dallo spettacolo "Ci ragiono e canto" (1966)





Parole di Dario Fo su musica popolare.

dallo spettacolo "Ci ragiono e canto" (1966)





Rielaborazione di Dario Fo su un testo politico polesano del secondo dopo­guerra. Il canto ha delle varianti di carcere. Caratteristico questo canto di banditi raccolto a San Pietro Capofiume (Bologna) da S. Ferrati (Canti po­polari di San Pietro Capofiume in «Archivio delle tradizioni popolari», '89 e '91)

da "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" (1985)

A young man is drinking, drowning his heartache while Johnny Cash plays on the jukebox. An old drunk corners him and begins to ramble about his own life, about how he came back from the war to discover his girl had gone off with another.

The young drinker’s immediate reaction is to despise the old sot for spoiling his orgy of self pity, and to stumble out of the pub in a rage. But then, he reconsiders. Perhaps he realises the old man has had much the harder life, and so develops a sense of perspective about his own. Or maybe he throws himself into the canal in despair. The issue is left unresolved, but the air of sorrow and entwined lives is left hanging by one of the Pogues’ most effective works.

from Pop matters

Un giovane sta bevendo, annegando il suo dolore nell'alcool mentre Johnny Cash canta dal jukebox. Un vecchio ubriaco lo avvicina e inizia... (continuer)