SOMETHING GOOD

JULIE ANDREWS & BILL LEE
SONGWRITER: RICHARD RODGERS & OSCAR HAMERSTEIN II
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
MOVIE: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
ALBUM: SOMETHING GOOD
GENRE: SOUNDTRACK
LABEL: 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
YEAR: 1965
 
     The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical, composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, adapted from the stage musical's book by Lindsay and Crouse. Based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp, the film is about a young Austrian postulant who, in 1938, is sent to the villa of a retired naval officer and widower to be governess to his seven children.
       Filming took place from March to September 1964 in Los Angeles and Salzburg. The Sound of Music was released on March 2, 1965, in the United States, initially as a limited roadshow theatrical release. Although initial critical response to the film was mixed, it was a major commercial success, becoming the number one box office film after four weeks, and the highest-grossing film of 1965. By November 1966, The Sound of Music had become the highest-grossing film of all-time—surpassing Gone with the Wind—and held that distinction for five years. The film was just as popular throughout the world, breaking previous box-office records in twenty-nine countries. Following an initial theatrical release that lasted four and a half years, and two successful re-releases, the film sold 283 million admissions worldwide and earned a total worldwide gross of $286 million.
       The Sound of Music received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Wise's second pair of both awards, the first being from the 1961 film West Side Story. The film also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. In 1998, the American Film Institute(AFI) listed The Sound of Music as the fifty-fifth greatest American film of all time, and the fourth greatest film musical. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Perhaps I had a wicked childhood
Perhaps I had a miserable youth
But somewhere in my wicked, miserable past
There must have been a moment of truth
 
For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good
 
Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good
 
For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good
 
Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could
So somewhere in my youth
Or childhood
I must have done something
Something good.

O AMOR É UM ATO REVOLUCIONÁRIO

SANDY
COMPOSITOR: CHICO CÉSAR
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: O AMOR É UM ATO REVOLUCIONÁRIO
GÊNERO: POP
GRAVADORA: REDE GLOBO
ANO: 2023
 
          Sandy Leah Lima(Campinas, 28 de janeiro de 1983) é uma cantora, compositora e atriz brasileira. Durante os primeiros anos da infância, ela e seu irmão Junior Lima formaram uma dupla vocal. Sandy & Junior ganharam notoriedade após uma apresentação no programa Som Brasil, em 1989, que lhes rendeu um contrato com a PolyGram. Depois de alcançarem o sucesso como cantores mirins, os irmãos atingiram o auge comercial de sua carreira na adolescência: os álbuns Era Uma Vez... Ao Vivo(1998), As Quatro Estações(1999), Quatro Estações: O Show(2000) e Sandy & Junior(2001) venderam mais de um milhão de cópias cada, sendo que os três primeiros estão entre os álbuns mais vendidos de todos os tempos no Brasil. Os álbuns seguintes viram Sandy e Junior assumindo cada vez mais o controle criativo de seus projetos. A dupla se desfez em 2007, com o lançamento do registro ao vivo Acústico MTV. Em 2019, eles se reuniram para uma turnê que se tornou um sucesso comercial e de crítica. O nome dos irmãos também se tornou uma forte marca, com mais de 300 produtos licenciados que, até 2004, movimentaram mais de 300 milhões de reais.
        Após o fim da dupla em dezembro de 2007, Sandy passou os dois anos seguintes concentrando seus esforços na produção de sua estreia na carreira solo. Além disso, ela dedicou-se à sua vida pessoal. Em 2008, Sandy concluiu sua graduação em Letras pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas(PUC) e se casou com o músico Lucas Lima, com quem tem um filho, nascido em junho de 2014. Em 2010, ela lançou seu álbum de estreia solo, Manuscrito, que foi precedido pelo single "Pés Cansados" e certificado com platina pela Pro-Música Brasil(PMB). A turnê do álbum Manuscrito deu origem ao seu primeiro registro ao vivo, Manuscrito Ao Vivo(2011). Segundo álbum de estúdio da cantora, Sim(2013) produziu três singles e alcançou a nona posição no Brasil. Em 2016, Sandy lançou seu segundo álbum ao vivo, Meu Canto, que teve como carro-chefe a canção "Me Espera" e atingiu o topo da parada de DVDs da PMB. Em 2018, ela lançou seu terceiro álbum de estúdio, um projeto de colaborações intitulado Nós, Voz, Eles. Além do sucesso comercial, Sandy tem experimentado um maior nível de aprovação da crítica com seu trabalho solo.
O amor é um ato revolucionário
Quem vive amando, dando amor e sendo amado
Colhendo o que lhe é oferecido
E a si mesmo se coloca ofertado
Se este está nu, veste o manto sagrado
Que ao que ama, o infinito faz vestido
De Deus e os deuses, sim, é o mais querido
Mesmo no escuro, seu sentir é iluminado
 
O amor é um ato revolucionário
Por estados e religiões temido
Quem pelo amor é pertencido
A si governa e só a ele é confessado
Quem ama, ao andar cria sua estrada
Em seu voo, vê as planícies prazerosas
E no cume das montanhas alterosas
Toca em gozo a rosa viva imaculada
 
Não será jamais pelo mal tocado
Seu eu profundo não é nunca profanado
Só mesmo o tolo nega do amor o apostolado
E a seus apóstolos diz que vivem em pecado
 
O amor é um ato revolucionário
A besta humana torna em anjo apascentado
Em amoroso afia o espírito mais irado
O corpo e a alma, um no outro, todo e tudo
Quem ama fala ao mundo mesmo mudo
Seu pulso é a pulsação do universo em dança
Nas inquietações da guerra insana, a paz alcança
Quem traz a lança do amor e seu escudo
 
Não será jamais pelo mal tocado
Seu eu profundo não é nunca profanado
Só mesmo o tolo nega do amor o apostolado
E a seus apóstolos diz que vivem em pecado
 
Não será jamais pelo mal tocado
Seu eu profundo não é nunca profanado
Só mesmo o tolo nega do amor o apostolado
E a seus apóstolos diz que vivem em pecado
 

O amor é um ato revolucionário.

PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON

PETER, PAUL & MARY
SONGWRITERS: ROBIN SPIELBERG; LEONARD LIPTON & PETER YARROW
COUNTRY: U, S. A.
ALBUM: MOVING
LABEL: WARNER RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1963
 
       Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio consisted of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Paul Stookey, and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan, and covers of other folk musicians. They were enormously successful in the early- and mid-1960s, with their debut album topping the charts for weeks, and helped popularize the folk music revival. After the death of Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names.
        Mary Travers said she was influenced by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and the Weavers. In the documentary Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy, members of the Weavers discuss how Peter, Paul and Mary took over the torch of the social commentary of folk music in the 1960s.
       The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Peter, Paul and Mary received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.
         Moving is the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963. The third single, "Puff, the Magic Dragon," was a huge hit and a defining song for the trio, reaching #2 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Easy Listening, and #10 on the R&B Charts.
       The lead-off single, "Big Boat," failed to chart substantially, only staying on the Top 100 for two weeks, reaching #93. Cash Box described it as "an exciting, fast moving folk opus." The second single, "Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)," did slightly better, peaking at #56 on the Pop charts during a 6-week run; however, it did become an easy listening hit at #14.
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings, and sealing wax, and other fancy stuff
 
Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Honah Lee
 
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail
Noble kings and princes would bow whenever they came
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name
 
Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Honah Lee
 
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar
 
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave
So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave
 
Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Honah Lee.

JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER

HERMAN’S HERMITS
SONGWRITER: KENNY YOUNG
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: THEIR GRESYEST HITS
LABEL: ABKCO MUSIC & RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1973
 
       Herman's Hermits are an English pop group formed in 1964 in Manchester and fronted by singer Peter Noone. Known for their jaunty beat sound and Noone's tongue-in-cheek vocal style, the Hermits charted numerous transatlantic hits in the UK and in America, where they ranked as one of the most successful acts in the Beatles-led British Invasion. At the pinnacle of their popularity in 1965, the group logged twenty-four consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the US Billboard chart, and reached number one with the singles "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" and "I'm Henry VIII, I Am". Their other international hits include "I'm Into Something Good" (their sole UK number-one), "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat", "Silhouettes", "Wonderful World", "A Must to Avoid", "There's a Kind of Hush", "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving", "Something's Happening" and "My Sentimental Friend", all of which were produced by Mickie Most. They also appeared in four films, two of which were vehicles for the band.
         Their chart debut was a cover of Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "I'm into Something Good" (a then recent US Top 40 hit for Earl-Jean). In September 1964 it replaced the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" at number one in the UK singles chart and in December reached nº 13 in the US. The Hermits never topped the British charts again, but in America in 1965—when Billboard magazine ranked them America's top singles act of the year (with the Beatles at nº 2)—they topped the Hot 100 with two non-UK releases: "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" and "I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (a cover of the 1910 Cockney-style music hall song "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"). The nº 12 debut of "Mrs. Brown" on the Hot 100 in April 1965 was the decade's third highest (behind the Beatles' "Hey Jude" and "Get Back").
      Between late 1964 and early 1968 Herman's Hermits never failed to reach the Top 40 in the States. Six of their 11 US Top Tens were not released as A-side singles in their native UK, including the two afore-mentioned number ones plus "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" (nº 2), "Listen People" (nº. 3), a cover of Noel Gay's 1937 song "Leaning on a Lamp-post" (no. 9, under the title "Leaning on the Lamp Post") and their version of Ray Davies's "Dandy" (nº 5). Conversely they hit big in Britain between 1968 and 1970 with several major hits which failed to register in America, among them the four Top Tens "Sunshine Girl" (nº 8), "Something's Happening" (nº 6), "My Sentimental Friend" (nº 2) and "Years May Come, Years May Go" (nº 7). Their final UK hit, "Lady Barbara" (nº 13), released in the autumn of 1970, was credited to 'Peter Noone & Herman's Hermits'.
He may send you flowers
Baby, every single day
Buy you fancy clothes from Paris
And have sweet things to say
 
But I can give you love
Sweet, sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better
 
And he'll take you to night clubs
In a shiny limousine
Buy you furs and diamond bracelets
Make you look just like a queen
 
But I can give you love
Sweet, sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better
 
Love, love, love
Is what I can give ya
True, true love
As long as I may live
 
But I can give you love
Sweet, sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better
 
Love, love, love
Is what I can give ya
True, true love
As long as I may live
 
Well, he may want to buy
A fancy mansion on a hill
Will you live with him forever?
Baby, that ain't such a thrill
 
'Cause I can give you love
Sweet, sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better.