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Lettera al governatore della Libia

Lettera al governatore della Libia
La canzone fu scritta da Franco Battiato e arrangiata con lui dal fido Giusto Pio, ma nel 1981 e per l'album di canzoni interpretate (ed in parte anche scritte) da Giuni Russo intitolato "Energie". Fu reinterpretata da Battiato nell'album dal vivo "Giubbe rosse" del 1989

(Bartleby)
Presso una casa antica e bella
(Continues)
Contributed by Danuta Andrzejowa 2005/8/12 - 01:47
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Il re del mondo

Il re del mondo
English Version by Franco Battiato, from "Echoes of Sufi Dances" [1985]
THE KING OF THE WORLD
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/12 - 01:42
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Clamori

Clamori
[1982]
Testo di Tommaso Tramonti (Henri Thomasson)
Musica di Franco Battiato
da "L'arca di Noè"
Clamori nel mondo moribondo
(Continues)
Contributed by Danuta Andrzejowa 2005/8/12 - 01:36
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Saddamsaddam

Saddamsaddam
Da Ciulandari (1992)

Testo e musica di Davide Bernasconi
[Davide Van De Sfroos]
Saddam Saddam Saddam
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/11 - 21:19
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La frontiera

La frontiera
[1995]
Testo e musica di Davide Bernasconi
[Davide Van De Sfroos]
Dall'album "Manicomi"
Asse, fante, sette, primiera,
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/11 - 19:47
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The Marines Have Landed On The Shores Of Santo Domingo

The Marines Have Landed On The Shores Of Santo Domingo
11 agosto 2005
I MARINES SONO SBARCATI A SANTO DOMINGO
(Continues)
2005/8/11 - 17:34
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Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon

Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon
[1974]
Testo e musica di Phil Ochs
Lyrics and Music by Phil Ochs

Mai pubblicata in album, ma solo in 45 giri, è una delle ultime canzoni scritte da Phil Ochs prima del tunnel finale della depressione che lo portò al suicidio due anni dopo. Si tratta di una riscrittura, o di una parodia, di una sua precedente canzone intitolata "Here's To The State Of Mississippi"; probabilmente, una delle più violente requisitorie contro Richard Nixon mai concepite.

E la cosa singolare, ma non troppo, è che basta sostituire "George W. Bush" a "Richard Nixon", senza cambiare una virgola (l'hanno anche fatto!).

Nella canzone si nomina il "reverendo" ultraconservatore Billy Graham, il cui seguito è stato larghissimo fino alla sua morte, avvenuta pochi mesi fa. Secondo unanimi giudizi, Billy Graham ha contribuito in modo decisivo alla rinascita della "nuova destra" ultrareligiosa americana. George W. Bush si è "convertito", su sua stessa ammissione, proprio ascoltando i suoi sermoni.
Here's to the State of Richard Nixon
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/11 - 16:55
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Talking Cuban Crisis

Talking Cuban Crisis
11 agosto 2005
PARLANDO DELLA CRISI DI CUBA
(Continues)
2005/8/11 - 13:45
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Is There Anybody Here?

Is There Anybody Here?
[1966]
Testo e musica di Phil Ochs
Lyris and Music by Phil Ochs
Album: "Phil Ochs in Concert"
Is there anybody here who'd like to change his clothes into a uniform,
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/11 - 11:45
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Knock On The Door

Knock On The Door
[1964]
Testo e musica di Phil Ochs
Lyrics and Music by Phil Ochs
Album: "All The News That's Fit To Sing"

On the LP this song was replaced with Bullets Of Mexico, which was included on the CD as an extra track. Although, some LP's apparently were not subject to replacement: someone from Australia reports buying a copy in 1965 like this, as does someone in the states (the latter was a mono LP).

Nell'album la canzone fu poi sostituita da Bullets Of Mexico (in seguito di nuovo inclusa nel CD remasterizzato come traccia extra). Alcune copie del LP originale non furono però interessate dalla sostituzione.
In many a time, in many a land,
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/11 - 11:16
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Draft Dodger Rag

Draft Dodger Rag
Version française de Riccardo Venturi
11 agosto 2005 / 11 août 2005
RAG DU RÉFRACTAIRE
(Continues)
2005/8/11 - 10:14

The Creek

The Creek
A song of longing and loss... the only real result of any war.
The Creek
(Continues)
Contributed by Dave Arthur 2005/8/11 - 04:28

Friendly Fire

When our fearless leader taunts the world with ill-considered words like "Bring it on!"
-- perhaps it would be wise for the rest of us to ponder the price that we all pay for violence.
Friendly Fire
(Continues)
Contributed by David Arthur 2005/8/11 - 04:20
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Panfletico para don Samuel

Panfletico para don Samuel
Dall'album "AL PUEBLO LO QUE ES DE CESAR"
Yo no le digo Tio, Don Samuel
(Continues)
Contributed by adriana 2005/8/10 - 17:59
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Sailors And Soldiers

Sailors And Soldiers
10 agosto 2005
MARINAI E SOLDATI
(Continues)
2005/8/10 - 15:30
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The War Is Over

The War Is Over
10 agosto 2005
LA GUERRA È FINITA
(Continues)
2005/8/10 - 14:58
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Nessuno Tocchi Caino

Nessuno Tocchi Caino
(2003)

Ruggeri canta questa canzone insieme ad Andrea Mirò. La canzone è al dialogo tra un boia e un condannato a morte che dopo poco dovrà scontare la propria pena. Il brano non è propriamente contro la guerra, ma resta a mio parere una forte testimonianza contro uno dei tanti atti di violenza e barbarie ingiustificate e che la gente tende a non riconoscere come tali.
Io sono l'uomo che non volevi
(Continues)
Contributed by Stefano 2005/8/10 - 14:58
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The Cannons Of Christianity

The Cannons Of Christianity


[1965]
Testo e musica di Phil Ochs
Lyrics and Music by Phil Ochs
Album: "Phil Ochs in Concert"
Pubblicato su Broadside #59 Giugno 1965



There has been some debate about whether the word is "cannons" or "canons". In the "War is Over" song book, the former is used throughout and as the title.
Christian cannons have fired at my days
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/10 - 13:19
Song Itineraries: Antiwar Anticlerical
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The Men Behind The Guns

The Men Behind The Guns
[1965]
Poesia di John Jerome Rooney [1866-1934]
Lyrics: Poem by John Jerome Rooney [1866-1934]
Musica di Phil Ochs
Music by Phil Ochs

LC has three holdings under "Rooney, John Jerome, 1866-1934." The _Collected Poems_, presumably including "Men Behind the Guns," was published in 1938: 137 pages of text, 21 of front matter, including "A glance at the life of John Jerome Rooney" (p. ix-xv). _Literary manuscripts, 1900-1934_ is summarised as "Autograph drafts (1900-1934) of the poems of John Jerome Rooney," and the biographical note says "Poet, jurist, and lawyer." Rare Book and Special Collections has what seems to be a pamphlet or handbill with "Men Behind the Guns," and the notes quote from the author's forward "First published in The New York sun (morning edition, May 18, 1898)".
Let's drink a toast to the admiral,
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/10 - 13:16
The Phil Ochs page is being restyled and reshaped, also with inclusion of new songs, translations and commentaries.
Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/10 - 10:42
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21st Century Schizoid Man

21st Century Schizoid Man
(including Mirrors)

da "In The Court of The Crimson King" (1969)

Lyrics by Pete Sinfield
Music by Fripp/McDonald/Lake/Giles

L'album che si apriva con questa canzone rappresenta per molti la nascita del movimeto progressive (i temi sono stati ripresi da tanti gruppi progressive, a cominciare dai Genesis) ma definirlo solo come pietra miliare è sicuramente riduttivo.
Il Re Cremisi, per chi non ne fosse a consocenza, altro non era che Federico II di Svevia, il primo uomo moderno, il nemico della Chiesa (non per niente fu proprio quest'ultima a trovargli quell'affettuoso soprannome dal sapore mefistofelico).
La fusione sinergica fra musica e testi (di Pete Sinfield, a proposito date un'occhiata al sito www.songsouponsea.com) raggiunge in questo disco dei livelli sublimi.
La contapposizione fra un passato di armonia e felicità perduta (ma non era tanto vero visti gli esperimenti che l'uomo... (Continues)
Cat's foot iron claw
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/10 - 00:22
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The Thresher

The Thresher
[1964]
Testo e Musica di Phil Ochs
Lyrics and Music by Phil Ochs
Album: "All The News That's Fit To Sing"

"On the morning of April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher (SSN 593) proceeded to conduct sea trials about 200 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. At 9:13 a.m., the USS Skylark (a surface vessel assigned to assist Thresher) received a signal, via underwater telephone, indicating that the submarine was experiencing minor difficulties, have positive up-angle, attempting to blow.

Shortly afterward, the Skylark received a series of garbled, undecipherable message fragments from the Thresher. At 9:18 a.m., the Skylark’s sonar picked up the sounds of the submarine breaking apart. All 129 hands were lost -- 112 military and 17 civilian technicians.

Text from (this page). For further info see the NOVA show Submarines, Secrets, and Spies for more Thresher and Scorpion (which departed and never returned) info."

(Da / from questa pagina / this page
In Portsmouth town on the eastern shore
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/9 - 23:34
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White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land

White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land
[1968]
Testo e Musica di Phil Ochs
Lyrics and Music by Phil Ochs
Album: From "Tape from California"
The pilots playing poker in the cockpit of the plane
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/9 - 23:13
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I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night

I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
9 agosto 2005
STANOTTE HO SOGNATO DI VEDERE PHIL OCHS
(Continues)
2005/8/9 - 23:03
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L'estaca

L'estaca
TEDESCO 1 [ Hein & Oss, 1984 / Prinzessin und Rebell, 2020]
GERMAN 1 [ Hein & Oss, 1984 / Prinzessin und Rebell, 2020]


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"Die Nova Cançó Catalana (»das neue katalanische Lied«), in den Zeiten der größten Unterdrückung der katalanischen Kultur entstanden, verbindet politische Aussage und musikalische Qualität mit Massenerfolg. Lluís Llach hielt z.B. in den Jahren 1975 bis 78 den Schallplatten-Verkaufs-Rekord in ganz Spanien. Die katalanischen Lieder rufen meist mehr oder weniger verschlüsselt zum Widerstand gegen das Franco-Regime auf oder äußern zumindest Kritik oder Spott. Aber schon allein auf katalanisch zu singen, bedeutete Widerstand. Andere bekannte Sänger und Dichter des Nova Canço sind Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Pi de la Serra und Maria del Mar Bonet. Der bekannteste Sänger, der am häufigsten von Auftrittsverboten betroffen war, ist Lluís Llach. »L’estaca« wurde zur Hymne... (Continues)
Der Pfahl
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/9 - 22:19
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Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream

Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Deutsche Fassung von Hannes Wader

E' ripresa da questa pagina
.
TRAUM VON FRIEDEN
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/9 - 22:02
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I Ain't Marching Anymore

I Ain't Marching Anymore
Version française de Riccardo Venturi
9 agosto 2005 / 9 août 2005
J’ARRÊTE DE MARCHER
(Continues)
2005/8/9 - 18:21
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Bim Bum Bush!

Bim Bum Bush!
stra fica questa canzone...
t.v.b. ronny by marta 2005/8/9 - 13:40
Today, 9 August, 2005, is the 60th anniversary of the second atomic bombing on Nagasaki. Sixty years of nuclear terror we want to remember with a special, new Song Itinerary on Hiroshima and Nagasaki including all AWS’s on this sad, crucial event in the history of mankind. The new song itinerary also includes, exceptionally, the Peace Declaration delivered by the Mayor of Hiroshima in 2004.
Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/9 - 10:09
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Blowin' in the Wind

Blowin' in the Wind
ROMENO / ROMANIAN [Adrian Păunescu / Pasărea Colibri]



Può darsi che, tra le decine e decine di cover di Blowin' in the Wind in decine e decine di lingue, quella del “supergroup” romeno Pasărea Colibri (“pasărea” è il romeno per “l'uccello”) sia la più bella, o quantomeno la più coinvolgente. La traduzione è di uno dei più grandi (e controversi) poeti romeni contemporanei, Adrian Păunescu (1943-2010). Il “supergroup” Pasărea Colibri si formò nel 1992 in maniera del tutto improvvisata nella città di Râmnicu Vâlcea, durante un concerto di Mircea Baniciu, ex membro della band Transsylvania Phoenix che aveva avuto un dissidio con il leader Nicu Covaci e si era allontanato. Al termine del concerto, l'attore e rockman Florian Pittiş, un vero e proprio idolo in Romania nonché ammiratore e traduttore di Bob Dylan, il musicista folk Mircea Vintila e il tastierista Vlady Cnejevici si unirono a Baniciu... (Continues)
VÂNARE DE VÂNT
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/9 - 08:54
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Galveston

Galveston
[1969]
Testo di / Lyrics by Jimmy Webb
Musica di / Music by Glen Campbell

This was written by songwriter Jimmy Webb, who also wrote Campbell's hits "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman." Webb also wrote "MacArthur Park," which was a hit for both Richard Harris and Donna Summer, and "Up-Up and Away," which was recorded by The Fifth Dimension.
Galveston is a city on the coast of Texas that attracts lots of hurricanes. Webb was on a beach in Galveston when he wrote this. He made up the story about a soldier in the Spanish-American war and the girl he left behind.
The Vietnam War was going on when Campbell released this. It was considered an antiwar song.

Song Facts
Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin'
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 22:30
Song Itineraries: Anti War Love Songs
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Johnny Went To The War

Johnny Went To The War
They´ll send him to the war-inspector
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 15:34

Hear the Missiles Go

If you miss the base, I'm on,
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 15:32

Civil War

Come on you raging soldiers wherever you may be
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 15:30

I Just Wanna Go Home

I Just Wanna Go Home
12/13/2004
http://www.songaweek.com
by Tom Flannery

"As you know, you have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want....
You can have all the armor in the world on a tank, and it can [still] be blown up."
--Donald Rumsfeld
Today I got one thing on my mind
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 14:53

Hallelujah and Fallujah

11/22/2004
http://www.songaweek.com
by Tom Flannery
Tracers in the sky Jesus on the ground
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 14:50
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It's Called Genocide

08/02/2004
http://www.songaweek.com
by Tom Flannery
There's genocide in Darfur
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 10:54

Drunk On Oil

07/06/2004
http://www.songaweek.com
by Tom Flannery
I love the smell of oil in the morning
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 10:52

Stalingrad

10/25/2004
http://www.songaweek.com
by Tom Flannery
My dreams don't wait 'till I'm asleep
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 10:49

Ruego por paz

¿Por qué no podemos vivir sin pelear los humanos?
(Continues)
Contributed by adriana 2005/8/8 - 10:47

Don't Come Crying to Me

Don't Come Crying to Me
[2004]
http://www.songaweek.com

"On the morning of Wednesday, 03 November 2004, we awoke to learn that George W. Bush had won re-election to the Whitehouse. To say that we felt dismay would be a serious understatement in that it truly felt like we had been kicked in the stomach by a mule.

The dishonesty, arrogance and unilateral heavy-handedness of the Bush administration during the first term convinced us that the next four years would be filled with more of the same - generating, on a world-wide basis, a frightening level of distrust and hatred for the USA. Domestically, we fear the continued efforts to strip away guaranteed civil liberties by the enshrinement of the USA Patriot Act.

This song expresses a sense of resignation to what a second term of Bush would yield...and a sense of frustration with those who voted for him. It seems preposterous that the very people who need social... (Continues)
When they announce they're starting up the draft
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/8 - 10:47
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Pappagalli verdi

Pappagalli verdi
[2002]
Testo di Gino Strada
Musica di Piero Pelù
da "L'uomo della strada"

"Bellissima l'iniziativa di Pelù che riguarda il brano 'Pappagalli verdi', titolo tratto dall'omonimo libro di Gino Strada, fondatore di Emergency, a cui buona parte dei profitti del disco saranno devoluti. I 'pappagalli verdi' del titolo sono le mine antiuomo, costruite a forma di giocattoli ed animaletti colorati, per renderle più appariscenti, soprattutto per i bambini, che facendole scoppiare ne vengono dilaniati."

Filippo Simone
10/10/2002
http://www.gossipnews.it/news/asc_show...

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Gino Strada, Pappagalli Verdi, Cronache di un chirurgo di guerra, Milano, Universale Economica Feltrinelli, 2001.

Altre canzoni che citano Gino Strada:
Ghetto dei Modena City Ramblers
Ritornare a sognare (Canzone per Gino Strada) di Joe Natta
Una fiaba di Gino Strada
(DoNQuijote82)
Un vecchio afgano con i sandali rotti e infangati, e il turbante con la coda che scendeva fino alla cintura, stava accanto al figlio di sei anni nel pronto soccorso dell’ospedale di Quetta.
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 21:08
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A guerra dos meninos

A guerra dos meninos
Composição: Roberto Carlos - Erasmo Carlos
Testo e musica di Roberto e Erasmo Carlos
Hoje eu tive um sonho que foi o mais bonito
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 19:23
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War No More

War No More
Light is in the air right now
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 19:16
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New Day

New Day
Featuring Bono - U2
Pop Radio Edition
[Wyclef]
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 19:14
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I Saved the World Today

I Saved the World Today
Album: "Peace" (1999)
Monday finds you like a bomb
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 19:10
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Addio Venezia addio [El diciaòto novembre]

Versione eseguita da Gualtiero Bertelli, da una registrazione del 1965. Il testo presenta qualche strofa in meno e una grafia maggiormente "veneziana".
Addio Venezia addio [El diciaòto novembre]
ADIO VENESIA ADIO
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 18:59
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Machteloos

Machteloos
[2004]
Dall'album "Spelenderwijs" ("Come giocando")
http://www.vsopxo.com/
Testo ripreso dal forum:
http://www.rapmaker.nl

In attesa di traduzione. Il titolo significa: "Impotente".
Mijn weg.
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 18:39

Peace is the Chief of all the Worldes Wealth

Peace is the Chief of all the Worldes Wealth
Testo di / Lyrics by John Gower [1330-1408]
From his Play "Henry IV"
Dal dramma "Enrico IV"
Music: Traditional / Musica: Tradizionale

Un'antichissima testimonianza contro la guerra e per la pace di un poeta che fu amico di Geoffrey Chaucer, che Maggie Holland ha adattato ad una melodia tradizionale.

John Gower, poet and friend of Chaucer, was born around 1330, into a prominent Yorkshire family which held properties in Kent, Yorkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Gower's coat of arms is identical to those of Sir Robert Gower of Brabourne. Nothing is known of his education, though it has been speculated that he was trained in law. Gower himself held properties in Suffolk and Kent, where he seems to have resided until taking up residence in the priory of St. Mary Overies in Southwark, London, around 1377.
Gower's first work was Mirour de l'Omme (i.e. Mirror of Man) (wr. 1376-79), an allegorical... (Continues)
Peace is the chief of all the worldes wealth,
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 16:32
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New New York

New New York
[2002]
Da "Non Album Tracks #2"

Un brano sulla New York dopo gli attentati dell'11 settembre.
New, new, new, ah ah ah ah
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 15:43
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Zombie

Zombie
ITALIANO / ITALIAN [2]

Ulteriore versione italiana di Alberto Truffi, da "Musica e Memoria"
Alternative Italian version by Alberto Truffi, from "Musica e Memoria"
ZOMBIE
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 12:05
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What Are Their Names

What Are Their Names
QUALI SONO I LORO NOMI
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 11:56
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Galveston Bay

Galveston Bay
BAIA DI GALVESTON
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/7 - 11:48




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