Există cântece care își depășesc epoca. Stairway to Heaven aparține acestei categorii. Nu pentru că ar fi „cea mai bună melodie rock din toate timpurile”. Asemenea clasamente sunt, în fond, forme sofisticate de contabilitate aplicată gustului personal. Ci pentru că reprezintă aproape perfect ceea ce Led Zeppelin a fost în momentul său de maximă creativitate: blues, folk, hard rock, poezie, virtuozitate instrumentală și experiment reunite într-o singură construcție.
Derek & The Dominos — Layla
Eric Clapton – „Layla”: când iubirea devine cântec, iar cântecul devine rană Context Înregistrată în 1970 de Derek and the Dominos și inclusă pe singurul lor album de studio, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, piesa avea să devină una dintre creațiile definitorii ale lui Eric Clapton și, în același timp, una dintre cele mai […]
The Eagles — Hotel California
Într-o epocă în care muzica populară devine din ce în ce mai preocupată să explice totul, Hotel California continuă să funcționeze tocmai pentru că păstrează o zonă de mister. Fiecare generație își poate introduce propriile frici în acel hotel.
The Eagles – New Kid In Town
There’s talk on the street; it sounds so familiar Great expectations, everybody’s watching you People you meet, they all seem to know you Even your old friends treat you like you’re something new Johnny come lately, the new kid in town Everybody loves you, so don’t let them down You look in her eyes; […]
Neil Young — Cinnamon Girl
I wanna live With a cinnamon girl I could be happy The rest of my life With a cinnamon girl. A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together, Chasing the moonlight, My cinnamon girl. Ten silver saxes, A bass with a bow The drummer relaxes And waits between shows For […]
Neil Young – Cortez The Killer
He came dancing across the water, With his galleons and guns, Looking for the new world, And the palace in the sun. On the shore lay Montezuma, With his coca leaves and pearls, In his halls he often wandered, With the secrets of the worlds. And his subjects gathered ‘round him, Like the leaves around […]
Jeff Beck – Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers
Sneaking kisses in the hall Parting love notes are on the wall Been each other’s all and all each day Lovers walking in the rain So close we felt each other’s pain But now you say that love has died away ‘Cause we’ve ended now as lovers Doesn’t mean that we each other can’t be […]
JETHRO TULL – Aqualung
Sitting on a park bench eyeing little girls with bad intent. Snot running down his nose greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run. Feeling like a dead duck spitting out pieces of his broken luck. Sun streaking cold an old man wandering lonely. Taking time the […]
Grateful Dead – Truckin’
Truckin’ got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin’, like the do-dah man Together, more or less in line, just keep truckin’ on. Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street. Chicago, New York, Detroit and it’s all on the same street. Your typical city involved in a typical daydream Hang it up and […]
Chuck Berry – Johnny B Goode
Deep down in Louisiana close the New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B Good Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play the guitar just like ringin […]
Cream – Crossroads
I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knee. I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knee. Asked the Lord above for mercy, „Save me if you please.” I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. Down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. Nobody seemed […]
Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Oo, Bet you’re wond’ring how I knew ‘bout your plans to make me blue With some other guy that you knew before? Between the two of us guys, you know I love you more. It took me by surprise, I must say, when I found out yesterday. Oo, [CHORUS:] I heard it through the grapevine, […]
Little River Band – „Reminiscing”
„Reminiscing” is a 1978 song written by Graeham Goble, and performed by Australian rock music group Little River Band. It remains their greatest success in the United States, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that same year. The song is about a couple reminiscing about the past, with certain music (such as […]
Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
„Like a Rolling Stone” is a 1965 song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Its confrontational lyrics originate in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England. After the lyrics were heavily edited, „Like a Rolling Stone” was recorded a few weeks later as […]
The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
„(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written byMick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards’s throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song. The lyrics refer to sexual […]
„You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” – Rod Stewart
„You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” is the name of a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart for his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The song proved a popular single, reaching the top ten of many national charts, including #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #1 for one week […]
„Babe” – Styx
„Babe” was the lead single from Styx‘s 1979 triple-platinum album Cornerstone. The song was Styx’s first, and only, U.S. number-one single. As well, it held the number-one spot for six weeks on the Canadian RPM national singles chart, charting in December 1979 and becoming the opening chart-topper of the 1980s. Babe Lyrics Artist(Band):Styx Written by […]
Rod Stewart – Tonight i´m yours (Don´t hurt me)
Rod Stewart – Tonight I’m yours (Rod Stewart/Kevin Savigar, Jimmy Cregan) Yeah I can tell by the look in your eyes you’ve been bored for a long, long time. You need love and so do I let’s turn it all around. I don’t want an everlasting thing, I don’t care if I see you again […]
REO Speedwagon – „Can’t Fight This Feeling (Anymore)”
„Can’t Fight This Feeling” (often mistitled „Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore” is a number-one power ballad from REO Speedwagon about a man falling in love with a girl with whom he has been friends for a long time. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon’s 1984 album Wheels Are Turnin’. It was the group’s second […]
Bryan Adams – „Heaven”
„Heaven” is a power ballad written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and performed by Bryan Adams. The song first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in 1983 and was later included on Adams’ album Reckless in 1984. It was released as the third single from Reckless and reached number 1 on […]
Bread – „Baby I’m-a Want You”
„Baby I’m-a Want You” is the title of a popular song by the American pop-rock band Bread. The single was released in October 1971 (see 1971 in music). It became the title track for the album of the same name, released in January 1972. It was certified as a gold record by the RIAA. As […]
Alice Cooper „You and Me”
„You and Me” is a 1977 song by Alice Cooper, released in 1977 as the lead single from his album Lace and Whiskey. The song was an easy listening ballad, reaching #9 on the US singles charts in 1977. It may have alienated even the biggest of Cooper’s rock fans as it turned out to […]








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