quinta-feira, 29 de outubro de 2015

20151029 Eric Clapton Wynton Marsalis Play the Blues 2011

Eric Clapton Wynton Marsalis
Play the Blues
2011




El Local de jazz más importantes de Nueva York tiene el Show de excelencia de blues y jazz en abril pasado, cuando Wynton Marsalis y Eric Clapton tocaron juntos. y fue en Rose Theater en el Frederick P. Rose Hall, sede de Jazz at Lincoln Center durante dos conciertos a sala llena dedicada al blues Vintage. 



La extraordinaria colaboración, considerada como Wynton Marsalis y Eric Clapton tocando blues, a la par de estos virtuosos musicales con los miembros de la Jazz at Lincoln Center Orquesta, ya que trajo a la vida presente, un repertorio de canciones seleccionadas por Clapton y organizado por Marsalis.






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*** Tracks:
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01 Ice cream   (07.38
02 Forty-four   (07.12
03 Joe Turner’s Blues   (07.48
04 The last time   (04.18
05 Careless love   (07.43
06 Kidman Blues   (04.20
07 Layla   (09.08
08 Joliet bound   (03.50
09 Just a closer walk with thee   (12.20 feat. Taj Majal
10 Corrine, Corrina   (10.21 feat. Taj Majal

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*** Lyrics
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01 Ice cream (07.38

You scream, I scream
Everybody wants ice cream
We'll rock, my, my baby, rock
You scream, I scream
Everybody wants ice cream
We'll rock, rock, my baby, rock

Oh, see Ola, I see Cola
Everybody wants a Coca-Cola
I scream, you scream
Everybody wants ice cream
We'll rock, rock, my baby, rock

You scream, I scream
Everybody wants ice cream
Rock, rock, my baby, rock
You scream, I scream
Everybody wants ice cream
Rock, rock my baby, rock

Oh, see Ola, I see Cola
Everybody wants a Coca-Cola
I scream, you scream
Everybody wants ice cream
We'll rock, rock, my baby, rock 

02 Forty-four (07.12

I wore my forty-four so long
They made my shoulder sore
I wore my forty-four so long
They made my shoulder sore
While I'm goin' down the valley
We might leave these stones

Well, I'm so mad this mornin'
I don't know where in the world to go
But I'm so mad this mornin'
I don't know where in the world to go
What I wanna get is some money
I just got to have to go

I wore my forty-four so long
They made my shoulder sore
I wore my forty-four so long
They done made my shoulder sore
While I'm goin' down the valley
We might leave these stones 

03 Joe Turner’s Blues (07.48

They tell me Joe Turner's been here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here, here and he's gone

They tell me Joe Turner's been here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here, here and he's gone

They tell me Joe Turner's been here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here, here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here, here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here, here and he's gone
They tell me Joe Turner's been here and he's gone 

04 The last time (04.18

Well, this the last time, honey babe
For that many times before
It's the last time, honey babe
I mean I don't want you no more

Well, there's only one thing
That grieves me to my heart
Been together so long
I would hate to part

But it's the last time, honey babe
I mean it's the very last time, I mean
I mean it's the very last time

Honey, it's the last time, honey babe
I mean it's the very last time
Well, it's the last time, honey babe
I mean I don't want you no more

Well, I don't care, you can tell your brother
Stop your ringing and twisting, mama
'Cause I ain't going no further
It's the last time, honey babe
I mean it's the very last time

I said
Dee-doo, dee-doh-dee-oh-doh 

05 Careless love (07.43

Love, oh love, careless love
You fly to my head like wine
You have wrecked the life of many poor boy
And you have let me nearly spoil this life of mine

Love, oh love, oh careless love
Clutched in your arrows of desire
Taking away all these dreams of mine
Since you left me to weep, to weep and mourn

Love, oh love, oh careless love
All of my happiness has left
You have ruined all of my many life plans
Now I'm walking and talking all to myself 

06 Kidman Blues (04.20

I had a woman, I had a woman
Had her mouth full of shell liquor
I had a woman, had her mouth full of shell liquor
This woman made trouble, everywhere she go

She had a man on her man and a kid man on her kid
She had a man on her man and a kid man on her kid 
She had so many men until she couldn't keep it here

I left that woman, one morning, just about the break of day 
I left that woman, one morning, just about the break of day
You know I packed my suitcase, made my getaway

Here I am in Chicago and I am doing very well
Here I am in Chicago and I am doing very well

I don't find the woman I love, I'll just live alone by myself
Baby you gonna weep and moan, fall down on your knees
Baby you gonna weep and moan, fall down on your knees
You gonna tell the whole world how you mistreated me

07 Layla (09.08

What will you do when you get lonely?
No one waiting by your side
You've been running, hiding much too long
You know it's just your foolish pride

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, begging, darling, please
Layla, darling, won't you ease my worried mind?

I tried to give you consolation
When your old man let you down
Like a fool I fell in love with you
You turned my whole world upside down

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm begging, darling, please
Layla, darling, won't you ease my worried mind?

Make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane
Please don't say we'll never find a way
Or tell me all my love's in vain

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I am begging, darling, please
Layla, darling, won't you ease my worried mind? 

08 Joliet bound (03.50

Now, police coming with his ball and chain, hmm
Police coming with his ball and chain
Now they accusing me of murder
Never harmed a man

Now, some got six months, some got one solid year, hmm
Some got six months, some got one solid year
Now me and my buddy
Got a lifetime here

Now, judge, he pleaded, clerk, he wrote it down, hmm
Judge, he pleaded, clerk, he wrote it down
If I miss real sentence time
Must be Joliet bound

Now, cook my supper, let me go today, hmm
Cook my supper now, let me go today
I've been drinking White Light
And it gone to my head

Now, quit me, babe, first thing you wanna do, hmm
Quit me, baby, first thing you wanna do
Someday you gonna want me
Said that I would want you too

Now, police shift is over, pistol in my side, hmm
Police shift is over, pistol in my side
If you run, big boy, now
Must be born to die

When they had my trial, you could not be found, hmm
Had my trial, you could not be found
And I got all messed up
Now I'm Joliet bound 

09 Just a closer walk with thee (12.20

Just a closer walk with Thee
'Grant it, Jesus' is my plea
I said daily walking, walking with Thee
Let it be, it's free gift, let it be

I am weak but Thou art strong
Precious Jesus, ooh, lead me on
Take me on a high to my heavenly home
Let it be, sweet Jesus, hmm, let it be 

10 Corrine, Corrina (10.21

Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long
Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long
I ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone.
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
I love you so.

I love Corrina, tell the world I do
I love Corrina, tell the world I do
I pray every night she learns to love me too.

Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
I love you so.

I left Corrina, way across the sea
I left Corrina, way across the sea
If you see my baby, send her home to me.

Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
I love you so.

Corrine, Corrina, why don't you come on home
Corrine, Corrina, why don't you come on home
I'm mighty tired, bein' all alone.

Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
I love you so.

***

quarta-feira, 28 de outubro de 2015

20151028 Brasil dança

Brasil dança

    Não me pergunte o porque, mas tudo isso comigo tem muito a ver. 
    Não sei das raízes das coisas, não, não sei mesmo, mas deixo-me levar pela emoção da Arte que me pega. 

    O trejeito faceiro do Brasil Antigo, pé na terra e riso fácil. E a dança nascia em todo festejo. 

    Hoje a cara fechada é fachada de luto. 

    E eu que luto pela Justiça me vejo lobo solitário a uivar nas noites parcas de alegria. 

    Pelas ruas não há mais João e nem Maria, apenas o vazio se arroja nas noites sem fim. 

    Não há jogo ou boemia. 
    Há terra arrasada de tanta desonraria. 

    Não tem mais o cheiro de alegria nos moleques pela rua a jogar. O que se tem é o medo e a ira. O ódio falando em seu lugar. 

    Alegria, minha alegria, alegria do meu povo onde está? 

    Que fazer? Como lutar para tudo tome seu devido lugar? 

    Sei não irmão, sei não. 

    Cada um faça seu caminhar.

Paulo Cesar Fernandes

28/10/2015

P.S.: Para Antonio Nóbrega cuja dança abrasileirou este fim de tarde. 

20151028 Ciranda

20151028 Ciranda

Corria o ano de 1974. 

De férias, perambulava pela noite do Recife.

De algum lugar vinha um som que não sabia donde.

Pergunto a alguém passante por mim.

_ É o Povo da Ciranda seu moço. Conhece não? Faça assim...

Não sendo longe lá estava eu na Praça do Povo da Ciranda.

Tímido e quieto estava no meu canto, apreciando com prazer a cantiga e a dança.

_ Venha, não fique aí parado. Venha!

Um espaço estava aberto e lá fui eu o ocupar. Desajeitado como um inglês ou japonês no samba.

Já estava me integrando quando achei mais correto apreciar. 

Agradeci sorrindo e reuni as mãos a mim ofertadas.

Ainda hoje não sei se foi a dança e a música, ou se foi a atitude das pessoas o que mais me tocou.

Só e solto, na noite duma cidade desconhecida, recebo acolhimento.

===

Edu Lobo

Cordão da saideira

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuf15ER5304

===

E a Indústria Fonográfica nos impede de ouvir isso nas rádios deles.

Pois claro, são as rádios onde eles mandam, logo não são nossas rádios.

E ponto final. Quebramos a cara.

Paulo Cesar Fernandes

28/10/2015

terça-feira, 27 de outubro de 2015

20151027 Eric Clapton Old Sock 2013

Eric Clapton
Old Sock
2013





Old Sock is the twenty-first studio album by English rock guitarist and singer Eric Clapton.





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*** Background
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It features two new compositions ("Gotta Get Over" and "Every Little Thing"), and covers of some of his favourite songs from childhood to the current day. It also features several guests including Steve Winwood, JJ Cale and Paul McCartney. This is 
Cale's final major recorded contribution before his death in July 2013. It reached No. 11 in the UK Album Chart and No. 7 in the U.S. Clapton explained in an interview with the BBC that he came up with the album title after a conversation with David Bowie. The album cover is a selfie Clapton took with his iPhone while on holiday in Antigua.
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*** Personnel
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Eric Clapton – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, dobro, mandolin

Doyle Bramhall II – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, backing vocals

Willie Weeks – bass guitar, upright bass

Steve Gadd – drums

Walt Richmond – upright piano, keyboards

Greg Leisz – pedal steel, mandolin

Chris Stainton – clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3 organ

Taj Mahal – harmonica, banjo

Jim Keltner – drums

Steve Winwood – Hammond B3 organ

J.J. Cale – guitar, vocals on "Angel"

Paul McCartney – upright bass, vocals

Abe Laboriel Jr – drums

Tim Carmon – Hammond B3 organ, chord organ

Henry Spinetti – drums

Justin Stanley – clavinet, mellotron, drums

Matt Chamberlain – drums

Matt Rollings – keyboards

Simon Climie – percussion, piano

Frank Marocco – accordion

Gabe Witcher – fiddle

Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone

Joseph Sublett – tenor saxophone

Nicholas Lane – trombone

Sal Cracchiolo – trumpet

Sharon White – backing vocals

Michelle John – backing vocals

Chaka Khan – guest vocals on "Gotta Get Over"

Julie Clapton – guest vocals

Ella Clapton – guest vocals

Sophie Clapton – guest vocals

Nikka Costa – guest vocals

Wendy Moten – guest vocals

Lisa Vaughan – guest vocals

Nick Ingman – string arrangements


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*** Tracks
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** Line 1 Music data
** Line 2 Author
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01 Further on down the road   (05.44 feat. Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal   Jesse E. Davis
02 Angel   (03.54 feat. J.J. Cale
J J Cale
03 The folks who live on the hill   (03.46
Oscar Hammerstein II   Jerome Kern
04 Gotta get over   (04.37 feat. Chaka Khan
Doyle Bramhall II   Justin Stanley   Nikka Costa
05 Till your well runs dry   (04.42
Peter Tosh
06 All of me  (03.22 feat. Paul McCartney
Gerald Marks   Seymour Simons
07 Born to lose   (04.03
Ted Daffan
08 Still got the Blues  (05.54 feat. Steve Winwood
(Gary Moore
09 Goodnight Irene  (04.23 
Huddie Ledbetter   John A. Lomax, Sr.
10 Your one and only man  (04.30
Otis Redding
11 Every little thing  (04.34
Doyle Bramhall II   Justin Stanley   Nikka Costa
12 Our love is here to stay  (04.12
George Gershwin  Ira Gershwin
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*** Lyrics
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01 Further on down the road   (05.44 feat. Taj Mahal
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Further on down the road baby, you will accompany me.
Further on down the road baby, you will accompany me.

When I think back, your love was like the sun
And I don't remember no dark days, remember the warm warm fun.

Further on down the road baby, you will accompany me.
Fools in life, mmmm woman than a happy fool I'd rather be.

Oh baby I'll be glad to learn from you,
Darlin' I know you will be glad to learn from me.
And if we get down and things get sad, 
We can cheer up eachother, and grin cuz things just ain't that bad.
If we fools in life, a happy fool I would rather be.

Day by day, just one step, one step at a time.
Cuz woman you have given me so much,
Just to ease this stubborn little achin' heart of mine.

I don't care where they came from,
and I don't care what they might say,
Woman you've been lovin' in my corner, all, all the way.
Day by day, that's the magical kind cuz it's flowin' all of the time.

Further on down the road, baby,
you will accompany me 
Further on down the road, baby,
you will accompany me 

When I look back,
your love was like the sun,
And I don't remember any cold days,
I just remember the warm warm fun.

Further on down the road, baby,
you will accompany me.

Ohhhh Babe, ohhhh babe, ohhhh darling
ohhhh babe, ohhhh darling, ohhhh babe, 
ohhhh babe, ohhhh darling, ohhhh babe, 
ohhhh babe, ohhhh babe, ohhhh darling...
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02 Angel   (03.54 feat. J.J. Cale
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All up and down the boulevard
All the boys are looking hot
Tryina score, tryina make a pass
Anything at all, don't have to last

Angel, she's afraid now
She don't know about the street guys
She don't know how to hurt you deep
Let her play for keeps

Cut you like a knife, angel
When you survive
Cut you like a knife, angel
Street life

Blue hard hands and car trucks
Hustlers, lovers, come out the dark
They all know, and it's a fact
Angel, you better stand back
Sun cools down, the street come to life
Here come the boys with all the drive
Anyone can do this
They don't really care

They cut you like a knife, angel
When you survie
Cut you like a knife, angel
Street life

All up and down the boulevard
All the boys are looking hot
Tryina score, tryina make a pass
Anything at all, don't have to last

Cut you like a knife, angel
When you survive
Cut you like a knife, angel
Street life
Cut you like a knife, angel
When you survive
Cut you like a knife, angel
Street life
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03 The folks who live on the hill   (03.46
*
Someday we'll build a home on a hilltop high 
You and I, shiny and new 
Cottage that two can fill 
And we'll be pleased to be called 
The folks who live on the hill 

Someday we may be adding a wing or two 
A thing or two 
We will make changes as any family will 
But we will always be called 
The folks who live on the hill 

Our veranda will command a view of meadows green 
The sort of view that seems to want to be seen 
And when our kids grow up and leave us 
We'll sit and look at that same old view 
Just we two, Darby and Joan 
Who used to be Jack and Jill 
The folks who like to be called 
What they have always been called 
The folks who live on the hill
The folks who live on the hill
The folks who live on the hill
The folks who live on the hill
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04 Gotta get over   (04.37 feat. Chaka Khan
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Can you feel a wind blowing
Got me talking to myself
One more day, one more truth, got to find out where
Feel the blow of the river taking me there
Good Lord only get you so far,
Then you got to help yourself
I don't need no reason, reason to hang my head

Cause I gotta get over
Get on over to the good side
Lord I gotta get over
Get over, you get a lil' closer
I gotta get over
Getting closer to the good side
Gotta get over
Getting over, over

I've been breaking like the waves upon the sand
You know I need some fortitude, gonna keep it close at hand
And I gotta shake it if I'm gonna break it on down the line
Ain't nobody can help me if I stay helpless all the time

I gotta get over
Get on over to the good side
Gotta get over
Help me get a little closer
I gotta get over
Getting closer to the good side
Lord I gotta get over,
Getting over, over
*
05 Till your well runs dry   (04.42
*
You said you loved me and then you left
Broke every promise, you won every bed
You never miss your water till your well runs dry!

Tell me, tell me what you gonna do
When your, when your well runs dry
What you gonna do, when your, when your well runs dry?
What you gonna do when your well runs dry
I'd like to know
What you gonna do when your well runs dry?

Listen to me, darling
You cheat and you lie
How you come in running
Running, wanting second try
You never miss your water
Till your well runs dry!

Tell me, tell me what you gonna do
When your, when your well runs dry
What you gonna do, when your, when your well runs dry?
What you gonna do when your well runs dry
I'd like to know
What you gonna do when your well runs dry?

Sat down and sighed
And I heard you're packing
But you said nothing
I watched you pass me by.
I know you gonna miss me
You're gonna be so blue!

Tell me, tell me what you gonna do
When your, when your well runs dry
What you gonna do, when your (feeling good?)
When your well runs dry?
What you gonna do when your well runs dry
What you gonna do, when your (feeling good?)
When your well runs dry?
What you gonna do when your well runs dry
I'd like to know
What you gonna do when your well runs dry?

You never miss you water till your well runs dry!

Tell me, tell me what you gonna do
When your, when your well runs dry
What you gonna do, when your, when your well runs dry?
What you gonna do when your well runs dry
I'd like to know
What you gonna do when your well runs dry?
What you gonna do when your well runs dry?
*
06 All of me  (03.22 feat. Paul McCartney
*
All of me, why not take all of me?
Can't you see I'm no good without you?
Take my lips, I wanna lose them
Take my arms, I'll never use them

Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you?
You took the part that once was my heart
So why not take all of me?

Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you?
You took the part that once was my heart
So why not take all of me?

Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you?
You took the part that once was my heart
So why not take all of me?
*
07 Born to lose   (04.03
*
Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose, and now I'm losing you

Born to lose, it seems so hard to bear
How I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose, and now I'm losing you

Born to lose, my every hope is gone
It's so hard to face each empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose, and now I'm losing you
Born to lose, and now I'm losing you
*
08 Still got the Blues  (05.54 feat. Steve Winwood
*
It used to be so easy to give my heart away
I found out the hard way
There's a price I have to pay
I found in that love's no friend of mine
I should have known better time after time

It was so long, so long ago
But I've still got the blues for you

It used to be so easy to fall in love again
I found out the hard way
It's a road that leads to pain
I found in that love was more than just a game
I was playin' to win
But losin' just the same

It was so long, so long ago
But I've still got the blues for you

So many years since I've seen your face
Here in my heart there's an empty space
Where you used to be

Well, it was so long, so long ago
But I've still got the blues for you

Though the days come and go
There is one thing I know
I've still got the blues for you
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09 Goodnight Irene  (04.23 
*
Last Saturday night I got married
Me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife are parted
Gonna take a little stroll downtown

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Stop ramblin', stop your gamblin'
Stop stayin'out late at night
Come home to your wife and your family
And sit by the fire so bright
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

I love Irene, God knows I do
Love her 'til the rivers run dry
If irene should ever turn her back on me
Gonna take morphine and die

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams
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10 Your one and only man  (04.30
*
Hey, hey, hey
If I can only make you see 
That you were only meant for me 
Our love will be free
And I'll be your destiny 
Your destiny, your destiny

If I can make you understand 
Treat me right and love me 
Then I will be your man 
Your one and only man 

These are the words that I have to say 
Live by them each and every day 
And as the time pass I know our love will last
Our love will last, our love will last 

Take me blue and understand them 
Live by them and love me 
Then I will be your man 
Your one and only man 

These are the words that I have to say 
Just live by them each and every day 
And as the time pass I know our love will last
Our love will last, our love will last 

Take me blue and understand
Live by them and love me 
Honey I will be your man 
Your one and only man 
Your sweet lovin' man
I will be your man 

(Your one and only man)
(Your one and only man)
(Your one and only man)
(I will be your man)
*
11 Every little thing  (04.34
*
Well it's a cloud in morning
But I got the sun in my life
I wanna feel what forever feels like
With you by my side

People trying to sell your freedom
But they never been held by your love

Every little thing, every little thing
Your love is all I see
Every little thing, every little thing
You make me feel complete
All the little things, all the little things
Can wait until tomorrow
Every little thing, every little thing
Your love is all I need

And I get lost in my instant time
And I go somewhere else instead
When all you wanna do is love me
You can wait so patiently
Pull me closer just by looking
And I'll fall in love all over again

Every little thing, every little thing
Love is all I see
Every little thing, every little thing
You make me feel complete
All the little things, all the little things
They can wait until tomorrow
Every little thing, every little thing
Your love is all I need

Give me a piece of your heart
Give me a piece of your heart
Give me a piece of your heart
I'll give you a piece of my heart

Every little thing, every little thing
Your love is all I see
Every little thing, every little thing
You can make me feel complete
All the little things, all the little things
They can wait until tomorrow
Every little thing, every little thing
I wanna hear my children sing

Every little thing you do is beautiful
Open your heart and let the love come in
Every little thing you do is beautiful
Beautiful, so beautiful
Open your heart and let the love come in
It sound no

Every little thing you do is beautiful
Open your heart and let the love come in
Every little thing you do is beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful
Every little thing you do is beautiful
Open your heart and let your love come in
Every little thing you do is beautiful
Beautiful so beautiful
Every little thing you do is beautiful
Open your heart and let your love come in
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12 Our love is here to stay  (04.12
*
It's very clear
Our love is here to stay
Not for a year 
But ever and a day

The radio and the telephone
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies
And in time may go

But, oh my dear
Our love is here to stay
Together we're
Going a long, long way

In time the Rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay

Oh my dear
Our love is here to stay
Together we're
Going a long, long way

In time the Rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay
Our love is here to stay

***

domingo, 25 de outubro de 2015

20151025 Doobie Brothers Southbound 2014

Doobie Brothers
Southbound
2014



*
Southbound is a 2014 album by The Doobie Brothers featuring collaborations with various artists in remakes of various hits by the band.
***
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine [Talks about this CD]
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A throwback to the golden age of star-studded tributes, the Doobie Brothers' 2014 Southbound essentially follows the same playbook as the Beach Boys' 1996 album Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1: team up a classic rock band with a bunch of contemporary country stars to sing the hits everybody knows and loves. Where Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1 was an uneasy fit -- the Beach Boys are many things but a country band is not one of them -- Southbound feels smooth and natural, possibly because nobody involved dared to mess much with the original arrangements, a move that underscores how this is very much a record where singers are sitting in with the Doobies and not the other way around. 
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Whenever there's a flash of modernization, it is minimal, as on the light decorative rhythmic loops and mandolin samples on "Listen to the Music," where Blake Shelton takes co-lead with Tom Johnston as Hunter Hayes lays down some beefy guitar. 
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Johnston and Patrick Simmons dominate Southbound because their songs lend themselves better to country singers; they're either driving rockers or backwoods-inflected boogie, settings that are comfortable for neo-jam bands (Zac Brown Band, "Black Water"), swaggering cowboys (Toby Keith, "Long Train Runnin'" and Chris Young, "China Grove"), modern-day strummers (Jerrod Niemann, "South City Midnight Lady"), and arena country heroes (Brad 
Paisley, "Rockin' Down the Highway"). 
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That said, the three Michael McDonald tunes -- "What a Fool Believes" (Sara Evans), "Takin' It to the Streets" (Love and Theft), "You Belong to Me" (Amanda Sudano Ramirez, featuring Vince Gill on guitar) -- all feel at home because this is a Doobie Brothers album, after all, and they've long ago found a way to reconcile the two sides of their musical personality. 
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If there isn't much reinvention to be found on Southbound, that's fine: the record was meant as an open-hearted celebration of the Doobies' biggest hits and that's precisely what it delivers. 
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*** Tracks:
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01 Black water (04.20
Pat Simmons   feat. Zac Brown Band
02 Listen to the music (04.19
Tom Johnston   feat. Blake Shelton   Hunter Hayes
03 What a fool believes (04.02
Kenny Loggins   Michael McDonald   feat. Sara Evans
04 Long train runnin' (03.32
Tom Johnston feat Toby Keith   Huey Lewis
05 China grove (03.21
Tom Johnston feat Chris Young
06 Takin' it to the streets (04.41
Michael McDonald feat. Love and Theft
07 Jesus is just alright (04.07
Arthur Reynolds   feat. Casey James
08 Rockin' down the highway (03.34
Johnston Brad Paisley
09 Take me in your arms (rock me) (03.45
Lamont Dozier   Brian Holland   Eddie Holland   feat. Tyler Farr
10 South City Midnight Lady (04.48
Pat Simmons   feat. Jerrod Niemann
11 You belong to me (03.44
Michael McDonald   feat. Carly Simon/Amanda S. Ramirez/Vince Gill
12 Nobody (Intro 00.45
Pat Simmons   feat. Charlie Worsham
13 Nobody (04.20
Tom Johnston   feat. Charlie Worsham

Total length: 49:17 

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*** Letras:
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01 Black water (04.20
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Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'
Ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name
Catfish are jumpin'
That paddle wheel thumpin'
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light
Gonna make everything, pretty mama
Gonna make everything all right
And I ain't got no worries
'Cause I ain't in no hurry at all

Well, if it rains, I don't care
Don't make no difference to me
Just take that street car thats goin' up town
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
And dance a honky tonk
And I'll be buyin' ev'rybody drinks all 'roun'

Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light
Gonna make everything, pretty mama
Gonna make everything all right
And I ain't got no worries
'Cause I ain't in no hurry at all

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand
By the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama
Come and dance with your daddy all night long
I want to honky tonk, honky tonk, honky tonk
With you all night long
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02 Listen to the music (04.19
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Don't you feel it growin', day by day
People gettin' ready for the news
Some are happy, some are sad
Oh, we got to let the music play
What the people need
Is a way to make 'em smile
It ain't so hard to do if you know how
Gotta get a message
Get it on through
Oh, now mama's go'n' to after 'while
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
All the time

Well I know, you know better
Everything I say
Meet me in the country for a day
We'll be happy
And we'll dance
Oh, we're gonna dance our blues away
And if I'm feelin' good to you
And you're feelin' good to me
There ain't nothin' we can't do or say
Feelin' good, feeling fine
Oh, baby, let the music play

Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
All the time

Like a lazy flowing river
Surrounding castles in the sky
And the crowd is growing bigger
List'nin' for the happy sounds
And I got to let them fly

Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
All the time
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03 What a fool believes (04.02
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He came from somewhere back in her long ago
The sentimental fool don't see
Tryin' hard to recreate
What had yet to be created once in her life
She musters a smile
For his nostalgic tale
Never coming near what he wanted to say
Only to realize
It never really was

She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go

But what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
And nothing at all keeps sending him...

Somewhere back in her long ago
Where he can still believe there's a place in her life
Someday, somewhere, she will return

She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go

But what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
There's nothing at all
But what a fool believes he sees...
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04 Long train runnin' (03.32
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Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
You see them old trains runnin'
And you watch them disappear
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family
And she won't be comin' back
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love

Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin' Mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late
Without love
Where would you be now - now, now, now
Without love

Where pistons keep on churnin'
And the wheels go 'round and 'round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Where would you be now
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05 China grove (03.21
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When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town
Down around San Antone
And the folks are risin' for another day
'Round about their homes
The people of the town are strange
And they're proud of where they came
Well, you're talkin' 'bout China Grove
Oh, China Grove

Well, the preacher and the teacher
Lord, they're a caution
They are the talk of the town
When the gossip gets to flyin'
And they ain't lyin'
When the sun goes fallin' down

They say that the father's insane
And dear Missus Perkin's a game
We're talkin' 'bout the China Grove
Oh, China Grove

But every day there's a new thing comin'
The ways of an oriental view
The sheriff and his buddies
With their samurai swords
You can even hear the music at night

And though it's a part of the Lone Star State
People don't seem to care
They just keep on lookin' to the East

Talkin' 'bout the China Grove
Oh, China Grove
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06 Takin' it to the streets (04.41
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You don't know me but I'm your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don't know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell
You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Take this message to my brother
You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty's despair
You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
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07 Jesus is just alright (04.07
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Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright
I don't care what they may say
I don't care what they may do
I don't care what they may say
Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright

Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright

I don't care what they may know
I don't care where they may go
I don't care what they may know
Jesus is just alright, oh yeah

Jesus, he's my friend; Jesus, he's my friend
He took me by the hand; Led me far from this land
Jesus, he's my friend

Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright

I don't care what they may say, I don't care what they may do
I don't care what they may say, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
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08 Rockin' down the highway (03.34
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Got those highway blues, can't you hear my motor runnin'
Flyin' down the road with my foot on the floor
All the way in town they can hear me comin'
Ford's about to drop, she won't do no more
And I smell my motor burnin'
Underneath the hood is smoke
Can't stop, and I can't stop
Got to keep on movin' or I'll lose my mind
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway

The highway patrol got his eyes on me
I know what he's thinkin' and it ain't good
I'm movin' so fast he can barely see me
Gonna lose that man, I know I should
I gotta kick in my pedal
Make my Ford move a little bit faster
Can't stop, and I can't stop
Got to keep on movin' or I'll lose my mind

Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
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09 Take me in your arms (rock me) (03.45
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I know you're leavin' me behind
I'm seein' you darlin' for the very last time
Show a little tenderness before you go
Please let me feel your embrace once more
Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

We all must feel heartache sometimes
Right now, right now I'm feelin' mine
I've tried my best to be strong, but I'm not able
I'm like a helpless child left in a cradle
Before you leave me behind let me feel happy one more time

Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

I'm losin' you and my happiness
My life is so dark I must confess
I'll never, never see your smiling face no more
I'll never, never hear your knock upon my door
Before you leave me, leave me behind
Let me feel happy one more time

Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while
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10 South City Midnight Lady (04.48
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Up all night I could not sleep
The whiskey that I drank was cheap
With shakin' hands I went and I lit up my last cigarette
Well the sun came, night had fled
And sleepy eyed I reached my bed
I saw you sleepy dreamin' there all covered and warm
South City midnight lady
I'm much obliged indeed
You sure have saved this man whose soul was in need
I thought there was no reason
For all these things I do
But the smile that sent out returned with you

When day has left the night behind
And shadows roll across my mind
I sometimes find myself alone out walkin' the street
Yes, and when I'm feelin' down and blue
Then all I do is think of you
And all my foolish problems seem to fade away

South City midnight lady
I'm much obliged indeed
You sure have saved this man whose soul was in need
I thought there was no reason
For all these things I do
But the smile that sent out returned with you
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11 You belong to me (03.44
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Why'd you tell me this
While you look for my reaction
What do you need to know
Don't you know I'll always be the one
You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers
I've got lovin' eyes of my own
You belong to me
In this life
Anyone could tell
Any fool can see who you need
I know you all too well
You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers
I've got lovin' eyes and I can tell

You belong to me
Tell him you were foolin'
You belong to me
You belong to me
Tell him he's a stranger
You belong to me
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12 Nobody (Intro 00.45
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*** Instrumental
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13 Nobody (04.20
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Evil ways of practice may surround you
Callin' on your inner core of life
But your father was just a complex man of bus'ness
And your mother merely portioned out your fright
But run the risk of a sudden loss
You got no mama to bear your cross beside you
Uh huh, uh huh
As midnight angels shine their wings
And time begins just bo build a wall around you
Nobody, nobody gonna take my love away from me
Nobody, nobody gonna take my love away from me

Settin' out on a voyage down to Jenner
I've given all I've got to help the cause
Need a place just to settle out my pressures
A place where you and I can sit and pause
So I can see the sky at night
Without a fear of hidden light to blind me
Mm, mm
And so you see the path is clear
And changes will be swayed around me

Nobody, nobody gonna take my love away from me
Nobody, nobody gonna take my love away from me

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