TELL ME YOU LOVE ME

LEELA JAMES
SONGWRITERS: LEELA JAMES; ANDREA MARTIN; GORDON WILLIAMS & JOHN D. LOUDERMILK
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: MY SOUL
LABEL: STAX RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 2010
 
         Aleicha Janeice Campbell (born May 22, 1983), known professionally as Leela James, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.
            My Soul is the third studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Leela James. It was released by Stax Records on May 25, 2010 in the United States, marking James' debut with the label. Her highest-charting effort to date, the album debuted and peaked at number 7 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number 37 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
         Allmusic editor Andy Kellman found that "My Soul is James' best yet in every way. It does not feature quite as many big-name collaborators or eye-popping elements as her debut, but the material is stronger, more balanced between vintage and contemporary sounds, and James sounds more comfortable in her voice. Just as important is that she is coming into her own as a songwriter; four of the songs were written entirely by her, and they are among the album’s most affecting moments."

I unpacked my chest for you
Do everything that you want me to
Can't believe I gave you all my love
What in the world was I thinkin' of?
 
I just let it all slip away
With every minute, hour of the day
And if it really meant to be, just share with me
Why do I still feel incomplete?
 
Tell me, yeah
I need to know, baby
I got to know
Tell me, yeah
Tell me that you love me
 
If I give you what you need
Would you do the same thing for me?
'Cause I don't want to be alone
I want you here all night long
 
'Cause when you leave me, baby
I'm thinkin' about you always
I'm ashamed to say
How much I want you to stay
 
Baby, tell me, yeah
I need to know
Say it now
I got to know
Tell me that you love me
 
Now you see
I'm not tryin' to make a big fuss over this
But I'm just sayin', you need to let me know how you feel sometimes
Say it, it's not wrong, expressing yourself?
That's what wo- women like that, you know what I'm sayin'?
You know, you got to tap into your romantic side
Shoot, return the love, baby, return the love
 
I need to know, I want to know
I need to know, I want to know
I need to know, I want to know
 
I need to know, yeah baby
I got to know, oh, tell me
Tell me that you love me, love me, love me, love me
That you love me, love me, love me, love me.

WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME...
DIANA ROSS
songwriteRs: JOHN BETTIS & ALBERT HAMMOND
country: u. s. a.
aLBUM: the force behind me power
label: Motown records
genre: soul
year: 1991
 
           Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, she rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in US history, with a total of twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including, "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Come See About Me", and "Love Child".
            Following departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross embarked on a highly successful, globally ground-breaking solo career in music, television, film and stage. Ross' eponymous debut solo album that same year, featured the U.S. number-one hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and music anthem "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)". It was followed with her second solo album, Everything Is Everything, which spawned her first UK number-one single "I'm Still Waiting". She continued her successful solo career by mounting elaborate record-setting world-wide concert tours, starring in a number of highly watched prime-time television specials and releasing hit albums like Touch Me in the Morning (1973), Mahogany (1975) and Diana Ross (1976) and their number-one hit singles, "Touch Me in the Morning", "Theme from Mahogany" and "Love Hangover", respectively. Ross further released numerous top-ten hits into the 1970s, 80s and 90s. She achieved two more US number-one singles, "Upside Down" (1980) and "Endless Love" (1981), as well as UK number-one hit "Chain Reaction" (1986) and UK number-two hit "When You Tell Me You Love Me" (1991). In 2019, Ross made history by charting four more number-ones on the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart in just two years with remixes 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough 2017' in January 2018, 'I'm Coming Out/Upside Down 2018' in August that year and 'The Boss 2019' in April 2019.
       Ross has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated performance in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972); she recorded its soundtrack, which became a number one hit on the U.S. album chart. She also starred in two other feature films, Mahogany (1975) and The Wiz (1978), later acting in the television films Out of Darkness (1994), for which she also was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and Double Platinum (1999).
            Ross was named the "Female Entertainer of the Century" by Billboard in 1976. She is the only female artist to have number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist, as the other half of a duet, as a member of a trio, and as an ensemble member. Billboard ranked her as 28th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time. Ross ranks among the Top 5 artists on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart from 1955 to 2018 when combining her solo and Supremes' hits. She had a top 10 UK hit in every one of the last five decades, and sang lead on a top 75 hit single at least once every year from 1964 to 1996 in the UK, a period of 33 consecutive years and a record for any performer. In 1988, Ross was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Supremes. Guinness Book of World Records recognized her success in the United States and United Kingdom for having more hits than any female artist in the charts, with a career total of 70 hit singles with her work with the Supremes and as a solo artist. She was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
         "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" is a 1991 song by American soul singer Diana Ross. The song was written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, and produced by Peter Asher. The song was subsequently covered by various artists.
       "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" was released as the lead single on August 20, 1991, from Diana Ross's 1991 album The Force Behind the Power released on the Motown label in the US and by EMI in the UK. The song, a sentimental ballad, was the album's biggest hit, peaking at number thirty-seven on the US Billboard R&B singles chart while peaking at number-two on the UK Singles Chart. Ross considers it one of her signature songs. The UK release included her 1985 hit "Chain Reaction".
        It missed the UK Christmas number one spot for 1991 by a couple of hundred units, beaten out by the re-release of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" commemorating the passing of lead singer, Freddie Mercury. The single was awarded a Silver Disc for UK sales exceeding 200,000 copies.

I wanna call the stars
Down from the sky
I wanna live a day
That never dies
I wanna change the world
Only for you
All the impossible
I wanna do
 
I wanna hold you close
Under the rain
I wanna kiss your smile
And feel the pain
I know what's beautiful
Looking at you
In a world of lies
You are the truth
 
And baby
Everytime you touch me
I become a hero
I'll make you safe
No matter where you are
And bring you
Everything you ask for
Nothing is above me
I'm shining like a candle in the dark
When you tell me that you love me
 
I wanna make you see
Just what I was
Show you the loneliness
And what it does
You walked into my life
To stop my tears
Everything's easy now
I have you here
 
And baby
Everytime you touch me
I become a hero
I'll make you safe
No matter where you are
And bring you
Everything you ask for
Nothing is above me
I'm shining like a candle in the dark
When you tell me that you love me
 
In a world without you
I would always hunger
All I need is your love to make me stronger
 
And baby
Everytime you touch me
I become a hero
I'll make you safe
No matter where you are
And bring you
Everything you ask for
Nothing is above me
I'm shining like a candle in the dark
When you tell me that you love me
 
You love me
When you tell me that you love me.

NO WOMAN NO CRY
BOB MARLEY
COMPOSER: VINCENT FORD
COUNTRY: JAMAICA
ALBUM: RASTAMAN VIBRATION
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: REGGAE
YEAR: 1976


Rastaman Vibration é um álbum de reggae raiz de Bob Marley & The Wailers lançado em 30 de abril de 1976. Os principais sucessos do álbum são as músicas "Positive Vibration", "Roots, Rock, Reggae", "Crazy Baldhead", "War" e "Jah Live".
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry

I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trench town
Ob-observing the hypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we have lost
Along the way
In this great future, you can't forget your past
So dry your tears, I said

No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
Oh, little darling, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cry

Said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown
And then georgie would make the fire lights
As it was logwood burning through the nights
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
So I've got to push on through

But while I'm gone, I mean
Everything gonna be alright!
Everything gonna be alright!
Everything gonna be alright!
Everything gonna be alright!
I said, everything gonna be alright!
Everything gonna be alright!
Everything gonna be alright, now!

Bob Marley

No Woman No Cry




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 No woman no cry
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 Say I remember when we used to sit
C            G4/B          Am       F7M
 In a government yard in Trenchtown
C        G4/B             Am   F7M
 Oba, observing the hypocrites
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As they would mingle with the good people we meet
C       G4/B
 Good friends we have
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Oh, good friends we have lost
C  G4/B     Am F7M
 Along the way
C          G4/B
 In this great future,
     Am                F7M
You can't forget your past
C             G4/B     Am   F7M
 So dry your tears, I seh

C    G4/B      Am F7M
 No woman no cry
  C  F7M  C/E       C
 No wo___man   no cry 2x
C       G4/B  Am            F7M
 Little darling,  don't shed no tears
  C  F7M  C/E      C
 No wo___man  no cry
Said, said,
C          G4/B    Am             F7M
 Said I remember when we used to sit
C        G4/B       Am               F7M
 In the government yard in Trenchtown
C          G4/B          Am            F7M
 And then Georgie would make the fire lights
C                G4/B                  Am    F7M
As it was, logwood burning' through the nights

C        G4/B     Am             F7M
 Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
C        G4/B     Am             F7M
 Of which I'll share with you
C        G4/B     Am             F7M
 My feet is my only carriage
        C         G4/B         Am
(And) so I've got to push on through,
          F7M
But, while I'm gone, I mean:
C              G
 Everything’s gonna be alright
Am             F
 Everything’s gonna be alright
C              G
 Everything’s gonna be alright
Am             F
 Everything’s gonna be alright
C              G
 Everything’s gonna be alright
Am             F
 Everything’s gonna be alright
C              G
 Everything’s gonna be alright
Am             F
 Everything’s gonna be alright

C    G4/B      Am F7M
 No woman no cry
  C  F7M  C/E       C
 No wo___man   no cry 2x

C       G4/B
 Oh my little sister
Am             F7M
Don't shed no tears
C   F7M     G   C
No woman no cry

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EM MINHAS PESQUISAS, ENCONTREI ESTE TEXTO E ACHEI POR BEM TRANSCREVÊ-LO, JÁ QUE PROCURO ENCONTRAR A MAIOR FIDEDIGNIDADE DE INFORMAÇÕES SOBRE AS MÚSICAS AUTORIA E COMPOSIÇÃO. ACREDITEI QUE SERIA EXCELENTE INFORMÁ-LOS DESSA PRECIOSA INFORMAÇÃO, POR ISSO A TRANSCREVI LITERALMENTE, OU SEJA, USEI O CTRL C E CTRL V . PERDOE-ME O AUTOR, ANTÓNIO VAZ, MAS ACHEI NECESSÁRIO PARA FAZER JUS À INFORMAÇÃO, QUE É DELE NÃO MINHA.
quinta-feira, 14 de Outubro de 2010
BOB MARLEY: No Woman, No Cry
       
          «No woman no cry is a prophetic song about Africa... The woman is the African continent. Bob is asking her not to cry even in the midst of injustices against her. He reminds her of her inhabitants and how they lived and shared food in times past, how they traveled on foot. she is a woman in the sense that she is mature with children all over the world and a darling in sense of being the most wanted and scrambled for by the Babylon system, she is a sister of other continents... he sings hope to her by telling her everything will be alright. the names of towns he mentions are figurative for villages in Africa.»  Frederick, Nairobi, Kenya.
«And the song is not for Rita it is about Jamaica and their struggles.» – Jose Arias, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
«He wrote 'No Woman, No Cry' in 1974. The song is about soothing a grieving widow. Remebering old friends and good (as well as bad) times. 'In this bright future (….) your tears' - no matter what happens you will never forget me. 'My feet is my only carriage (…) everything is going to be alright'. He was diagnosed with melanoma in 1977 -- it started in his right great toe, refusing treatment until 1981 under Dr. Joseph Issel (former Nazi SS) as a last ditch effort. He refused treatment because it would interfere with his dancing and music (…). Incredible song by an admirable man, and one of the greatest songwriters of our time.» – geanco, kansas city, MO – in Songfacts
É admirável como uma simples canção de amor dá origem às mais diversas interpretações, em que se descobrem metáforas de todo o tipo, o que apenas serve para enriquecer a universalidade lírica do jamaicano Robert Nesta Marley.
A verdade é que como Bob Marley nunca se pronunciou publicamente sobre ela, a versão mais credível é a sugerida pela sua mulher, Rita, no livro que escreveu sobre a sua vida a seu lado:
«O Bob sempre escreveu acerca de coisas reais (…). O resto dessa canção também aconteceu ser verdade.»
A canção era dedicada a Rita e nela, ele assegurava-lhe que com tão longo caminho percorrido por ambos, a hipótese de a abandonar nunca lhe terá passado pela cabeça.
«Quando começamos a namorar, ele apresentou-me o seu amigo Georgie. (...) Ele muitas vezes trazia-me quiabos ou algumas couves ou laranjas do seu amigo Vincent Ford (conhecido por Tata). Foi na cozinha do Tata que Bob acabou por ficar a viver (...), sem surpresa alguma, foi na cozinha do Tata que Bob e eu fizémos amor pela primeira vez. O seu amigo Bragga trazia-me leite de vaca fresco pela manhã, sempre com um alegre "Everything aright?" (...) Quanto a Georgie, que na canção "would make the fire light", ele ainda anda por aí e continua meu amigo. Tenho vívidas lembranças dos tempos em que Georgie realmente acendia o fogo, e era verdade que ele queimava "through the night”. (...) Eles tocavam guitarra e todos nós cantávamos e bebíamos sopa de papas de milho ou partilhávamos o que tinha sido cozinhado para esse dia.»
Mas para quem conhece a mensagem lírica de Marley, presente nas letras de muitas das suas canções, é mais do que tentador descobrir mensagens secretas em “tiradas filosóficas” como «in this great future, you can’t forget your past» ou «my feet is my only carriage so I’ve got to push on through».
No Fiji Times, um escriba de serviço descobriu que o título tinha origens ancestrais, do tempo em que as mulheres negras eram enviadas pelos familiares para as montanhas, o chamado território maroon, para não serem violadas pelos brancos.
Outra “discussão” que se vem mantendo ao longo dos anos é a relacionada com o seu título e o seu significado: No Woman, No Cry, em que muitos descobrem variados sentidos (“não tendo mulher, não se chora” ou “não tendo mulher, não é preciso chorar”) que o conteúdo da letra não corrobora. No patois local, “nuh” significa “don’t” pelo que o título deve ser lido “Não, mulher, não chores”.
Bob e Rita Marley, no início
Quando em finais de 1972, Chris Blackwell, um jamaicano há muito ligado à música daquela ilha, se vê abandonado por Jimmy Cliff, alguém sugere-lhe que ouça os Wailers que na altura se encontravam a actuar em Londres. Do primeiro encontro, fica a lenda de Chris ter dado 4 mil libras a Marley para que se esquecessem da ideia de conquistarem o mercado RnB dos EUA, e regressarem antes à Jamaica para gravar músicas para a Island Records, a etiqueta de Blackwell. Meses depois, é um Chris Blackwell surpreendido que é convidado para ouvir as primeiras músicas compostas pelo grupo. Entre ele e Bob Marley, nasceria uma ligação profunda que se estenderia nos bons e maus momentos.
Chris Blackwel
Por razões que desconheço mas que julgo prenderem-se com o sucesso repentino do grupo, os Wailers separaram-se, tendo Peter Tosh e Bunny Livingstone (que mais tarde, adopta o nome artístico de Bunny Wailer) prosseguindo, com sortes diferentes, carreiras a solo. Marley mantém os restantes membros do grupo sob o nome de Bob Marley & The Wailers, e adiciona um grupo vocal feminino, a quem dá o nome de I-Threes.
as I-Threes
Durante quase todo o ano de 1974, Marley dedica-se à composição e arranjo daquele que será o seu primeiro trabalho sem a influência de Tosh e Livingstone: Natty Dread! Sem grandes compromissos, para além da já habitual cedência à mistura “europeia” entregue a Blackwell, Marley desenvolve um verdadeiro álbum rasta, misturando na perfeição, religião com revolução. Aclamado pela crítica musical e pelo público, o LP marcaria o início da sua grande carreira. Um dos grandes guitarristas de jazz, Charlie Hunter, em 1997, reproduzi-lo-á integralmente num álbum com o mesmo título. Uma das particularidades do álbum é a de que os créditos de autoria, na sua maioria (seis das nove músicas) terem sido atribuídos, por razões misteriosas, a membros dos Wailers/I-Threes e a amigos, embora todas as músicas tenham sido compostas por ele – No Woman, No Cry viria a ser atribuída ao seu velho amigo “Tata” (Vincent Ford).
Vincent Ford, “Tata”
No Verão de 1975, Bob Marley e os restantes membros da banda, partem em digressão e em Julho estão em Londres, aonde a 18 e 19, no Lyceum Ballroom, gravam o álbum que sairá no fim desse ano: Live! A versão mais conhecida de No Woman, No Cry será sempre a extraída desses concertos que ainda hoje são recordados como um dos momentos altos da década, em termos de concertos.

Live! (1975)

Quando, em Novembro, o grupo regressa à Jamaica para participar num concerto de beneficência, ao lado de Stevie Wonder, eles são recebidos pelos jamaicanos como os reis do reggae.

O grupo:
Bob Marley – vocalista, guitarra ritmo

Os The Wailers:
Al Anderson – guitarra líder
Tyrone Downie – teclados
Aston "Family Man" Barrett – baixo
Carlton Barrett – bateria
Alvin "Seeco" Patterson – percussão

E nos coros:

I Threes (Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt e Marcia Griffiths)
No Woman, No Cry
Lyceum Ballroom
LondreS

18-19 de Julho de 1975
um "government yard in Trenchtown"                                           
os Wailers no início
o famoso "cornmeal porridge"
Bob Marley nos EUA
mais um "government yard in Trenchtown"
Bob Marley 
Bob Marley 
 (Fevereiro 6, 1945 – Maio 11, 1981)
Rita Marley
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(1)      MARLEY, Rita. “No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley”. pp.32/33
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