NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN

DEPECHE MODE.

SONGWRITER: MARTIN GORE

LIVE: IN BARCELONA

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: MUSIC FOR THE MASSES

LABEL: MUTE RECORDS

GENRE: ELETRONIC MUSIC

YEAR: 1987

Depeche Mode(/dəˌpɛʃ-, diː-, dɪ-/) are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. The group as of now consists of a trio of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards).

Depeche Mode released its debut álbum Speak & Spell in 1981, bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. Founding member Vince Clarke left after the release of the album; they recorded A Broken Frame as a trio. Gore took over as main songwriter and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder replaced Clarke, establishing a lineup that continued for 13 years.

The band's last albums of the 1980s, Black Celebration and Music for the Masses, established them as a dominant force within the electronic music scene. A highlight of this era was the band's June 1988 concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, where they drew a crowd in excess of 60,000 people. In early 1990, they released Violator, an international mainstream success. The following album, Songs of Faith and Devotion, released in 1993, was also a success, though internal struggles within the band during recording and touring resulted in Wilder's departure in 1995.

Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 top 10 albums in the UK chart; they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Q included the band in the list of the "50 Bands That Changed the World!". Depeche Mode also ranks number 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In December 2016, Billboard named Depeche Mode the 10th most successful dance club artist of all time. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2018, and will be inducted as part of the Class of 2020.

Music for the Masses is the sixth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 28 September 1987 by Mute Records. The album was supported by the Music for the Masses Tour.

Daniel Miller, who had produced Depeche Mode's previous album, voluntarily stepped away from production duties for this album, citing the growing tension in the studio that they had experienced during the recording of Black Celebration. With Miller's approval, the band co-produced the album with David Bascombe, who had previously worked as a recording engineer with Tears for Fears and Peter Gabriel.

Band members Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore both explained the album's title was conceived as a joke. Fletcher said, "The title's... a bit tongue-in-cheek, really. Everyone is telling us we should make more commercial music, so that's the reason we chose that title." According to Gore, the title "was a joke on the uncommerciality of [the album]. It was anything but music for the masses!" 

I'm taking a ride with my best friend

I hope he never lets me down again

He knows where he's taking me

Taking me where I want to be

I'm taking a ride with my best friend

We're flying high

We're watching the world pass us by

Never want to come down

Never want to put my feet back down on the ground

I'm taking a ride with my best friend

I hope he never lets me down again

Promises me I'm as safe as houses

As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers

I hope he never lets me down again

We're flying high

We're watching the world pass us by

Never want to come down

Never want to put my feet back down on the ground

We're flying high

We're watching the world pass us by

Never want to come down

Never want to put my feet back down on the ground

Never let me down, never let me down

Never let me down, never let me down

See the stars they're shining bright

Everything's alright tonight.

O CIGANO

VICENTE CELESTINO

COMPOSITORES: MARCELO TUPINAMBÁ & JOÃO DO SUL

PAÍS: BRASIL

ÁLBUM: NOITE CHEIA DE ESTRELAS

GRAVADORA: REVIVENDO

GÊNERO: M. P. B.

ANO: 1994

Antônio Vicente Filippe Celestino (Rio de Janeiro, 12 de setembro de 1894 — São Paulo, 23 de agosto de 1968) foi um cantor Ítalo-brasileiro famoso na primeira metade do século XX.

Celestino nasceu na rua do Paraíso no bairro de Santa Teresa em 12 de setembro de 1894, embora tenha sido registrado como nascido no dia 22 do mesmo mês e ano. Outra divergência encontra-se na ordem de seus prenomes, pois foi registrado como "Filippe Antônio Vicente", mas durante sua vida assinou "Antonio Vicente Filippe". Primeiro filho de José Celestino e Serafina Gammera, imigrantes italianos originários da Calábria, Celestino teve onze irmãos, dos quais cinco eram mulheres e seis eram homens. Cinco De seus irmãos homens dedicaram-se ao canto e um ao teatro um exemplo foi seu irmão Amadeu Celestino). Desde os oito anos, por sua origem humilde, Celestino teve de trabalhar como sapateiro, vendedor de peixe, jornaleiro e, já rapaz, chefe de seção numa indústria de calçados.

Começou cantando para conhecidos e era fã de Enrico Caruso. Antes do teatro cantava em festas, serenatas e chopes-cantantes. Estreou profissionalmente cantando a valsa Flor do Mal no teatro São José e fez muito sucesso e, também, entrou no seu primeiro disco vendendo milhares de cópias em 1915 na Odeon (Casa Edison).

Foi o primeiro cantor a gravar o hino nacional brasileiro.

Há 100 anos, em 1920 aos 26 anos, Vicente montou uma companhia de operetas, mas sem nunca deixar o carnavalesco de lado, emplacando sucessos como Urubu Subiu. Rapidamente, depois de oportunidade no teatro, alcançou renome. Formou companhias de revistas e operetas com atrizes-cantoras, primeiro com Laís Areda e depois com Carmen Dora. As excursões pelo Brasil renderam-lhe muito dinheiro e só fizeram aumentar sua popularidade. Nos anos 20, reinava absoluto como ídolo da canção. Vicente Celestino teve uma das mais longas carreiras entre os cantores brasileiros. Quando morreu, às vésperas dos 74 anos, no Hotel Normandie, em São Paulo, estava de saída para um show com Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil, na famosa gafieira "Pérola Negra", que seria gravado para um programa de televisão.

Na fase mecânica de gravação, fez cerca de 28 discos com 52 canções. Com a gravação elétrica, em 1927, sentiu uma certa inaptação quanto ao rendimento técnico, logo superada. Aí recomeçaria os sucessos cantados em todo o Brasil. Em 1935 a RCA Victor contratou-o, sendo praticamente sua única gravadora até morrer. No total, gravou em 78 RPM cerca de 137 discos com 265 canções, mais dez compactos e 31 LPs, nestes também incluídas reedições dos 78 RPM.

Vicente Celestino, que tocava violão e piano, foi o compositor inspirado de muitas das suas criações. Duas delas dariam o tema, mais tarde, para dois filmes de enorme público: O Ébrio(1946), que foi transformada em filme por sua esposa, e Coração Materno (1951). Neles Vicente foi dirigido por sua mulher Gilda Abreu (1904-1979), cantora, escritora, atriz e cineasta.

Celestino passaria incólume por todas as fases e modismos, mesmo quando, no final dos anos 50, fiel ao seu estilo, gravou "Conceição", "Creio em Ti" e "Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você". Seu eterno arrebatamento, paixão e inigualável voz de tenor, fizeram com que o povo o elegesse como A Voz Orgulho do Brasil.

Em 1965, recebeu o título de Cidadão Paulistano pela Câmara de Vereadores daquela cidade.

Nunca saiu do Brasil e manteve sua voz de tenor que era marca registrada independente do estilo musical que estava executando. Teve suas canções regravadas por grandes nomes, como Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte e Mutantes.

Um dia

Eu em Andaluzia

Ouvi um cigano cantar

Havia

No cantar nostalgia

De castanholas batidas ao luar

Mas era

A canção tão sincera

Que eu a julguei para mim

E agora que a minh'alma te chora

Ouve bem a canção que era assim

O amor tem a vida da flor

Não sonhe alguém

Do seu sonho o colher

Do seu sonho o colher

Pois bem

Como acontece à flor

O lindo amor

Principia a morrer

Principia a morrer

Cigano

Que sabias o engano

Por que me fizeste tão mal?

Não fora

A canção traidora

E o meu sonho seria eternal

Quem há de

Fugir à realidade

Que vem desmentir a ilusão?

E hoje

Que teu beijo me foge

Cantarei

Do cigano, a canção!

JAGUAR AND THUNDERBIRD

CHUCK BERRY

SONGWRITER: CHUCK BERRY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CHUCK BERRY ON STAGE

LABEL: CHESS RECORDS

GENRE: ROCKABILLY

YEAR:1963

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.

Born into a middle-class African-American family in St. Louis, Missouri, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student he was convicted of armed robbery and was sent to a reformatory, where he was held from 1944 to 1947. After his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, influenced by the guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of the blues musician T-Bone Walker, Berry began performing with the Johnnie Johnson Trio. His break came when he traveled to Chicago in May 1955 and met Muddy Waters, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess, of Chess Records. With Chess, he recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of the country song "Ida Red"—which sold over a million copies, reaching number one on Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues chart.

By the end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star, with several hit records and film appearances and a lucrative touring career. He had also established his own St. Louis nightclub, Berry's Club Bandstand. He was sentenced to three years in prison in January 1962 for offenses under the Mann Act—he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines. After his release in 1963, Berry had several more hits, including "No Particular Place to Go", "You Never Can Tell", and "Nadine". But these did not achieve the same success, or lasting impact, of his 1950s songs, and by the 1970s he was more in demand as a nostalgic performer, playing his past hits with local backup bands of variable quality. In 1972 he reached a new level of achievement when a rendition of "My Ding-a-Ling" became his only record to top the charts. His insistence on being paid in cash led in 1979 to a four-month jail sentence and community service, for tax evasion.

Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986; he was cited for having "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance." Berry is included in several of Rolling Stone magazine's "greatest of all time" lists; he was ranked fifth on its 2004 and 2011 lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll includes three of Berry's: "Johnny B. Goode", "Maybellene", and "Rock and Roll Music". Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" is the only rock-and-roll song included on the Voyager Golden Record.

Chuck Berry on Stage is the first live album by Chuck Berry, released in 1963 by Chess Records. Although promoted as a live album, it is a collection of previously released studio recordings (except for 5 songs..."All Aboard", "Trick or Treat", "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "Still Got The Blues", and a previously unreleased alternate take of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man") with overdubbed audience sounds to simulate a live recording. One track on the album labelled "Surfin' USA", is "Sweet Little Sixteen", originally released in 1958, the melody of which was used in The Beach Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' USA". Chuck's cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" was later re-recorded and released on the very rare Chess LP CH60032 Chuck Berry in 1975.

 

Chorus: Slow down, little Jaguar

Keep cool, little Thunderbird Ford

Ten miles stretch on an Indiana road

T'was a sky blue Jaguar and a Thunderbird Ford

Jaguar setting on ninety nine

Tryin' to beat the Bird to the county line

Just a half-a-mile from Ludenville

There had a speed sign sitting at the top of the hill

It said : "35 miles, and stay in line"

But the Jaguar and Thunderbird never read the sign

Chorus

Ludenville was a real small town

Had a hundred and two

And nine acres of ground

Some stool pigeon put the sheriff wise

Told him "Park down in Ludenville

And catch 'em guys"

Sheriff laid down, half hid in the weeds

Parked for eight days, didn't nobody speed

All of a sudden, dust rose on the road

Said "Here come the Jaguar and Thunderbird Ford"

Chorus

Sheriff doubled clutched second, put it in third

Took right after the Jaguar and Thunderbird

He knew he'd get a bonus and a big fat fine

If he caught 'em 'fore they crossed that line

Sheriff never drove his car a hundred and flat

But if he aimed to get 'em

He'd have to do more than that

Crest of the hill, is about a mile behind

There wasn't but two mor miles to the county line

Chorus

Old Sheiff was countin' on the downward grade

With the tall wind pushin', he had it made

Thunderbird saw the Jaguar gainin' speed

And waved "Goodbye, Jaguar" and pulled in the lead

Jaguar said "You ain't won the race yet"

And pulled back around the Bird like a sabre jet

Sheriff's front bumper was a yard behind

When the T-Bird, Jaguar crossed the line

Slow down little Jaguar,

Keep cool little Thunderbird Ford

(repeat and fade).

GIVE IT UP OR TURN IT A LOOSE

JAMES BROWN

SONGWRITER: CHARLES BOBBITT

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: GIVE UP TO A TURNIT A LOOSE

LABEL: KING

GENRE: FUNK

YEAR: 1986

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music and dance, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul","Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother Nº. 1". In a career that lasted over 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres.

Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. In the 1950s, he joined a rhythm and blues vocal group, the Famous Flames, founded by Bobby Byrd, as the lead singer. With the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live álbum Live at the Apollo and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".

During the late 1960s, Brown moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making, emphasizing stripped-down and interlocking rhythms, that influenced the development of funk music. By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound after the formation of the J.B.s with records such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record until his death from pneumonia in 2006.

Brown recorded 17 singles that reached Nº. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts. He also holds the record for the most singles listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart which did not reach Nº. 1. Brown was inducted into 1st class of the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013 as an artist and then in 2017 as a songwriter. He also received honors from many other institutions, including inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Joel Whitburn's analysis of the Billboard R&B charts from 1942 to 2010, Brown is ranked No. 1 in The Top 500 Artists. He is ranked No. 7 on Rolling Stone's list of its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969, the song was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" appeared as an instrumental on the Ain't It Funky (1970) album, removing Brown's vocals and adding guitar overdubs, while the vocal version was released onto Soul Classics (1972).

Brown recorded "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" again with The J.B.'s for his 1970 live double album Sex Machine. Over five minutes long, this later recording used a substantially different instrumental arrangement, with an added organ riff and a florid bassline, as well as different lyrics. This version features Clyde Stubblefield on drum kit performing in tandem with congas. A remix of this recording by Tim Rogers appears on the 1986 compilation album In the Jungle Groove. The remixed version has been extensively sampled. A genuine live version of the song appears on the álbum Live at Chastain Park (rec. 1985, rel. 1988).

In 1974 Lyn Collins recorded the song, with Brown producing.

Dick Hyman recorded a synthesizer version of "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" on his 1969 album The Age of Electronicus.

Baby give it up or turn it a loose

Uh ha baby gives it up or turn it a loose

Starting over again

Baby, give it up or turn it a loose

Oh ha baby, give it up or turn it loose

Oooooh all right

Baby, give it up, oh turn it a loose oh

Oh o o all night long, uh

All right, hey, hey, hey, hey

All night long, ain't no use oh o

Oh oo baby give it up ha

Lord have mercy, hey, hey, hey, hey

All night long, ain't no use oh o

Oh oo baby give it up ha

Lord have mercy, hey, hey, hey, hey

Uh ha oh oh e wow

Baby need you so

Uh turn it a loose

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Oh, oh, oh, hold you tight

Cause I need you so

With all my might

I've got to squeeze you

Hold you tight because I love you so

Oh oh oh baby oh.