1267 – Graham Nash and David Crosby – Immigration man (1972)

 

Escrita por Graham Nash e gravada por Nash e Croby, foi lançada em março de 1972 no compacto que tinha Whole cloth como Lado B. Foi lançada também em 5 de abril de 1972 no LP da dupla chamado Graham Nash David Crosby.

Chegou ao número 36 nos charts pop americanos.

Nash escreveu a música quando ficou preso por muito tempo na Imigração dos Estados Unidos. E só foi solto quando as pessoas começaram a pedir autografo a ele e o sujeito achou melhor deixa-lo entrar.

O solo de guitarra é feito por Dave Mason. David Crosby cantou e tocou guitarra. Graham Nash cantou e tocou piano. Greg Reeves tocou baixo e Johnny Barbata tocou bateria.

A letra:

There I was at the immigration scene
Shining and feeling clean, could it be a sin?
I got stopped by the immigration man
He said he doesn't know if he can let me in
Let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway
There he was with his immigration face
Giving me a paper chase but the sun was coming
'Cos all at once he looked into my space
And stamped a number all over my face and he sent me running
Come on and let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway
Here I am with my immigration form and it's big enough to keep me warm
When a cold wind's coming, go where you will
As long as you think you can, you'd better watch out
Watch out for the man anywhere you're going
Come on and let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway

A versão de Nash e Crosby:

A versão de Yorick Van Norden:

A versão de Deja Vu:

1266 – Gordon Lightfoot – That same old obssession (1972)

 

Escrita por Gordon Lightfoot, foi lançada em novembro de 1972 no disco Old Dan's Records e no compacto que tinha You are what I am como LadoA.

A letra:

I come to this garden, I come here to rest
Early each day upon rising
I think of my lost love from over the sea
And sometimes I've wondered, if she thinks of me

I long to recall every kiss, every kind word
I miss her so much I could die
But the creatures of evil have captured her heart
And that same old obsession still keeps us apart

There's peace in the garden, there's peace in the air
Peace in the sound of the river
There's peace in the meadow, the sun shines like gold
And if she were with me there'd be peace in my soul

I long to return to the place I remember
The taste of her lips close to mine
I could do much better if I could be strong
Come into my garden but leave me alone

I come to this garden, I come here to rest
Just as the night comes stealing
Someone is weeping, I'm calling her name
Deep in the garden, deep in my brain

I long to recall every kiss, every kind word
I miss her so much I could die
But the creatures of evil have captured her heart
And that same old obsession still keeps us apart
But the creatures of evil have captured her heart
And that same old obsession still keeps us apart

A versão de Gordon Lightfoot:

A versão de Brian Ekard:

1265 – Neil Diamond – Song sung blue (1972)

 Escrita por Neil Diamond, lançada em maio de 1972 em um compacto que tinha Gitchy Gooy como Lado B. E depois foi lançada no disco Moods, em 15 de julho de 1972. Foi inspirada no segundo movimento do concerto 21 de piano de Mozart.

Chegou ao número 1 nos charts pop americanos e número 14 nos charts britânicos.

Foi regravada por Andy Williams, Bobby Darin e Frank Sinatra, entre outros.

A letra:

Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one

Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again
Sing them out again

Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it get to feeling good
You simply got no choice

Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again

Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it started feeling good
You simply got no choice

Song sung blue
Song sung blue
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice

A versão de Neil Diamond:

A versão de Bobby Darin:

A versão de Frank Sinatra:

1264 – Al Green – I'm still in love with you (1972)

 

Escrita por Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. e Willie Mitchell, foi lançada em 23 de outubro de 1972 no disco de mesmo nome. Depois sairia em compacto com Old time lovin' como Lado B. Chegou ao número 3 dos charts pop americanos e vendeu mais de um milhão de cópias.

Foi regravada por Seal, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Spending my day, thinkin' 'bout you girl
Being here with you, being near with you
I can't explain myself
Why I, feel like I do (like I do)
Though it hurt me so to let you know when I
Look in your eyes, you want to let me know
How you feel
Let me know, that love is really real
But it seems to me
That I'm, wrapped up in your love

Don't you know that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you, hey

Heaven knows that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you, hey

And I look in your eyes
And all, and all the years I, I see (I see)
Me lovin' you and you lovin' me
Well it seems to me
That I'm so wrapped up in your love

Don't you know that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you
I, I, I, I

Don't you know that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you
Hey I tried, in love with you, I, I

A versão de Al Green:

A versão de Jill Scott:

A versão de Seal:

1263 – John Lennon e Yoko Ono – The luck of the Irish (1972)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em 1972 e lançada em 12 de junho de 1972 no disco Some time in New York City. Foi escrita no fim de 1971.

John Lennon tocou violão e cantou. Yoko cantou. Wayne Gabriel tocou violão. Stan Bronstein tocou flauta. Gary Van Scyoc tocou baixo. Adam Ippolito tocou piano e orgao. Richard Frank Jr. Tocou bateria e percussão e Jim Keltner tocou bateria.

A letra;

If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!

A thousand years of torture and hunger
Drove the people away from their land
A land full of beauty and wonder
Was raped by the British brigands! Goddamn! Goddamn!

If you could keep voices like flowers
There'd be shamrock all over the world
If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
Then the world would be high as the mountain of morn

In the 'Pool they told us the story
How the English divided the land
Of the pain, the death and the glory
And the poets of auld Eireland

If we could make chains with the morning dew
The world would be like Galway Bay
Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns
The world would be one big Blarney stone

Why the hell are the English there anyway?
As they kill with God on their side
Blame it all on the kids the IRA
As the bastards commit genocide! Aye! Aye! Genocide!

If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you was dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!
Yes you'd wish you was English instead!

A versão de John Lennon e Yoko Ono:

A versão de Danny McEvoy:

A versão de Paul Van Huet:

1262 – Deep Purple – Smoke on the water (1972)

Escrita por Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord e Ian Paice, foi gravada em dezembro de 1971 e lançada no disco Machine Head, em 25 de março de 1972 e posteriormente lançada em compacto em maio de 1973 com a mesma Smoke on the water, sendo que ao vivo, no Lado B.

É a canção de numero 434 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Total guitar magaine disse que era o quarto maior riff de guitarra da história. Q magazine disse que era o número 12 das 100 maiores músicas de guitarra. Número 37 do cana VH1 das 40 maiores canções de metal de todos os tempos e número 11 do mesmo VH1 das 100 maiores canções de hard rock.

Blackmore disse que o riff é uma interpretação Sinfonia numero 5 de Beethoven.

A letra fala de uma historia verdadeira. Em 4 de dezembro de 1971, o Deep Purple estava em Montreux, na Suiça, pra gravar um disco, em um estudio movel alugado dos Rolling Stones. Eles iriam gravar no Casino de Montreux (Gambling house) depois de um show de Frank Zappa. Mas um cara soltou uma pistola de fogos de artificio e o casino pegou fogo. O fogo se espalhou sobre o lago Geneva.

Chegou ao número 4 dos charts pop americanos e número 2 no Canadá.

Ritchie Blackmore tocou as guitarras. Ian Gillan cantou. Roger Glover tocou baixo. Jon Lord tocou orgao Hammond e Ian Paice tocou bateria.

A letra:

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Uh, Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids on the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold, and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights, a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
Ha, I know, I know we'll never forget

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

A versão de Deep Purple:

A versão de Sina, Emma Marie e Lucy Gowen:

A versão de P&J Covers:

 

1261 – Neil Young e Graham Nash – War song (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young e Graham Nash, foi gravada em 22 de maio de 1972 e lançada em compacto com The needle and the damage done como LadoB. A banda que gravou com eles foi o Stray Gators. Foi feita pra campanha de George McGovern contra Richard Nixon. Chegou ao número 40 no Canadá e número 61 nos charts pop americanos.

A letra:

In the morning when you wake up
You've got planes flying in the sky
Flying bombs made to break up
All the lies in your eyes

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

They shot George Wallace down
He'll never walk around
Our mines are sleeping in the sea
Blow those bridges down
And burn that jungle down
And kill those Vietnamese

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

In the morning when you wake up
You've got planes flying in the sky
Flying bombs made to break up
All the lies in your eyes

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

A versão de Neil Young and Graham Nash:

1260 – Gordon Lightfoot – You are what I am (1972)

Escrita por Gordon Lightfoot, foi gravada em 1972 e lançada em novembro de 1972 no disco Old Dan's Records. Foi lançada também em compacto que tinha The same obssession como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 1 no Canadá.

A letra:

You make the time stand still
You do it now and you always will
You take me as I am
You make me feel like a brand new man

Every time that I fall down
I never get stuck
You got the combination gal
To get me right back up
'Cause you are what I am
I'm lovin' you forever, if I can

Think about the times we've had
We never been blue
You got the combination gal
To keep me straight and true
'Cause you are what I am
I'm lovin' you forever, if I can

You make the time stand still
You do it now and you always will
You take me as I am
You make me feel like a brand man

I know I'm lucky too
Without two or three, just me and you
'Cause you are what I am
I'm lovin' you forever, if I can

A versão de Gordon Lightfoot:

1259 – Neil Diamond – Play me (1972)

Escrita por Neil Diamond, foi gravada em fevereiro de 197 em Los Angeles e lançada em 15 de julho de 1972 no disco Moods e posteriormente no compacto que tinha Porcupine Pie como Lado B. Chegou ao número 11 nos charts pop americanos.

Foi regravada por Jose Feliciano e U2, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

She was morning, and I was night time
I one day woke up
To find her lying beside my bed
I softly said "come take me"
For I've been lonely in need of someone
As I've done someone wrong somewhere
But I don't know where, I don't know where
Come lately
You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me
Songs she sang to me
Songs she bring to me
Words that rang in me,
Rhyme that sprang from me
Warmed the night, and what was right
Became me
You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me
And so it was that I came to travel
Upon a road that was thrones and narrow
Another place, another grace
Would save me
You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me
You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me

A versão de Neil Diamond:

A versão de Jose Feliciano:

A versão de Aharon:

1258 – Lou Reed – Satellite of love (1972)

 

Escrita por Lou Reed e produzida por David Bowie, foi gravada em 1972 e lançada no disco Transformer em 8 de novembro de 1972 e posteriormente lançada em compacto que tinha Vicious como Lado B.

Foi composta por Reed ainda em 1970, quando fazia parte do Velvent Underground.

Lou Reed cantou e tocou guitarra. David Bowie e os Thunderthighs fizeram backing vocals. Trevor Bolder tocou trompete. Herbie Flowers tocou tuba. Mick Ronson tocou piano. Klaus Voorman tocou baixo e John Halsey tocou bateria.

Foi regravada por Morrissey, U2, Milla Jovovich, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Satellite's gone up to the skies
Things like that drive me out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on TV

Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of

Satellite's gone way up to Mars
Soon it'll be filled with parkin' cars
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of

I've been told that you've been bold
With Harry, Mark and John
Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday through Thursday
With Harry, Mark and John

Satellite's gone up to the skies
Things like that drive me out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of

Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love

A versão de Lou Reed:

A versão de Morrissey:

A versão do U2:

1257 – Stevie Wonder – You are the sunshine of my life (1972)

Escrita por Stevie Wonder, foi gravada em 1972 e lançada em 1972 no disco Talking book e porteriormente como compacto que tinha Tuesday heartbreak como Lado B. Se tornou o terceiro hit nuber 1 de Stevie Wonder nos charts pop americanos. Inclusive ganhou até um Grammy. É a canção de número 287 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

As duas primeiras linhas da frase são cantadas por Jim Gilstrap e as duas seguinte por Lani Groves.

Stevie Wonder canta, faz backing vocal, toca Fender Rhodes e bateria. Jim Gilstrap canta e faz backing vocals. Lani Groves canta e faz backing vocals. Gloria Barley faz backing vocals. Scott Edwards toca baixo. Daniel Ben Zebulon toca congas.

Foi também número 7 no Reino Unido, número 5 no Canadá e número 8 na Nova Zelandia.

A letra:

You are the sunshine of my life
That's why I'll always be around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay in my heart

I feel like this is the beginning
Though I've loved you for a million years
And if I thought our love was ending
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears

You are the sunshine of my life
That's why I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay in my heart

You must have known that I was lonely
Because you came to my rescue
And I know that this must be Heaven
How could so much love be inside of you?

You are the sunshine of my life, yeah
That's why I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay in my heart, yeah

You are the sunshine of my life, baby
That's why I'll always stay around

A versão de Stevie Wonder:

A versão da Beard Band:

A versão de Joss:

1256 – The Rolling Stones – All down the line (1972)

 

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em dezembro de 1971 e março de 1972 e lançada no disco Exile on Main St. Em 12 de maio de 1972 e posteriormente em um compacto que tinha Happy como Lado A.

Mick Jagger cantou, Keith Richards tocou guitarra ritmica e fez backing vocals. Mick Taylor tocou slide guitar. Bill Wyman tocou baixo. Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano. Boy Keys tocou sax. Jim Price tocou trompete e trombone. Kathi McDonald fez backing vocals. Bil Plummer tocou standup baixo. E Jimmy Miller tocou maracas.

A letra:

Yeah, heard the diesel drumming
All down the line
Yeah, heard the wires a humming
All down the line.
Yeah, hear the women sighing
All down the line
Yeah, watch the children crying
All down the line

We'll be watching out for trouble, yeah
(All down the line)
And we'd better keep the motor running, yeah
(All down the line)
Well, you can't say yes and you can't say no
Just be right there when the whistle blows
I need a sanctified man to help out me now

Yeah, all the people singing
All down the line.
Yeah, watch the men all working, working, yeah
All down the line

We'll be watching out for trouble, yeah
(All down the line)
We're gonna open up the throttle yeah
(All down the line)
I need a shot of salvation, once in a while
Hear the whistle blowing
Hear it for a thousand miles

We're gonna open up the throttle, yeah, yeah
All down the line, we're gonna bust another bottle, yeah
Well you can't say yes, and you can't say no
Just be right there when the whistle blows
I need a sanctified mind to help me out right now

Won't you be my little baby for a while?
Won't you be my little baby for a while?
Won't you be my little baby for a while?
Won't you be my little baby for a while?
For a while

That's why I meet you, that's why I go
Gonna be there when the whistle blows
That's why I meet you, that's why I go
I'm gonna to be there when the whistle blows

Want to be my little baby for a while.

A versão dos Stones:

A versão de Get Stoned:

A versão de Sheryl Crow:

1255 – J.J. Cale – Magnolia (1972)

Escrita por J.J. Cale, foi gravada entre setembro de 1970 e junho de 1971 e lançada no disco de estréia de J.J. Cale, Naturally, em 1972.

A letra:

Whippoorwill's singing
Soft summer breeze
Makes me think of my babe
I left down in New Orleans
I left down in New Orleans

Magnolia, you sweet thing
You're driving me mad
Got to get back to you babe
You're the best I ever had
You're the best I ever had

You whisper, "Good morning"
So gently in my ear
I'm coming home to you babe
I'll soon be there
I'll soon be there

Magnolia, you sweet thing
You're driving me mad
Got to get back to you babe
You're the best I ever had
You're the best I ever had
You're the best I ever had
You're the best I ever had

A versão de J.J. Cale:

A versão de Eric Clapton com John Mayer:

A versão de Chris Monaghan:

1254 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin' for a reason (1972)

 

Escrita por John Fogerty, foi gravada em janeiro de 1972 e lançada no disco Mardi Gras, em 11 de abril de 1972. Na verdade, foi a música que abriu o álbum. O guitarrista Tom Fogerty já havia saído e foi gravada como um trio. Depois desse disco, a banda acabou.

John Fogerty cantou, tocou guitarra ritmica e solo, tocou teclado e gaita. Stu Cook tocou baixo, guitarras solo e ritmica e teclado. Doug Clifford tocou bateria.

A letra:

I'm lookin' for a reason to stay
I'm all wound up and tied in knots today
I'm lookin' for a reason not to go
When the mornin' comes, I'll be on my way

Every night, I ask myself again
Just what it was that made our dream begin
It seemed like a good idea way back then
But I'm wonderin' now what daydream took me in

I'm lookin' for a reason to stay
I'm all wound up and tied in knots today
I'm lookin' for a reason not to go
When the mornin' comes, I'll be on my way

Yesterday, I tried once more to find
A way to share the trouble on my mind
It seems like you turn away every time
I used to like it here, I can't remember why

I'm lookin' for a reason to stay
Hey, I'm all wound up and tied in knots today
I'm lookin' for a reason not to go
When the mornin' comes, I'll be on my way

I'm lookin' for a reason to stay
Yeah, I'm all wound up and tied in knots today

A versão do Creedence Clearwater Revival:

A versão de Waylon:

A versão de Thanh DN:

1253 – The Guess Who – Guns guns guns (1972)

 

Escrita por Burton Cummings, foi gravada em 1972 em Hollywood, California e lançada em fevereiro de 1972 no disco Rockin'. Posteriormente foi lançada em compacto, em maio de 1972, com Heaven only moved once yesterday como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 70 nos charts pop americanos e número 58 no Canadá.

A letra:

American hunter, bring 'em up the north side
Guns, guns, guns
Run, take the money, here's a bullet for your boyfriend
Guns, guns, guns
Eagle all gone, and no more caribou
Guns, guns, guns
You be the red king, I'll be the yellow pawn

God speed mother nature
Never really wanted to say goodbye
God speed mother nature, you know that I'm calling it now
Never really wanted to say goodbye
God speed mother nature
Never really wanted to say goodbye
God speed mother nature
Never really wanted to say goodbye

Shoot a few, knock 'em down, cost you half a buck now
Guns, guns, guns
Babe give you kisses if you hit a rubber duck now
Guns, guns, guns
You be the red king, I'll be the yellow pawn
Guns, guns, guns
Eagle all gone, and no more caribou
Guns, guns, guns
Eagle all gone, and no more caribou
Guns, guns, guns
Oh eagle all gone, and no more caribou
Guns

God speed Mother Nature
Never really wanted to say goodbye
God speed mother nature, I'm weeping, I'm crying for you
Never really wanted to say goodbye
God speed mother nature, you know that I'm weeping for you
Never really wanted to say goodbye
God speed mother nature, and I'm crying
Never really wanted to say goodbye
I know you're gonna hear me, I'm weeping, nature
Weeping, mother nature
Never really wanted to say goodbye
And I'm weeping for you
Weeping for you, mother nature
And I'm crying for you
Never really wanted to say goodbye
Take care and visit me, Mother, Mother Nature
And I'm missing you
Never really wanted to say goodbye
Where have you gone?
God speed, Mother Nature, and I'm weeping for you

A versão do Guess Who: