Escrita por George
Harrison, foi gravada em 25 e 26 de maio e 2 de junho de 1967 e
lançada em 13 de janeiro de 1969 no disco Yellow Submarine. Fala
sobre os temas do Verao do Amor de 1967. Foi gravada logo após o
término do Sgt. Peppers.
George fala da sua
experiencia com o LSD, embora tenha deixado o uso da droga logo após
sua visita ao Haight-Ashbury em agosto de 1967.
George Harrison
cantou, tocou orgao Hamond, guitarra solo, fez backing vocals e bateu
palmas. John Lennon fez backing vocal, tocou guitarra solo e bateu
palmas. Paul tocou baixo, sino de vaca, bateu palmas e fez backing
vocals. Ringo tocou bateria e pandeiro. Músicos adicionais tocaram
trompetes e clarinetes.
A letra:
It's all too much,
it's all too much
When I look into your eyes, your love
is there for me And the more I go inside, the more there is to see
It's all too much for me to take The
love that's shining all around you Everywhere, it's what you
make For us to take, it's all too much
Floating down the stream of time, of
life to life with me Makes no difference where you are or where
you'd like to be
It's all too much for me to take The
love that's shining all around here All the world's a birthday
cake So take a piece but not too much
Set me on a silver sun, for I know that
I'm free Show me that I'm everywhere, and get me home for tea
It's all to much for me to see A
love that's shining all around here The more I am, the less I
know And what I do is all too much
It's all too much for me to take The
love that's shining all around you Everywhere, it's what you
make For us to take, it's all too much
Escrita por Robbie
Robertson, foi gravada em 1969 e lançda em 22 de setembro de 1969 no
disco The Band.
É cantada em
primeira pessoa do ponto de vista de um fazendeiro pobre que
desesperado, conta o azar que tem caído sobre ele. Ele conta que não
havia chuva e sua plantação morreu, seu celeiro queimou... Um líder
sindicalista apareceu prometendo melhorar as coisas... e o narrador
conta aos seus amigos que agora é um cara do sindicato... mas tem
vergonha disso...
Richard Manuel
cantou, fez backing vocals e tocou piano. Rick Danko tocou baixo.
Levon Helm tocou bateria e fez backing vocals. Garth Hudson tocou
orgao. Robbie Robertson tocou guitarra elétrica. John Simon tocou
piano elétrico.
A letra:
Corn in the
fields Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the
water King Harvest has surely come
I work for the union
'cause she's so good to me And I'm bound to come out on top That's
where she said I should be I will hear every word the boss may
say For he's the one who hands me down my pay Looks like this
time I'm gonna get to stay I'm a union man, now, all the way
The
smell of the leaves, From the magnolia trees in the meadow King
Harvest has surely come
Dry summer, then comes fall, Which
I depend on most of all Hey, rainmaker, can't you hear the
call? Please let these crops grow tall
Long enough I've
been up on Skid Row And it's plain to see, I've nothing to
show I'm glad to pay those union dues, Just don't judge me by
my shoes
Scarecrow and a yellow moon, And pretty soon a
carnival on the edge of town King Harvest has surely come
Last
year, this time, wasn't no joke, My whole barn went up in
smoke Our horse Jethro, well he went mad And I can't remember
things bein' that bad
Then there comes a man with a paper and
a pen Tellin' us our hard times are about to end And then, if
they don't give us what we like He said, "Men, that's when
you gotta go on strike"
Corn in the fields Listen to
the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water King Harvest has
surely come
Escrita por David
Bowie, foi gravada entre junho e setembro de 1969 e lançada em 14 de
novembro de 1969 no segundo disco de David Bowie.
A letra:
Oh my love,
Janine I'm helpless for your smile Like a Polish wander I
travel ever onwards to your land And were it not just for the
jewels, I'd close your hand
Your strange demand To collocate my
mind Scares me into gloom You're too intense I'll have to
keep you in your place I've no defense I've got to keep my veil
on my face
Janine, Janine, you'd like to know me
well But I've got things inside my head That even I can't face
Janine, Janine, you'd like to crash my
walls But if you take an axe to me You'll kill another man Not
me at all
You're fey, Janine A tripper to the
last But if I catch you standing on my toes I'll have a right
to shout you down For you're a lazy stream In which my thoughts
would drown
So stay, Janine And we can glide
along I've caught your wings for laughs I'm not obliged to read
you statements of the year So take your glasses off And don't
act so sincere
Janine, Janine, you'd like to know me
well But I've got things inside my head That even I can't face
Janine, Janine, you'd like to crash my
walls But if you take an axe to me You'll kill another man Not
me at all Yeah Oh ah Ooooo Oh Janine Hey Janine Oh
Janine Ah ho Oh Janine Ho how Janine Ah Janine
yeah Janine Janine Janine Yeah yeah
Escrita por Pete
Townshend, foi gravada em 1969 e lançada em 5 de julho de 1969 em um
compacto que tinha We're not gonna take it como Lado B.
Pete disse que a
canção foi inspirada em Street fighting man, dos Rolling Stones.
Roger Daultrey fez
os vocais principais. Pete Townshend fez os backing vocals e tocou
guitarra, teclado e bateria. John Entwistle tocou baixo e bateria.
Keith Moon tocou bateria.
Foi regravada por
Roger Daultrey com a Orquestra Sinfonica de Londres.
A letra:
I'm free I'm
free And freedom tastes of reality I'm free I'm free An'
I'm waiting for you to follow me
If I told you what it takes To reach
the highest high You'd laugh and say 'nothing's that simple' But
you've been told many times before Messiahs pointed to the
door And no one had the guts to leave the temple!
I'm free I'm free And freedom
tastes of reality
I'm free I'm free An' I'm waiting
for you to follow me
Escrita por Ringo
Starr, foi gravada em 26 e 29 de abril de 1969 e em 17 e 18 de julho
de 1969 e lançada em 26 de setembro de 1969 no disco Abbey Road. Foi
a segunda composição de Ringo. E foi a última canção lançada
pelos Beatles que tinha Ringo nos vocais.
A idéia veio quando
Ringo estava no barco de Peter Sellers na Sardinia em 1968. Ele pediu
fish and chips pra almoçar mas veio Lula com chips. Foi a primeira
vez que ele comeu lula. O capitão do barco então contou a ele como
as Lulas andavam nos oceanos pegando pedras e objetos para construir
jardins.
Ringo cantou, tocou
bateria, percussão e efeitos sonoros. George harrison tocou guitarra
solo e fez backing vocals. Paul tocu baixo, piano e fez backing
vocals. John tocou guitarra ritmica e fez backing vocals.
A letra:
I'd like to be under
the sea In an octopus's garden in the shade He'd let us in,
knows where we've been In his octopus's garden in the shade
I'd
ask my friends to come and see An octopus's garden with me I'd
like to be under the sea In an octopus's garden in the shade
We
would be warm below the storm In our little hideaway beneath the
waves Resting our head on the sea bed In an octopus's garden
near a cave
We would sing and dance around Because we know
we can't be found I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus's
garden in the shade
We would shout and swim about The coral
that lies beneath the waves (Lies beneath the ocean waves) Oh
what joy for every girl and boy Knowing they're happy and they're
safe (Happy and they're safe)
We would be so happy you and
me No one there to tell us what to do I'd like to be under the
sea In an octopus's garden with you In an octopus's garden with
you In an octopus's garden with you
Escrita por Michael
Anthony and Michael Wilshaw, foi lançada em inglês em 1968 sob o
nome de Waterloo road, gravada por Jason Crest.
A nossa versão,
porém, teve letra em francês de Pierre Delanoë e foi gravada por
Joe Dassin sob o titulo de Les Champs Élysées. Foi lançada em maio
de 1960 em um compacto que tinha Le chemin du papa como Lado B.
A letra:
Je m'baladais sur
l'avenue le cœur ouvert à l'inconnu J'avais envie de dire
bonjour à n'importe qui N'importe qui et ce fut toi, je t'ai dit
n'importe quoi Il suffisait de te parler, pour t'apprivoiser
Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit Il y a tout ce
que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées
Tu m'as dit "J'ai rendez-vous dans
un sous-sol avec des fous Qui vivent la guitare à la main, du
soir au matin" Alors je t'ai accompagnée, on a chanté, on
a dansé Et l'on n'a même pas pensé à s'embrasser
Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit Il y a tout ce
que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées
Hier soir deux inconnus et ce matin sur
l'avenue Deux amoureux tout étourdis par la longue nuit
Et de l'Étoile à la Concorde, un
orchestre à mille cordes Tous les oiseaux du point du jour
chantent l'amour
Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit Il y a tout ce
que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées
Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit Il y a tout ce
que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées
Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit
Escrita por Lou
Reed, foi gravada em novembro e dezembro de 1968 e lançada em março
de 1969 no disco The Velvet Underground.
Apesar do nome, a
música foi feita pra uma garota que não tinha os olhos azuis. Foi
feita pro primeiro amor de Reed, chamada Shelley Albin, que na época
era casada.
Lou Reed cantou e
tocou guitarra Doug Yule tocou baixo, orgao Hammond e fez Backing
vocals. Maureen Tucker tocou pandeiro.
Foi regravada por
Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Patti Smith, R.E.M., Marisa Monte, Hole,
Counting Crows, Andrea Corr, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Sometimes I feel so
happy Sometimes I feel so sad Sometimes I feel so happy But
mostly you just make me mad Baby, you just make me mad
Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger
on your pale blue eyes
Thought of you as my
mountaintop Thought of you as my peak Thought of you as
everything I've had, but couldn't keep I've had, but couldn't
keep
Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger
on your pale blue eyes
If I could make the world as pure And
strange as what I see I'd put you in a mirror I put in front of
me I put in front of me
Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger
on your pale blue eyes
Skip a life completely Stuff it in a
cup She said "money is like us in time It lies, but can't
stand up" Down for you is up
Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger
on your pale blue eyes
It was good what we did yesterday And
I'd do it once again The fact that you are married Only proves
you're my best friend But it's truly, truly a sin
Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger
on your pale blue eyes
Escrita por Robbie
Robertson, foi gravada em 1969 e lançada em 22 de setembro de 1969
no disco The Band. A canção começa com um riff de piano no estilo
boogie woogie tocado pelo pianista Richard Manuel e o cantor Rick
Danko avisa que uma tempestade está vindo pra Cleveland.
Foi regravada por
Albert Lee, entre outros artistas.
Rick Danko cantou e
tocou baixo. Levon Helm tocou bateria e fez backing vocals. Garth
Hudson tocou orgao Lowrey. Richard Manuel tocou piano e fez backing
vocal e Robbie Robertson tocou guitarra.
A letra:
Look Out Cleveland
the storm is comin' through And it's runnin' right up on you Look
out Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill Bye-bye baby don't
cha lie so still
Was Wedn'sday evenin' when first we heard the
word It did not come by train nor bird T'was when Ben Pike
stepped down to say "This old town's gonna blow away"
Look
Out Cleveland the storm is comin' through And it's runnin' right
up on you Look out Houston, there'll be thunder on the
hill Bye-bye baby don't cha lie so still
Chain lightnin'
frightnin' as it may seem Must not be mistaken for just another
dream Justice of peace don't know his own fate But he'll go
down in the shelter late
Look Out Cleveland the storm is
comin' through And it's runnin' right up on you Look out
Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill Bye-bye baby don't cha
lie so still
Hidin' your money won't do no good (no
good) Build a big wall you know you would if you could yeah When
clouds of warnin' come into view It'll get the ol' woman right
outta her shoe
Look Out Cleveland the storm is comin'
through And it's runnin' right up on you Look out Houston,
there'll be thunder on the hill Bye-bye baby don't cha lie so
still
Escrita por John
Lennon mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada entre 24
e 29 de julho de 1969 e lançada em 26 de setembro no disco Abbey
Road.
Foi composta na
Índia, inspirada em um sujeito avarento que escondia seu dinheiro
pras pessoas não o forçarem a gastar. A irmã de Mustard era Pam,
da música seguinte, Polythene Pam.
John cantou e fez
backing vocals, tocou guitarra rítmica, piano e maracas. Paul fez
backing vocals e tocou baixo. George Harrison tocou guitarra solo e
Ringo tocou bateria e pandeiro.
Foi regravada por
Booker T and The Mgs, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Mean Mister Mustard
sleeps in the park Shaves in the dark trying to save paper Sleeps
in a hole in the road Saving up to buy some clothes Keeps a
ten-bob note up his nose Such a mean old man Such a mean old
man
His sister Pam
works in a shop She never stops, she's a go-getter Takes him
out to look at the queen Only place that he's ever been Always
shouts out something obscene Such a dirty old man Dirty old man
Escrita por David
Bowie, foi gravada em 20 de junho de 1969 e lançada em 11 de julho
de 1969 em um compacto que tinha Wild eyed bou from freecloud como
Lado B. É uma das 500 canções que deram forma ao rock and roll do
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Foi inspirada pelo
filme 2001 uma odisséia no esaço, de Stanley Kubrick, de 1968, a
canção fala do lançamento ao espaço do Major Tom, um astronauta
fictício e foi lançada num período de grande interesse no espaço.
A Apollo 11 seria lançada em 5 dias depois que lançaram a música.
Rick Wakeman tocou
mellotron, Mick Wayne tocou guitarra, Herbie Flowers tocou baixo,
Terry cox tocou bateria, Toni Visconti tocou flauta e David Bowie
tocou violão e fez os vocais principais e os backing vocals. Chegou
ao número 5 nos charts britânicos. VH1 disse que ela era a número
60 das 100 maiores canções de rock. NME disse que ela era a númeo
26 dos maiores números 1 da história.
Foi regravada pelo
Duran Duran e Def Leppard, entre outros muitos artistas.
A letra:
Ground Control to
Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major
Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and
may God's love be with you
This
is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the
grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now
it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is Major
Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm
floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very
different today
For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far
above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can
do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm
feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to
go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
Ground
Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something
wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major
Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you....
Here am I
floating round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth
is blue And there's nothing I can do.
Escrita por Pete
Townshend, foi lançada em 5 de julho de 1969 em um compacto que
tinha I'm free como Lado A. É a última canção do rock opera
Tommy.
Roger Daultrey
cantou, Pete Townshend fez backing vocals, tocou guitarra elétrica e
teclados, John Entwistle tocou baixo e Keith Moon bateria.
A letra:
Welcome to the Camp
I guess you all know why we're here My name is Tommy And I
became aware this year
If you want to follow me You've got
to play pinball And put in your earplugs Put on your eye
shades You know where to put the cork
Hey you getting
drunk, so sorry! I've got you sussed Hey you smoking Mother
Nature! This is a bust! Hey hung up old Mr. Normal Don't try
to gain my trust! 'Cause you ain't gonna follow me any of those
ways Although you think you must
We're not gonna take
it We're not gonna take it We're not gonna take it We're not
gonna take it
We're not gonna take it Never did and never
will We're not gonna take it Gonna break it, gonna shake
it Let's forget it better still
Now you can't hear me Your
ears are truly sealed You can't speak either Your mouth is
filled You can't see nothing And pinball completes the
scene Here comes Uncle Ernie to guide you to Your very own
machine
We're not gonna take it We're not gonna take
it We're not gonna take it We're not gonna take it
We're
not gonna take it Never did and never will Don't want no
religion And as far as we can tell We ain't gonna take
you Never did and never will We're not gonna take you We
forsake you Gonna rape you Let's forget you better still
We
forsake you Gonna rape you Let's forget you better still
See
me Feel me Touch me Heal me
See me Feel me Touch
me Heal me
See me Feel me Touch me Heal me
See
me Feel me Touch me Heal me
Listening to you I get
the music Gazing at you I get the heat Following you I
climb the mountains I get excitement at your feet
Right
behind you I see the millions On you I see the glory From
you I get opinions From you I get the story
Listening
to you I get the music Gazing at you I get the
heat Following you I climb the mountains I get excitement at
your feet
Right behind you I see the millions On you I
see the glory From you I get opinions From you I get the
story
Listening to you I get the music Gazing at you I
get the heat Following you I climb the mountains I get
excitement at your feet
Right behind you I see the
millions On you I see the glory
Escrita por John
Lennon mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada em 11 de
fevereiro de 1968 e lançada em 13 de janeiro de 1969 no disco Yellow
Submarine. A exemplo de Lady Madonna, é uma das poucas músicas dos
Beatles baseadas num riff de piano.
Foi uma das últimas
gravações com a dinâmica de equipe dos Beatles. Depois disso já
veio o Album Branco onde cada um gravou sua música praticamente. A
linha de baixo que Paul criou foi uma das melhores que ele já fez.
Também o solo de George Harrison, ele matou logo de cara.
Tanto John quanto
Paul gostam muito dessa música.
John cantou, tocou
piano, guitarra ritmica e falou. Paul fez backing vocal, tocou baixo,
pandeiro, latiu e falou. George Harrison tocou guitarra solo. Ringo
tocou bateria e falou.
Foi regravada por
Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Manfred
Mann, Dave Grohl com Jeff Lynne, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Sheepdog, standing
in the rain Bullfrog, doing it again Some kind of happiness
is Measured out in miles What makes you think you're Something
special when you smile
Childlike no one understands Jackknife
in your sweaty hands Some kind of innocence is Measured out in
years You don't know what it's like To listen to your fears
You can talk to me You can talk to
me You can talk to me If you're lonely, you can talk to me
Big man (yeah) walking in the
park Wigwam frightened of the dark Some kind of solitude
is Measured out in you You think you know me, but you haven't
got a clue
You can talk to me You can talk to
me You can talk to me If you're lonely, you can talk to me
Hey hey
Roar
Hey, bulldog (hey bulldog)
Woof
Hey, bulldog Hey, bulldog Hey,
bulldog
Hey man
Whats up brother?
Roof
What do ya say
I say, roof
You know any more?
Ah ah (you got it, that's it, you had
it) That's it man, wo ho, that's it, you got it
Woah
Look at me man, I only had ten children
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ha ha ha ha Quiet,
quiet (ok) Quiet Hey, bulldog, hey bulldog
Escrita por Grham
Nash, foi gravada em 11 de fevereiro de 1969 e lançada em 1969 no
disco Crosby, Stills and Nash. Foi feita pra Joni Mitchell, que Nash
estava envolvido na época.
O curioso é que
Guinnevere, que já falamos aqui, também foi feita pra Joni Mitchell
por David Crosby, que também estava envolvido com ela. Era o tempo
do amor livre.
Graham Nash cantou e
tocou violão. David Crosby fez backing vocals.
A letra:
Holding you close
undisturbed before a fire The pressure in my chest when you
breathe in my ear We both knew this would happen when you first
appeared My lady of the island
The brownness of your body in the fire
glow Except the places where the sun refused to go Our bodies
were a perfect fit in afterglow we lay My lady of the island
Letting myself wander through the world
inside your eyes You know I'd like to stay here until every tear
runs dry Do, do, do, do, do, do, do My lady of the island
Wrapped around each other in the
peeping sun Beams of sunshine light the stage the red light's on I
never want to finish what I've just begun with you My lady of the
island
Foi gravada em outubro de 1968, no IBC, em Londres, e
foi lançada em 15 de fevereiro de 1969 no disco Goodbye.
Eric Clapton tocou guitarra e cantou. Jack Bruce tocou
baixo. Ginger Baker tocou bateria. George Harrison tocou guitarra
base e Felix Pappalardi tocou piano e Mellotron.
Foi também número 1 na Nova Zelandia, África do Sul
e Irlanda.
A letra:
I'm
thinking bout the times you drove in my car I'm thinking that I
might have drove you too far And I'm thinking 'bout the love that
you laid on my table
I told
you not to wander 'round in the dark I told you 'bout the swans,
that they live in the park Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's
married to Mabel
Well, I
told you that the light goes up and down Do you notice how the
wheels go 'round? And you better pick yourself up from the
ground Before they bring the curtain down Yes, before they
bring the curtain down
I'm
talking 'bout a girl that looks quite like you She didn't have the
time to wait in the queue She cried away her life since she fell
off the cradle
Escrita por Robbie
Robertson, foi gravada em 1969 e lançada em 29 de novembro de 1969
no compacto que tinha The night they drove old Dixie down como Lado
A. Chegou ao número 25 nos charts pop americanos e número 10 nos
charts canadenses. Leon Helm cantou.
Nessa música foi
uma das primeiras vezes que o Clavinet Hohner foi tocado com pedal de
Wah-Wah. Esse som se tornou famoso em meados dos anos 70,
especialmente na música funk.
A canção é um
motorista de caminhão que vai ao Lake Charles, Louisiana, para
encontrar sua namorada que é de lá. Bessie. Lá ele joga, bebe,
escuta música e fica com Bessie. Mas tem que voltar pra esposa,
porém quer voltar pra ver Bessie again.
Levon Helm cantou e
tocou bateria. Rick Danko tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Garth
Hudson tocou o clavinet com pedal wah-ah e orgão. Richard Manuel
tocou piano e fez backing vocals. Robbie Robertson tocou guitarra
elétrica.
A letra:
When I get off of
this mountain, you know where I want to go? Straight down the
Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico To Lake Charles,
Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew She told me just
to come on by, if there's anything she could do
Up on Cripple
Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have
to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see
one
Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did
go She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show The
odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one When that nag to win
came around the track, sure enough she had won
Up on Cripple
Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have
to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see
one
I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie
half She tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh Now
there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to
see That's when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my
tea
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she
mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's
dream if I ever did see one
Now me and my mate were back at
the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box She said, "I can't
take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk" Now that
just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet And I swore
as I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat
Up on Cripple
Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have
to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see
one
Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's
freezing cold And this living on the road is getting pretty old So
I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in But
you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted to go and see my Bessie
again
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak
she mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's
dream if I ever did see one