Willie Nelson (Patsy Cline) - Crazy

Patsy Cline, (Winchester, Virginia, Estados Unidos, 8 de septiembre de 1932 - Camden, Tennessee, Estados Unidos, 5 de marzo de 1963) fue una cantante estadounidense de música country.

Su verdadero nombre era Virginia Patterson Hensley. "Cline" era el apellido de su primer marido, Gerald Cline, un magnate de la construcción con quien se casó en 1953 y del que se divorció en 1957.

Firmó su primer contrato como cantante en 1953 y, a pesar de su muerte prematura, llegó a convertirse en una de las cantantes más influyentes en la música popular de Estados Unidos. Su primer éxito fue "Walkin' After Midnight" (1957), canción escrita por Don Hecht y Alan Block. Se convirtió en una de las artistas más importantes del Grand Ole Opry en 1960.

Aunque comenzó su carrera interpretando música rockabilly, pronto se hizo evidente que su voz era idónea para interpretar temas country desde una perspectiva pop. Algunos de sus éxitos más importantes en este terreno fueron "Crazy" (escrita por Willie Nelson), "She's Got You", "I Fall To Pieces" y "Sweet Dreams" (escrita por Don Gibson).

Falleció a la edad de 30 años cuando el avión en el que volaba desde Kansas City se estrelló en la localidad de Camden, en el estado de Tennessee. En 1985 se estrenó una película sobre su vida, titulada Sweet Dreams, en la que el papel de la cantante fue interpretado por Jessica Lange.

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Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new
Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wond'ring what in the world did I do?
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you.

Procol Harum - A whiter shade of pale

We skipped a light fandango,
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor.
I was feeling kind of seasick,
But the crowd called out for more.
The room was humming harder,
As the ceiling flew away.
When we called out for another drink,
The waiter brought a tray.

And so it was that later,
As the miller told his tale,
That her face at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale.

She said there is no reason,
And the truth is plain to see
That I wandered through my playing cards,
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast.
And although my eyes were open,
They might just as well have been closed.

And so it was later,
As the miller told his tale,
That her face at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale.

The Beatles vs The Carpenters

Dedicado para mi amiga Sole
Otra muestra de la gran influencia de The Beatles



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Nina Simone - Don't let me be misunderstood

otra versión de mi total agrado



Lyrics
B.Benjamin/S.Marcus/C.Cadwell

Baby, do you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
But don't you know that no one alive
Can always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem to be bad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And sometimes it seems that all I have do is worry
Then you're bound to see my other side
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
If I seem edgy I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has it's problems and I get my share
And that's one thing I never meant to do
Because I love you
Oh, Oh baby don't you know I'm human
Have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself long regretting
Some foolish thing some little simple thing I've done
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Ray Charles - Georgia on my mind

La revista Rolling Stone lo nombra #10 en su lista de los 100 mejores artistas de todos los tiempos. En 2009 publica la lista de los 100 mejores cantantes de la historia, los cuales han sido elegidos por todos los cantantes y personas relacionadas con la música. Entre todos ellos Charles ha sido nombrado como mejor cantante masculino y como el segundo mejor cantante de todos los tiempos, sólo superado por Aretha Franklin. Detrás de Ray Charles están en tercera posición Elvis Presley y todos los demás cantantes.


Georgia, Georgia,
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

I'm say Georgia
Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

I said Georgia,
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

Georgia,
Georgia,
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

I said just an old sweet song,
Keeps Georgia on my mind

Del Shannon - Runaway

Uff que gran canción! increible el solo del musitrón ( a todo esto Shannon era pionero en esa cuestión)



Mención especial pal cover del Rey, bacán!!!

The Beatles - The fool on the hill

Una vez facebook me dijo que está canción me representaba :S

Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - Cry me a river (1975)

Esta canción ha sido interpretada por muchas grandes voces
Para mi gusto menciones especiales para, Sam Cooke y Barbra Streisand



"Cry me a river" es una canción popular. Fue escrita por Arthur Hamilton y fue publicada en 1953.

Fue grabada por primera vez por la actriz y cantante Julie London en 1955; siendo ésta la versión más famosa apreció en la película de 1956 The girl can't help it y fue lanzada como sencillo en abril de 1957. Más recientemente, la canción ha aparecido en las bandas sonoras de las películas Passion of mind (2000) y V de vendetta (2006). En 1970, el rockero de blues británico Joe Cocker versionó con su clásica voz esta canción en el álbum Mad Dogs and Englishmen. En 1995, el sencillo doble “You don't have to say you love me/Cry me a river” de la actriz británica Denise Welch pasó tres semanas en los rankings del Reino Unido, alcanzando el lugar 23. También existe una versión en portugués titulada "Chora um rio", compuesta por Artur Nestrovsky e interpretada por Ná Ozzetti y André Mehmari. Existe también una versión en francés titulada "Pleurer des rivières" de Viktor Lazlo en 1985, cuya letra fue escrita por Boris Bergman.

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Now you say you're lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
You drove me,
Nearly drove me out of my head
While you never she'd a tear
Remember?
I remember all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me
Now you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do
Cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
You drove me
Nearly drove me out of my head
While you never she'd a tear
Remember?
I remember all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me...
And now you say you love me
Well, just to prove that you do...
Come on! Come on!
Cry me a river...
Cry me a river...
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you...

Louis Armstrong - Go Down Moses

El antiguo testamento cantado,
quizá asi habría puesto atención.



Chorus sings:go down moses
Way down in egypt land
Tell all pharaoes to
Let my people go!

Armstrong:
When israel was in egypt land...
Let my people go!

Oppressed so hard they could not stand...
Let my people go!

So the God seyeth: go down, moses
Way down in egypt land
Tell all pharaoes to
Let my people go!

So moses went to egypt land...
Let my people go!

He made all pharaoes understand...
Let my people go!
Yes the lord said go down, moses
Way down in egypt land
Tell all pharaoes to
Let my people go!

Thus spoke the lord, bold moses said:
-let my people go!
if not Ill smite, your firstborns dead
-let my people go!

God-the lord said go down, moses
Way down in egypt land
Tell all pharaoes to
Let my people go!

Tell all pharaoes
To
Let my people go

The Box Tops - The Letter

1967



Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You

Esto yo lo llamo "interpretar" una canción.
Es genial!




Pd. Lo reconozco la versión de Creendence es muy buena también.

I put a spell on you
Because youre mine.
You better stop
The things that youre doin.
I said watch out!
I aint lyin, yeah!
I aint gonna take none of your
Foolin around;
I aint gonna take none of your
Puttin me down;
I put a spell on you
Because youre mine.
All right!

The Animals - House of the rising sun

No se conoce el autor de esta canción, pero para mi, esta versión (que debe ser la más conocida) es la mejor.

Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come

Mil veces "covereado" pero nunca igualado.
Un ícono de la música. Corta vida. Larga lista de éxitos.



I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like that river I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
Cos I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

BRIDGE:

And then I go to see my brother
And I ask him to help me please
And he just winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees

There were times when I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will