FOREVER YOUNG

BOB DYLAN

SONGWRITER: BOB DYLAN

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: PLANET WAVES

LABEL: SONY MUSIC

GENRE: FOLK MUSIC

YEAR: 1974

Bob Dylan (nome artístico de Robert Allen Zimmerman; Duluth, 24 de maio de 1941) é um compositor, cantor, pintor, ator e escritor norte-americano.

Nascido no estado de Minnesota, neto de imigrantes judeus russos, aos dez anos de idade Dylan escreveu seus primeiros poemas e, ainda adolescente, aprendeu piano e guitarra sozinho. Começou cantando em grupos de rock, imitando Little Richard e Buddy Holly, mas quando foi para a Universidade de Minnesota em 1959, voltou-se para a folk music, impressionado com a obra musical do lendário cantor folk Woody Guthrie, a quem foi visitar em Nova Iorque em 1961.

Em 2004, foi eleito pela renomada revista Rolling Stone o 7º maior cantor de todos os tempos e, pela mesma revista, o 2º melhor artista da música de todos os tempos, ficando atrás somente dos Beatles, e uma de suas principais canções, "Like a Rolling Stone", foi escolhida como a melhor de todos os tempos. Influenciou diretamente grandes nomes do rock americano e britânico dos anos de 1960 e 1970. Em 2012, Dylan foi condecorado com a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade pelo presidente dos Estados Unidos Barack Obama.

Ganhou o Prêmio Nobel da Literatura em 2016 por "ter criado novos modos de expressão poética no quadro da tradição da música americana". E, assim, tornou-se o primeiro e único artista na história a ganhar, além do Prêmio Nobel, o Oscar, Grammy e o Globo de Ouro.

May God bless and keep you always,

May your wishes all come true,

May you always do for others

And let others do for you.

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,

May you grow up to be true,

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you.

May you always be courageous,

Stand upright and be strong,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,

May your feet always be swift,

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift.

May your heart always be joyful,

May your song always be sung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

I MISS THE MUSIC

JASON DANIELEY

SONGWRITER: JOHN KANDER

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

THEATER: MUSICAL CURTAINS

ALBUM: CURTAINS

LABEL: ANGEL RECORDS

GENRE: plaintive ballad

YEAR: 2007

Near the end of Act One of the new Broadway musical Curtains — the show about theatre people trying to work out the kinks of a new musical while a cop seeks to solve a backstage murder — there comes what fans and cast members alike have been calling "the song."

Sung by Jason Danieley, who plays a Broadway composer, "I Miss the Music," a plaintive ballad, speaks of the character's creative and emotional frustration since losing his lyricist and wife, played by Karen Ziemba.

He sings:

I miss the music

I miss the song.

Since she's not with me

It comes out wrong.

It doesn't matter

How hard I try

I've lost the music.

I don't know why.

Not only does Curtains composer John Kander manage to explore character and plot in the number, he unknowingly paid tribute to his late, longtime lyricist Fred Ebb, who did not live to see Curtains come to commercial fruition at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Cioffi (spoken):

You see what I'm saying? The song itself is kind of lackluster. It lacks ..

Chris:

Yes?

Cioffi:

Luster.

Chris:

I agree. We need a completely new composition, one that's catchier than pink eye. I'll leave you to it.

Cioffi:

Well, at least now you'll have a few minutes alone with your piano.

Aaron:

Alone, yeah.

Cioffi:

Could I ask, only because I've wondered this my entire life--which would normally come first, the music or the lyric?

Aaron:

Same answer as the chicken or the egg.

Cioffi:

Ah, so it's the lyric.

Aaron:

No. It can start with a note. Which can become a phrase. And then you try hanging words off each branch, like trimming a

tree.

Cioffi:

Sounds easy enough.

Aaron:

Really? Well don't talk about Love

Or you'll have to say "fits like a glove"

Or "As certain as push comes to shove"

You will pine for the woman you're constantly thinking of

You see the problem.

Cioffi:

Dangling participle. So you suggest staying away from love?

Aaron:

At all costs. And don't mention your life

Or you'll have to say "cuts like a knife"

Or refer to the heartbreak and strife

When you find that you're missing your ...

Cioffi:

Missing?

Aaron:

What?

Cioffi:

You were saying what you miss.

Aaron:

No I meant that, well ...

(sung)I miss the music

I miss the song

Since she’s not with me

It comes out wrong

It doesn’t matter

How hard I try

I’ve lost the music

I don’t know why

You may have known

Before I met her

I wrote alone

But if you ask me

What I prefer

I’d say the music

I wrote with her

When you’re writing a song

And you’ve a partner

The room is filled with jokes and chatter

She says something

You say something

She writes a line

You play a vamp

But when you’re writing a song

Without a partner

That’s a completely different matter

No one tells you

That’s not funny

No one says

Let’s cut that bar

No one makes you better than you are

I can’t pretend

I miss the music

I miss my friend

No need to ask me

What I prefer

I choose the music

I wrote with her

I liked the music

I made with

Georgia (spoken):

Aaron, I forgot my lyric. Can you believe it? Me.

Aaron:

Well youre not the lyricist now, youre the star.

Georgia? Break a leg.

Georgia:

Thanks. You can finish the song without me?

Aaron:

Im a one-man band.

(sung)

I miss the music

I miss my friend

No need to ask me

What I prefer

I choose the music

I wrote with her

I loved the music

I made with her.

ALL OF ME

RUTH ETTING

SONGWRITERS: GERALD MARKS & SEYMOUR SIMONS

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: ALL OF ME

LABEL: TAKE TWO RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1931

 "ALL OF ME" is a popular song and jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931.

First performed by Belle Baker over the radio and recorded in December 1931 by Ruth Etting, it has become one of the most recorded songs of its era, with notable versions by Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson in 1941, the Count Basie Orchestra, Harry James, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan (for the 1957 album, Swingin' Easy), Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine in 1947, Dinah Washington at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Shirley Bassey in 1962, The Blue Diamonds, Della Reese, Johnnie Ray, Django Reinhardt, Erroll Garner, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Dove, Jean Frye Sidwell, Michael Bublé, Miss Montreal in 2012 and The Rockin' Berries. Ani DiFranco covered the song in 2012 for the Documentary, Love, Marilyn. It is also covered by Eric Clapton on his 2013 album Old Sock with Paul McCartney. The first line of the song was sung by Eddie Cantor in the 1933 motion picture "Roman Scandals" which also starred Ruth Etting who first recorded it. In an episode of the 1970s television show Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx (joined by Scatman Crothers on guitar) sings a short but memorable version. "All of Me" is also performed in the Muppet Show episode guest starring Paul Williams. The song is featured prominently in the 1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film of the same name.

In more recent years, it has been recorded by Pia Zadora, Anne Murray and Jason Danieley. Also, a punk rock rendition of the song was recorded by NOFX. The song was a major hit on records by Paul Whiteman and Louis Armstrong in 1932, and was successfully revived by Johnnie Ray in 1952. Chelsea Krombach performed the song for her debut album Look for the Silver Lining. Laurence Juber has also performed and recorded this song in an all acoustic version played by him. It was featured on his álbum PCH in 2007. Michael Bublé has released a cover of it on his album, Crazy Love, to be re-released. It is the title track on the 2011 debut album of Australian Singer Liam Burrows.

You took my kisses and all my love

You taught me how to care

Am I to be just remnant of a one side love affair

All you took

I gladly gave

There is nothing left for me to save

All of me

Why not take all of me

Can't you see

I'm no good without you

Take my lips

I want to loose 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.

BORN TO DIE

LANA DEL REY

SONGWRITER: LANA DEL REY & JUSTIN PARKER

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: BORN TO DIE

LABEL: INTERSCOPE RECORDS

GENRE: INDIE

YEAR: 2012

Born to Die é o segundo álbum de estúdio da artista musical estadunidense Lana Del Rey. O seu lançamento ocorreu em 27 de janeiro de 2012 na Alemanha e na Irlanda e no dia 31 do mesmo mês nos Estados Unidos, através das editoras discográficas Interscope, Polydor e Stranger Records. Com o intuito de divulgar o seu trabalho à indústria fonográfica e estabilizar-se na carreira artística, a cantora gravou um álbum de demonstração intitulado Sirens no ano de 2005, sob o pseudônimo de May Jailer. O projeto e as suas constantes apresentações em shows de talentos renderam-lhe um contrato com a gravadora independente 5 Point Records, com a qual ela lançou o seu disco de estreia epônimo quatro anos mais tarde, que acabou por ser retirado de circulação por a gravadora não poder mais financiar a sua divulgação. Oficializando-se como o responsável por inserir Del Rey no cenário musical internacional, Born to Die foi concebido ao longo de 2010 e 2011, após a cantora fechar o contrato com uma grande editora, e teve as suas gravações concluídas depois que o seu primeiro single, "Video Games", tornou-se um êxito viral na Internet, o que causou um burburinho entre os meios de comunicação em relação à, até então, desconhecida cantora.

Musicalmente, Born to Die possui uma sonoridade voltada aos estilos pop e rock independentes, fundindo-os com elementos da música alternativa, do hip hop e, ainda, da música pop, enquanto que o seu lirismo retrata uma obscura história de amor vista com olhos esperançosos e aborda temas relacionados a drogas, ao sexo, tragédias e às dificuldades que a artista passou para se tornar uma cantora. Considerado um dos álbuns mais esperados de 2012, foi recebido com análises divergentes pelos críticos musicais, com alguns a elogiar as habilidades vocais de Del Rey e suas melodias. Outros, contudo, alegaram que, embora apresentasse um bom material, o seu lançamento aconteceu de forma precipitada e, eventualmente, talvez tenha prejudicado todas as ideias que ali foram postas. Os resenhistas também notaram que o estilo da cantora lembrava a música dos anos 1950, e que boa parte das letras das canções referia-se a sonhos americanos, direcionadas ao seu ex-namorado. Alguns, ainda, questionaram-se sobre a autenticidade da cantora em sua carreira musical, descrevendo-a como moldada pela indústria pop.

Comercialmente, contudo, Born to Die mostrou ser bem recebido universalmente. Culminou os mercados musicais de catorze países e debutou na segunda posição da Billboard 200, dos Estados Unidos, enquanto que alcançou o terceiro posto no Canadá. Mas foi no continente europeu onde ele obteve seu maior êxito, tendo sido certificado com platina em dezesseis nações e atingido a primeira posição nas tabelas musicais de países como a Áustria, a Alemanha, a França e a Suíça em sua semana de estreia. No Reino Unido, o material repetiu o feito com vendas iniciais de 117 mil cópias, tornando-se o mais rapidamente comprado de 2012. Além disso, Born to Die também atingiu o topo na Austrália e ficou entre os dez primeiros colados em outras treze nações. O álbum chegou ao fim de 2012 com mais de 4.4 milhões de cópias distribuídas pelo mundo e foi o quinto mais vendido do ano. Até 2014, o disco havia vendido mais de sete milhões de cópias em todo o globo.

(Why?

Who, me?

Why?)

Feet, don’t fail me now

Take me to the finish line

Oh, my heart, it breaks every step that I take

But I’m hoping at the gates

They’ll tell me that you’re mine

Walking through the city streets

Is it by mistake or desire?

I feel so alone on a Friday night

Can you make it feel like home

If I tell you you’re mine?

It’s like I told you, honey

Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry

Sometimes love is not enough

And the road gets tough, I don’t know why

Keep making me laugh

Let’s go get high

The road is long, we carry on

Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

Do you like your girls insane?

Choose your last words

This is the last time

‘Cause you and I, we were born to die

Lost, but now I am found

I can see, but once I was blind

I was so confused as a little child

Tried to take what I could get

Scared that I couldn’t find

All the answers, honey

Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry

Sometimes love is not enough

And the road gets tough, I don’t know why

Keep making me laugh

Let’s go get high

The road is long, we carry on

Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

Do you like your girls insane?

Choose your last words

This is the last time

‘Cause you and I, we were born to die

We were born to die, we were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

Do You like your girls insane?

Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry

Sometimes love is not enough

And the road gets tough, I don’t know why

Keep making me laugh

Let’s go get high

The road is long, we carry on

Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

Do You like your girls insane?

Choose your last words

This is the last time

‘Cause you and I, we were born to die