CLÁSSICOS PARA A VIDA ETERNA

COULD WE START AGAIN PLEASE* (1973) YVONNE ELLIMAN & PAUL THOMAS

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

[MARIA MADALENA]:

I'd been living to see you

Dying to see you but it shouldn't be like this

This was unexpected

What do I do now?

Could we start again please?

----

I'd been very hopeful so far

Now for the first time I think we're going wrong

Hurry up and tell me

This is just a dream or

Could we start again please?

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[PEDRO]:

I think you've made your point now

You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home

Before it gets too fright'ning

We ought to call a halt

So could we start again please?

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[AMBOS]:

I'd been living to see you

Dying to see you but it shouldn't be like this

This was unexpected

What do I do now?

Could we start again please?

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[TODOS]:

I thing you've made your point now

You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home

Before it gets too fright'ning

We ought to call a halt

So could we start again please?

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DIA DO PROFESSOR

TO SIR WITH LOVE* (1967) LULU

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

"Ao Mestre com Carinho", de James Clavell, é desses filmes despretensiosos que acabaram por se tornar cult. Filmado na Londres dos anos 60, traz a história de um professor que se dá por missão domesticar uma turma de adolescentes rebeldes em uma escola de subúrbio.

Já "To Sir with Love" (título original do filme) é interpretada por Lulu, que além de ser a principal voz da trilha sonora é também atriz e uma das personagens, aluna do professor Mark Thackeray, imortalizado por Sidney Poitier.

Those school girl days

Of telling tales

And biting nails are gone

But in my mind

I know they will still live on and on

But how do you thank someone

Who has taken you from crayons to perfume

It isn't easy, but I'll try

----

If you wanted the sky I'd write across the sky in letters

That would soar a thousand feet high

To Sir, with love

----

The time has come

For closing books

And long last looks must end

And as I leave

I know that I am leaving my best friend

A friend who taught me right from wrong

And weak from strong

That's hard to learn

What, what can I give you in return?

----

If you wanted the moon I'd try to make a star

But I would rather you let me give my heart

To Sir, with love

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*Don Black & Mark London

CLÁSSICOS PARA A VIDA ETERNA

SWEET SURRENDER (1997) SARAH McLACHLAN

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

A canadense Sarah McLachlan é compositora, cantora e pianista. Ficou conhecida com a música "Angel", parte da trilha sonora do filme "Cidade dos Anjos" (1997), do americano Brad Silberling. É sobre um anjo que se apaixona por uma mulher, melodrama adaptado do "Asas do Desejo" (1987), do alemão Wim Wenders.

Já "Sweet Surrender", do mesmo disco que "Angel", é dessas músicas lado B que superam com folga seu lado A.

It doesn't mean much

It doesn't mean anything at all

The life I've left behind me

Is a cold room

I've crossed the last line

From where I can't return

Where every step I took in faith

Betrayed me

And led me from my home

----

And sweet surrender

Is all that I have to give

Sweet surrender

Is all that I have to give

----

You take me in

No questions asked

You strip away the ugliness

That surrounds me

Are you an angel

Am I already that gone

I only hope

That I won't disappoint you

When I'm down here

On my knees

----

And sweet surrender

Is all that I have to give

Sweet surrender

Is all that I have to give

----

And I don't understand

By the touch of your hand

I would be the one to fall

I miss the little things

I miss everything about you

----

It doesn't mean much

Tt doesn't mean anything at all

The life I left behind me

Is a cold room

----

And sweet surrender

Is all that I have to give

Sweet surrender

Is all that I have to give

CLÁSSICOS PARA A VIDA ETERNA

TEACHER (1970) JETHRO TULL

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

Ué, um clássico fora de hora? Sim, porque hoje é o Dia do Professor. Felicidades aos profissionais mais importantes do mundo!

Well the dawn was coming

Heard him ringing on my bell

He said, my name's the teacher

That is what I call myself

And I have a lesson

That I must impart to you

It's an old expression

but I must insist it's true

----

Jump up, look around

Find yourself some fun

no sense in sitting there hating everyone

No man's an island and his castle isn't home

the nest is for nothing when the bird has flown

----

So I took a journey

Threw my world into the sea

With me went the teacher

Who found fun instead of me

----

Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said?

Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed

I try to socialize but I can't seem to find

What I was looking for, got something on my mind

----

Then the teacher told me

It had been a lot of fun

Thanked me for his ticket

And all that I had done

----

Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said?

Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed

I try to socialize but I can't seem to find

What I was looking for, got something on my mind

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CLÁSSICOS PARA A VIDA ETERNA - ESPECIAL

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

Esta semana, Marvin Gaye, um dos maiores ícones da música mundial, completaria 74 anos.

Let's Get It On

I've been really tryin', baby

Tryin' to hold back this feelin' for so long

And if you feel like I feel, baby

Then come on, oh come on

Let's get it on, oh baby

Let's get it on

Let's love, baby

Let's get it on

Sugar, let's get it on

We're all sensitive people

With so much to give

Understand me, sugar

Since we got to being

Let's live

I love you

There's nothing wrong with me

Lovin' you, baby no no

And givin' yourself to me could never be wrong

If the love is true, oh baby

Don't you know how sweet and wonderful

Life can be

I'm asking you baby

To get it on with me

I ain't gonna worry

I ain't gonna push

I won't push you baby

So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on baby

Stop beatin' 'round the bush

Let's get it on

Let's get it on

You know what I'm talkin' about

Come on baby, hey hey

Let your love come out

If you believe in love

Let's get it on

Let's get it on, baby

This minute, oh yeah

Let's get it on

Please get it on

I know you know

What I've been dreamin' of

Don't you, baby?

My whole body is in love

Whoo

I ain't gonna worry, no, I ain't gonna push

I won't push you, baby, whoo

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, darlin'

Stop beatin' 'round the bush, hey

Gonna get it on

Beggin' you, baby, I want to get it on

You don't have to worry that it's wrong

If the spirit moves you, let me groove you good

Let your love come down

Oh, get it on, come on, baby

Do you know I mean it?

I've been sanctified

Hey, hey

Girl, you give me good feelings, so good

Nothin' wrong with love

If you want to love me

Just let yourself go

Oh, baby

Let's get it on

CLÁSSICOS PARA A VIDA ETERNA - ESPECIAL

The Dark Side of the Moon

Cinquenta anos de Beatles merece um clássico fora de hora. Sem dúvida. Quarenta anos do “The Dark Side of the Moon” também.

“The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older.”

O sol é o mesmo, nós estamos mais velhos. Dark side tem 40 anos e cada vez que o escutamos parece melhor. Pelas mídias, “Blue-Ray” e outras tantas, e pela quantidade mesmo. Sempre tem alguma novidade nele.

Este disco teve um início quase que despretensioso (se é que isto é possível em alguma coisa que inclua Roger Waters). Querendo se descolar do rótulo de banda psicodélica, os integrantes do Pink Floyd se reuniram na cozinha do baterista Nick Mason e fizeram uma lista das coisas que mais os incomodava. Tempo, dinheiro e loucura foram os temas colocados em um conceito mais rock do que anterior Obscured By Clouds - trilha da banda para um filme francês, de Barbet Schroeder -, e apresentadas com o nome de Eclipse (A Place of Assorted Lunatics) em uma turnê.

Money foi um dos raros hits do Pink Floyd, e o álbum vendeu mais de um milhão de discos somente nos Estados Unidos. É desta música os versos que o jovem Pink têm surrupiado da mão para ridicularizá-lo no filme The Wall.

É claro que um disco e uma banda com tanta mística não podia ficar de fora de um grande folclore. Há que jure que o disco seria uma trilha sonora para o filme O Mágico de Oz, de 1935. Com alguma - ou muita - boa vontade, é possível perceber alguma sincronicidade entre os dois.

Dark Side faz parte da série Álbuns Clássicos do Rock, e ali estão detalhes de gravações e composições, como Richard Wright falando da influência de Miles Davis em "Breathe" (ou pelo menos da descoberta de um acorde).

Muita coisa do disco é inspirada em Syd Barret. O álbum foi gravado no Abbey Road Studio e teve Alan Parsons como engenheiro de som. "The Great Gig in the Sky" tem vocais de Clare Torry. É a primeira participação de Dick Parry em álbuns do Pink Floyd. Dark Side é responsável por todo o segundo disco/DVD de “Pulse”, de 1995.

Em 2003, ao ser questionado sobre Dark Side, Roger Waters responde:

“A gente ainda tinha um objetivo comum, que era ficar rico e famoso.”

The time is gone the song is over, thought I'd something more to say.