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Canzone di Adriana

Canzone di Adriana
In English by Riccardo Venturi, 3-2-2022 00:58
Adriana's Song
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3/2/2022 - 00:59
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Wisława Szymborska: Kot w pustym mieszkaniu

Wisława Szymborska: Kot w pustym mieszkaniu
English translation / Traduzione inglese / Traduction anglaise / Englanninkielinen käännös
A Cat in an Empty Apartment
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inviata da L'Anonimo Toscano del XXI Secolo 31/1/2022 - 11:23
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Chiedo scusa se parlo di Maria

Chiedo scusa se parlo di Maria
Alessio (L. Trans.)


Note. Cambogia (Cambodia) was left untranslated in the original translation (q.v.). This mistake has been corrected here.
I apologize for talking about Maria
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inviata da Riccardo Venturi 25/1/2022 - 05:05
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Loughrask [I Was Just Seventeen]

Loughrask [I Was Just Seventeen]
Trad., arr. David Carnahan
LOUGHRAST (THE CLOSE CALL)
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inviata da Lin Scarrow 15/1/2022 - 04:31
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Värssyjä sieltä ja täältä

Värssyjä sieltä ja täältä
Historia (L. Trans.)
Songs From Here And There
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inviata da Riccardo Venturi 13/1/2022 - 12:17
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Sabiá

Sabiá
Lady Day / Songs Of The Sabiá (1970)



In 1969, Frank Sinatra and Jobim recorded "The Song of the Sabiá" for an album entitled Sinatra-Jobim, but at the last minute, Sinatra stopped release of the record. Seven of the ten songs from those sessions were released in 1971 as Side A of Sinatra & Company, but "The Song of the Sabiá" was not used. It appeared as the B-side of Sinatra's single “Lady Day” (Reprise 0970) in December 1970, and was later included on Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man (1977), Sinatra–Jobim Sessions (1979) and Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (2010).
SONG OF THE SABIÁ
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inviata da dq82 11/1/2022 - 09:12
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Ghetto

Ghetto
Into the light (1988)

The boy only doesn't why he never never smiles,
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inviata da Dq82 2/1/2022 - 16:34
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Gernika

Gernika
GUERNICA
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inviata da Dq82 23/12/2021 - 09:40
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Tomten

Tomten
With this 3rd English version of Viktor Rydberg's great poem I wish all the staff members, contributors and friends of this webpage a peaceful Christmas and a decent new year 2022.
TOMTEN
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inviata da Juha Rämö 21/12/2021 - 23:14
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Niech żyje wojna

Niech żyje wojna
WAR
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inviata da Bernart Bartleby 12/12/2021 - 18:40

Narodowcy

Narodowcy
NATIONALISTS
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inviata da B.B. 12/12/2021 - 17:34
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Płyną Okręty... (Quasi una fantasia)

Płyną Okręty... (Quasi una fantasia)
THE SHIPS ARE SAILING
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inviata da B.B. 12/12/2021 - 15:45
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דער זינגער פֿון נױט

דער זינגער פֿון נױט
Elizabeth Block (L. Trans.)

"This is a singing translation. I hope people will sing it - though I'd like you to say who wrote it. The title in the original means, literally, the singer of neediness." - Elizabeth Block.

Presente anche su Mudcat Café. Per una di quelle strane, ma belle coincidenze, io e BB la abbiamo praticamente inserita indipendentemente nello stesso momento. [AT-XXI]
Minstrel to the Poor
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inviata da L'Anonimo Toscano del XXI Secolo 30/11/2021 - 23:22
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Chcemy być sobą

Chcemy być sobą
"The song was recorded in 1981, during the dark years of the communist rule, just before the introduction of martial law in Poland on the 13th December 1981 (see more here: Martial law in Poland - Wikipedia). This song was one of the most important protest songs all through the 1980s; it's worth noting that, at concerts, the title phrase "Chcemy być sobą" ("We want to be ourselves") was often changed into "Chcemy bić ZOMO" ("We want to beat up ZOMO" - see here for the explanation on ZOMO)
WE WANT TO BE OURSELVES
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30/11/2021 - 09:59
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1916

1916
2016
1916

1916 was written about the Battle of the Somme which was fought between 1st July and 18th November 1916 and was the largest battle of the Great War fought on the Western Front. More than one million men were killed or wounded during the battle, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history…
Bird song breaks
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inviata da Dq82 25/11/2021 - 13:05
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1915

1915
2015
1915

1915 has been released on the centenary of the first use by British forces of gas as a weapon of war at the Battle of Loos. The horrific effects of gas warfare was immortalised in Wilfred Owen's poem Dulce et Decorum est, which is referenced in this song.
We the Old Contemptible few
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inviata da Dq82 25/11/2021 - 12:59
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Sunday After the War

Sunday After the War
2011
Lost Causes
I'll see you on Sunday just after the war
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inviata da Dq82 21/11/2021 - 20:02
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No Impediment to Triumph

No Impediment to Triumph
2012
Just reeks of squalid victory
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19/11/2021 - 03:49
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Somalia

Somalia
[2009]
Nell'album "Troubadour"
Testo trovato su Genius

In realtà Soomaaliya, che Somalia è italianizzazione coloniale...
La la la la la
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inviata da Bernart Bartleby 16/11/2021 - 20:26
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Before the Deluge

Before the Deluge
1974
Album: Late For The Sky

La fine dell'utopia hippie? Il mondo sull'orlo dell'apocalisse nucleare o ecologica? Una metafora della perdita dell'idealismo nel diventare vecchi? In ogni caso una bellissima canzone.
Some of them were dreamers and some of them were fools
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inviata da Pluck 15/11/2021 - 09:28
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Peace and Love

Peace and Love
(1968)
Single
The Jamaicans With Tommy McCook – Peace And Love

The song "Peace and Love" (Treasure Isle Records # TI-7037) is a collaboration between The Jamaicans (a rocksteady group formed in 1966 in Jamaica) and Tommy McCook (reggae artist, born 3 March 1927, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, died 5 May 1998, Atlanta, Georgia, USA).

It took a strong anti-war position, saying that the leaders were focused on war, but that the "people of the world" want "love peace and love". It pleaded with the government: "don't send my brothers to Vietnam", and looked at the impact on families: "don't let...mothers mourn, don't let my father know the pain". Released in Kingston, Jamaica.

Vietnam War Song Project
The leaders of the war study war,
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14/11/2021 - 15:50
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I’m an Australian – 20 Years Old

I’m an Australian – 20 Years Old
The song "I'm an Australian – 20 Years Old" also featured in The Vietnam Songbook, although no recording from the time has been found yet. The song took a comedic approach to a 21 year old caught-up in major court case for resisting the draft. It started out with the man going down to the barracks, lighting a cigarette, and his "call-up papers accidently caught on fire". Misinterpreted as a deliberate act, the "C.N.D. embraced me" - a reference to the protest group the Committee for Nuclear Disarmament, while the other side "called me a traitor".

Vietnam War Song Project
I am an Australian. I am twenty years old,
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14/11/2021 - 15:37

Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway
(1966)

Clem Parkinson, contemporary folk artist, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He wrote the song "Kevin Conway", about the first Australian casualty in the Vietnam War.

Conway, born 11 December 1928, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, was a Warrant Officer Class 2, with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. He was killed in action (K.I.A.), in the Battle of Nam Dong, South Vietnam on 6 July 1964, aged 35 years, buried at Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore. His remains were repatriated to Australia 2nd June 2016.

Vietnam War Song Project
Kevin Conway was a soldier who left his native shore
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14/11/2021 - 12:45

The Massacres of My Lai (Song My) and Truong An

The Massacres of My Lai (Song My) and Truong An
from Broadside Magazine #103 (Dec. 1969)

Sul massacro di My Lay vedi Everybody's Got A Right To Live
We went out on a mission, we were told search and destroy
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13/11/2021 - 23:06
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Keep Your Mind Open

Keep Your Mind Open
Album: Side Trips
1967
Written By – C. Darrow
Flowers wilt and there is day and wind and trees and tides
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13/11/2021 - 22:53
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21st Birthday

21st Birthday
Tex Morton, a country artist born Robert William Lane on 30 August 1916 in Nelson, New Zealand. He died 23 July 1983 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. He released several records under the nickname The Yodelling Boundary Rider.

The song "21st Birthday" dealt with the Vietnam War, looking at the home front perspective, of the parents of a soldier killed in action (K.I.A.). The song was released in 1967 on single: 21st Birthday (Columbia (EMI) # DO-4785).

The song told of the soldier's friends arriving at his parents house to celebrate his 21st birthday, unaware of what had happened. A closer look at the shelf with letters and "you'll see a draft card... the nice letter and the medal they sent". The father concluded that: "our boy full of love has died now of hate" - which perhaps leans towards the anti-war side of the debate.

Vietnam War Song Project
You'd thought you'd surprise him
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13/11/2021 - 22:41
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Vietnam Cries U.S.A.

Vietnam Cries U.S.A.
1966
Single: Vietnam Cries U.S.A

A British ska anti-war song from 1966 called "Vietnam Cries U.S.A." (Halagala # HG 30) which pleaded with President Johnson to stop the war: "we don't want no war in this world Mr. Johnson...stop bombing Vietnam". Released on the rare, obscure British reggae label Halagala, formed by Terry Nelson in the 1960s - born in Guyana, he moved to London and wrote this song

Vietnam War Song Project
We don't want no war in this world Mr. Johnson
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13/11/2021 - 22:24
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I Don't Wanna

I Don't Wanna
(1966)
Testo trovato su Vietnam War Song Project

Un blues un po' straniante ma estremamente chiaro. Non voglio andare nel Vietnam del sud, non voglio ammazzare i vietnamiti, datemi un lavoro qua a casa mia.
I don't wanna go to South of Vietnam
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12/11/2021 - 23:04
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Complication

Complication
(1966)

Band di garage rock formata da cinque soldati americani spediti in una qualche base militare in Germania Ovest. Dal loro unico LP, Black Monk Time, proviene questa Complication che al ritmo di una marcia militare accusa il governo di madare la gente a morire in guerra. Fedeli al nome del gruppo, i cinque si presentavano in scena vestiti da monaci.

Firstly, the song "Complication" contained anti-war lyrics, presented almost as a military march, as the band sung in unison, damning the government and military for sending people to war: "people cry, people die for you, people kill...people go to their deaths".

Vietnam War Song Project
Complication!
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12/11/2021 - 22:53
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What The... (Is a Going on in Washington)

What The... (Is a Going on in Washington)
1966

The country song "What the..." (Is a Going on in Washington)" (Nugget Records # NR 247), by Bob Withers, is narrated from the position of a soldier in the war zone, who feared for his life: "here I sit in Vietnam...sent half around this world to die". Is this song criticising US politicians over the Vietnam War, or is it an attack on the protest movement? It included the line: "All these people were our friends not long ago, they fought Hitler, Mussolini, and Tōjō" - this could be a reference to the Vietnamese - a former World War Two ally, who had helped the US against Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Tōjō (Japan)? Or perhaps it is an attack on the draft card burners and protester in Washington (as it included the line: "some guys have burnt their draft cards up at home, don't send them here") - who may have backed or agreed with the cause of the Second World War,... (continua)
What the....Is a going on in Washington...
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12/11/2021 - 22:38
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The Dunes

The Dunes
1995
Dirty Rotten Shame


What happened when Shane MacGowan met Ronnie Drew back in the ’90s? Well, a few things happened, but here’s one thing ye might not know about. Let’s take a trip back through time, but not one that will bore you.

Back in the day, Ronnie Drew was makin’ a solo record called Dirty Rotten Shame. He was short of a few songs, so he contacted the ol’ legend himself, Shane MacGowan. Shane sent him a song he’d written, called The Dunes.

Like most of MacGowan’s work, it’s a beautiful piece of music, and it shines a light on the ugly side of life. On one of Ireland’s toughest times. The Famine of 1845-52.

The Great Hunger
I walked today on the cold grey shore
Where I watched when I was much younger
Where they built the dunes upon the sand
For the dead from The Great Hunger.

Those are the first lines Ronnie sings in the song. It sets the scene of the terrible famine... (continua)
I walked today on the cold grey shore
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inviata da Dq82 12/11/2021 - 18:22

The S.S. Vancouver

The S.S. Vancouver
Mansell composed the song "The S.S. Vancouver", although no recording has been identified at the moment. The lyrics of this song featured in The Vietnam Songbook published in 1969, and compiled by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber (founders of Paredon Records) - containing 100+ Vietnam War protest songs, 9 of which came from Australia & New Zealand.



According to the notes in the book:

"this song was written in 1965 on the arrival of the U.S.S. Vancouver in Australia".

The title dropped the "U", leaving just the "S.S.", a reference to the infamous Nazi paramilitary group. The U.S.S. Vancouver (LPD-2) was an amphibious transport dock, commissioned on 11 May 1963, and deployed at various point in the Vietnam War. In April, 1965, it departed Huế, South Vietnam, having off-loaded marines there. It arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1965, taking part in the The Battle of the Coral Sea commemoration,... (continua)
There's commotion at the wharf
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11/11/2021 - 22:05
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The Quarantine Song

The Quarantine Song
I wash my hands, I don't touch my face
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11/11/2021 - 03:00
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It's On

It's On
(1964)
Incisa da Gary Shearston e da Trevor Lucas

On this single, featured the anti-war song "It's On" (CBS # BA-221124), composed by Don Henderson, who wrote many Vietnam War-related songs, discussed below.

While the Vietnam conflict was well underway in 1964, very few Australians participated until the Menzies government upgraded its commitment in April 1965 - so this is more of a Vietnam-era protest song, not specifically mentioning the conflict, but a representation of the early 60s anti-war movement in Australia. The lyrics revolved around the absurdity of conflict as two people get into a fight: "reason and logic are gone, winning the fight won't prove that you're right". The final verse criticised governments / politicians that "save on education and spend on defence".

Melbourne artist Trevor Lucas also recorded a version, on his 1966 album Overlander, and Raymond Crooke, on his YouTube channel.

Vietnam War Song Project (#12)
A sad story you'll hear if you listen to me
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10/11/2021 - 23:44
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The Lost Soldier

The Lost Soldier
1966
Album: Gary Shearston - Sings His Songs


THE LOST SOLDIER was written from a newspaper report of the death of an Australian soldier in Vietnam. The song finishes with some of the statements made by his young wife about his participation in the Vietnam war. The tune for this song is adapted from a traditional song known as "Lord Franklin".

Gary Shearston Sings His Songs Album Notes


lyrics from Vietnam War Song Project (#19)
In December 1964
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10/11/2021 - 23:28
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Twenty Summers

Twenty Summers
(1965)
Album: Australian Broadside
Lyrics by Mona Brand
Music by Gary Shearston

According to the album notes, written by Edgar Walter (1965), the first song "Twenty Summers" was composed by Mona Brand: "Twenty Summers: Mona Brand's words were written as a comment on the recent decision to conscript young Australians for military service overseas. But they are a protest not so much against that decision in itself, as against all warfare.
The melody is by Gary Shearston".

Mona Brand was a theatre playwright, who taught English in Hanoi with her husband Len Fox in the 1950s.

It told the story of a young man, 20 years old, drafted to war: "Johnny is called for a soldier today". His father died in a previous war: "rain in the jungle when Johnny was born, the day that his father lay dying at dawn".

Vietnam War Song Project - #17
Twenty summers passing away
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10/11/2021 - 23:17
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Cesspools in Eden

Cesspools in Eden
Poison is bubblng beneath your dream home
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10/11/2021 - 19:26
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Love Canal

Love Canal
[1984]
Bruce Calderwood / Lawrence Falconi / Russell Wilkinson / Stephen Depace
Album / Albumi: Blow'n Chunks


Il "Canale dell'Amore"
Copiaincolla attivo da it.wikipedia
Here in English
Ici en français

Love Canal è un quartiere della città di Niagara Falls sorto su di un canale artificiale (il Love Canal, costruito nel 1890 dall'imprenditore William T. Love) adibito dal 1920 a discarica di rifiuti urbani ed industriali, definitivamente interrato nel 1953. Nel 1954 iniziò la lottizzazione con la costruzione delle scuole e del quartiere; solo alla fine degli anni settanta venne resa pubblica la contaminazione a cui erano esposti i residenti e dal 1978 iniziò l'evacuazione dell'area, che fu definitivamente chiusa nel 2004 in seguito ad un'opera di confinamento e bonifica.

Il canale artificiale Love Canal

Il Love Canal deve il suo nome a William T. Love che nel 1890 avviò un'impresa... (continua)
We set sailing
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9/11/2021 - 22:38
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W.M.A.

W.M.A.
(1993)
dal secondo album della band di Seattle, Vs.

W.M.A. sta per White American Male (maschio bianco americano), una categoria evidentemente privilegiata negli Stati Uniti. Secondo il censimento del 2013 il reddito medio dei neri è solo il 56% di quello dei bianchi. Inoltre i neri hanno una probabilità sei volte più alta di finire in carcere e un afroamericano maschio su sei è stato in prigione almeno una volta.

Queste differenze si riflettono anche sul trattamento diverso che la polizia riserva agli afroamericani. Vedder racconta l'episodio che ha ispirato il testo: uscendo dallo studio di registrazione vestito male e sporco, si ritrova con un amico nero, che invece era vestito in maniera impeccabile, ma i poliziotti che passano per un controllo ignorano completamente Vedder in quanto bianco, mentre infastidiscono l'amico trattandolo come un criminale.

Nel libretto dell'album,... (continua)
He won the lottery when he was born
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8/11/2021 - 21:11
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Mahtab

Mahtab
Today I saw your picture in a newspaper
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7/11/2021 - 16:31
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Pressure

Pressure
(2019)
album: Grey Area
feat. Little Dragon


“Pressure” is a politically charged track about gun violence, wealth disparity, and racial tension. In the track, Simz calls out the “filthy rich” for taking advantage of the youth and planet for selfish gain, while calling her listeners to act against the corruption and “keep applying pressure”

Genius
Oh, let me apply the pressure, ayy
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5/11/2021 - 22:35
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Introvert

Introvert
2021
la traccia che apre l'ultimo album della rapper londinese, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
feat. Cleo Sol (Sault)

«Introvert è un saggio viscerale dedicato alle persone nel mirino della società – dice la nota stampa – con le vite alimentate da paura, esaurimento nervoso, frustrazione e da una specie di infuocato risveglio politico». Il brano testimonia l’obbietto di Simz di osservare «il caos e disordine del mondo con gli occhi pieni di risorse» e denota una grande ambizione; basti ascoltare l’arrangiamento sfarzoso con tanto di fanfara, cavalcate d’archi e coro messianico a contrappuntare un bridge a contrasto dall’eleganza soul.

Diretto da Salomon Ligthelm, il bellissimo videoclip di Introvert alterna bianco e nero, colori, video di repertorio, sequenze di ballo in varie location (storiche e contemporanee) e scorci su quadri neoclassici. La potenza del testo di Little Simz si riversa... (continua)
[Intro: Cleo Sol]
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5/11/2021 - 22:26
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
[1968]
Scritta da George Harrison
Con Eric Clapton alla chitarra solista

The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be ... every little item that's going down has a purpose. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was a simple study based on that theory ... I picked up a book at random, opened it, saw "gently weeps", then laid the book down again and started the song.

– George Harrison

Harrison registrò il demo originale con chitarra acustica solista e organo; questa versione contiene una strofa in più di quella ufficiale, e può essere ascoltata nell'album Anthology 3. Una versione riarrangiata, con archi scritti da George Martin, è nella raccolta Love. Eric Clapton, buon amico di George Harrison, suonò l'assolo di chitarra nella versione ufficiale con una Gibson Les Paul, mentre al Concert for Bangladesh eseguì l'assolo su una Gibson Byrdland.

La presenza di Eric Clapton... (continua)
I look at you all
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inviata da Bernart Bartleby 31/10/2021 - 20:52
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Perra

Perra
BITCH
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31/10/2021 - 10:54
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Speak Your Mind

Speak Your Mind
(2021)
dalla serie televisiva "We The People"

"We The People" è una serie televisiva sui diritti dei cittadini raccontati attraverso canzoni e video di animazioni. La canzone di Brandi Carlile è dedicata al Primo emendamento della Costituzione degli Stati Uniti che sancisce la libertà di parola e la separazione tra Stato e Religione.

"c'è solo un muro costruito con saggezza / è il muro tra la Chiesa e lo Stato°
There is no greater tool that you have than your voice
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30/10/2021 - 15:28




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