Днес медиите и профаните журналисти изобразяват седемдесетте като време на мърляви хипита и наркотици, но това бе времето на моята младост и от тогава могат да се намерят най-драматично представените послания за лично освобождение в песни както с музикални качества, така и станали световни хитове.
Първата песен е с рекордно голям брой кавъри. Смисълът на текста е в липсата на топлина, когато бутилката с алкохол свърши.
Втората е дори с още по-дълбок личен смисъл, иронично изобразяване на перфектния ден създаден от наркотиците и продължаващото усещане за това дори и години след освобождението.
Bill Withers
Just as I Am, 1971
Ain"t No Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo&feature=related
Ain"t no sunshine when she"s gone.
It"s not warm when she"s away.
Ain"t no sunshine when she"s gone
And she"s always gone too long anytime she goes away.
Wonder this time where she"s gone,
Wonder if she"s gone to stay
Ain"t no sunshine when she"s gone
And this house just ain"t no home anytime she goes away.
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone,
But ain"t no sunshine when she"s gone, only darkness everyday.
Ain"t no sunshine when she"s gone,
And this house just ain"t no home anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Lou Reed
Transformer (1972)
Perfect Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y&feature=related
Just A Perfect Day,
Drink Sangria In The Park,
And Then Later, When It Gets Dark,
We Go Home.
Just A Perfect Day,
Feed Animals In The Zoo
Then Later, A Movie, Too,
And Then Home.
Oh It"s Such A Perfect Day,
I"m Glad I Spent It With You.
Oh Such A Perfect Day,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On.
Just A Perfect Day,
Problems All Left Alone,
Weekenders On Our Own.
It"s Such Fun.
Just A Perfect Day,
You Made Me Forget Myself.
I Thought I Was Someone Else,
Someone Good.
Oh It"s Such A Perfect Day,
I"m Glad I Spent It With You.
Oh Such A Perfect Day,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On.
You"re Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You"re Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You"re Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You"re Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
Music,
