Language   
Simple list
Show Filters
Language
Song Itinerary
Date

Before 2018-10-14

Remove all filters
Downloadable! Video!

La ballata dell'amore malato

La ballata dell'amore malato
(2018)

Quinto classificato al concorso Mai in Silenzio - la musica contro la violenza di genere
Mi guardo qualche volta allo specchio
(Continues)
2018/10/14 - 22:41

Les Sorciers

Les Sorciers
Les Sorciers

Chanson française – Les Sorciers – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2018
Ulenspiegel le Gueux – 98
Opéra-récit en multiples épisodes, tiré du roman de Charles De Coster : La Légende et les aventures héroïques, joyeuses et glorieuses d’Ulenspiegel et de Lamme Goedzak au Pays de Flandres et ailleurs (1867).
(Ulenspiegel – IV, V)


Dialogue Maïeutique

Ce titre « Les Sorciers », Lucien l’âne mon ami, résume le thème de la chanson qui présente le début du procès fait à Katheline et à Joos Damman, son amant maléfique. Cependant, avant d’aller plus loin, il me faut faire un petit commentaire à propos du mot « sorcier » et de ses dérivés : « sorcière, sorcellerie, etc. ». Des sorciers, etc., grosso modo, il y en a deux grandes catégories : les sorciers, etc.(Katheline, la bonne sorcière) qui sont des guérisseurs du corps et de la psyché, des sages, des savants, des intercesseurs entre l’homme... (Continues)
La neige fond, les prés se noient ;
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2018/10/14 - 22:03
Song Itineraries: Witches
Downloadable! Video!

Hög tid

Hög tid
English translation by Ceil Herman

Hög tid is a song from the albumn Nära dej (1994)

Björn Afzelius wrote the following notes:

"Den tyska staten och de tyska medborgarna blundade på trettiotalet. Den svenska staten gör det på nittiotalet - men hur är det med medborgarna? Ska den ohyggliga historien om nazismen verkligen upprepas i Europa? Kanske rentav i Sverige?"

"The German cities and the German people were closed their eyes in the 30'a. The Swedish cities did that in the 1990s - but how is it with the people? Will the gruesome story of Nazism really reoccur in Europe? Perhaps even in Sweden?"

Personally, when I listen to "Hög tid," text and music by Björn Afzelius, I find that it is frightening how current this 24 year old song is for today's world. This point has been mentioned in several Swedish Facebook groups as well.
Nu blåser det kallt över nejden, det kommer en isande vind.
(Continues)
Contributed by Ceil Herman 2018/10/14 - 20:44
Downloadable! Video!

Compagni a venire

Compagni a venire
Capolavoro di canzone, anche se estremamente intimista e personale.
Michelangelo 2018/10/14 - 19:01
Video!

Op. 29 In Do Maggiore

Op. 29 In Do Maggiore
Questo testo e' Op. 29 In Do Maggiore, non "Sulla Strada" e proviene dall'album "Blitz" del 1977. Il testo non era completo. Abbiamo corretto.
2018/10/14 - 13:18
Downloadable! Video!

Liberare il Nano

Liberare il Nano
L'eremita ornamentale: la vera storia dei nani da giardino viventi
it.wikipedia

Per eremita ornamentale o eremita da giardino si intende una persona che accettava di vivere in un eremo appositamente costruito nella villa di un ricco proprietario terriero.

La moda degli eremiti ornamentali si diffuse a cavallo fra il diciottesimo e il diciannovesimo secolo fra l'aristocrazia inglese quando alcuni nobili iniziarono a "decorare" le proprie abitazioni con degli eremiti che vivevano in rudimentali abitazioni. Il compito dell'eremita ornamentale era quello di comparire in determinati periodi del giorno al fine di essere osservato dal suo padrone e dagli ospiti e, sebbene non potesse rivolgere la parola a nessuno, in alcune occasioni era tenuto a intrattenere l'interlocutore con discorsi filosofici. Gli eremiti ornamentali vengono citati in molte fonti per la loro stravaganza e sono considerati... (Continues)
FTELNAG - Fronte Tosco-Emiliano per la Liberazione dei Nani da Giardino 2018/10/14 - 12:18
Downloadable! Video!

Medan bomberna faller

Medan bomberna faller
Vilken duktig och välriktad samhällskritik av Björn Afzelius, särskilt vad gäller journalisternas ansvar och tomma ord!

What a clever and accurate piece of social criticism by Björn Afzelius, especially as it comes to journalistic responsibility and jargon!
KUN POMMIT PUTOAVAT
(Continues)
Contributed by Juha Rämö 2018/10/14 - 11:00
Downloadable! Video!

Den Himmelska Fridens Torg

Den Himmelska Fridens Torg
Juha Rämö
TAIVAALLISEN RAUHAN AUKIO
(Continues)
Contributed by Juha Rämö 2018/10/14 - 10:58
Video!

A Soldier's Diary

A Soldier's Diary
2006
Suite XVI

The fastest song the band has ever recorded. I wanted to cram in as many chord changes as we could and still keep the whole thing rocketing alone. It was inspired by reading about some of the notes, letters and diaries that were found in the allied trenches during the First World War, left by soldiers about to go over the top, never to be seen, and in many cases never to be found, again. I thought it was stirring stuff, heart breaking, poignant, and in the case of many a British Tommy, blackly amusing…never say fucking die…sometimes all there is left is to laugh…

Counterpointing dark subject matter again with a jolly upbeat tune and melody seemed to be key here, and we rattled this off in no time once we’d worked it through. It’s not easy playing as fast as this and keeping it tight, and we’ve been playing it live recently too…a first… As an aside, this was the song I mentioned... (Continues)
I guess it's time to go
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2018/10/14 - 09:51
Song Itineraries: World War I (1914-1918)
Video!

North Winds

North Winds
1984
Aural Sculpture

That was mine, just a JJ 'where things are now' song. It was one of my melancholy songs about the very strong images that had occurred during my life, while I was growing up. The 'Orange road burning' was about the self immolation of Buddhist priests during the Vietnam war, setting themselves on fire. The 'Youth on fire' referred to Jan Palak, who I'd talked about before on Euroman. The 'Metal machines...' line was about the Prague spring in '68, when the Czechs tried to be much more liberal and the Russian tanks just rolled in. 'Two generations' referred to the two world wars, 'Birth pains' was about the birth of Israel and what I remembered about the Yom Kippur war. 'Freedom in the shape of disease' was about AIDS, suddenly this new word AIDS had arisen when we were writing Sculpture. It was an unknown disease then. 'Kids whose bellies' was about the west and the... (Continues)
I saw an orange robe burning
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2018/10/14 - 09:45
Downloadable! Video!

'O Viento Nuovo

'O Viento Nuovo
(2018)

Dopo sei anni esce il nuovo singolo de Il Tesoro di San Gennaro che anticipa l'uscita di "Black Album". A cantarlo è Djarah Kan, splendida napoletana costretta a vivere in questo momento storico surreale.
I am the digger the world is washing me
(Continues)
2018/10/14 - 00:02
Downloadable! Video!

Generale

Generale
La scrittura del rapper Anastasio, 21 anni

da XFactor

Ok la vetrina di XFactor sarà quello che è, ma questa versione ci sembra comunque degna di nota.

GENERALE
(Continues)
2018/10/13 - 23:44
Downloadable! Video!

Novembre 1918

Pauline Collet
Novembre 1918
Bonsoir,

Serait il possible d'avoir la partition pour apprendre ce chant aux enfants pour le 11 Novembre? Pour un devoir de mémoire et une commémoration festive.D'avance merci.
Lyre Naucelloise 2018/10/13 - 19:58
Downloadable!

You Ain't Talkin' to Me

You Ain't Talkin' to Me
Chi la dura la vince... o quasi.
Questa canzone era rimasta così in sospeso, senza un file audio a cui potersi riferire. E allora la cosa più logica era rivolgersi direttamente alla fonte: ho chiesto a Jim Krause, (in realtà i musicisti americani di nome Jim Krause sono ben 2, e ,sì, l'ho chiesto anche a quello sbagliato), che mi ha risposto che essendo la Alferd Packers Memorial String Band ancora in attività avrei dovuto chiedere a loro. Così ho fatto e con grandissima disponibilità e rapidità mi ha risposto Steve Mason, che non posso che ringraziare calorosamente, e mi hanno fatto avere il file audio che dovrebbero prossimamente inserire anche sul loro sito.

Da lì la strada è stata (quasi) tutta in discesa: la canzone, come del resto indicato anche sul retro dell'album, è composta da ben 6 strofe, di cui le tre di Charlie Poole e solo le ultime 3 di Jim Krause. Al momento ce ne manca ancora una, di difficilissima comprensione, ma ho chiesto aiuto anche su questo.
Dq82 2018/10/13 - 17:27
Downloadable! Video!

Juanita

Juanita
Den här låten är ett bra exempel på en finsköversättares mardröm, d.v.s. att försöka klara sig med »han« och »hon« med bara ett pronomen till förfogande för båda genus.

This song is a good example of a Finnish translator's nightmare, i.e. trying to make sense of »he« and »she« with only one pronoun available for both genders. [JR]
JUANITA
(Continues)
Contributed by Juha Rämö 2018/10/13 - 09:16
Downloadable! Video!

Va, pensiero

Va, pensiero
Kultasiivin nyt aatokset siirtyy
(Continues)
Contributed by Juha Rämö 2018/10/13 - 09:13
Downloadable! Video!

Sangurin til frælsi (El día feliz que está llegando)

Sangurin til frælsi (El día feliz que está llegando)
Thanks to you, Riccardo, for putting the first songs of Björn Afzelius on your website along with so many other wonderful songs. We Americans grew up with American/British folk and protest songs of the 60’s and 70’s but few international ones. Tack så mycket!
Ceil Herman 2018/10/13 - 04:42
Downloadable! Video!

Under Sions kalla stjärna

Under Sions kalla stjärna
Ceil Herman
Submitted by Ceil on Sun, 10/06/2018 - 08:36

Author's comments:
Björn Afzelius wrote the following notes about "Under Sions kalla stjärna" in his 95 Sånger (95 Songs) book:

"Sången berättar vad som hände. Året var 1988, och Intifadan, det palestinska upproret mot den israeliska ockupationsmakten, var bara några månader gammal. När jag åtta år senare mötte den nyvalde palestinske presidenten, Yasser Arafat i Stockholm, tackade han mej personligen för min insats i Aten den gången. Få statsmän har ett bättre minne för detlaljer än Arafat"

"The song tells what happened. The year was 1988, and Intifada, the Palestinian rebellion against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip beginning in 1987, was only a few months old. When I met the newly elected Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, eight years later in Stockholm, he thanked me personally for my input in Athens at that time. Few statesmen have a better memory for details than Arafat."
UNDER ZION'S COLD STARS
(Continues)
Contributed by Ceil Herman 2018/10/13 - 00:40

La Main d’Hilbert

La Main d’Hilbert
La Main d’Hilbert

Chanson française – La Main d'Hilbert – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2018
Ulenspiegel le Gueux – 97
Opéra-récit en multiples épisodes, tiré du roman de Charles De Coster : La Légende et les aventures héroïques, joyeuses et glorieuses d’Ulenspiegel et de Lamme Goedzak au Pays de Flandres et ailleurs (1867).
(Ulenspiegel – IV, IV)


Dialogue Maïeutique

Cette fois aussi, Marco Valdo M.I. mon ami, il te faudra expliquer ce titre tant il est étrange et réfrigérant. Quoi ! Que veut dire cette « main d’Hilbert » ? Serait-elle séparée de son corps ? Ah, il me souvient que le dit Hilbert est porté disparu, tenu pour mort et même, on connaît son assassin.

Ah, Lucien l’âne mon ami, tu as bien résumé la situation. Hilbert est mort assassiné par Joos Damman, son ami, celui qui se fait passer pour Hans auprès de Katheline. Sans doute, ce meurtre avait pour objet une sordide question d’argent... (Continues)
Nelle dit à sa mère, « Ce matin,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2018/10/12 - 22:22

Set Da People Free

Set Da People Free
2005
The Thomas Sankara cd

Voce di Eugenio Finardi
Sankara: “Ogni volta che un paese africano acquista un’arma è contro un africano, non è contro un europeo, non è contro un asiatico, è contro un africano”.
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2018/10/12 - 11:32




hosted by inventati.org