Escrita por Billy Taylor e Richard Carroll Lamb, foi gravada por Nina
Simone e lançada em 1967, no disco Silk and Soul. Havia sido gravada
inicialmente pelo próprio Billy Taylor em 12 de novembro de 1963 e
lançada por ele no disco Right here, right now, em 1964.
Foi regravada por Solomon Burke, John Denver, Levon Helm, Tedeshi
Trucks Band, entre outros artistas. É um dos hinos do movimento dos
direitos civis nos Estados Unidos nos anos 60s.
A letra:
I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I wish I could
break All the chains holding me I wish I could say All the
things that I should say Say 'em loud, say 'em clear For the
whole round world to hear
I wish I could
share All the love that's in my heart Remove all the bars That
keep us apart I wish you could know What it means to be me Then
you'd see and agree That every man should be free
I wish I could give All
I'm longin' to give I wish I could live Like I'm longin' to
live I wish I could do All the things that I can do And
though I'm way over due I'd be starting anew
Well I wish I could be
Like a bird in the sky How sweet it would be If I found I
could fly Oh I'd soar to the sun And look down at the sea
Then I'd sing 'cause I
know, yea Then I'd sing 'cause I know, yea Then I'd sing 'cause
I know I'd know how it feels Oh I know how it feels to be
free Yea yea! Oh, I know how it feels
Yes I know, oh, I
know How it feels How it feels To be free, Lord, Lord, Lord
Escrita
por Neil Young, foi gravada pelo Buffalo Springfield em agosto e
setembro de 1967 e lançada em 18 de novembro de 1967 no disco
Buffalo Springfield Again. Foi produzida por Neil Young, Stephen
Stills, Richie Furay e Jack Nitzsche. Foi gravada no Columbia
Recording Studios e no Sunset Sound Recorders. Tem três partes
diferentes. Começa com um aplauso de um show dos Beatles e o começo
de Mr. Soul. O segundo verso começa com uma vaia, enquanto é tocada
uma versão da música Take me out to the ball game. Todos os três
versos lidam com o imaginário surreal para lidar com emoções como
vazio da fama, raiva adolescente, angústia, e falta de esperança.
The
lights turned on and the curtain fell down And when it was over,
it felt like a dream They stood at the stage door and begged for a
scream The agents had paid for the black limousine That waited
outside in the rain Did you see them, did you see them?
Did
you see them in the river? They were there to wave to you Could
you tell that the empty-quivered Brown-skinned Indian on the
banks That were crowded and narrow Held a broken
arrow?
Eighteen years of American dream He saw that his
brother had sworn on the wall He hung up his eyelids and ran down
the hall His mother had told him a trip was a fall And don't
mention babies at all Did you see him, did you see him?
Did
you see him in the river? He was there to wave to you Could you
tell that the empty-quivered Brown-skinned Indian on the
banks That were crowded and narrow Held a broken arrow?
The
streets were lined for the wedding parade The queen wore the white
gloves, the county of song The black-covered caisson her horses
had drawn Protected her king from the sun rays of dawn They
married for peace and were gone Did you see them, did you see
them?
Did
you see them in the river? They were there to wave to you Could
you tell that the empty-quivered Brown-skinned Indian on the
banks That were crowded and narrow Held a broken arrow?
Escrita por Burt Bacharach e Hal David, foi gravada inicialmente com
letra por Dusty Springfield. Na versão instrumental, foi gravada
inicialmente por Stan Getz
A nossa versão, no entanto, é a de Nina Simone, lançada no disco
Silk and Soul, de 1967.
Foi também regravada por Sérgio Mendes and Brasil 66, Andy
Williams, The Delfonics, Four Tops, Dionne Warwick, Diana Krall,
Bobby Womack, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile can't
disguise
The look of love Is
saying so much more than Just words could every say And what my
heart has heard Well it takes my breath away
I can hardly wait to
hold you Feel my arms around you How long I have waited Waited
just to love you Now that I have found you
You've got the look of
love It's on your face A look that time can't erase Baby be
mine, tonight
Let this be just the
start of So many nights like this Let's take a lovers vow And
seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to
hold you Feel my arms around you How long I have waited Waited
just to love you Now that I have found you
Don't ever go Don't
ever go I love you so The look of love
Let this be just the
start of So many nights like this Let's take a lover's vow And
baby we'll seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to
hold you Feel my arms around you How long I have waited Waited
just to love you Now that I have found you
Escrita por Neil Young, foi lançada pelo Buffalo Springfield em 16
de dezembro de 1967, no compacto que tinha Everydays como Lado B.
Chegou ao número 98 nos charts pop americanos.
A letra:
There you stood on the edge of your feather Expecting to fly While
I laughed, I wondered whether I could wave goodbye Knowin' that
you'd gone
By the summer it was
healing We had said goodbye All the years we'd spent with
feeling Ended with a cry Babe, ended with a cry Babe, ended
with a cry
I tried so hard to
stand As I stumbled and fell to the ground So hard to laugh as
I fumbled And reached for the love I found Knowin' it was gone
If I never lived
without you Now you know I'd die If I never said I loved
you Now you know I'd try Babe, now you know I'd try Babe,
now you know I'd try Babe
Escrita por Michael Julien, Mogol e David Shapiro, foi gravada pelo
Grass Roots em 1967 e lançada em 13 de maio de 1967 no compacto que
tinha Depressed Feeling como Lado B. Foi primeiramente gravada em
italiano pela banda The Rokes em 1966.
A versão dos Grass Roots chegou ao número 8 dos charts pop
americanos, vendendo mais de 2 milhões de cópias e recebendo disco
de ouro.
A letra:
When I think of all the
worries People seem to find And how they're in a hurry To
complicate their minds
By chasing after
money And dreams that can't come true I'm glad that we are
different We've better things to do
May others plan their
future I'm busy loving you (One, two, three, four!)
Sha la la la la la live
for today Sha la la la la la live for today And don't worry
'bout tomorrow, hey Sha la la la la la live for today (live for
today)
We were never meant to
worry The way that people do And I don't mean to hurry As
long as I'm with you
We'll take it nice and
easy And use my simple plan You'll be my lovin' woman I'll
be your lovin' man
We'll take the most
from living Have pleasure while we can (Two, three, four!)
Sha la la la la la live
for today Sha la la la la la live for today And don't worry
'bout tomorrow, hey Sha la la la la la live for today (live for
today)
Baby, I need to feel
you inside of me I got to feel you deep inside of me Baby,
please come close to me I got to have you now, please, please
Please, please gimme
some a-lovin' To gimme some a-lovin' To gimme some a-lovin' To
gimme some a-lovin'
Baby, gimme some
a-lovin' Gimme some a-lovin' Got to have all your lovin' Gimme
some a-lovin'
I need all your
lovin' Gimme some a-lovin' Now I need all your loving
Sha la la la la la live
for today Sha la la la la la live for today And don't worry
'bout tomorrow, hey Sha la la la la la live for today (Oh, no,
no, no, no, no) Sha la la la la la live for today
Escrita por Nickolas Ashford e Valerie Simpson, foi gravada por
Marvin Gaye e Tammi Terrel em fevereiro e março de 1967 e lançada
em 22 de agosto de 1967 em um compacto que tinha Hold me oh my
darling como Lado B.
Chegou ao número 5 dos charts pop americanos e número 2 os charts
de R&B.
Foi regravada por Johnny Mathis e Deniece Williams, Al Jarreau e
Randy Crawford, Neil Sedaka e Dara Sedaka, D'Angelo e Erykah Badu,
entre outros artistas.
A letra:
Ooh, everyday, there's something new (oh, baby) Honey, to keep me
loving you (oh, honey) And with every passing minute Oh baby,
so much joy wrapped up in it (sugar) Oh, heaven must have sent you
from above Oh, heaven must have sent your precious love
Oh, and now, I've got a
song to sing Tellin' the world about the joy you bring
(sweetheart) And you gave me reason for living And ooh, you
taught me You taught me the meaning of giving
Oh-oh, heaven must have
sent you from above Oh, heaven must have sent your precious love,
oh To find a love like yours is rare these days 'Cause you've
shown me what happiness is in so many ways I look in the mirror
and I'm glad to see Laughter in the eyes where tears used to be
What you've given me I
could never return (baby) 'Cause there's so much, girl, I've yet
to learn And I want to show my appreciation 'Cause when I found
you I found a new inspiration
Oh-oh, heaven must have
sent you from above Oh, heaven must have sent your precious
love Oh-oh, heaven must have sent you from above Oh, heaven
must have sent your precious love
Foi gravada em 8 de janeiro de 1967 e lançada em 27 de
fevereiro de 1967 no compacto que tinha The 59th
street bridge song (Feelin' groovy) como Lado B.
Chegou ao número 16 no Billboard Hot 100.
A letra:
Someone
told me it's all happening at the zoo
I do
believe it, I do believe it's true
It's a
light and tumble journey From the East Side to the park Just a
fine and fancy ramble To the zoo
But you
can take the crosstown bus If it's raining or it's cold And the
animals will love it if you do
If you
do, now
Somethin'
tells me it's all happening at the zoo
I do
believe it, I do believe it's true
The
monkeys stand for honesty Giraffes are insincere And the
elephants are kindly but they're dumb
Orangutans
are skeptical Of changes in their cages And the zookeeper is
very fond of rum
Zebras
are reactionaries Antelopes are missionaries Pigeons plot in
secrecy And hamsters turn on frequently What a gas, you gotta
come and see
At
the zoo, At the zoo, At the zoo At the zoo, At the zoo, At the
zoo At the zoo, At the zoo
Escrita por Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb e Maurice Gibb, foi gravada em
agosto de 1967 e lançada em 19 de setembro de 1967 em um compacto
que tinha Barker of the UFO como Lado B. Robin Gibb foi quem cantou.
Se tornou o primeiro dos 5 número 1 que tiveram no Reino Unido.
Chegou ao número 11 nos Estados Unidos e número 1 em mais 9 países
(Áustria, Bélgica, Alemanha, Japão, Holanda, Nova Zelândia,
Noruega, Africa do Sul, Suécia), se tornando um dos compactos que
venderam mais na história, com mais de 5 milhões de vendas. Eles
nunca tinham ido em Massachusetts quando fizeram essa música.
A canção nasceu como uma antitese aos hinos flower power, como San
Francisco. O protagonista tinha ido se juntar ao movimento, mas agora
estava com saudade de casa. Eles queriam dar a canção pro Seekers,
mas nunca tiveram oportunidade e gravaram eles mesmos. Os Seekers
gravaram-a em 2003, em homenagem a morte de Maurice naquele ano.
Robin Gibb cantou, Barry Gibb tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals.
Maurice Gibb tocou baixo, piano, mellotron e fez backing vocals.
Vince Melouney tocou guitarra e Colin Petersen tocou bateria.
A letra:
Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts Something's telling me I must
go home And the lights all went out in Massachusetts The day I
left her standing on her own
Tried to hitch a ride
to San Francisco Gotta do the things I wanna do And the lights
all went out in Massachusetts They brought me back to see my way
with you
Talk about the life in
Massachusetts Speak about the people I have seen And the lights
all went out in Massachusetts And Massachusetts is one place I
have seen
Escrita por Carole King e Gerry Goffin, foi gravada inicialmente por
Dusty Springfield e lançada em 1966. A nossa versão no entanto é
dos Byrds, gravada em outubro de 1967 e lançada no mesmo mês, dia
20, em um compacto que tinha Change is now como Lado B.
A versão dos Byrds chegou ao número 89 dos charts pop americanos.
David Crosby se apôs a gravação de Goin' Back. No final das
contas, ele foi demitido e a canção ficou.
Além de Springfield e dos Byrds, foi também regravada por Marianne
Faithfull, Nils Lofgren, Freddie Mercury, The Pretenders, Diana Ross,
Phil Collins, Bob Jovi, Carole King e muitos outros.
A letra:
I think I'm goin' back To the things I learned so well in my
youth, I think I'm returning to The days when I was young
enough to know the truth
Now there are no
games To only pass the time No more coloring books, No
Christmas bells to chime But thinking young and growing older is
no sin And I can play the game of life to win
I can recall a
time, When I wasn't afraid to reach out to a friend And now I
think I've got A lot more than a skipping rope to lift
Now there's more to
do Than watch my sailboat glide Then everyday can be my magic
carpet ride And I can play hide and seek with my fears, And
live my life instead of counting my years
Let everyone debate the
true reality, I'd rather see the world the way it used to be A
little bit of freedom, all we're left So catch me if you can I'm
goin' back
Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em outubro e novembro de 1967
e lançada em 27 de dezembro de 1967 no disco Songs of Leonard Cohen.
A letra:
I met a woman long ago Her hair the black that black can go, Are
you a teacher of the heart? Soft she answered, no.
I met a girl across the
sea, Her hair the gold that gold can be, Are you a teacher of
the heart? Yes, but not for thee.
I met a man who lost
his mind In some lost place I had to find, Follow me, the wise
man said, But he walked behind.
I walked into a
hospital Where none was sick and none was well, When at night
the nurses left I could not walk at all.
Morning came and then
came noon, Dinner time a scalpel blade Lay beside my silver
spoon.
Some girls wander by
mistake Into the mess that scalpels make. Are you the teachers
of my heart? We teach old hearts to break.
One morning I woke up
alone, The hospital and the nurses gone. Have I carved enough
my Lord? Child, you are a bone.
I ate and ate and
ate, No, I did not miss a plate, well How much do these suppers
cost? Well take it out in hate.
I spent my hatred
everyplace, On every work, on every face, Someone gave me
wishes And I wished for an embrace.
Several girls embraced
me, then I was embraced by men, Is my passion perfect? No,
do it once again.
I was handsome, I was
strong, I knew the words of every song. Did my singing please
you? No, the words you sang were wrong.
Who is it whom I
address, Who takes down what I confess? Are you the teachers of
my heart? We teach old hearts to rest.
Oh teachers are my
lessons done? I cannot do another one. They laughed and laughed
and said Well child, Are your lessons done? Are your lessons
done? Are your lessons done?
Escrita por Reg Presley, foi gravada pelos Troggs em 1967 e lançada
em outubro de 1967 em um compacto que tinha When will the rain come
como Lado B. Chegou ao número 5 no Reino Unido e número 8 nos chats
Pop americanos.
Foi regravada pelo R.E.M. e The Guess Who, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes Love is all around
me and so the feeling grows It's written on the wind, it's
everywhere I go So if you really love me, come on and let it show
You know I love you I
always will My mind's made up by the way that I feel There's
no beginning, there'll be no end Cause on my love you can depend
I see your face before
me, as I lay on my bed I kinda get to thinking of all the things
we said You gave a promise to me, and I gave mine to you I
need someone beside me in everything I do
You know I love you I
always will My mind's made up by the way that I feel There's
no beginning, there'll be no end Cause on my love you can depend
It's written on the
wind, it's everywhere I go So if you really love me, come on and
let it show Come on and let it show
Compositores:
Vic Briggs, Eric Burdon, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch e John
Weider.
Foi gravada em março de 1967 e lançada em outubro de
1967 no disco Winds of change.
A letra:
For
you, my friend, I'd do anything Shine your shoes, anything Lose
your blues, make love with you Take you under my wing, anything
For
you, my hero, I'd do anything Paint your picture, anything Kiss
your photograph, even though I know you'd laugh Stand beneath your
wings, oh anything
And for
you, my love, I would do anything Kiss your feet, and
everything I'd suffer your pain, but I'd ride your train When
you spread our tiny wings, anything
And for
you, my son, I'd do everything Protect your mind from everything I
believe your lies, dry the tears from your eyes Spread your tiny
wings, Anything
Cause
everything is everything And anything is anything And
everything is anything Anything is everything And everything is
everything is everything..
Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada em março de 1967 e lançada no
disco de estréia da carreira dele, Blowin' your mind, em setembro de
1967.
A letra:
The wine beneath the bed, The things we've done and said And
all the memories that come glancing back to me In my
loneliness You're standing in the breach Beyond that stretch,
but our love reach Unconsciousness that find me sometimes
wondering Where you're at
Hmm, take me back
again, Take me back one more time, Spanish rose The way you
pulled the gate Behind you when you said, "It ain't too
late, Come on, let's swing the town and have a ball tonight." And
hoping you'd come through And many others, too, And all the
friends we used to have in days gone by, I'm wondering If
you'll take me back again, Take me back one more time, Spanish
rose
And when the lights
went out And no one was abandoning the country in full bloom, In
the room we danced And many hearts were torn And when the word
went around that everything was wrong And just couldn't be put
right It tore me up, it tore me up
The way you held a
note The trembling in your throat, That just beginning of your
wondrous smile The rising of the water The winter winds of days
gone by I often ask myself and wonder why It's gone Oh take
me back again Take me back one more time, Spanish Rose.
In slumber you did
sleep, The window I did creep And touch your raven hair and
sang that song Again to you You did not even wince, You
thought I was the Prince To come and take you from your misery And
lonely castle walls Ah, take me back again, Take me back one
more time, Spanish rose
Escrita por Barry Gibb e Robin Gibb, foi gravada pelos Bee Gees em
março de 1967 e lançada em junho de 1967 em um compacto que tinha
Close another doors como Lado B. Chegou ao número 17 nos Estados
Unidos e número 41 no Reino Unido. Barry Gibb disse que foi a melhor
canção que ele escreveu.
Foi regravada por Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Roberta Flack, Michael
Bolton, Rod Stewart, Michael Bublé, Hank Williams Jr., Lulu, Eric
Burdon and The Animals, Blue Rodeo, entre outros artistas.
Barry Gibb cantou e tocou guitarra. Robin Gibb fez backing vocal.
Maurice Gibb tocou baixo. Vince Melouney tocou guitarra. Colin
Petersen tocou bateria.
A letra:
There's a light A certain kind of light That never shone on
me I want my life to be lived with you Lived with you There's
a way everybody say To do each and every little thing But what
does it bring If I ain't got you, ain't got?
You don't
know what it's like, baby You don't know what it's like
To love
somebody To love somebody The way I love you
In my
brain I see your face again I know my frame of mind You
ain't got to be so blind And I'm blind, so, so, so blind I'm a
man Can't you see what I am? I live and I breathe for you But
what good does it do If I ain't got you, ain't got?
You don't
know what it's like, baby You don't know what it's like
To love
somebody To love somebody The way I love you
You don't
know what it's like, baby You don't know what it's like
To love
somebody To love somebody The way I love you
You don't
know what it's like, baby You don't know what it's like To love
somebody
Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi lançada no seu disco de estréia
Somgs of Leonard Cohen, em 27 de dezembro de 1967.
A letra:
The stories of the street are mine, the Spanish voices laugh. The
Cadillacs go creeping now through the night and the poison gas, And
I lean from my window sill in this old hotel I chose, Yes one hand
on my suicide, one hand on the rose.
I know you've heard
it's over now and war must surely come, The cities they are broke
in half and the middle men are gone. But let me ask you one more
time, O children of the dusk, All these hunters who are shrieking
now oh do they speak for us? And where do all these highways go,
now that we are free? Why are the armies marching still that were
coming home to me?
O lady with your legs
so fine O stranger at your wheel, You are locked into your
suffering and your pleasures are the seal. The age of lust is
giving birth, and both the parents ask The nurse to tell them
fairy tales on both sides of the glass. And now the infant with
his cord is hauled in like a kite, And one eye filled with
blueprints, one eye filled with night.
O come with me my
little one, we will find that farm And grow us grass and apples
there and keep all the animals warm. And if by chance I wake at
night and I ask you who I am, O take me to the slaughterhouse, I
will wait there with the lamb. With one hand on the hexagram and
one hand on the girl I balance on a wishing well that all men call
the world.
We are so small between
the stars, so large against the sky, And lost among the subway
crowds I try to catch your eye.