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The Mercy Seat
Traduzione italiana da www.nickcave.it
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LA SEDIA DELLA MISERICORDIA
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Contributed by Bartolomeo Pestalozzi 2010/8/9 - 15:49
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Nasza klasa
Versione italiana / Italian version / Version italienne / Italiankielinen versio: Alessio Lega [2010]
Alessio Lega ha scritto effettivamente (come preannunciato nell'introduzione del 2009) una versione italiana di Nasza klasa. La versione è del 2010 (basata un po' sulla mia traduzione italiana), ma non la ha mai incisa direttamente; la ha invece eseguita Olden nel 2014 al Premio Tenco, e incisa poi (nel 2015) nell'album L'amore occidentale. La versione eseguita e incisa da Olden è però leggermente modificata, e le viene riservata quindi un'apposita sezione. Qui sotto, invece, presentiamo l'unico video esistente in cui Alessio Lega canta la sua versione originale: è stata registrata di fortuna dal sottoscritto e da Daniela -k.d.- il 1° agosto 2010 alla “Baracchetta” di Luni, storica osteria di campagna dove si reca da tempo immemore tutta la banda di Fino al Cuore della Rivolta, il Festival della Resistenza di Fosdinovo. [RV]
Alessio Lega ha scritto effettivamente (come preannunciato nell'introduzione del 2009) una versione italiana di Nasza klasa. La versione è del 2010 (basata un po' sulla mia traduzione italiana), ma non la ha mai incisa direttamente; la ha invece eseguita Olden nel 2014 al Premio Tenco, e incisa poi (nel 2015) nell'album L'amore occidentale. La versione eseguita e incisa da Olden è però leggermente modificata, e le viene riservata quindi un'apposita sezione. Qui sotto, invece, presentiamo l'unico video esistente in cui Alessio Lega canta la sua versione originale: è stata registrata di fortuna dal sottoscritto e da Daniela -k.d.- il 1° agosto 2010 alla “Baracchetta” di Luni, storica osteria di campagna dove si reca da tempo immemore tutta la banda di Fino al Cuore della Rivolta, il Festival della Resistenza di Fosdinovo. [RV]
LA NOSTRA CLASSE
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2010/8/8 - 20:12
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Tre fratelli contadini di Venosa
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Chanson italienne – I tre fratelli di Venosa – Stormy Six
Qu'en penses-tu, toi, Lucien l'âne mon ami, de l'histoire que raconte cette chanson. L'histoire de ces ces trois frères, trois paysans de Lucanie qui furent tués par les soldats du roi...? Ils étaient de Venosa, ce village où un mari dément, par ailleurs amateur de madrigaux, fit assassiner de manière épouvantable sa femme Maria d'Avalos et l'amant de sa femme... Une histoire racontée par Anatole France, histoire très semblable à celle d'Isabella di Morra. Mais, dis-moi, pour les paysans de Lucanie...
Oh, Marco Valdo M.I.,il faut d'abord bien comprendre que ce sont là des paysans de Lucanie et d'il y a longtemps encore. C'est là une histoire terrible, mais pas nouvelle, pas exceptionnelle. Le roi, peu importe le roi, peu importe le royaume, peu importe finalement l’État. Les paysans de Lucanie nous sont très proches à nous les ânes...... (Continues)
Qu'en penses-tu, toi, Lucien l'âne mon ami, de l'histoire que raconte cette chanson. L'histoire de ces ces trois frères, trois paysans de Lucanie qui furent tués par les soldats du roi...? Ils étaient de Venosa, ce village où un mari dément, par ailleurs amateur de madrigaux, fit assassiner de manière épouvantable sa femme Maria d'Avalos et l'amant de sa femme... Une histoire racontée par Anatole France, histoire très semblable à celle d'Isabella di Morra. Mais, dis-moi, pour les paysans de Lucanie...
Oh, Marco Valdo M.I.,il faut d'abord bien comprendre que ce sont là des paysans de Lucanie et d'il y a longtemps encore. C'est là une histoire terrible, mais pas nouvelle, pas exceptionnelle. Le roi, peu importe le roi, peu importe le royaume, peu importe finalement l’État. Les paysans de Lucanie nous sont très proches à nous les ânes...... (Continues)
LES TROIS FRÈRES DE VENOSA
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Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/8/8 - 19:36
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Se il Primo Maggio a Mosca
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Endrigo così parlò di questa canzone nel libro "Sergio Endrigo", a cura di Vincenzo Mollica, Lato Side Editori 1982, pagina 39:
"In questa canzone racconto quello che ha significato per me in questi ultimi vent'anni essere comunista e il rapporto di speranza, poi delusa, che abbiamo vissuto con l'Unione Sovietica. Ricordo un ferroviere alla stazione di Venezia, al tempo del viaggio di Gagarin nello spazio, che leggeva su L'Unità il titolone a tutta pagina su Gagarin e gridava "Siamo nello spazio".
"In questa canzone racconto quello che ha significato per me in questi ultimi vent'anni essere comunista e il rapporto di speranza, poi delusa, che abbiamo vissuto con l'Unione Sovietica. Ricordo un ferroviere alla stazione di Venezia, al tempo del viaggio di Gagarin nello spazio, che leggeva su L'Unità il titolone a tutta pagina su Gagarin e gridava "Siamo nello spazio".
Alberta Beccaro - Venezia 2010/8/7 - 17:35
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Γράμματα στον Μακρυγιάννη
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Versione italiana di Gian Piero Testa
TI RITROVERO' NEI GIARDINI
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Contributed by Gian Piero Testa 2010/8/7 - 13:51
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Ascanio Celestini: La casa del ladro (a Gaetano Bresci)
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Chanson italienne – La Casa del Ladro – Ascanio Celestini
Version française – La Maison du Voleur – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2010 (revue, complétée et corrigée)
Emmanuel Philibert de Savoie a récemment déclaré que “L'Italie est un pays prêt pour une monarchie constitutionnelle”. En considération de cette déclaration du prince, nous voulons dédier cette chanson à Gaetano Bresci, tisserand, anarchiste et tueur de roi.”
J'approuve, dit Lucien l'âne; j'approuve , dit Marco Valdo M.I.
Nous approuvons, disent-ils et même, nous souhaitons que toutes les monarchies ( et spécialement certaines de notre connaissance) s'autodétruisent avant que nous ayons à les détruire par la force des choses; elles et tous leurs suppôts... Qu'il s'agisse d'ailleurs de monarchies ou de n'importe quelle sorte de pouvoir autocratique...
Ainsi Parlaient Marco Valdo M.I. et Lucien Lane
Version française – La Maison du Voleur – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2010 (revue, complétée et corrigée)
Emmanuel Philibert de Savoie a récemment déclaré que “L'Italie est un pays prêt pour une monarchie constitutionnelle”. En considération de cette déclaration du prince, nous voulons dédier cette chanson à Gaetano Bresci, tisserand, anarchiste et tueur de roi.”
J'approuve, dit Lucien l'âne; j'approuve , dit Marco Valdo M.I.
Nous approuvons, disent-ils et même, nous souhaitons que toutes les monarchies ( et spécialement certaines de notre connaissance) s'autodétruisent avant que nous ayons à les détruire par la force des choses; elles et tous leurs suppôts... Qu'il s'agisse d'ailleurs de monarchies ou de n'importe quelle sorte de pouvoir autocratique...
Ainsi Parlaient Marco Valdo M.I. et Lucien Lane
LA MAISON DU VOLEUR
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Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/8/7 - 09:46
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Enola Gay
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Una precisazione al testo: Little Boy ("Enola Gay, is mother proud of Little Boy today?") è il nome della bomba sganciata su Hiroshima.
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Andrea 2010/8/6 - 12:48
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Lager
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Mi pare che la prima incisione di "Lager" risalga al 1979 nel disco dell'Assemblea Musicale Teatrale intitolato "Il sogno di Alice". Guccini è stato infatti il produttore di quello e forse di altri lavori del gruppo guidato da Giampiero Alloisio...
The Lone Ranger 2010/8/6 - 09:19
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Una storia sbagliata
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Chanson italienne – Una Storia sbagliata – Fabrizio De André – 1980
« C'est une chanson sur commande, peut-être la seule qui m'ait été commandée. Elle fut demandée par Franco Biancacci, à ce moment à RaiDue, comme indicatif de deux documentaires-enquêtes sur les morts de Pasolini et de Wilma Montesi. À cette époque, si je me souviens bien, j'avais commencé à écrire avec Massimo Bubola le disque qui fut intitulé « L'Indiano » (celui qui a comme couverture ce tableau de Remington qui représente un Indien à cheval).
C'est ainsi que je lui ai demandé de collaborer aussi à ce travail. Je me rappelle que nous décidâmes tout court de faire la chanson sur Pasolini, et pas vraiment parce que la mort de la pauvre Montesi nous indifférait, mais par le fait qu'à nous qui écrivions des chansons, comme je crois de la part de tous ceux qui se sentaient dans un certaine mesure liés au monde de la littérature... (Continues)
« C'est une chanson sur commande, peut-être la seule qui m'ait été commandée. Elle fut demandée par Franco Biancacci, à ce moment à RaiDue, comme indicatif de deux documentaires-enquêtes sur les morts de Pasolini et de Wilma Montesi. À cette époque, si je me souviens bien, j'avais commencé à écrire avec Massimo Bubola le disque qui fut intitulé « L'Indiano » (celui qui a comme couverture ce tableau de Remington qui représente un Indien à cheval).
C'est ainsi que je lui ai demandé de collaborer aussi à ce travail. Je me rappelle que nous décidâmes tout court de faire la chanson sur Pasolini, et pas vraiment parce que la mort de la pauvre Montesi nous indifférait, mais par le fait qu'à nous qui écrivions des chansons, comme je crois de la part de tous ceux qui se sentaient dans un certaine mesure liés au monde de la littérature... (Continues)
UNE HISTOIRE FOIREUSE
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La Storia
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Chanson italienne – La Storia - Subbuglio
(Une chanson pour Amnesty)
(Une chanson pour Amnesty)
L'HISTOIRE
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Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/8/5 - 21:27
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The American in Me
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[1979]
Nell’EP “Avengers” e poi nell’omonima raccolta del 1983.
Scritta da Penelope Houston
Musica degli Avengers
Nell’EP “Avengers” e poi nell’omonima raccolta del 1983.
Scritta da Penelope Houston
Musica degli Avengers
It's the American in me that makes me watch the blood
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Contributed by The Lone Ranger 2010/8/5 - 09:05
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Rosanera
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Version française – ROSANERA – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2010
Chanson italienne (Cosmais) – Rosanera – Davide Van De Sfroos – 2005
Rosanera est une guitare... Elle fait le tour du monde dans les bras d'artistes... On y rencontre Federico Garcia Lorca, le poète assassiné par les franquistes – le 19 août 1936, Django le Manouche et aussi, Woodie Guthrie et Bob Dylan, guitaristes et chanteurs étazuniens, sans doute, Fabrizio De André et d'autres encore....
Elle – comme tous les musiciens populaires – joue pour tous, sans distinction... Sauf, car son nom (Rose Noire) vient d'un trou noir dans sa carcasse, trou causé par une balle de révolver, sauf pour ceux qui tirent des balles dans les guitares et – on peut le supposer – accessoirement, dans les guitaristes. Pour ceux-là, elle refuse obstinément de jouer le moindre son.
Chanson italienne (Cosmais) – Rosanera – Davide Van De Sfroos – 2005
Rosanera est une guitare... Elle fait le tour du monde dans les bras d'artistes... On y rencontre Federico Garcia Lorca, le poète assassiné par les franquistes – le 19 août 1936, Django le Manouche et aussi, Woodie Guthrie et Bob Dylan, guitaristes et chanteurs étazuniens, sans doute, Fabrizio De André et d'autres encore....
Elle – comme tous les musiciens populaires – joue pour tous, sans distinction... Sauf, car son nom (Rose Noire) vient d'un trou noir dans sa carcasse, trou causé par une balle de révolver, sauf pour ceux qui tirent des balles dans les guitares et – on peut le supposer – accessoirement, dans les guitaristes. Pour ceux-là, elle refuse obstinément de jouer le moindre son.
ROSANERA
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Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/8/4 - 21:04
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Polizia, una razza da estinguere
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Per quello che valgono le vostre azioni...
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2010/8/4 - 15:31
Centomila disoccupati
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[1978]
Album “La Corriera”
Testo trovato su La Musica de L’Altra Italia
“[…] e c'è già chi sorride pensando a una pace di piazze deserte e muri puliti, di silenzi endovena e consensi di tomba, di tecnici automi e poeti a gettoni […]”
Album “La Corriera”
Testo trovato su La Musica de L’Altra Italia
“[…] e c'è già chi sorride pensando a una pace di piazze deserte e muri puliti, di silenzi endovena e consensi di tomba, di tecnici automi e poeti a gettoni […]”
Centomila disoccupati
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Contributed by The Lone Ranger 2010/8/4 - 11:47
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
Via via la polizia!
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[1970]
Dall’EP “Pinelli è stato ucciso”
Con Gualtiero Bertelli, Renzo Bonometto, Alberto D'Amico e Luisa Ronchini.
Testo trovato su Il Deposito
Dall’EP “Pinelli è stato ucciso”
Con Gualtiero Bertelli, Renzo Bonometto, Alberto D'Amico e Luisa Ronchini.
Testo trovato su Il Deposito
Che bella giornata
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Contributed by The Lone Ranger 2010/8/4 - 10:57
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La mia parte
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Album: Libertaria
Testo: Maurizio Maggiani e Marco Rovelli
Musica: Marco Rovelli
Testo: Maurizio Maggiani e Marco Rovelli
Musica: Marco Rovelli
La mia parte è ispirata a situazioni e personaggi del romanzo Il coraggio del pettirosso di Maurizio Maggiani, e il testo della canzone è stato “congedato” insieme all'autore del romanzo. La comunità a venire è una comunità fatta di singolarità, ognuna delle quali vuole “la mia parte di Dio, la mia parte di anarchia”.
“L'anarchia an se po' dir”, diceva un cavatore, echeggiando inconsapevolmente Cusano e i mistici della teologia negativa. Non si può dire l'anarchia, come non si può dire l'amore. (L'anarchia e l'amore. O l'anarchia è l'amore?). Sono cose che si fanno, e poi si tentano confusamente di raccontare. O, ancora meglio, di cantare.
La mia parte, ovvero il corpo amante. Anarchico e amante.
“L'anarchia an se po' dir”, diceva un cavatore, echeggiando inconsapevolmente Cusano e i mistici della teologia negativa. Non si può dire l'anarchia, come non si può dire l'amore. (L'anarchia e l'amore. O l'anarchia è l'amore?). Sono cose che si fanno, e poi si tentano confusamente di raccontare. O, ancora meglio, di cantare.
La mia parte, ovvero il corpo amante. Anarchico e amante.
Nel giardino dei mirti un etiope parlava
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Contributed by adriana 2010/8/3 - 15:38
2 August 1980, 2 August 2010. The Name of Maria Fresu keeps on exploding, maybe, in what remains of Italy's civil conscience.
Riccardo Venturi 2010/8/3 - 00:05
La Ballade de Miguel
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Voici une canzone, una vera lamentazione, un attitu... comme on en fait en Sardaigne pour les morts... Afin qu'ils restent - au moins - dans la mémoire. On le verra dans la canzone, Miguel était un syndicaliste militant, un parmi les autres. Celui que la Camarde (elle s'écrit presque comme une camarade...) est venue chercher l'autre jour... Miguel était - et il le proclamait bien haut et bien souvent - un anar. On ne sait si, pour le monde c'est une gloire, mais pour nous, c'est un honneur.
Un ami part toujours trop tôt
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Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/8/2 - 23:48
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La pistola
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Version française – LE PISTOLET – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2010
Chanson italienne – La Pistola – Giorgio Gaber – 1978
Chanson italienne – La Pistola – Giorgio Gaber – 1978
LE PISTOLET
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Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/8/2 - 22:22
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Tu che hai sbagliato tutto
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[1975]
Album “Del carcere”
Testo trovato qui
Una canzone che fa il paio con Dalle capre di Claudio Lolli.
Album “Del carcere”
Testo trovato qui
Una canzone che fa il paio con Dalle capre di Claudio Lolli.
Tu che hai sbagliato tutto
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Contributed by The Lone Ranger 2010/8/2 - 10:59
Song Itineraries:
From World Jails
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Winds Of Change
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[1986]
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln.
"Winds of Change" is a song about right wing governments who hide behind the word 'freedom'.. It's one of my angriest political songs without any humor at all, but that needs some rewriting (the song also has at least two lines that can use replacing. I've put them in parentheses in the lyrics. If you have better lines, please by all means send them along. While the political references are old, the same old stuff is still going on).
I now find that is not the most artistic way of approaching song writing but it can sometimes work. Whether it works here, you be the judge.
I'm posting an old recording from around the time I wrote the song. Lessick & Lincoln did some nice harmonies on this one when we first started out in 1989. This is a scratchy solo tape from 1986. I always thought I wanted to do a flamenco version of this, but I have lost... (Continues)
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln.
"Winds of Change" is a song about right wing governments who hide behind the word 'freedom'.. It's one of my angriest political songs without any humor at all, but that needs some rewriting (the song also has at least two lines that can use replacing. I've put them in parentheses in the lyrics. If you have better lines, please by all means send them along. While the political references are old, the same old stuff is still going on).
I now find that is not the most artistic way of approaching song writing but it can sometimes work. Whether it works here, you be the judge.
I'm posting an old recording from around the time I wrote the song. Lessick & Lincoln did some nice harmonies on this one when we first started out in 1989. This is a scratchy solo tape from 1986. I always thought I wanted to do a flamenco version of this, but I have lost... (Continues)
You have many names,
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/8/1 - 12:29
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Freedom
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[1991]
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
This one is a true story based on an article I read about a homeless veteran named Jessie Carpenter, who died of exposure just across from the White House in 1990 somewhere around Christmas time... Only played this song one time in public.
Some comments included: "A fine angry, gritty song stripped bare.. I could imagine a little seething electric guitar intermittent or perhaps a dirty harmonica" "Not sure how I feel about this one...Spent a year in Nam myself and lost my best friend during the war in Plieku province. One thing the war taught me was... try your best to keep your children and their children out of it....Both of my children have been spared that in life so far...Who knows what the future will bring...All I know is I didn't have a choice...it was go or go to jail. I got very lucky and was assigned to a very safe base camp in Chu Lai...Well... (Continues)
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
This one is a true story based on an article I read about a homeless veteran named Jessie Carpenter, who died of exposure just across from the White House in 1990 somewhere around Christmas time... Only played this song one time in public.
Some comments included: "A fine angry, gritty song stripped bare.. I could imagine a little seething electric guitar intermittent or perhaps a dirty harmonica" "Not sure how I feel about this one...Spent a year in Nam myself and lost my best friend during the war in Plieku province. One thing the war taught me was... try your best to keep your children and their children out of it....Both of my children have been spared that in life so far...Who knows what the future will bring...All I know is I didn't have a choice...it was go or go to jail. I got very lucky and was assigned to a very safe base camp in Chu Lai...Well... (Continues)
My name is Jesse Carpenter and I fought for freedom
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/8/1 - 10:16
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Proud
[1992]
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
"Proud" was inspired after hearing two different widows of Persian Gulf War soldiers give nearly the same interview. It is sadly still relevent today. For those of you familiar with the version on the Lessick & Lincoln CD, this version may surprise you. (Steve Lessick contributed a line or two on this one)
Comments included: "Great anti-war song-maybe even more relevant today." "I checked out Proud. A very sad event in a widow's life. Most people don't know what to say and it's easier to not say anything. I would hate to be the lady, parents or the kids. No dad coming home.
"I caught the emotion sarcasm - keep a stiff upper lip, be proud. What he did for his country and king is to be commended, but I still cry at the needless, senseless loss of life and at the pain of a wife and child not having the man in their life anymore".
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
"Proud" was inspired after hearing two different widows of Persian Gulf War soldiers give nearly the same interview. It is sadly still relevent today. For those of you familiar with the version on the Lessick & Lincoln CD, this version may surprise you. (Steve Lessick contributed a line or two on this one)
Comments included: "Great anti-war song-maybe even more relevant today." "I checked out Proud. A very sad event in a widow's life. Most people don't know what to say and it's easier to not say anything. I would hate to be the lady, parents or the kids. No dad coming home.
"I caught the emotion sarcasm - keep a stiff upper lip, be proud. What he did for his country and king is to be commended, but I still cry at the needless, senseless loss of life and at the pain of a wife and child not having the man in their life anymore".
She's got the letter now,
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/8/1 - 09:51
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Born to Follow
[2004]
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
Written during the height of the Iraq War. How many US soldiers have died since then?
I wonder how many Iraqi civilians died as a result of this war of choice. Do you?
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
Written during the height of the Iraq War. How many US soldiers have died since then?
I wonder how many Iraqi civilians died as a result of this war of choice. Do you?
Charlie was a soldier
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/8/1 - 09:06
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Proud Soldiers
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[2010]
Songwriters: Pamme, John Vanselow, Joe Caruso
"I will never forget that night for as long as I live. I had fallen asleep in front of the TV only to awaken to the harsh and grim reality of war. There before me was the war torn and courageous face of Lt. Jeffrey N. Zaun. Having been too young to appreciate the Vietnam War, I was forced to confront unfamiliar emotions. The images of helplessly brutalized POW's haunted me. As their eyes cried out to embrace their country, I knew in my heart their terror had just begun.
I then realized that through music, I could find the solace I was so desperately in search of. What follows was a labor of love; a reaching out to the soldiers and their families in an attempt to offer comfort in these trying times of sacrifice. With the help of friends and producer Jimmy Hotz, what began in a moment of inspiration has now become a song of hope, in the... (Continues)
Songwriters: Pamme, John Vanselow, Joe Caruso
"I will never forget that night for as long as I live. I had fallen asleep in front of the TV only to awaken to the harsh and grim reality of war. There before me was the war torn and courageous face of Lt. Jeffrey N. Zaun. Having been too young to appreciate the Vietnam War, I was forced to confront unfamiliar emotions. The images of helplessly brutalized POW's haunted me. As their eyes cried out to embrace their country, I knew in my heart their terror had just begun.
I then realized that through music, I could find the solace I was so desperately in search of. What follows was a labor of love; a reaching out to the soldiers and their families in an attempt to offer comfort in these trying times of sacrifice. With the help of friends and producer Jimmy Hotz, what began in a moment of inspiration has now become a song of hope, in the... (Continues)
Shot down from grace,
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/8/1 - 08:53
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Union Makes Strong
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[2010]
Lyrics & Music by David Rovics
Album: Ten New Songs
"I was just fiddling around on the guitar one day and this is what came out. I was thinking of stories Bob and Jo Steck used to tell about the 1930's in their respective homes – Bob in Iowa and Jo in New York City. I suppose this song represents the most fundamental message I and others like me are trying to communicate – in union we can achieve anything".
Lyrics & Music by David Rovics
Album: Ten New Songs
"I was just fiddling around on the guitar one day and this is what came out. I was thinking of stories Bob and Jo Steck used to tell about the 1930's in their respective homes – Bob in Iowa and Jo in New York City. I suppose this song represents the most fundamental message I and others like me are trying to communicate – in union we can achieve anything".
Back in the Depression - farmers held the line
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/8/1 - 08:47
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Little Drummer Boy
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[2000]
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
"This spooky song -about a drummer boy fighting for the Union- came to me in less than 5 minutes and was never played again – until now".
Lyrics & Music by Rob Lincoln
"This spooky song -about a drummer boy fighting for the Union- came to me in less than 5 minutes and was never played again – until now".
On a sun streaked day
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/8/1 - 08:43
M'affaccio alla finestra
Anonymous
Canzone risalente alla prima guerra mondiale. Testo raccolto nel 1976 da Corrado Lampe e Pietro Lolletti a Lanuvio (Castelli Romani, Provincia di Roma). Veniva cantato dalle braccianti del luogo nel primo dopoguerra.
M'affaccio alla finestra
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Contributed by Corrado Lampe 2010/7/31 - 22:34
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
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Alice's Restaurant Massacree
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Alice's Restrurant is translated into Danish and sung by Per Juul, 1969. Triola TDL 219. In 1981 Juul made a new and much better recording of the song: Per Juul i live i Alice's Restaurent on EMI.
Holger Terp 2010/7/31 - 14:00
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Livorno popolare
[2004]
Album: Aumenta La Rabbia
Album: Aumenta La Rabbia
La Livorno che conosciamo sta cambiando
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/7/31 - 09:20
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Spezza le catene
[2004]
Album: Aumenta La Rabbia
Album: Aumenta La Rabbia
Da ogni parte dello stivale
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/7/31 - 08:32
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Twilight Zone
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Album: Cut - 1982
Somewhere early morning in hotel room
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Contributed by Beavis 2010/7/31 - 01:40
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Manhattan
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Shakey Davey's got a twelve gauge in his hand
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Contributed by Anonymous 2010/7/30 - 23:11
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America The Beautiful
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AMERICA, LA BELLA
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Contributed by Francesco Costa 2010/7/30 - 17:56
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