THE DANCE

GARTH BROOKS
SONGWRITER: TONY ARATA
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GARTH BROOKS
LABEL: CAPITOL NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1989
 
          Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and pop elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.
         As of 2020, Brooks is now the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that achieved diamond status in the United States (surpassing the Beatles' former record of six); those albums are Garth Brooks (diamond), No Fences (17× platinum), Ropin' the Wind (14× platinum), The Chase (diamond), In Pieces (diamond), The Hits (diamond), Sevens (diamond), Double Live (21× platinum), and The Ultimate Hits (diamond). Since 1989, Brooks has released 23 records in all, which include 13 studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, three Christmas albums and four box sets, along with 77 singles. He has won several awards in his career, including two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award for best-selling solo albums artist of the century in the U.S.
Troubled by conflicts between career and family, Brooks retired from recording and performing from 2001 until 2005. During this time, he sold millions of albums through an exclusive distribution deal with Walmart and sporadically released new singles. In 2005, Brooks started a partial comeback, giving select performances and releasing two compilation albums. In 2009, he began Garth at Wynn, a periodic weekend concert residency at Las Vegas' Encore Theatre from December 2009 to January 2014. Following the conclusion of the residency, Brooks announced his signing with Sony Music Nashville in July 2014. In September 2014, he began his comeback world tour, with wife and musician Trisha Yearwood, which culminated in 2017. This was followed by his Stadium Tour, which began in 2019. His most recent album, Fun, was released in November 2020.
           Brooks is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 170 million records. As of 2020, according to the RIAA, he is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States with 156 million domestic units sold, ahead of Elvis Presley, and is second only to the Beatles in total album sales overall. Brooks was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 21, 2012, having been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame the year before. He was also inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016 with his studio musicians, The G-Men. On March 4, 2020, Brooks received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. At age 58, he is the youngest recipient of the award.
             On January 20, 2021, Brooks performed "Amazing Grace" at the inauguration of Joe Biden. He said his performance was an opportunity "to serve" and is a "statement of unity."
       Garth Brooks is the debut studio album of American country music artist Garth Brooks, released on April 12, 1989 through Capitol Nashville. It was both a critical and chart success, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200 and at #2 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album has been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over ten million copies.
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye?
 
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd had to miss the dance
 
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king?
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all
 
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd had to miss the dance
 
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd had to miss the dance. 

OJOS MALIGNOS

MARINA DE LA RIVA
COMPOSITOR: JUAN PICHARDO CAMBIER
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: MARINA DE LA RIVA
GRAVADORA: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
GÊNERO: BOLERO EM RITMO DE SAMBA
ANO: 2007
 
           Marina de La Riva é o Álbum de Estreia gravado pela cantora brasileira Marina DE lA Riva. Lançado em 2007 pelo selo Mousike, a sua distribuição foi feita pela gravadora Universal Music.
           O CD possui 14 faixas (escolhidas dentre um rol de 24 faixas gravadas), as quais apresentam o sincretismo entre a música cubana e brasileira. Algumas músicas de la Habana apresentam trechos de músicas brasileiras (“Tin Tin Deo”, com os dois mais famosos versos de “Xote das Meninas”, de Luiz Gonzaga e Zé Dantas; “Ojos Malignos”, com a inclusão da melodia de “Sampa” de Caetano Veloso). E também ao contrário, algumas músicas brasileiras apresentam trechos de músicas cubanas (caso de “Adeus Maria Fulô”, que contém “La Mulata Chancletera”), ou poemas de poetas cubanos (caso da poesia “Cultivo una Rosa Blanca”, de José Martí, que é declamada ao final da famosa música “Sonho Meu”). As canções cubanas foram gravadas em Cuba (com exceção de "Ojos Malignos"), as brasileiras no Brasil.
       O álbum ficou três anos em estúdio até ser concluído e chegou às lojas oficialmente no dia 25 de maio de 2007. Foi muito bem recebido não só pela crítica, mas como também pelo público, tendo boa vendagem. Fato inusitado é que nem a própria gravadora esperava que o CD obtivesse boa quantidade de vendas em tão pouco tempo.
           Através desse CD, Marina conquistou o prêmio APCA em 2007 por revelação feminina (categoria música popular). O álbum foi indicado ao Prêmio Tim de Música de 2007. Além disso, Pedro Alexandre Sanches (segundo Rita Lee, um dos críticos mais temidos pelos músicos), da revista Carta Capital, Lauro Lisboa Garcia, do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo, e Sérgio Martins, da Veja, elegeram o CD como um dos melhores de 2007. Na lista de os melhores CDs e músicas de 2007 da revista Rolling Stone, estão presentes este álbum e a canção “Sonho Meu” (mais informações logo abaixo na seção "críticas").
Las miradas de tus ojos son tan sutiles
que penetran en el alma de quien los mire.
Y como soles irresistibles son tus desdeños
que no puede uno mirarse, mirarse en ellos.
Que no puede uno mirarse, mirarse en ellos.
 
Las miradas de tus ojos son tan sutiles
que penetran en el alma de quien los mire
y como soles irresistibles son tus desdeños
que no puede uno mirarse, mirarse en ellos.
que no puede uno mirarse, mirarse en ellos.
 
Y como sabes que tu mirada tiene le hechizo
mira con imprudencia y malefício.
No me mires a los ojos porque no quiero
que tu mirar penetrante me deje ciega.
Que tu mirar penetrante me deje ciega.
 
Las miradas de tus ojos son tan sutiles
que penetran en el alma de quien los mire.
Y como soles irresistibles son tus desdeños
que no puede uno mirarse, mirarse en ellos.
Que no puede uno mirarse, mirarse en ellos.
 
Y como sabes que tu mirada tiene le hechizo
mira con imprudencia y malefício.
No me mires a los ojos porque no quiero
que tu mirar penetrante me deje ciega.
Que tu mirar penetrante me deje ciega.
Que tu mirar penetrante me deje ciega.
Que tu mirar penetrante me deje ciega.

 WHAT A SHAME
LEYLA BLUE
SONGWRITERS: KELLEN POMERANZ; JESSE FINK & LEYLA AROCH.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM:EP: SONGS FOR BOYS WHO DIDN’T TEXT ME BACK
LABEL: “TIK TOK”
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2019
 
        “What A Shame” is part of the repertoire of the EP “Songs For Boys Who Didn't Text Me Back”, released in November 2019. The song came to occupy the 167 position in Spotify's Top 200 Brazil and managed to reach the second place in the Top 50 Viral platform.
“It was really crazy! I was not expecting at all [this success]. To be honest, "What a Shame" would be the last song I would expect to become a hit. But that's great, it just shows that when you release a song, your job is not over. You need to keep trying, “says Leyla, about the success she has suddenly achieved.
The singer reveals that the music, like all of her other compositions, is extremely personal and has a real background. “I was clearly upset about it, and very angry. So, it was good to release the song “.
        Young singer and songwriter Leyla Blue has just broken new records in Brazil after going viral in an organic movement at TikTok with the track What A Shame, part of the EP Songs For Boys repertoire Who Didn't Text Me Back, released in November 2019. Currently the song occupies the 167 position in the Top 200 Brasil of Spotify, besides being in the second place in the Top 50 Viral of the platform.
         Now 20 years old, the singer perceives pop music as an underutilized means of communication, but capable of communicating different perspectives and awakening awareness through reactive emotions. For the young artist, who grew up in bustling New York City while learning to deal with obsessive compulsive disorder, music has always been a means of facilitating universal connections.
       On the way of composing visceral and honest that marks his style, Blue commented: "It is a strange puzzle, but when I understand something myself and I confess it, I feel stronger. I cannot control the chemical processes that occur in my brain, but I can understand them and direct them to something more productive, my OCD and eating problems are part of who I am, I’m just telling my story and I hope it can inspire others to be more open about their own stories ".
         Recently hired by Universal Music Group's Island Records label, the young artist is currently preparing for the launch of a new body of work, entitled The Blue. The project was defined as the artist's most revealing so far, described by the artist as a "diary of her deepest thoughts".
I don't understand how you got your hands
All up on that new mistake
Wait, which one was she again?
Could be dating all her friends
You know that they all look the same
And talk like: Take my picture; no, wait, redo
Might delete it, I felt kinda cute
Guess I'll never understand the thinking of a man
The only thing that's left to say
 
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Coulda been with me instead of What's-Her-Fucking-Name?
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Had a winning here, but you threw away the game
Gave you a million chances, don't get no more
Can't wait forever, I'm getting bored
What a shame, baby, what a shame
What a shame
 
You pay for all her fun, T-Pain on your tongue
But I can buy my own damn drink
Don't need smoke in summer lungs or liquor in my blood
To tell you what the fuck I think
Guy's like: What's your problem? What? Why you mad?
You should smile, you look better like that
Guess I'll never understand why guys want something bland
Over someone who's got everything
 
'Cause what a shame, baby, what a shame
Coulda been with me instead of What's-Her-Fucking-Name?
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Had a winning here, but you threw away the game
Gave you a million chances, don't get no more
Can't wait forever, I'm getting bored
What a shame, baby, what a shame
What a shame
 
Now it's four in the morning
What am I doing here?
I need to fucking leave
I could say more but
The only thing that's left to say
 
Is what a shame, baby, what a shame
Coulda been with me instead of What's-Her-Fucking-Name?
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Had a winning here but you threw away the game
Gave you a million chances, don't get no more
Can't wait forever, I'm getting bored
What a shame, baby, what a shame
What a shame.

HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY

GEORGE JONES
SONGWRITER: BOBBY BRADDOCK & CURLY PUTMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I AM WHAT I AM
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1980
 
           George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last two decades of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum". George Jones has been called "The Rolls Royce Of Country Music" and had more than 160 chart singles to his name from 1955 until his death in 2013.
          Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven, and was given a guitar at the age of nine. He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953. He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954. In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer. His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones". After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999. Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure.
            During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists. Robert Christgau has called him "honky-tonk's greatest honky".
           "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is a song recorded by American country music artist George Jones. It has been named in several surveys as the greatest country song of all time. It was released in April 1980 as the lead single from the album I Am What I Am. The song was Jones's first solo No. 1 single in six years. The melancholy song was written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman. The week after Jones' death, the song re-entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 21. As of November 13, 2013, the single has sold 521,000 copies in the United States. Since 2008 it has been preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry. The song was No. 275 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
         Alan Jackson sang the song during George Jones' funeral service on May 2, 2013. George Strait and Jackson sang the song as a tribute during the 2013 CMA Awards on November 6, 2013.
 
He said I'll love you till I die
She told him you'll forget in time
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind
 
He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again
 
Kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single I love you
 
I went to see him just today
Oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years
 
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
 
You know she came to see him one last time
Oh and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good
 
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today.