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Martin Luther King’s Dream

Strawbs

1970

Album: Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios (Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall)

Speak only with your voices
(Continues)

2022/12/24 - 00:06

Song Itineraries: Martin Luther King

Dal 1° album degli Strawbs del 1969, vi mando questa canzone che descrive una battaglia, mi sembra di epoca (genericamente) medievale: tanto, clave o "bombe intelligenti", l'effetto è sempre lo stesso, vero?

In the early dawn the Bishops' men
(Continues)

Contributed by Renato Stecca 2009/6/2 - 10:22

In realtà la canzone descrive una partita di scacchi in forma di battaglia medievale come fa intuire il colore delle vesti dei due schieramenti "A tide of black, the Bishops' men" "The King's men dressed in purest white"
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Benvenuto 2018/1/26 - 21:09

The Hangman And The Papist

Strawbs

[1971]
Album "From the Witchwood"

Come New World, una canzone ispirata al fratricida conflitto nord-irlandese.

The village square stands quiet with the curfew still in force
(Continues)

Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 23:46

New World

Strawbs

[1972]
Album "Grave New World"

"The song is very much a companion piece of "The Hangman and the Papist" from the previous album From the Witchwood. It tells of conflict and divided families and, like the earlier song, was prompted by the troubles in Northern Ireland."
(fonte: en.wikipedia)

There's blood in the dust
(Continues)

Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 23:37

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