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Crapoeuf

Crapoeuf
Crapoeuf

Canzone léviane – Crapoeuf – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2010
Cycle du Cahier ligné – 83

Crapoeuf est la huitante-troisième chanson du Cycle du Cahier ligné, constitué d'éléments tirés du Quaderno a Cancelli de Carlo Levi.

Ah, Lucien l'âne mon ami, je suis – comme toujours - très content de te voir... Georges Brassens, d'ailleurs, se plaisait à chanter un refrain qui n'était pas de lui ( mais de W.Heyman-J.Boyer) - et qui disait : « Avoir un bon copain / Voilà ce qu'il y a de meilleur au monde... » ( il n'y a d'ailleurs pas grand chose de plus dans cette savonnette)... Donc, fermons la parenthèse, et découvrons ensemble cette canzone que je viens de terminer et qui sort tout droit de la méditation du prisonnier. Elle est construite, comme tu le découvriras sur deux comptines enfantines : une parle du cochon, l'autre de l'œuf; à la fin, les deux s'emmêlent. Mais tu sais comme tout le... (Continues)
Voilà le porc
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/1/29 - 21:45
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Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman
[1970]
Testo trovato su Broadside Magazine n.109 del settembre/ottobre 1970.

Come Follow the Drinking Gourd e Go down, Moses, una canzone dedicata alla cosiddetta “Underground Railroad”, la rete di cammini e case di accoglienza segrete che nella prima metà dell’800 consentì a decine di migliaia di schiavi afroamericani di mettersi in salvo negli Stati liberi del nord e nel Canada. La “regina” della “Ferrovia Sotteranea” fu Harriet Tubman, una schiava del Maryland che, dopo essere stata quasi uccisa dal proprio padrone bianco, fuggì e dedicò la vita a far fuggire altri schiavi. Sulla sua testa fu pure posta una taglia, ma non la presero mai. Morì quasi centenaria nel 1913.
I am Harriet Tubman, people,
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 13:27
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Ma Noi No!

Ma Noi No!
MAIS NOUS, NON !
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/1/29 - 09:53
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Slavery In The Delta

Slavery In The Delta
[1982]
Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records

Nel 1977 Eddie Carthan fu il primo afroamericano a diventare sindaco di Tchula, Mississippi.
A Tchula il 90% della popolazione era nera, ma la minoranza bianca imponeva da sempre la segregazione. Carthan non si fece intimidire dai “landlords” e dai loro sgherri del KKK e avviò un coraggioso ed avanzato piano di superamento della segregazione razziale e di miglioramento della qualità di vita della comunità nera. I bianchi gliela giurarono, e fin dal suo insediamento lo boicottarono e intimidirono, un vero linciaggio politico che si concluse nel 1981 con una falsa accusa di aggressione ad un poliziotto: Carthan fu costretto a dimettersi per sostenere il processo, dove fu condannato a tre anni di carcere. Per fortuna, dopo soli otto mesi, la pena fu revocata perché era evidente che si era trattato di un giudizio farsa e che Carthan era assolutamente estraneo ai fatti imputatigli.
Tchula, Mississippi
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 09:33
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What Happened To The Red Man?

What Happened To The Red Man?
[1982]
Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records

Scritta da Jaribu e Ngoma Hill, una coppia di afroamericani newyorkesi che costituiva il nucleo dei Serious Bizness.

(B.B.)
What happened to the Red Man
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 09:31
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Registration

Registration
[1982]
Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records
Goin to war
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 09:30
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The No Nuke Song

The No Nuke Song
[1982]
Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records

Sul tema si vedano anche No More Three Mile Island e All Clear in Harrisburg.
The same thugs
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 09:29
Song Itineraries: No Nukes
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Undocumented

[1982]
Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records
Once you've been used
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 09:28
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Where is the Justice?

Where is the Justice?
[1982]
Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records
Where is the Justice?
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 09:28
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Serious Bizness

Serious Bizness
[1982]
Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records

La canzone-manifesto di Jaribu e Ngoma Hill, il duo afroamericano newyorkese noto come “Serious Bizness”.
If you wanna know about our music
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/29 - 09:26
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Die Gedanken sind frei

Anonymous
Die Gedanken sind frei
Trovo questa canzone priva di attribuzione, come se fosse sua quindi, nel disco di Frank Schildt “Songs of Love, Play and Protest”, Folkways Records (1960).
Siccome però non mi pare che Schildt fosse un songwriter, credo che il brano debba continuare ad essere attribuito ad anonimo.
Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 14:54
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Advocate Of The Poor

Advocate Of The Poor
[1980]
Album “Times Are Gonna Get Harder”, Folkways Records

Come El Salvador di Noel Paul Stookey, una canzone dedicata al vescovo di San Salvador Oscar Arnulfo Romero che il 24 marzo 1980, mentre celebrava messa, fu assassinato dagli uomini del fascista torturatore assassino Roberto d’Aubuisson.
"They might kill me," he spoke with humbleness and caution
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 13:44
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Times Are Gonna Get Harder

[1980]
Album “Times Are Gonna Get Harder”, Folkways Records
A disastrous night goes down
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 13:32
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End Of The Rainbow

End Of The Rainbow
[1980]
Album “Times Are Gonna Get Harder”, Folkways Records
Get ready brothers and sisters
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 13:27
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Nicaragua

Nicaragua
[1979]
Album “No More Nukes”, Folkways Records

Forse la canzone più nota di questa misconosciuta band tedesca trapiantata negli USA…
Salvo fire of machine guns were tearin' up omnious springtime's silence
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 13:17
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No Justice, No Peace

No Justice, No Peace
[2010]
Lyrics, music and performance by Doc Jazz.

The newspaper - and the politicians - are full of talk about Peace ... and still many are disappointed or surprised that after many years of 'talks', nothing has been achieved. Why? Because one must aim for Justice, before one can attain Peace.
Like a sea
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/28 - 12:59
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Aida

Aida
Grandissimo Rino, incontestabilmente.
Ma la mia attenzione è caduta sullo scandalo Lockeed... All'epoca (1977)avevo solo sette anni, rileggendo adesso mi rendo conto che nulla è cambiato e che questo resta sempre un Paese di Merda. Ho perso un altro pò di speranza, e già prima ne avevo poca...
Ciao
Lorenz 2010/1/28 - 12:02

Communist aulabi (Communist Is Coming)

Anonymous
[1981]
In “Music of the Miskito Indians of Honduras and Nicaragua”
Produced and recorded by David Blair Stiffler, Folkways Records.

Si tratta di una canzone raccolta dalla voce di un nativo miskito, tale Guiermo Kiyat.
Racconta una pagina di storia sanguinosa …

Durante l’epoca coloniale, la costa atlantica del Nicaragua ed Honduras fu in gran parte soggetta al controllo dei britannici che vi costituirono un protettorato stringendo accordi di collaborazione, in funzione anti-spagnola, con i nativi miskito. Quando, sul finire del 1700, la Gran Bretagna rinunciò al controllo della regione, i miskito si scontrarono subito, e con successo, coi subentranti spagnoli e continuarono a mantenere il controllo sulle proprie terre, un’autonomia dichiarata e non riconosciuta che si accompagnò nei secoli successivi ad una loro sempre forte ostilità verso ogni governo centrale, che veniva percepito... (Continues)
Damra wals – you better watch out
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 11:08
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Brother, Won't You Join In The Line?

Brother, Won't You Join In The Line?
[1960]
In Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, “New Briton Gazette, Vol. 1”, Folkways Records.
Words by Ewan MacColl
Melody: Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Brother, won't you join in the line?
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 10:05
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Salvador

Salvador
Chanson italienne – Salvador – Nomadi – 1990
SALVADOR
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/1/28 - 10:03
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Enfant soldat

Enfant soldat
[2008]
Testo e musica di Swift Guad
Paroles et musique de Swift Guad
Lyrics and music by Swift Guad
Album: "Hecatombe"
J'ai 12 ans, mon nom est Sam
(Continues)
Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2010/1/28 - 09:56
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2010

2010
[2010]
Lyrics, music and performance by Doc Jazz
It's 2010 - and the major powers of this world are still using the logic of the stone age ... so this funky song calls for 'Soulvation'! The Doc Jazz definition of this concept: justice - not greed - as the main basis for a peaceful world.
Save your energy we've heard it all before
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/28 - 09:49
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One Million Lawyers

One Million Lawyers
[1985]
Album "One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters"

Dedicata ad un flagello se possibile ancora peggiore della guerra: Nicolò Ghedini, e tutti gli azzeccagarbugli del suo pari.
Humankind has survived some disasters for sure
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 09:33
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This World Can't Stand Long

This World Can't Stand Long
Scritta da Jim Anglin (1913-1987).

Non è che voglio portar sfiga, però..."Questo mondo non può ancora durare a lungo... perché è troppo pieno di odio"
This world can't stand that long
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/1/28 - 09:09
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Army Of None

[2003]
Album: Change (E.P.)
Register for death 'cause you're just a pawn in their game,
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/28 - 08:53
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Mala Sirena

Mala Sirena
Version française – PETITE SIRÈNE – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2010
Chanson italienne – Mala Sirena – Modena City Ramblers

Dédiée à la ville bosniaque, qui a résisté à la barbarie et à la folie du conflit balkanique et aux femmes de l'association locale Tuzlanska Amica, petites grandes sirènes.
PETITE SIRÈNE
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/1/27 - 22:19
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I Come and Stand at Every Door

I Come and Stand at Every Door
Danish version of Nâzim Hikmet's poem

Translated 1955 into Danish by the late poet Erik Stinus (1934-2009). Music (1984?) by the Danish composer Herman D. Koppel. Published in Jordens sange, 2001. Recorded by Per Warming on the CD Jordens sange.

Tradotta in danese nel 1955 dallo scomparso poeta Erik Stinus (1934-2009). Musica (1984?) del compositore danese Herman D. Koppel. Pubblicata in Jordens sange ("canti della Terra"), 2001. Incisa da Per Warming nel CD Jordens sange. [Holger Terp]

DEN DØDE PIGE
(Continues)
Contributed by Holger Terp og CCG/AWS Staff 2010/1/27 - 21:25
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They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)

They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)
Come si scrive il commento?
(sara)

Dunque, Sara, ti darò volentieri qualche istruzione. Premi un tasto, poi un altro, poi un altro ancora, poi un altro di seguito fino a comporre una parola; poi ripeti la stessa operazione per tutte le altre parole del commento che vuoi scrivere. Saluti. [RV]
2010/1/27 - 20:36
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Salvador

Salvador
Canzone bellissima e vera purtroppo.Grazie NOMADI per averla scritta e cantata, vi adoriamo.
Nomadi & altra musica 92/60 2010/1/27 - 13:04
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Rapture Bell

Rapture Bell
[2007]
Lyrics and Music by Charles C. Tyler
Album: Charles Tyler

"This 3rd song is a satire on evangelical Christians.
One of three songs that I have written around the Middle-East conflict. This one focuses on the mad people who are actually hoping for the troubles in the region to escalate into a "final conflict" prior to the "Rapture" and the "Second Coming" of Jesus Christ. These are people who obviously don't have much grip on reality. It would be OK if they were just harmless nutters - but this particular wacky belief is potentially very dangerous.

These are people who call themselves Christians but who actually hope for Armageddon and for millions to die. They expect to escape death themselves and selfishly hope to be 'saved' by their faith. In my view these people are even more evil - if that is possible - than suicide bombers who actually have far more limited objectives.... (Continues)
Well I'm a true believer
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/27 - 12:36
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Ya parte el galgo terrible

Ya parte el galgo terrible
Una delle loro migliori canzoni....
Valentina 2010/1/27 - 11:24
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Putting The Fun Back In Fundamentalism

Putting The Fun Back In Fundamentalism
[2006]
Album: Split with Dragonzord
My Lord is a mighty God
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/27 - 08:08
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There's No Fun in Fundamentalism

There's No Fun in Fundamentalism
[2005]
Album: 7 Inch of the Month Club
There's no fun, fun, fun.
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/27 - 08:03
Song Itineraries: Antiwar Anticlerical

Promenade au Val Salice

Promenade au Val Salice
Promenade au Val Salice

Canzone léviane – Promenade au Val Salice – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2010
Cycle du Cahier ligné – 82

Promenade au Val Salice est la huitante-deuxième chanson du Cycle du Cahier ligné, constitué d'éléments tirés du Quaderno a Cancelli de Carlo Levi.

Bon sang, Lucien mon ami l'âne, arrête de sursauter ainsi... Qu'est-ce qui t'arrive, à la fin ? Tu as l'air de ne pas pouvoir tenir en place...

Ah, Marco Valdo M.I. mon ami, te voilà enfin. Depuis le temps que je t'attends dans ce froid de canards... Il faut que je bouge, que je me réchauffe, alors je fais des petits bonds sur place. C'est ma méthode et de fait, çà me tient chaud.

C'est déjà çà... Et je suis bienheureux que cela te tienne chaud; d'ailleurs, je vais moi aussi sautiller un peu, le temps de notre petit entretien. Car tu es venu, je le sais, pour que je te montre la dernière canzone et je suis venu pour... (Continues)
Une main rouge sur les murs de boue
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2010/1/26 - 22:20
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Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter
RAGAZZI NON SO COSA DIRE....W IL BUON R&R....QUESTO PEZZO HA DELL'ICREDIBILE...HA 40 ANNI MA SUONA SEMPRE DI NUOVO....QUANDO AVEVO 11 ANNI (NEGLI ANNI 80 )FUI FOLGORATO DA QUESTO BRANO...OGGI MI ACCORGO CHE MI DA SEMPRE LE GRANDI EMOZIONI DI UN TEMPO...GRAZIE PER AVERMI FATTO RICORDARE DI QUANTO è BELLO ESSERE VIVI E LIBERI....FANCULO TUTTE LE GUERRE DEL MONDO...VI AMO FRATELLI CHE DIO VI BENEDICA!!! (VARECHINA 70)
FRANCESCO 2010/1/26 - 19:25
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Ël canarin

Ël canarin
Vedo solo ora : Grazie Paolo, un caro saluto, Isabella
2010/1/26 - 17:33
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I Want To Grow Up To Be A Bomb

I Want To Grow Up To Be A Bomb
[2007]
Lyrics and Music by Charles C. Tyler
Album: Charles Tyler

"This song is meant to be a satire on Suicide Bombers, ...my exasperated response to the madness of people who think that by blowing themselves up and killing people who have a different belief to their own they are somehow going to achieve their political goals and are simultaneously doing something for 'God'.

It's bad enough for an adult to convince themselves this is a noble thing to do. Admittedly it takes a kind of bravery - albeit a bravery which depends upon an irrational belief in some better afterlife - but what kind of person can teach such nonsense to children and send them off to their deaths? And do this in the name of 'God'?

Good people everywhere - Muslims, Jews, Christians, Atheists - whatever - need to stand up to these dangerously brainwashed individuals and tell them the truth. They need help.

By... (Continues)
I want to grow up to be a bomb
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/26 - 16:03
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Biscuits And Milo

[2007]
The Hmongs are an ethnic group from Laos. Prior to the Viet war, they were mainly supporters of the Democratic Party. During the Viet war against the communist military government, the US recruited them as spies. They were promised security and food...
I went for a trip organized by Radion International to the camp. We were there to provide the needs of the kids by giving them some biscuits and Milo. What I saw and heard and felt made me write this song. I hope that I managed to convey the emotions they feel accurately enough..

http://newlifeoutreach.blogspot.com/
Running till no breath is left
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/1/26 - 15:42




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