1070 – Van Morrison – Into the mystic (1970)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada entre setembro e novembro de 1969, no A&R Recording Studios, em New York City e lançada em fevereiro de 1970 no disco Moondance.

É a canção de número 474 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

Van Morrison cantou, tocou guitarra e pandeiro, John Klingberg tocou baixo, Jeff Labes tocou piano, Gary Mallaber tocou bateria, John Platania tocou guitarra, Jack Schroer tocou sax alto e Collin Tilton tocou sax tenor.

Foi regravada por Paul Carrack, Joe Cocker, Ben E. King, The Allman Brothers Band, The Wallflowers e Johnny Rivers, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic

Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly
Into the mystic

And when that fog horn blows
I will be coming home, mmm mmm
And when the fog horn blows
I want to hear it
I don't have to fear it

I wanna rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float
Into the mystic

When that fog horn blows
You know I will be coming home
And when that fog horn whistle blows
I gotta hear it
I don't have to fear it

And I wanna rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float
Into the mystic
Come on girl

Will they stop now

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1069 – Elvis Presley – The wonder of you (1970)

Escrita por Baker Knight, foi primeiramente lançada por Ray Peterson em 1959, mas a nossa versão é a lançada por Elvis Presley em 1970, ao vivo.

A versão de Elvis foi lançada em 20 de abril de 1970, no compacto que tinha Mama liked the roses como Lado B. Foi gravada em fevereiro de 1970, no International Hotel, em Las Vegas. Chegou ao número 9 nos charts pop americanos, número 1 no Reino Unido e Irlanda.

A letra:

When no-one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on

And you're always there to lend a hand
In everything I do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you

And when you smile the world is brighter
You touch my hand and I'm a king
Your kiss to me is worth a fortune
Your love for me is everything

I'll guess I'll never know the reason why
You love me as you do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you

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1068 – Grateful Dead – Uncle's John Band (1970)

Escrita por Jerry Garcia e Robert Hunter, foi gravada no Pacific High Recording Studio, em San Francisco, California e lançada em 14 de junho de 1970 no disco Workingman's Dead. É uma das 500 canções que deram forma ao rock, do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Foi regravada por Jimmy Buffett, Crosby, Stills and Nash, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more
'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door
Think this through with me, let me know your mind
Woah-oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?

It's a buck dancer's choice my friend better take my advice
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice
Will you come with me won't you come with me
Woah-oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?

Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like
Their wall are built of cannonballs, their motto is don't tread on me
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide
Come with me, or go alone, he's come to take his children home

It's the same story the crow told me; it's the only one he knows
Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait
Woah-oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

I live in a silver mine and I call it "Beggar's Tomb"
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice
Woah-oh, what I want to know, how does the song go

Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide

Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide
Come on along, or go alone, he's come to take his children home

Woah-oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide

Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide
Come on along, or go alone, he's come to take his children home

Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh
Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh
Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh

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1067 – Cat Stevens – Into white (1970)

Escrita por Cat Stevens, foi lançada em 23 de novembro de 1970 no disco Tea for the tillerman. Foi regravada em italiano em 1971 por Mia Matini, em italiano e por Carly Simon, em 2007.

A letra:

I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
Tables of paper wood, windows of light
And everything emptying into white

A simple garden, with acres of sky
A Brown-haired dogmouse
If one dropped by
Yellow Delanie would sleep well at night
With everything emptying into white

A sad blue eyed drummer rehearses outside
A Black spider dancing on top of his eye
Red legged chicken stands ready to strike
And everything emptying into white

I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
And everything emptying into white

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1066 – Santana – Oye como va (1970)

Escrita por Tito Puente e foi lançada por ele em 1962 no disco El Rey Bravo. A nossa escolha no entando foi a de Santana, que popularizou a canção e chegou ao número 13 dos charts pop americanos e número 32 nos charts de R&B.

A versão de Santana foi lançada no Album Abraxas, em 23 de setembro de 1970 e gravada entre 17 de abril e 2 de maio de 1970.

Foi regravada por Julio Iglesias e Natalie Cole, entre outros artistas.

Oye como va foi nomeada pela NPR, uma das cem músicas americanas mais importantes do seculo 20.

A letra:

Rrrr, sabor

Oye como va
Mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar
Mulata

Oye como va
Mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar
Mulata

Oye como va
Mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar
Mulata

Oye como va
Mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar
Mulata

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1065 – George Harrison – What is life (1970)

Escrita por George Harrison, lançada em 27 de novembro de 1970 no disco All things must pass, foi gravada entre maio e junho de 1970.

Quando lançada em compacto, What is life chegou ao número 10 dos charts pop americanos, número 1 na Suíça e Australia, chegou a top 3 na Europa toda e Canadá.

George Harrison cantou, tocou guitarra solo, violão, slide guitar e fez backing vocals. Eric Clapton tocou guitarra base. Bobby Whitlock tocou orgao. Carl Radle tocou baixo. Jim Gordon tocou bateria. Jim Price tocou trompete. Bo by Keys tocou sax. Pete Ham, Tom Evand e Joey Molland tocaram violão. Mike Gibbin tocou pandeiro.

Foi regravada por Olivia Newton-John e The Ventures, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

What I feel, I can't say
But my love is there for you, any time of day
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed

Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side?

What I know, I can do
If I give my love now to everyone like you
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed

Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side
Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side?

What I feel, I can't say
But my love is there for you any time of day
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed

Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side
Oh tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side?

What is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side?

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1064 – Van Morrison – Brand new day (1970)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi lançada em fevereiro de 1970 no disco Moondance. Foi inicialmente gravada no verão de 1969, e teve continuidade entre setembro e novembro de 1969, em New York City.

Van Morrison canta e toca guitarra. Jeff Labes toca piano. Gary Mallaber toca bateria. John Linberg toca baixo. John Platania toca guitarra. Jack Schroer toca sax alto. Jackie Verdell, Judy Clay e Cissy Houston fazem baking vocals.

A letra:

When all the dark clouds roll away
And the sun begins to shine
I see my freedom from across the way
And it comes right in on time
Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light
And it comes from the sky above
Makes me feel so free makes me feel like me
And lights my life with love

[Chorus:]
And it seems like and it feels like
And it seems like yes it feels like
A brand new day, yeah
A brand new day oh

I was lost and double crossed
With my hands behind my back
I was longtime hurt and thrown in the dirt
Shoved out on the railroad track
I've been used, abused and so confused
And I had nowhere to run
But I stood and looked
And my eyes got hooked
On that beautiful morning sun

[Chorus]

And the sun shines down all on the ground
Yeah and the grass is oh so green
And my heart is still and I've got the will
And I don't really feel so mean
Here it comes, here it comes
0 here it comes right now
And it comes right in on time
Well it eases me and it pleases me
And it satisfies my mind

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1063 – Elvis Presley – You don't have to say you love me (1970)

Escrita por Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio e Vito Pallavicini, foi gravada em inglês inicialmente por Dusty Springfield, chegando ao número 1 no Reino Unido e numero 4 nos Estados Unidos. A nossa versão é a de Elvis, que chegou ao número 9 no Reino Unido e número 11 nos Estados Unidos, além de número 7 na Australia e número 6 no Canada, além de número 17 na Irlanda.

A Versão de Elvis saiu no disco That's the way it is e compacto lançado em 6 de outubro de 1970. Foi gravado no dia 6 de junho de 1970, em Nashville.

Foi regravada também por Lynn Anderson, Glen Campbell, Cher, Kiki Dee, Jackie DeShannon, Connie Francis, Tom Jones, Brenda Lee, Bill Medley, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles e The Shadows, entre outros.

A letra:

When I said, I needed you
You said you would always stay
It wasn't me who changed, but you
And now you've gone away

But don't you know that now you're gone
And I'm left here on my own
Now I have to follow you
And beg you to come home

You don't have to say you love me
Just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me
Believe me
I can't help but love you
But believe me I'll never tie you down

Left alone with just a memory
Life seems dead and so unreal
All that's left is loneliness
There's nothing left to feel

You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me
Oh believe me
Oh you don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me
Believe me
Believe me

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1062 – John Lennon – Hold on (1970)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em 1970 e lançada em 11 de dezembro de 1970 no disco John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. No meio da música, John diz “Cookie”, imitanto Cookie Monster da Sesame Street.

John disse que falou Hold on John porque nao queria morrer. Nao queria se machucar.

John cantou e tocou guitarra. Ringo tocou bateria e Klaus Voorman tocou baixo.

A letra:

Hold on John, John, hold on
It's gonna be alright
You gonna win the fight

Hold on Yoko, Yoko, hold on
It's gonna be alright
You gonna make the flight

When you're by yourself
And there's no one else
You just have yourself
And you tell yourself
Just to hold on

Cookie

Hold on world, world, hold on
It's gonna be alright
You gonna see the light

When you're one, really one
Well, you get things done
Like they've never been done
So, hold on

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1061 – Cat Stevens – Wild world (1970)

Escrita por Cat Stevens, foi gravada em 1970 e lançada no disco Tea for the tillerman, em 23 de novembro de 1970. Foi feita para sua esposa de então, a atriz Patti D'Arbanville. Fala do fim de um relacionamento. Quando lançada como compacto, chegou ao número 11 nos charts pop americanos.

Foi regravada por Jimmy Cliff, James Blunt, Bette Midler, Jose Feliciano, The Ventures e Garth Brooks, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Now that I've lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new
And it's breaking my heart you're leaving
Baby, I'm grieving

But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breaking my heart in two
Because I never want to see you sad girl
Don't be a bad girl

But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware
Beware

Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
And I'll always remember you like a child, girl

Baby, I love you
But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware
Beware

Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
And I'll always remember you like a child, girl

Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
And it's hard to get by just upon a smile
Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
And I'll always remember you like a child, girl

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1060 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – 4+20 (1970)

Escrita por Stephen Stills, foi gravada entre julho de 1969 e janeiro de 1970 e lançada no disco Deja Vu, em 11 de março de 1970.

Stephen Stills cantou e tocou violão.

A letra:

Four and Twenty years ago
I come into this life,
Son of a woman
And a man who lived in strife.
He was tired of being poor
But he wasn't into selling door to door
And he worked like a devil to be more.

A different kind of poverty now upsets me so
Night after sleepless night
I walk the floor and want to know
Why am I so alone?
Where is my woman, can I bring her home?
Have I driven her away?
Is she gone?

Morning comes the sunrise,
And I'm driven to my bed
I see that it is empty
And there's devils in my head.
I embrace the many colored beast.
I grow weary of the torment
Can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.

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1059 – George Harrison – Wah-wah (1970)

Escrita por George Harrison, lançada em 27 de novembro de 1970 no disco All things must pass. George escreveu-a quando saiu temporariamente dos Beatles em janeiro de 1969. A letra fala da sua frustração com a atmosfera do grupo naquele tempo. Paul criticando-o o tempo todo sobre como ele tocava guitarra, John menosprezando as suas composições e Yoko Ono se metendo em tudo.

Foi a primeira música gravada pro disco All things must pass. Foi também a primeira música que George tocou ao vivo como artista solo.

No concerto para George, Jeff Lyne, Eric Clapton e Andy Fairweather-Low dividem os vocais principais. Foi também gravada por Beck, Nick Valensi dos Strokes, entre outros artistas.

George Harrison cantou, tocou guitarra, slide guitar e fez backing vocals. Eric Clapton tocou guitarra elétrica. Billy Preston tocou piano elétrico. Gary Wright tocou piano. Pete Ham tocou violão. Tom Evans tocou violão. Joey Molland tocou violão. Klaus Voorman tocou baixo. Ringo Starr tocou bateria. Bobby Keys tocou sax. Jim Price tocou trumpete e Mike Gibbins tocou pandeiro

A letra:

Wah-wah
You've given me a wah-wah
And I'm thinking of you
And all the things that we used to do
Wah-wah, wah-wah

Wah-wah
You made me such a big star
Being there at the right time
Cheaper than a dime
Wah-wah, you've given me your
Wah-wah, wah-wah

Oh, you don't see me crying
Oh, you don't hear me sighing

Wah-wah
I don't need no wah-wah
And I know how sweet life can be
If I keep myself free, wah-wah
I don't need no wah-wah

Oh, you don't see me crying
Hey baby, you don't hear me sighing
Oh, no, no, no, no

Wah-wah
Now I don't need no wah-wahs
And I know how sweet life can be
If I keep myself free of wah-wah
I don't need no wah-wah

Wah-wah, wah-wah, wah-wah
Wah-wah, wah-wah, wah-wah
Wah-wah, wah-wah

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1058 – Neil Young – Oh lonesome me (1970)

Escrita por Don Gibson, foi lançada por ele ainda em dezembro de 1957. A nossa versão no entanto é a de Neil Young, lançada em 19 de novembro de 1970 no disco After the Goldrush.

Foi também regravada por Johnny Cash, Connie Francis, Ray Charles, Larry Finnegan, Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra e Sammy Davis Jr., entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set me free
Oh, oh, lonesome me

There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find someone new
I've thought of everything from A to Z
Oh, oh, lonesome me

I'll bet she's not like me
She's out and fancy free
Flirting with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so
And brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about my past and find someone new
I can't get over how she set me free
Oh, oh, lonesome me

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1057 – Paul McCartney – Teddy boy (1970)

Escrita por Paul McCartney, foi lançada em 17 de abril de 1970, no disco de estréia de Paul, chamado apenas de McCartney.

Foi escrita por Paul ainda no período dos Beatles na Índia, e originalmente gravada durante as gravações do disco Let it be.

Paul cantou, tocou guitarra, baixo e bateria. Linda McCartney fez backing vocals.

A letra:

This is the story of a boy named Ted
If his mother said, Ted, be good, he would

She told him tales about his soldier dad
But it made her sad, then she'd cry, oh my
Ted used to tell her he'd be twice as good
And he knew he could, because in his head

He said, mommy don't worry, now Teddy boy's here
Taking good care of you
Mommy don't worry, your teddy boy's here
Teddy's going to see you through

Then came the day she found herself a man
Teddy turned and ran, far away, okay
He couldn't stand to see his mother in love
With another man, he didn't know, oh no
He found a place where he could settle down
And from time to time, in his head

He said, mommy don't worry, now Teddy boy's here
Taking good care of you
Mommy don't worry, your teddy boy's here
Teddy's going to see you through

She said, Teddy don't worry, now mommy is here
Taking good care of you
Teddy don't worry, your mommy is here
Mommy's going to see you through

This is the story of a boy named Ted
If his mother said, Ted, be good, he would

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1056 – John Lennon – Look at me (1970)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada 7 de outubro de 1970 e lançada em 11 de dezembro de 1970 no disco John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

John começou a escrever essa canção na Índia em 1968. Ela tem o mesmo estilo dedilhado de Dear Prudence, Hapiness is a warm gun e Julia, todas feitas na Índia e que John aprendeu esse estilo com Donovan, que também estava lá.

John cantou e tocou violão.

A letra:

Look at me
Who am I supposed to be?
Who am I supposed to be?

Look at me
What am I supposed to be?
What am I supposed to be?

Look at me
Oh, my love
Oh, my love

Here I am
What am I supposed to do?
What am I supposed to do?

Here I am
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?

Here I am
Oh, my love
Oh, my love

Please look at me
Oh, please look at me, my love
Here I am, oh, my love

Who am I?
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me

Who am I?
Nobody else can see
Just you and me

Who are we?
Oh, my love
Oh, my love, oh

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