CAROLINA IN MY MIND
JAMES TAYLOR
SONGWRITER: JAMES TAYLOR
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LIVE IN THE UK 1970 – THE RARE LONDON RADIO BROADCAST
LABEL: APPLE RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK ROCK
YEAR: 1970
 
             James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
              Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No.3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No.1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million US copies. Following his 1977 album JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work (including Hourglass, October Road, and Covers). He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.
               He is known for his covers, such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" and "Handy Man", as well as originals such as "Sweet Baby James".
         "Carolina in My Mind" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter James Taylor, which first appeared on his 1968 self-titled debut album. Taylor wrote it while overseas recording for the Beatles' label Apple Records, and the song's themes reflect his homesickness at the time. Released as a single, the song earned critical praise but not commercial success. It was re-recorded for Taylor's 1976 Greatest Hits album in the version that is most familiar to listeners. It has been a staple of Taylor's concert performances over the decades of his career.
           The song was a modest hit on the country charts in 1969 for North Carolinian singer George Hamilton IV. Strongly tied to a sense of geographic place, "Carolina in My Mind" has been called an unofficial state anthem for North Carolina. It is also an unofficial song of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, being played at athletic events and pep rallies and sung by the graduating class at every university commencement. The association of the song with the state is also made in written works of both fiction and non-fiction. It has become one of Taylor's most critically praised songs and one that has great popularity and significance for his audience.

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
 
Karen, she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'
Watch her watch the mornin' come
A silver tear appearing now
I'm cryin' ain't I
Gone to Carolina in my mind
 
There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something soft and kind
And hey babe the sky's on fire
I'm dyin' ain't I
Gone to Carolina in my mind
 
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
 
Dark and silent late last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
 
With a holy host of others standing around me
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind
 
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
Gone to Carolina in my mind
Then I'm on to Carolina in my mind
Gone to Carolina in my mind
Gone, I'm gone, I'm gone
Say nice things about me
'Cause I'm gone south
Carry on without me
'Cause I'm gone.

I’LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG

JIM CROCE
SONGWRITER: JIM CROCE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I GOTE A NAME
LABEL: ABC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1974
 
           James Joseph Croce (/ˈkroʊtʃi/; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and numerous singles.
     His first two albums were commercially unsuccessful, failing to chart or produce any hit singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts. After forming a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen his fortunes turned in the early 1970s. His breakthrough came in 1972; his third álbum You Don't Mess Around with Jim produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after his death. The follow-up album, Life and Times, contained the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which was the only Nº. 1 hit he had during his lifetime.
On September 20, 1973, the day before the lead single to his fifth album, I Got a Name, was released, Croce, along with five others, was killed in a plane crash, at the height of his popularity. Croce's music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. His wife, Ingrid Croce, was his early songwriting partner and she continued to write and record after his death, and his son A. J. Croce himself became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s.
    Croce was born January 10, 1943, in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James Albert Croce and Flora Mary (Babusci) Croce, both Italian Americans from Trasacco and Balsorano in Abruzzo and Palermo in Sicily.
          Croce grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania just outside of Philadelphia and attended Upper Darby High School. Graduating in 1960, he studied at Malvern Preparatory School for a year before enrolling at Villanova University, where he majored in psychology and minored in German. He received a Bachelor of Science in Social Studies degree in 1965. Croce was a member of the Villanova Singers and the Villanova Spires. When the Spires performed off-campus or made recordings, they were known as The Coventry Lads. Croce was also a student disc jockey at WKVU (which has since become WXVU)
           "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" is the title of a posthumously released single by the American singer-songwriter Jim Croce. The song was written by Croce and was originally released on his álbum I Got a Name.
       It entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at position No. 73 in March 1974. It peaked at No. 9 in April 1974, becoming his fifth and final Top 10 hit. In addition, the song went to No. 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and reached No. 68 on the Billboard country music chart, Croce's only song to chart there.
          This song is noted for the use of backup singers, as well as a string section, that plays a counterpoint melody during the concluding instrumental.

Well, I know it's kinda late.
I hope I didn't wake you.
But what I gotta say can't wait,
I know you'd understand.
 
Every time I tried to tell you,
The words just came out wrong,
So I'll have to say I love you in a song.
 
Yeah, I know it's kinda strange.
Every time I'm near you,
I just run out of things to say.
I know you'd understand.
 
Every time I try to tell you,
The words just came out wrong,
So I'll have to say I love you in a song.
 
Every time the time is right,
All the words just came out wrong,
So I'll have to say I love you in a song
 
Yeah I know it's kinda late.
Hope I didn't wake you,
But there's something I just gotta say.
Know you'd understand.
 
Every time I try to tell you,
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song.

D. GIGI

OS CAÇADORES
COMPOSITOR: WAGUINHO
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: CLÁSSICOS DO FUNK
GRAVADORA: GMZ
GÊNERO: FUNK
ANO: 2018
 
            O funk carioca,[fɐ̃(ŋ)ki] ou simplesmente funk, é um estilo musical oriundo das favelas do estado do Rio de Janeiro, no Brasil. Apesar do nome, é diferente do funk originário dos Estados Unidos. Isso ocorreu, pois, a partir dos anos 1970, começaram a ser realizados bailes da pesada, black, soul, shaft ou funk no Rio de Janeiro. Com o tempo, os DJs foram buscando outros ritmos de música negra, mas o nome original permaneceu. O funk carioca tem uma influência direta do miami bass e do freestyle. O termo "baile funk" é usado para se referir a festas em que se toca o funk carioca. Apesar do nome, o funk carioca surgiu e é tocado em todo o estado do Rio de Janeiro e não somente na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, como o gentílico "carioca" leva a crer.
            O funk carioca, basicamente ligado ao público jovem, tornou-se um dos maiores fenômenos de massa do Brasil. Na década de 1980, o antropólogo Hermano Vianna foi o primeiro cientista social a abordá-lo como objeto de estudo, em sua dissertação de mestrado que daria origem ao livro O Mundo Funk Carioca(1988).

Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Eu sou a dona Gigi
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Esse aqui é meu esposo
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Esse aí é seu esposo?!?
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
É sim!
Se me vê agarrado com ela
Separa que é briga tá ligado!
Ela quer um carinho gostoso
Um bico dois soco e três cruzado!
Tá com pena leva ela pra casa
Porque nem de graça eu quero essa mulher!
Caçadores estão na pista pra dizer como ela é
Se me vê agarrado com ela
Separa que é briga, tá ligado!
Ela quer um carinho gostoso
Um bico dois soco e três cruzado!
Tá com pena leva ela pra casa
Porque nem de graça eu quero essa mulher!
Caçadores estão na pista pra dizer como ela é
 
Caolha, nariz de tomada, sem bunda, perneta
Corpo de minhoca, banguela, orelhuda, tem unha encravada
Com peito caído e um caroço nas costas
Ih gente! Capina, despenca
Cai fora, vai embora
Se não vai dançar
Chamei 2 guerreiros
Bispo Macedo, com Padre Quevedo pra te exorcizar
Oi, vaza!
Tcha tchritcha tchritcha tchum, tchritcha tchritcha
Fede mais que um urubu
Canhão! Vou falar bem curto e grosso contigo, hein!
Já falei pra vazar!
Coisa igual nunca se viu
Oh vai pra
Puxa! Tu é feia!
 
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Eu sou a dona Gigi
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Esse aqui é meu esposo
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Esse aí é seu esposo?!?
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
É sim!
 
Se me vê agarrado com ela
Separa que é briga, tá ligado!
Ela quer um carinho gostoso
Um bico dois soco e três cruzado!
Tá com pena leva ela pra casa
Porque nem de graça eu quero essa mulher!
Caçadores estão na pista pra dizer como ela é
 
Se me vê agarrado com ela
Separa que é briga tá ligado!
Ela quer um carinho gostoso
Um bico dois soco e três cruzado!
Tá com pena leva ela pra casa
Porque nem de graça eu quero essa mulher!
Caçadores estão na pista pra dizer como ela é
 
Caolha, nariz de tomada, sem bunda, perneta
Corpo de minhoca, banguela, orelhuda, tem unha encravada
Com peito caido e um caroço nas costas
Ih gente! Capina, despenca
Cai fora, vai embora
Se não vai dançar
Chamei 2 guerreiros
Bispo macedo, compadre quevedo pra te exorcisar
Oi, vaza!
Tcha tchritcha tchritcha tchum, tchritcha tchritcha
Fede mais que um urubu
Canhão! Vou falar bem curto e grosso contigo, hein
Já falei pra vazar!
Coisa igual nunca se viu
Oh vai pra
Puxa, tu é feia!
 
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Eu sou a dona Gigi
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Puxa tu é feia!
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Esse aqui é meu esposo
Ih dasqui dasqui dasqui ih!
Vou falar bem curto e grosso contigo, hein!

THE FLOWERS OF GUATEMALA

R. E. M. (MICHAEL STIPE)
SONGWRITERS: BILL BERRY; MICHAEL STIPE; MIKE MILLS & PETER BUCK
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LIFES RICH PAGEANT
LABEL: I. R. S. RECORDS
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK
YEAR: 1986
 
            R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe who were students at the University of Georgia. Liner notes from some of the band's albums list attorney Bertis Downs and manager Jefferson Holt as non-musical members. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style; Stipe's distinctive vocal quality, unique stage presence, and obscure lyrics; Mills's melodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming style. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts such as Nirvana and Pavement viewed R.E.M. as a pioneer of the genre. After Berry left the band in 1997, the band continued its career in the 2000s with mixed critical and commercial success. The band broke up amicably in 2011 with members devoting time to solo projects after having sold more than 85 million albums worldwide and becoming one of the world's best-selling music artists.
         R.E.M. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. It was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. Records. In 1983, the group released its critically acclaimed debut album, Murmur, and built its reputation over the next few years through releases every year from 1984 to 1988: Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, Lifes Rich Pageant, Document and Green, including an intermittent b-side compilation Dead Letter Office. Don Dixon and Mitch Easter produced their first two albums, Joe Boyd handled production on Fables of the Reconstruction and Don Gehman produced Life's Rich Pageant. Thereafter, R.E.M. settled on Scott Litt as producer for the next 10 years during the band's most successful period of their career. They also started co-producing their material and playing other instruments in the studio apart from the main ones they play. With constant touring, and the support of college radio following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit with the 1987 single "The One I Love". The group signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988 and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.
             R.E.M.'s most commercially successful albums, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992), put them in the vanguard of alternative rock just as it was becoming mainstream. Out of Time received seven nominations at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards, and lead single "Losing My Religion", was R.E.M.'s highest-charting and best-selling hit. Monster (1994) continued its run of success. The band began its first tour in six years to support the album; the tour was marred by medical emergencies suffered by three of the band members. In 1996, R.E.M. re-signed with Warner Bros. for a reported US$80 million, at the time the most expensive recording contract ever. The tour was productive and the band recorded the following album mostly during soundchecks. The resulting record, New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996), is hailed as the band's last great album and the members' favorite, growing in cult status over the years. Berry left the band the following year, and Stipe, Buck, and Mills continued as a musical trio, supplemented by studio and live musicians, such as multi-instrumentalists Scott McCaughey and Ken Stringfellow and drummers Joey Waronker and Bill Rieflin. They also parted ways with their longtime manager Jefferson Holt and band's attorney Bertis Downs assumed managerial duties. Seeking to also renovate their sound, the band stopped working with Scott Litt, co-producer and contributor to six of their studio albums and hired Pat McCarthy as co-producer, who had participated before that as mixer and engineer on their last two albums.
            After the electronic experimental direction of Up (1998) that was commercially unsuccessful, Reveal (2001) was referred to as "a conscious return to their classic sound" which received general acclaim. In 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in its first year of eligibility and Berry reunited with the band for the ceremony and to record a cover of John Lennon's "#9 Dream" for the compilation album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur to benefit Amnesty International's campaign to alleviate the Darfur conflict. Looking for a change of sound after lukewarm reception for Around the Sun (2004), the band collaborated with co-producer Jacknife Lee on their last two studio albums—the well-received Accelerate (2008) and Collapse into Now (2011)—as well as their first live albums after decades of touring. R.E.M. disbanded amicably in September 2011, with former members having continued with various musical projects, and several live and archival albums have since been released.
           Lifes Rich Pageant is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on July 28, 1986. R.E.M. chose Don Gehman to produce the album, which was recorded at John Mellencamp's Belmont Mall Studios in Belmont, Indiana. This was the only album the band recorded with Gehman, who moved them from the more obscure and dense sound of their earlier albums to an accessible, hard rock-influenced quality. The album was well-received critically.

I took a picture that I'll have to send
People here are friendly and content
People here are colorful and bright
The flowers often bloom at night
 
Amanita is the name
The flowers cover everything
The flowers cover everything
 
There's something here I find hard to ignore
There's something that I've never seen before
Amanita is the name they cover over everything
 
The flowers cover everything
They cover over everything (Amanita is the name)
The flowers cover everything
 
Don't look into the sun
Don't look into the sun
 
There's something that I've never seen before
The flowers often bloom at night
Amanita is the name they cover over everything.