi gravada em 15 de outubro de 1968 em New York City e
lançada em novembro de 1968 no disco Astral Weeks.
Foi a última
faixa do disco e também a última a ser gravada. O tema da canção
é uma pessoa que se pega numa grande cidade. É uma música sobre
inverno, morte.
Van Morrison
cantou e tocou violão. Richard Davis tocou baixo. John Payne tocou
sax soprano. Warren Smith Jr. tocou percussão.
Foi
regravada por Johnny Rivers, entre outros.
A letra:
Slim slow
slider Horse you ride White as snow Slim slow slider Horse
you ride Is white as snow Tell it everywhere you go Saw you
walking Down by Ladbroke Grove this morning Saw you
walking Down by Ladbroke Grove this morning Catching pebbles
for some sandy beach You're out of reach Saw you early this
morning With your brand new boy and your Cadillac Saw you early
this morning With your brand new boy and your Cadillac You're
gone for something And I know you won't be back I know you're
dying, baby And I know you know it, too I know you're dying And
I know you know it, too Everytime I see you I just don't know
what to do
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Walter Earl Brown, foi gravada por Elvis Presley em junho de 1968 e
lançada em 5 de novembro de 1968, no compacto que tinha Edge of
reality como Lado B. A canção faz questionamentos diretos à Martin
Luther King Jr. Foi gravada dois meses depois do assassinato de King.
O coronel
Parker, quando ouviu a canção, disse que não era o tipo de música
de Elvis. Elvis disse: “I'd like to try it, man”. Quando Elvis
gravou, as três cantoras que faziam o backing vocal começaram a
chorar. Elvis nunca havia gravada uma música antes como tanta
emoção.
Chegou ao
número 12 dos charts pop americanos e vendeu mais de um milhão de
cópias. Chegou ao número 6 no Canadá.
Foi
regravada por Barry Manilow, Celine Dion, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
There must be
lights burning brighter somewhere Got to be birds flying higher in
a sky more blue If I can dream of a better land Where all my
brothers walk hand in hand Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my
dream come true oh why There must be peace and understanding
sometime Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and
fear If I can dream of a warmer sun Where hope keeps shining on
everyone Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear
We're lost in a cloud With too much
rain We're trapped in a world That's troubled with pain But
as long as a man Has the strength to dream He can redeem his
soul and fly Deep in my heart there's a trembling question Still
I am sure that the answer gonna come somehow Out there in the
dark, there's a beckoning candle
And while I can think, while I can
talk While I can stand, while I can walk While I can dream,
please let my dream Come true, right now Let it come true right
now Oh yeah
A versão de Elvis de 1968 e a banda
acompanhando ao vivo em 2002:
A versão de Elvis com Celine Dion, em
dueto armado:
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Paul McCartney mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada
em 16 de setembro de 1968 e lançada no disco Album Branco, em 22 de
novembro de 1968.
Foi composta
na Índia. Levou 67 takes pra ser gravada. George Harrison não
participou da gravação dela.
Paul cantou,
fez backing vocals, tocou os violões e fez baixo vocal. John tocou
percussão e maracas. Ringo tocou bongôs e cymbals.
Foi
regravada por Hugh Masekela, Diana Ros, Art Garfunkel, entre outros
artistas.
A letra:
Who knows how
long I've loved you You know I love you still Will I wait a
lonely lifetime If you want me to-- I will.
For if I ever saw you I didn't catch
your name But it never really mattered I will always feel the
same.
Love you forever and forever Love
you with all my heart Love you whenever we're together Love you
when we're apart.
And when at last I find you Your
song will fill the air Sing it loud so I can hear you Make it
easy to be near you For the things you do endear you to me You
know I will I will.
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Neil Young, foi gravada em 5 de fevereiro de 1968, no Sunset Sound,
em Los Angeles, California. Neil Young cantou, Gary Marker tocou
baixo. Richie Furay tocou guitarra. Dewey Martin na bateria. Stephen
Stills tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals.
Foi lançada
no disco final da banda Buffalo Springfield, em 30 de julho de 1968.
I am a child é uma canção muito imortante pra Neil Young, e que
ele toca ate hoje.
A letra:
I am a child, I'll last a
while You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile You hold
my hand, rough up my hair, It's lots of fun to have you there
God gave to you, now, you give to me,
I'd like to know what you learned The sky is blue and so is
the sea What is the color, when black is burned? What is the
color? You are a man, you understand You pick me up and you
lay me down again You make the rules, you say what's fair, It's
lots of fun to have you there God gave to you, now, you give to
me, I'd like to know what you learned The sky is blue and so
is the sea What is the color, when black is burned? What is
the color? I am a child, I'll last a while You can't conceive
of the pleasure in my smile
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David Crosby, foi gravada incialmente pelos Byrds em agosto de 1967,
mas não aceitaram que fosse lançada pelo tema controverso. Só foi
lançada num disco deles em 1987. Então, Crosby deu a música pro
Jefferson Airplane.
A letra fala
de um menage a trois, muito vigente na época do amor livre, dos
hippies da época.
Jefferson
Airplane gravou-a em maio de 1968 e lançou-a no seu quarto disco,
Crown of Creation, em setembro de 1968.
A letra:
You want to
know how it will be Me and him OR you and me You both stand
there your long hair flowing Your eyes alive your mind still
growing
Saying to me--"What can we do now
that we both love you", I love you too-- I don't really
see Why can't we go on as three You are afraid--embarrassed too
No one has ever said such a thing to
you Your mother's ghost stands at your shoulder Face like
ice--a little bit colder Saying to you--"you can not do that,
it breaks
All the rules you learned in school" I
don't really see Why can't we go on as three We love each
other--it's plain to see
There's just one answer comes to
me --Sister--lovers--water brothers And in time--maybe
others So you see--what we can do--is to try something new--
If you're crazy too-- I don't really
see Why can't we go on as three.
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John Lennon mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada em
19 e 24 de julho e 13 e 21 de agosto de 1968. Foi lançada no Album
Branco, em 22 de novembro de 1968.
A canção
se chamaria Maharishi, mas mudou o título à pedido de George
Harrison. John ficou chateado com a história que o Maharishi havia
feito uma tentativa sexual com a atriz Mia Farrow. John escreveu-a
quando estavam com as malas prontas pra partir. Foi a última música
que ele fez na Índia.
Sexy Sadie
faz menção à I've been good to you, de Smokey Robinson, que diz
“What have you done?/You made a fool of everyone”.
John Lennon
cantou e fez backing vocals, tocou violão e órgão Hammond. George
Harrison tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals. Paul tocou piano,
baixo, guitarra e fez backing vocals. Ringo tocou bateria e pandeiro.
A letra:
Sexy Sadie,
what have you done You made a fool of everyone You made a fool
of everyone Sexy Sadie, ooh, what have you done
Sexy Sadie, you broke the rules You
laid it down for all to see You laid it down for all to see Sexy
Sadie, ooh, you broke the rules
One sunny day the world was waiting for
a lover She came along and turned on everyone Sexy Sadie, the
greatest of them all
Sexy Sadie, how did you know The
world was waiting just for you The world was waiting just for
you Sexy Sadie, ooh, how did you know
Sexy Sadie, you'll get yours
yet However big you think you are However big you think you
are Sexy Sadie, ooh, you'll get yours yet
We gave her everything we owned just to
sit at her table Just a smile would lighten everything Sexy
Sadie, she's the latest and the greatest of them all
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Van Morrison, foi gravada em 25 de setembro de 1968 e lançada em
novembro de 1968 no disco Astral Weeks. Trata-se de uma rua
residencial em Belfast, Irlanda do Norte.
Cyprus
Avenue era uma rua onde todos queriam morar... e não podiam porque
eram pobres, incluindo Van Morrison.
Van Morrison
cantou e tocou violão. Richard Davis tocou baixo e Larry Fallon
tocou harpsicord.
A letra:
Well, I'm
caught one more time Up on Cyprus Avenue Caught one more
time Up on Cyprus Avenue
And I'm conquered in a car seat Not
a thing that I can do I may go crazy Before that mansion on the
hill I may go crazy Before that mansion on the hill But my
heart keeps beating faster And my feet can't keep still And all
the little girls rhyme something On the way back home from
school And all the little girls rhyme something On the way back
home from school And the leaves fall one by one And call the
autumn time a fool Yeah, my t-tongue gets tied Every, every,
every time I try to speak My tongue gets tied Every time I try
to speak And my inside shakes just like a leaf on a tree I
think I'll go on by the river with my cherry, cherry wine I
believe I'll go walking by the railroad with my cherry, cherry
wine If I pass the rumbling station where the lonesome engine
drivers pine Wait a minute, yonder come my lady Rainbow ribbons
in her hair Yonder come my lady Rainbow ribbons in her hair Six
white horses and a carriage She's returning from the fair Baby,
baby, baby
Well, I'm caught one more time Up on
Cyprus Avenue Caught one more time Up on Cyprus Avenue
And I'm conquered in a car seat And
I'm looking straight at you Way up on, way up on, way up on, way
up on, way up on, way up on, way up on The avenue of trees Keep
walking down In the wind and rain, darling You keep walking
down when the sun shone through the trees Nobody, no, no, no, no,
nobody stops me from loving you baby So young and bold,
fourteen-year old Baby, baby, baby
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Dave Mason, foi lançada em 1968. Joe Cocker fez uma regravação da
música. Dave Mason cantou e tocou guitarra. Steve Winwood tocou
piano, baixo e fez backing vocals. Chris Wood tocou sax tenor e fez
backing vocal. Jim Capaldi tocou bateria, percussão e fez backing
vocal.
Além de
Traffic e Joe Cocker, Feelin' All right foi regravada por Lulu, The
5th Dimension, Gladys Knight and The Pips, The Jackson 5,
Diana Ross, The Black Crowes, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Seems I've got
to have a change of scene 'Cause every night I have the strangest
dreams Imprisoned by the way it could have been Left here on my
own or so it seems I've got to leave before I start to scream But
someone's locked the door and took the key
You feelin' alright I'm not feelin'
too good myself Well, you feelin' alright I'm not feelin' too
good myself (oh yeah)
Well, you sure took me for one big
ride And even now I sit and wonder why That when I think of you
I start to cry I just can't waste my time, I must keep dry Gotta
stop believin' in all your lies 'Cause there's too much to do
before I die
You feelin' alright I'm not feelin'
too good myself Well, you feelin' alright I'm not feelin' too
good myself (oh yeah)
Don't get too lost in all I say Though
at the time I really felt that way But that was then, now it's
today I can't get off yet so I'm here to stay Till someone
comes along and takes my place With a different name and, yes, a
different face
You feelin' alright I'm not feelin'
too good myself Well, you feelin' alright I'm not feelin' too
good myself (oh)
You feelin' alright I'm not feelin'
too good myself You feelin' alright I'm not feelin' too good
myself (I'm not feeling too good, too good, too good) You feelin'
alright I'm not feelin' too good myself (oh) You feelin'
alright Oh I hope you're feeling alright Alright, alright,
alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
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John Lennon mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada em
28 a 30 de agosto de 1968, fora do Abbey Road Studios. Foi gravada no
Trident Studios e lançada no dia 22 de novembro de 1968, no Album
Branco.
Foi inscrita
na Índia e teve como inspiração Prudence Farrow, irmã da atriz
Mia Farrow. Prudence ficou obcecada por meditar e não saía do
quarto.
Como ela não
saía do quarto de jeito nenhum, pois estava muito compenetrada na
meditação, pediram a John e a George para irem falar com ela, para
que ela pudesse socializar mais. O resultado disso foi que John
compôs a música, onde pede que ela abra os olhos e veja o céu
ensolarado.
Eles foram
para lá para usar a nova máquina de oito canais que tinha no
Trident. Ringo tinha saído dos Beatles momentaneamente e Paul tocou
a bateria. John tocou violão, fez backing vocal e cantou. George
guitarra solo, fez backing vocals e bateu palmas. Paul tambem tocou
baixo, fez backing vocals, pandeiro, sino, bateu palmas e piano. Mal
Evans e Jackie Lomax bateram palmas e fizeram backing vocal.
É uma das
canções favoritas de John dos Beatles.
Foi
regravada por Jerry Garcia, Sean Lennon, Alanis Morissette, entre
outros.
A letra:
Dear Prudence,
won't you come out to play Dear Prudence, greet the brand new
day The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful and so are
you Dear Prudence won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence open up your eyes Dear
Prudence see the sunny skies The wind is low the birds will
sing That you are part of everything Dear Prudence won't you
open up your eyes?
Look around round Look around round
round Look around
Dear Prudence let me see you smile Dear
Prudence like a little child The clouds will be a daisy chain So
let me see you smile again Dear Prudence won't you let me see you
smile?
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to
play Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day The sun is up, the
sky is blue It's beautiful and so are you Dear Prudence won't
you come out to play
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Bobby Darin e lançada em setembro de 1968 no seu disco Bobby Darin
born Walden Robert Cassotto.
A letra:
Sunday Where
has what you stood for gone Sunday Have you been asleep You
say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.
Sunday
Master of a dyin' breed Sunday Lyin' in a heap You
say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.
Sunday
Virgin child who can't wear white Sunday Much too late to
weep You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.
Sunday Tellin' lies on history Sunday Ain't you
in too deep You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.
Sunday Bow down to the blood you've shed Sunday
Bodies piled so steep You say keep the faith but there's no
faith to keep.
Sunday Build your house of solid gold
Sunday Let the people sleep You say keep the faith but
there's no faith to keep. You say keep the faith but there's no
faith to keep.
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Tommy James e o baterista Peter Lucia Jr., foi lançada em dezembro
de 1968 num compacto que tinha Some kind of love no Lado B. Foi
escrita com a inteção de mudar a direção das composições e som
da banda.
Chegou ao
número 1 nos Estados Unidos logo em fevereiro de 1969. Vendeu 5
milhões de cópias, se tornando a canção deles que mais vendeu.
Foi gravada
em apenas 5 horas e foi uma das primeiras canções a serem gravadas
num equipamento de 16 canais. Tommy James tocou quase tudo, menos
Mike Vale que tocou baixo e Peter Lucia, bateria. O efeito de tremolo
da guitarra vibra com o ritmo da música. E colocaram o mesmo efeito
na voz, no fim da canção.
Chegou
também ao número 1 no Canadá, Alemanha, Nova Zelandia, Suíça,
Singapura e Africa do Sul.
Foi
regravada por Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Cher, Dolly Parton,
Prince, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Ah, now I don't
hardly know her But I think I could love her Crimson and
clover
Ah when she comes walking over Now
I've been waitin' to show her Crimson and clover over and over
Yeah, my, my such a sweet thing I
wanna do everything What a beautiful feeling Crimson and
clover over and over
Crimson and clover over and over
Crimson and clover over and over Crimson and clover over and
over Crimson and clover over and over
A versão de Tommy James and The
Shondells:
A versão de Joan Jett and The
Blackhearts:
A versão de Cher e seu filho com Greg
Allman, Elijah Allman:
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Paul McCartney mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada
em 9 e 20 de agosto de 1968 e lançada em 22 de novembro de 1968 no
Album Branco.
Foi
inspirada numa palestra proferida pelo Maharishi Mahesh Yogi enquanto
os Beatles estavam na Índia. A mesma palestra que inspirou John
Lennon a fazer Jealous guy, muitos anos depois.
Foi gravada
no período mais brabo das confusões entre os Beatles, durante as
gravações do Album Branco. Paul gravou todos os instrumentos
sozinho, que foram Violões, timpani e bateria. A bateria foi
colocada no meio do corredor sem carpete com o microfone no fim pra
dar o som que deu.
Foi
regravada por Jack White, Harry Nilsson, John Denver, Sheryl Crown
entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Born a poor
young country boy Mother Nature's son All day long I'm sitting
singing songs for everyone.
Sit beside a mountain
stream See her waters rise Listen to the pretty sound of music
as she flies.
Find me in my field of grass Mother
Nature's son Swaying daises sing a lazy song beneath the sun.
Escrita por
Joe South, foi lançada em dezembro de 1968 num compacto que tinha
Mirror of your mind como Lado B. Ele ganhou um Grammy for melhor
canção conteporânea e um Grammy pela canção do ano em 1969.
Fala sobre
as várias formas de irresponsabilidade dos seres humanos, ódio,
hipocrisia, falta de humanidade e intolerância, nas interações
sociais e pessoais. Chegou ao número 12 dos charts pop americanos.
Também chegou ao número 6 no Reino Unido.
A letra:
La-da da da da da da da La-da da da
da da de Oh the games people play now Every night and every day
now Never meaning what they say now Never saying what they mean
And they wile away the hours In
their ivory towers Till they're covered up with flowers In the
back of a black limousine
[Chorus:]
La-da da da da da da da La-da da da
da da de Talking 'bout you and me And the games people play
Oh we make one another cry Break a
heart then we say goodbye Cross our hearts and we hope to die That
the other was to blame
Neither one will give in So we gaze
at our eight by ten Thinking 'bout the things that might have
been It's a dirty rotten shame
[Chorus]
People walking up to you Singing
glory hallelulia And they're tryin to sock it to you In the
name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to
meditate Read your horoscope, cheat your faith And further more
to hell with hate Come on and get on board
[Chorus]
Look around tell me what you see What's
happening to you and me God grant me the serenity To remember
who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity For
your pride and your vanity Turns you sad on humanity And you
don't give a da da da da da
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por Fred Neil em 1966, foi lançada por ele em 1967. Mas a versão
que ficou famosa foi a versão que escolhemos de Harry Nilsson,
lançada em julho de 1968, no compacto que tinha Don't eave me como
Lado B.
Chegou ao
número 6 dos charts pop americanos e ganhou um Grammy no filme
Midnight Cowboy. A canção fala do desejo do cantor de sair de perto
das outras pessoas e ir pro mar. Também apareceu no filme Forrest
Gump.
A canção
falava da vida de Neil, que buscou fama e sucesso e descobriu que
isso tudo era uma droga, rejeitou a fama e foi vuver a vida dele em
Coconut Grove, em Miami.
O compacto
de Nilsoon vendeu mais de um milhão de cópias.
A canção
tem muito respeito dentro da indústria. Tornou-se um clássico. Em
2005, ela chegou a marca de 6.7 milhões de vezes que apareceu em
rádio ou em TV. Em 2004 foi eleita a número das 100 maiores canções
de filmes dos primeiros cem anos de filme.
Foi
regravada por Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond, Liza
Minnelli, Tony Bennett, Bill Withers, Louis Armstrong, Julio
Iglesias, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Crosby, Stills and Nash.
A letra:
Everybody's
talking at me I don't hear a word they're saying Only the
echoes of my mind
People stopping, staring I can't see
their faces Only the shadows of their eyes
I'm going where
the sun keeps shining Through the pouring rain Going where the
weather suits my clothes
Banking off of the northeast
winds Sailing on a summer breeze And skipping over the ocean
like a stone
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John Lennon mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada em
13 de outubro de 1968 e lançada em 22 de novembro de 1968 no Album
Branco. John Lennon gravou sozinho a canção. A canção foi em
homenagem à mãe de John, Julia Lennon, que morreu aos 44 anos de
idade, em 1958, atropelada.
John toca
violão e canta. Foi escrita na Índia. Essa foi a única vez na
história que John tocou sozinho num disco dos Beatles. Julia foi
atropelada por um policial bêbado, de folga. Ela havia encorajado
John na música e comprou pra ele seu primeiro violão. Quando ela se
separou do pai de John, John foi morar com a tia Mimi e Julia começou
outra família com outro homem.
Apesar dela
morar perto dele, nunca havia passado muitos momentos com ele por
muitos anos. O relacionamento deles começou a melhorar quando ele
estava se tornando um adolescente. A meia irmã dele, disse que John
se dava bem com o pai dela e quando John ia pra casa deles, ele
ficava ouvindo discos com a mãe e com a irmã.
Ela era fã de Elvis e os dois viviam cantando Heartbreak Hotel e
outras músicas. E ela insistia com ele pra tocar as músicas até
acertar. John tocou violão acústico e violão clássico na
gravação.
Julia foi regravada Sean Lennon e Kurt
Cobain, entre outros. Julia era a música favorita dos Beatles de
Kurt Cobain.
A letra:
Half of what I say is meaningless But
I say it just to reach you, Julia
Julia, Julia, oceanchild,
calls me So I sing a song of love, Julia Julia, seashell eyes,
windy smile, calls me So I sing a song of love, Julia
Her
hair of floating sky is shimmering, glimmering In the sun
Julia,
Julia, morning moon, touch me So I sing a song of love,
Julia
When I cannot sing my heart I can only speak my mind,
Julia
Julia, sleeping sand, silent cloud, touch me So I
sing a song of love, Julia Hum hum hum hum... calls me So I
sing a song of love for Julia, Julia, Julia
A versão de Sean Lennon:
A versão de Hugh Coltman:
A versão de Elisabetta Padrin e
Gaetano Lo Presti:
Escrita por
Randy Bachman e Burton Cummings, foi gravada em setembro de 1968 e
lançada em dezembro de 1968 num compacto que tinha Lightfoot como
Lado B. Chegou ao número 7 no Canadá e ao número 6 nos Estados
Unidos, vendendo mais de um milhão de cópias.
Burton
Cummings cantou e tocou teclado. Randy Bachman tocou guitarra. Jim
Kale tocou baixo e Garry Peterson tocou bateria.
Foi
regravada por Alton Ellis e Michael Bolton, entre outros.
A letra:
These eyes cry
every night for you These arms long to hold you again The
hurtin's on me, yeah But I will never be free, no, my baby, no,
no You gave a promise to me, yeah And you broke it, you broke
it, oh, no
These eyes watched you bring my world to an
end This heart could not accept and pretend The hurtin's on me,
yeah But I will never be free, no, no, no You took the vow with
me, yeah And you spoke it, you spoke it, babe
These eyes
are cryin' These eyes have seen a lot of loves But they're
never gonna see another one like I had with you
These eyes are
cryin' These eyes have seen a lot of loves But they're never
gonna see another one like I had with you
These eyes are
cryin' These eyes have seen a lot of loves But they're never
gonna see another one like I had with you
These eyes cry every
night for you These arms, these arms long to hold you, hold you
again, ahh
These eyes are cryin' These eyes have seen a lot
of loves But they're never gonna see another one like I had with
you
These eyes are cryin' These eyes have seen a lot of
loves But they're never gonna see another one like I had with
you
These eyes are cryin' These eyes have seen a lot of
loves But they're never gonna see another one like I had with
you
These eyes are cryin' These eyes have seen a lot of
loves But they're never gonna see another one like I had with
you Baby, baby, baby, baby
Escrita por
John Hurley e Ronnie Wilkins, foi gravada em setembro de 1968 e
lançada em 8 de novembro de 1968 no compacto que tinha Just a little
lovin' como Lado B.
Chegou ao
número 10 nos Estados Unidos e número 9 no Reino Unido. Foi feita
no Alabama para Aretha Franklin, que chegou a gravar, mas o produtor
Jerry Wexler pensou que não combinava com as outras músicas do
disco dela e pediu pra Dusty gravar. O pai de Aretha Franklin era
pastor, por isso a história com o pastor.
Mas Erna,
irmã de Aretha, gravou também uma versão, lançada em 1970.
A versão de
Dusty é a número 240 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os
tempos da revista Rolling Stone.
Foi
regravada também por Nancy Sinatra, Skeeter Davis, Bobbie Gentry,
Liza Minnelli, Tina Turner, Phoebe Cates, Jessica Simpson, Dolly
Parton, entre outras mulheres.
A letra:
Billy-Ray was a
preacher's son And when his daddy would visit he'd come along When
they gathered round and started talkin' That's when Billy would
take me walkin' A-through the backyard we'd go walkin' Then
he'd look into my eyes Lord knows to my surprise
The only
one who could ever reach me Was the son of a preacher man The
only boy who could ever teach me Was the son of a preacher man Yes
he was, he was Ooh, yes he was
Being good isn't always
easy No matter how hard I try When he started sweet-talkin' to
me He'd come and tell me everything is all right He'd kiss and
tell me everything is all right Can I get away again tonight?
The
only one who could ever reach me Was the son of a preacher man The
only boy who could ever teach me Was the son of a preacher man Yes
he was, he was (Ooh...) Lord knows he was Yes he was
How
well I remember The look that was in his eyes Stealin' kisses
from me on the sly Takin' time to make time Tellin' me that
he's all mine Learnin' from each other's knowing Lookin' to see
how much we've grown
And the only one who could ever reach
me Was the son of a preacher man The only boy who could ever
teach me Was the son of a preacher man Yes he was, he was Ooh,
yes he was
The only one who could ever reach me He was the
sweet-talking son of a preacher man The only boy who could ever
teach me I kissed the son of a preacher man The only one who
could ever move me The sweet-lovin' son of a preacher man The
only one who could ever groove me Ahh, ooh, ahh....
Escrita por
Paul McCartney mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada
em 15 de agosto de 1968 e lançada no Album Branco, em 22 de novembro
de 1968. George Martin tocou o piano no estilo honky-tonk velho
oeste. Foi a última canção dos Beatles que John tocou gaita.
A letra fala
de um triangulo amoroso. Rocky, Magill e Dan. Dan toma Magill de
Rocky que jura vingança. Em vez de matar Dan, Dan atira em Rocky.
Paul cantou
e tocou violão. John fez backing vocals, tocou orgão, baixo de seis
cordas e gaita. George Harrison fez backing vocals. Ringo tocou
abateria e George Martin tocou honky-tonk piano.
Foi
regravada por Richie Havens, Jack Johnson, James Blunt, Jimmy
Buffett, Crowded House, Jason Mraz, entre outros.
A letra:
Now somewhere
in the black mountain hills of Dakota There lived a young boy
named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with another
guy Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that He said
I'm gonna get that boy So one day he walked into town Booked
himself a room in the local saloon
Rocky Raccoon checked into
his room Only to find Gideon's bible Rocky had come equipped
with a gun To shoot off the legs of his rival His rival it
seems had broken his dreams By stealing the girl of his fancy Her
name was Magil and she called herself Lil But everyone knew her as
Nancy Now she and her man who called himself Dan Were in the
next room at the hoe down Rocky burst in and grinning a grin He
said Danny boy this is a showdown But Daniel was hot, he drew
first and shot And Rocky collapsed in the corner, ah
D'da
d'da d'da da da da D'da d'da d'da da da da D'da d'da d'da da
d'da d'da d'da d'da Do do do do do do
D'do d'do d'do do do
do D'do d'do d'do do do do D'do d'do d'do do do d'do d'do d'do
d'do Do do do do do do
Now the doctor came in stinking of
gin And proceeded to lie on the table He said Rocky you met
your match And Rocky said, doc it's only a scratch And I'll be
better I'll be better doc as soon as I am able
And now Rocky
Raccoon he fell back in his room Only to find Gideon's
bible Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt To help with
good Rocky's revival, ah Oh yeah, yeah
D'do d'do d'do do do
do D'do d'do d'do do do do D'do d'do d'do do do d'do d'do d'do
d'do Do do do do do do
D'do d'do d'do do do do, come on,
Rocky boy D'do d'do d'do do do do, come on, Rocky boy D'do d'do
d'do do do d'do d'do d'do d'do The story of Rocky there
Escrita por
Rod Argent, foi gravada em agosto de 1967 e lançada em março de
1968 no compacto que tinha I'll call you mine como Lado B. Chegou ao
número 3 nos Estados Unidos e número 1 no Canadá. Também chegou
ao número 2 na África do Sul.
A canção
se destava bem pelos vocais do cantor Colin Blunstone, pelo riff de
baixo e pela improvisação psicodélica de Rod Argent. Também é
conhecida pelo estilo de call-and-response de alguns versos.
Foi
regravada pelo próprio Rod Argent, The Guess Who, Dave Matthews
Band, America, entre outros.
A letra:
It's the time
of the season When love runs high In this time, give it to me
easy And let me try with pleasured hands
(To take you in
the sun to) Promised lands (To show you every one) It's the
time of the season for loving
What's your name? (What's your
name?) Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?) (He rich) Is he
rich like me? Has he taken (Has he taken) Any time (Any
time) (To show) To show you what you need to live?
(Tell it
to me slowly) Tell you what (I really want to know) It's the
time of the season for loving
What's your name? (What's your
name?) Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?) (He rich) Is he
rich like me? Has he taken (Has he taken) Any time (Any
time) (To show) To show you what you need to live?
(Tell it
to me slowly) Tell you what (I really want to know) It's the
time of the season for loving
Escrita
por Van Morrison, foi gravada em 25 de setembro de 1968, no Century
Sound Studios, em New York City. Foi lançada em novembro de 1968 no
disco Astral Weeks.O produtor foi Lewis Merenstein. Van cantou e
tocou violão. Jay Berliner tocou violão clássico. Richard Davis
tocou contrabaixo. Warren Smith Jr. tocou vibraphone.
Little
Jimmy's gone a way out of the backstreet Out of the window through
the fallin' rain Right on time, right on time
That's
why Broken Arrow
Waved
his finger down the road so dark and narrow In the evenin' just
before the Sunday six-bells chime,
Six-bells
chime and all the dogs are barkin'
Way
on down the diamond-studded highway where you wander And you roam
from your retreat and view Way over on the railroad Tomorrow
all the tippin' trucks will unload together Every scrapbook stuck
will glue And I'll stand beside you Beside you oh child To
never never never wonder why at all
No
no no no no no no no To never never wonder why at all To never
never never wonder why it's gotta be
It
has to be
Way
across the country where the hillside mountain glide The dynamo of
your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child to wander Past your
window with a lantern lit
You
held it in the doorway and you cast against the pointed island
breeze Said your time was open, go well on your merry way Past
the brazen footsteps of the silence easy You breathe in you
breathe out you breathe in you breathe out you breath in You
breathe out you breathe in you breathe out And you're high on your
high-flyin' cloud Wrapped up in your magic shroud as ecstasy
surrounds you This time it's found you
You
turn around you turn around you turn around you turn around And
I'm beside you Beside you
Oh
darlin' To never never wonder why at all No no no no no
To
never never never wonder why at all To never never never wonder
why it's gotta be It has to be and I'm beside you Beside you Oh
child To never never wonder why at all I'm beside you, Beside
you Beside you, Beside you Oh child