CALIFORNIA GIRLS

THE BEACH BOYS

SONGWRITERS: BRIAN WILSON & MIKE LOVE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SUMMER DAYS(AND SUMMER NIGHTS)

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1965

 

     The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished for their vocal harmonies, adolescent-oriented themes, and musical ingenuity, they are one of the most influential acts of the rock era. They drew on the music of older pop vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and black R&B to create their unique sound, and under Brian's direction, often incorporated classical or jazz elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways.

       The Beach Boys began as a garage band, managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, and with Brian as composer, arranger, producer, and de facto leader. In 1963, they had their first national hit with "Surfin' U.S.A.", beginning a string of top-ten singles that reflected a southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance, dubbed the "California sound". They were one of the few American rock bands to sustain their commercial standing during the British Invasion. Starting with 1965's The Beach Boys Today!, they abandoned beachgoing themes for more personal lyrics and ambitious orchestrations. In 1966, the Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single raised the group's prestige as rock innovators. After scrapping the Smile album in 1967, Brian gradually ceded control of the group to his bandmates.

    In the late 1960s, the group's commercial momentum faltered in the US, and despite efforts to maintain na experimental sound, they were widely dismissed by the early rock music press. Carl took over as the band's musical leader; records from this period later enjoyed a cult following among fans. In the mid-1970s, as their concerts drew larger audiences, the band transitioned into na oldies act. Dennis drowned in 1983 and Brian soon became estranged from the group. Following Carl's death from lung cancer in 1998, the band granted Love legal rights to tour under the group's name. In the early 2010s, the original members briefly reunited for the band's 50th anniversary. As of 2022, Wilson and Jardine do not perform with Love's edition of the Beach Boys, but remain official members of the band.

     Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) is the ninth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on July 5, 1965, on Capitol. The band's previous album, The Beach Boys Today!(released March 1965), represented a departure for the group through its abandonment of themes related to surfing, cars, and teenage love, but it sold below Capitol's expectations. In response, the label pressured the group to produce bigger hits. Summer Days thus returned the band's music to simpler themes for one last album, with Brian Wilson combining Capitol's commercial demands with his artistic calling.

       Produced by Wilson, Summer Days reached number two on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the UK Albums Chart. Two singles were issued from the album: "Help Me, Rhonda", which became the group's second chart-topper in the US, and "California Girls", which peaked at number three.

Well, East Coast girls are hip

I really dig those styles they wear

And the Southern girls, with the way they talk

They knock me out when I'm down there

 

The Midwest farmers' daughters really make you feel all right

And the Northern girls, with the way they kiss

They keep their boyfriends warm at night

 

I wish they all could be California

I wish they all could be California

I wish they all could be California girls

 

The West Coast has the sunshine

And the girls all get so tanned

I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian island dolls

By a palm tree in the sand

 

I been all around this great big world

And I seen all kinds of girls

Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the States

Back to the cutest girls in the world

 

I wish they all could be California

I wish they all could be California

I wish they all could be California girls

 

I wish they all could be California (girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the)

I wish they all could be California (girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the)

I wish they all could be California (girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the)

I wish they all could be California (girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the)

I wish they all could be California (girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the)

I wish they all could be California (girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the).

I'LL STAND BY YOU

THE PRETENDERS

SONGWRITERS: BILLY STEINBERG; CHRISTINE HYNDE & THOMAS KELLY

COUNTRY: U. K./U. S. A.

ALBUM: LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS

LABEL: WEA

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1994

 

        Pretenders are an English–American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde(lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott(lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon(bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers(drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott in 1982 and Farndon in 1983, the band experienced numerous personnel changes; Hynde has been the band's only consistent member.

          Pretenders' hit songs include "Kid" (1979), "Brass in Pocket" (1979), "Talk of the Town" (1980), "Message of Love" (1981), "My City Was Gone" (1982), "Back on the Chain Gang" (1982), "Middle of the Road" (1983), "2000 Miles" (1983), "Don't Get Me Wrong" (1986), "My Baby" (1986), and "I'll Stand by You" (1994). The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

      Last of the Independents is the sixth studio album by rock group The Pretenders, released in 1994. For this album, the band is officially credited as being Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar), Adam Seymour (guitar), Andy Hobson (bass) and Martin Chambers (drums). However, this line-up only plays together on one track ("All My Dreams"); the rest of the album is performed by Hynde and Seymour in conjunction with a rotating series of musicians on bass and drums. These musicians include Hobson and Chambers, as well as bassists Andy Rourke, Tom Kelly and David Paton, and drummers Jimmy Copley and J.F.T. Hood. A few other session musicians also appear, including Ian Stanley(formerly of Tears for Fears), and one-time Pretenders guitarist Robbie McIntosh, who plays alongside Hynde and Seymour on "I'm a Mother". The album marked the official return of Chambers, who had been fired by Hynde eight years prior.

         In addition to the cover of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" that was previously recorded for the film With Honors and later used in end credits to Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, the album also featured several songs Hynde co-wrote with the songwriting team of Billy Steinberg and Kelly, who wrote several hits for other musicians. That collaboration resulted in singles "Night In My Veins" and "I'll Stand By You" with the latter becoming a hit.

Oh, why you look so sad?

Tears are in your eyes

Come on and come to me now

Don't be ashamed to cry

Let me see you through

 

'Cause I've seen the dark side too

When the night falls on you

You don't know what to do

Nothing you confess

Could make me love you less

 

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

 

So if you're mad, get mad

Don't hold it all inside

Come on and talk to me now

Hey, what you got to hide?

I get angry too

 

Well I'm a lot like you

When you're standing at the crossroads

And don't know which path to choose

Let me come along

'Cause even if you're wrong

 

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

Take me in, into your darkest hour

And I'll never desert you

I'll stand by you

 

And when

When the night falls on you, baby

You're feeling all alone

You won't be on your own

 

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

 

I'll stand by you

Take me in, into your darkest hour

And I'll never desert you

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

Take me in, into your darkest hour

And I'll never desert you

I'll stand by you.

WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER

THE POLICE

SONGWRITER: GORDON SUMNER

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: SYNCHRONICITY

LABEL: A & M RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1983

 

           The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the line-up consisted of primary songwriter Sting(lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers(guitar) and Stewart Copeland(drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Emerging in the British new wave scene, they played a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz.

    Their 1978 debut album, Outlandos d'Amour, reached Nº 6 on the UK Albums Chart on the strength of the singles "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You". Their second album, Reggatta de Blanc(1979), became the first of four consecutive Nº 1 studio albums in the UK and Australia; its first two singles, "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon", became their first UK number ones. Their next two albums, Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) and Ghost in the Machine(1981), led to further critical and commercial success with two songs, "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", becoming UK number-one singles and Top 5 hits in other countries; the former album was their breakthrough into the US reaching number five on the US Billboard 200.

       Their final studio album, Synchronicity (1983), was Nº 1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy and the US, selling over 8 million copies in the US. Its lead single, "Every Breath You Take", became their fifth UK number one, and only US number one. During this time, the band were considered one of the leaders of the Second British Invasion of the US; in 1983 Rolling Stone labelled them "the first British New Wave act to break through in America on a grand scale, and possibly the biggest band in the world." The Police disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour that ended in August 2008. They were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, due to their reunion tour.

        Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by English rock band the Police, released on 17 June 1983 by A&M Records. The band's most successful release, the album includes the hit singles "Every Breath You Take", "King of Pain", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", and "Synchronicity II". The album's title and much of the material for the songs were inspired by Arthur Koestler's The Roots of Coincidence. At the 1984 Grammy Awards the album was nominated for a total of five awards, including Album of the Year, and won three. At the time of its release and following its tour, the Police's popularity was at such a high that they were arguably, according to BBC and The Guardian, the "biggest band in the world".

        Synchronicity reached number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and sold over eight million copies in the US. The album was widely acclaimed by critics. Praise centred on its cohesive merging of disparate genres and sonic experimentation. Rolling Stone described "each cut on Synchronicity [as] not simply a song but a miniature, discrete soundtrack". It has since been included in the magazine's lists of the "100 Best Albums of the Eighties" and the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2009, Synchronicity was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

You consider me the young apprentice

Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes

Hypnotized by you if I should linger

Staring at the ring around your finger

 

I have only come here seeking knowledge

Things they would not teach me of in college

I can see the destiny you sold turned into a shining band of gold

 

I'll be wrapped around your finger

I'll be wrapped around your finger

Mephistopheles is not your name

I know what you're up to just the same

I will listen hard to your tuition

You will see it come to its fruition

I'll be wrapped around your finger

I'll be wrapped around your finger

 

Devil and the deep blue sea behind me

Vanish in the air you'll never find me

I will turn your face to alabaster

When you'll find your servant is your master

 

You'll be wrapped around my finger

You'll be wrapped around my finger

You'll be wrapped around my finger.

ACIMA DO SOL

SKANK

COMPOSITORES: AMARAL, CHICO & ALVARENGA, SAMUEL

PAÍS BRASIL

ÁLBUM: MTV AO VIVO

GRAVADORA: CHAOS RECORD

GÊNERO: POP

ANO: 2001

 

      Skank é uma banda de pop rock brasileira formada em 1991 na cidade de Belo Horizonte, MG, por Samuel Rosa(vocal, guitarra e violão), Henrique Portugal (teclados, violão e vocal de apoio), Lelo Zaneti(baixo e vocal de apoio) e Haroldo Ferretti(bateria). A banda já vendeu cerca de 6,6 milhões de discos entre CDs e DVDs. Os quatro músicos reuniram-se em torno do mesmo interesse: transportar o clima do dancehall jamaicano para a tradição pop brasileira. Em 2019, após 28 anos de carreira, a banda anunciou um hiato, com uma turnê de despedida.

        MTV ao Vivo: Skank é o primeiro álbum ao vivo da banda mineira Skank, lançado em 2001 em CD e DVD.

         Gravado na Praça Tiradentes, em Ouro Preto, nos dias 7 e 8 de julho de 2001, o show tem seu repertório basicamente formado por canções incluídas pelos fãs em votação pelo site da banda.

        Além das canções votadas, como "É Uma Partida de Futebol", "Esmola", "Pacato Cidadão", "Resposta" e "Te Ver", o álbum traz duas composições inéditas: "Acima do Sol" e "Estaré Prendido en Tus Dedos", esta última, uma versão em espanhol para "Wrapped Around Your Finger", da banda The Police.

        A canção "Ali", foi tocada no primeiro dia do show, com Chico Amaral, que também toca violão nas canções "Tanto", "Canção Noturna" e "Acima do Sol". É considerado por muitos como o maior show já realizado em Ouro Preto. Aproximadamente 50 mil pessoas compareceram nos dois dias de gravação.

Assim ela já vai

Achar o cara que lhe queira

Como você não quis fazer

 

Sim, eu sei que ela só vai

Achar alguém pra vida inteira

Como você não quis

 

Tão fácil perceber

Que a sorte escolheu você

E você cego nem nota

 

Quando tudo ainda é nada

Quando o dia é madrugada

Você gastou sua cota

 

Eu não posso te ajudar

Esse caminho não há outro

Que por você faça

 

Eu queria insistir

Mas o caminho só existe

Quando você passa

...

 

Quando muito ainda pouco

Você quer infantil e louco

Um sol acima do sol

 

Mas quando sempre é sempre nunca

Quando ao lado ainda é muito mais longe

Que qualquer lugar

 

Um dia ela já vai

Achar o cara que lhe queira

Como você não quis fazer

 

Sim, eu sei que ela só vai

Achar alguém pra vida inteira

Como você não quis

...

 

Se a sorte lhe sorriu

Porque não sorrir de volta

Você nunca olha a sua volta

 

Não quero estar sendo mal

Moralista ou banal

Aqui está o que me afligia

 

Um dia ela já vai

Achar o cara que lhe queira

Como você não quis fazer

 

Sim, eu sei que ela só vai

Achar alguém pra vida inteira

Como você não quis

...