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American Boy Soldier

Edgar Broughton Band
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Edgar Broughton Band

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Eighteen
(Alice Cooper)


‎[1969]‎
Da “Wasa Wasa”, album d’esordio di questa formazione inglese.‎

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Al giovane amico Cesare, che oltre alla grande cultura musicale ha pure un cervello più analitico di ‎uno scanner, è bastato un attimo per accorgersi che nel pur immenso database delle CCG/AWS ‎mancano ancora alcune canzoni degne di nota, come per esempio questa della band di Rob 'Edgar' e ‎Steve Broughton, importante rappresentante del rock psichedelico.‎
Cesare ha accompagnato la segnalazione con un breve commento che riporto: “Molto simile come ‎tematica ad Eighteen di Alice Cooper ma più esplicita nel testo, dissacrante ed ironico, che ricorda ‎Frank Zappa anche nella parodia dei gruppi vocali anni ‘50”.‎

Grazie Cesare!‎
What d'you wanna do boy? ‎
‎- Well, I don't really know‎
D'you wanna go back to school, kid?‎
‎- Er....not really!‎
Well, d'you wanna go to work, boy?‎
‎- Uh-uh!‎
D'you wanna dig potatoes, son?‎
‎- No Siree!‎
What d'you wanna do, boy?‎
D'you wanna go to war, boy?‎
‎-Ooh, yes please sir!‎
‎-Ooh, yes please sir!‎
‎-Ooh, yes please sir!‎
‎ ‎
They're sending me home, shot through to the bone
He had a red cross on his arm, all I got was napalm
‎ ‎
The American Army, the American Army,‎
Wait till the Russians get hold of you!‎
Not forgetting the Navy, not forgetting the Navy
And the Air force too!‎
‎ ‎
Shot down from my plane, they leave me out cold
Never be the same again, I was just 16yrs old!‎
‎ ‎
The American Army, the American Army,‎
Wait till the Russians get hold of you!‎
Not forgetting the Navy, not forgetting the Navy
And the Air force too!‎
‎ ‎
It’ll be so nice to get back home to North Carolina
See my blonde, all-American honey bun
With her transistor radio turned up full!‎
Do all the things we used to do, back in the old days!‎
What a thrill it could be!‎
‎ ‎
Hope you enjoy the air raid!!!‎

Contributed by Dead End - 2012/6/21 - 14:56


boh a me sinceramente ha fatto venire in mente Corporal Clegg dei Pink Floyd

Alex - 2012/7/31 - 12:17




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