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The Backlash Blues

Nina Simone
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Una canzone scritta da Langston Hughes, il grande poeta e scrittore afro-americano protagonista della Harlem Renaissance negli '20 e '30.
vietnam black

Il testo l'ho trovato sul sito "African-American involvement in the Vietnam War"
Nina Simone

Mister Backlash, Mister Backlash,
Just who do you think I am?
You raise my taxes, freeze my wages,
Send my son to Vietnam.

You give me second class houses,
Second class schools.
Do you think that colored folks
Are just second class fools?

When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash,
All you got to offer
Is a white backlash.

But the world is big,
Big and bright and round--
And it's full of folks like me who are
Black, Yellow, Beige, and Brown.

Mister Backlash, Mister Backlash,
What do you think I got to lose?
I'm gonna leave you, Mister Backlash,
Singing your mean old backlash blues.

You're the one
Will have the blues.
not me--
Wait and see!

(Contributed by Alessandro)

inserted on 2007/7/19 - 23:40

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Ho omesso un commento imprescindibile: ascoltatevi assolutamente questo pezzo di Nina Simone perchè questo è il blues with soul!
Che la Vita vi benedica tutti, o voi che combattete la guerra con la musica!

( Alessandro)

inserted on 2007/7/20 - 14:59


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Language: French

Traduzione francese da l'histgeobox

Non so se la traduzione del titolo come "rifiuto" sia corretta... "Backlash" significa letteralmente "reazione violenta" ma anche "ritorno"...

LE BLUES DU REFUS

Mr Backlash, Mr Backlash
Pour qui me prenez-vous?
Vous augmentez mes impôts, gelez mon salaire
et envoyez mon fils au Vietnam

Vous me donnez des maisons de seconde classe
et des écoles de seconde classe
Pensez-vous que tous les gens de couleur
soient seulement des fous de seconde classe
Mr Backlash, je vous quitte
avec votre backlash blues

Quand j'essaye de trouver un travail
de gagner un pau d'argent
Tout ce que vous avez à m'offrir
est votre méchant retour de bâton
Mais le terre est vaste, ensoleillée et ronde
peuplée de tas de gens comme moi
qui sont noir, jaune, beige et bruns
Mr Backlash, je vous quitte
avec votre backlash blues

Mr backblash, mr backlash
je n'ai rien à perdre
je vais vous laisser
avec votre backlash blues
C'est vous qui aurez le blues,
pas moi, attendez, vous verrez

(Contributed by Alessandro)

inserted on 2009/12/24 - 21:02

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