VELAS IÇADAS

IVAN LINS
COMPOSITORES: VITOR MARTINS & IVAN LINS
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: A NOITE
GRAVADORA: EMI
GÊNERO: M.P.B.
ANO: 1979
 
        “Em 1979, Ivan Lins vivia um dos melhores momentos de sua carreira. Nos dois anos anteriores, lançou dois álbuns seminais pela EMI-Odeon, os excelentes Somos Todos Iguais Nesta Noite(...) e Nos Dias de Hoje (...) e ampliou o seu público, especialmente no circuito universitário, graças a inúmeros shows. A Noite, que chegou às lojas há 40 anos, consolidou esse período fantástico com um conteúdo repleto de emoção e denúncia social, no qual a parceria dele com Vitor Martins prosseguiu em sua trajetória rumo à excelência artística.
              O show de lançamento de A Noite foi o segundo que tive a oportunidade de assistir na minha vida, no então Teatro Pixinguinha, do Sesc, em São Paulo. Certamente, marcou a minha vida, um belo presente de 18 anos que me concedi. Para alegria de alguém que ama a boa música com toda a intensidade, é ótimo constatar que este álbum continua tão maravilhoso, consistente e importante como na época. Dois temas básicos permeiam as 10 faixas: as idas e vindas das relações amorosas e o duro momento político da ditadura militar que vivíamos na época. Ambos, analisados como se estivéssemos na mesa de um bar, em uma dessas noites de solidão, esperança, sonhos e dor”. DE FABIAN CHACUR                                                             

Seu coração é um barco de velas içadas
Longe dos mares, do tempo, das loucas marés
Seu coração é um barco de velas içadas
Sem nevoeiros, tormentas, sequer um revés
 
Seu coração é um barco jamais navegado
Nunca se mostrou por dentro, abrindo os porões
Seu coração é um barco que vive ancorado
Nunca se arriscou ao vento, às grandes paixões
 
Nunca soltou as amarras
Nunca ficou à deriva
Nunca sofreu um naufrágio
Nunca cruzou com piratas e aventureiros
Nunca cumpriu o destino das embarcações.

DEVIL IN DISGUISE

J. J. CALE
SONGWRITER: J. J. CALE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GRASSHOPPER
LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1982
 
                 John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knopfler, Neil Young and Eric Clapton, who described him as "one of the most important artists in the history of rock". He is considered to be one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz.
                   In 2008, Cale, along with Clapton, received a Grammy Award for their album The Road to Escondido.
              Grasshopper is a 1982 album by J. J. Cale. It was his seventh studio album since his debut in 1972.
From the California shore to New York City
The beat don't never stop
You can hear it on the radio anywhere you go
It's steady as the rhythm of a clock
It cuts through the noise of the city life
It won't seem to go away
It's the devil in disguise I tell you no lies
My fingers do the walking everyday
 
Yonder comes a young girl she wants to take a whirl
She thinks it's all a dream
She got rock and roll way down in her soul
She wants to know where's the limousine
Get up honey let your mama sit down
You're too young anyway
The devil in disguise give her the prize
Then you can carry her away
 
When the road I travel starts to unravel
Every which way it goes
The beat starts to press on my bullet proof vest
And my high turns out to be low
Give me my guitar I'm going to go far
Let me see it let me hold it in my hand
I'm the devil in disguise I tell you no lies
I'm playing in a rock 'n roll band.

MOZAMBIQUE

BOB DYLAN
SONGWRITERS: BOB DYLAN & JACQUES LEVY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: DESIRE
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK ROCK
YEAR: 1976
 
     Desire is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on January 5, 1976 by Columbia Records.
          It is one of Dylan's most collaborative efforts, featuring the same caravan of musicians as the acclaimed Rolling Thunder Revue tours the previous year (later documented on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5). Many of the songs also featured backing vocals by Emmylou Harris and Ronee Blakley. Most of the album was co-written by Jacques Levy, and is composed of lengthy story-songs, two of which quickly generated controversy: the 11-minute-long "Joey", which is seen as glorifying the violent gangster "Crazy Joey" Gallo, and "Hurricane", the opening track that tells a passionate account of the murder case against boxer Rubin Carter, whom the song asserts was framed. Carter was released in 1985, after a judge overturned his conviction on appeal.
        A well-received follow-up to Blood on the Tracks, Desire reached Nº.1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for five weeks, becoming one of Dylan's bestselling studio albums, and was certified double Platinum; the album reached Nº.3 in the UK. It claimed the Nº.1 slot on NME Album of the Year. Rolling Stone named Desire Nº.174 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It was voted number 761 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).
This song began as a game between Dylan and Desire co-writer Jacques Levy to find as many rhymes for Mozambique as possible: cheek to cheek; stop and speak; a final peek AND Rhymes not used: antique; technique; Byzantine Greek; take a leak; calendar week; hide and go seek &japanese leek 

[Verse 1]
I like to spend some time in Mozambique
The sunny sky is aqua blue
And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek
It’s very nice to stay a week or two
And maybe fall in love, just me and you
 
[Instrument Break]
 
[Verse 2]
There’s lot of pretty girls in Mozambique
And plenty time for good romance
And everybody likes to stop and speak
To give the special one you seek a chance
Or maybe say hello with just a glance
 
[Instrument Break]
 
[Verse 3]
Lying next to her by the ocean
Reaching out and touching her hand
Whispering your secret emotion
Magic in a magical land
 
[Verse 4]
And when it’s time for leaving Mozambique
To say goodbye to sand and sea
You turn around to take a final peek
And you see why it’s so unique to be
Among the lovely people living free
Upon the beach of sunny Mozambique
 
[Instrumental Break]

THE WORDS OF LOVE

THE DIAMONDS
SONGWRITER: WILLIAMS
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: 25 GOLDEN HITS
LABEL: REMEMBER RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1994
 
          The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet that rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s with 16 Billboard hit records. The original members were Dave Somerville (lead), Ted Kowalski (tenor), Phil Levitt (baritone), and Bill Reed (bass). They were most noted for interpreting and introducing rhythm and blues vocal group music to the wider pop music audience. Contrary to a popular myth, the father of Tom Hanks was never a member of the group.
              A doo-wop version by the Diamonds, released by Mercury Records on May 20, 1957, reached number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1957, making the song Holly's first hit, though as a composer not performer. The Diamonds also performed the song live on the ABC television show Circus Time on June 27, 1957, and included it on the 1962 Mercury LP album Pop Hits (MGW 12178).

Hold me close and tell me how you feel
Tell me love is real
Um, um, um, um
 
Words of love you whisper soft and true
Darling, I love you
Um, um, um, um
 
Let me hear you say
The words I long to gear
Darling, when you're near
Um, um, um, um
 
Words of love you whisper soft and true
Darling, I love you
Um, um, um, um, um, um, um
Ah, ah, ah!