The Hangman And The Papist
The village square stands quiet with the curfew still in force
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 23:46
Song Itineraries:
Executioners & Hangmen Co.
New World
[1972]
Album "Grave New World"
"The song is very much a companion piece of "The Hangman and the Papist" from the previous album From the Witchwood. It tells of conflict and divided families and, like the earlier song, was prompted by the troubles in Northern Ireland."
(fonte: en.wikipedia)
Album "Grave New World"
"The song is very much a companion piece of "The Hangman and the Papist" from the previous album From the Witchwood. It tells of conflict and divided families and, like the earlier song, was prompted by the troubles in Northern Ireland."
(fonte: en.wikipedia)
There's blood in the dust
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 23:37
The Outside Of The Inside
[2003]
Album "The Old Kit Bag"
"A song about how the Taliban see the West", la miseria e la "forza" del fondamentalismo, e non solo quello islamico...
Album "The Old Kit Bag"
"A song about how the Taliban see the West", la miseria e la "forza" del fondamentalismo, e non solo quello islamico...
God never listened to Charlie Parker
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 23:21
Exterminator
[2000]
Album "XTRMNTR"
Exterminator (2000), o XTRMNTR, è l'album con cui il leader dei Primal Scream, Bobby Gillespie, si avventura nell'insidioso territorio dei "riot-albums". L'opera, infatti, altro non è che un concept che trasuda in ogni suo momento tutto il disgusto e l'indignazione verso la politica interna del Regno Unito, che fotografa la realtà della gioventù britannica, imprigionata tra droghe, alcool e repressione (è il periodo in cui l'amministrazione pubblica di Glasgow impone il coprifuoco, evento preso di mira anche da altri gruppi scozzesi come i Mogwai).
Album "XTRMNTR"
Exterminator (2000), o XTRMNTR, è l'album con cui il leader dei Primal Scream, Bobby Gillespie, si avventura nell'insidioso territorio dei "riot-albums". L'opera, infatti, altro non è che un concept che trasuda in ogni suo momento tutto il disgusto e l'indignazione verso la politica interna del Regno Unito, che fotografa la realtà della gioventù britannica, imprigionata tra droghe, alcool e repressione (è il periodo in cui l'amministrazione pubblica di Glasgow impone il coprifuoco, evento preso di mira anche da altri gruppi scozzesi come i Mogwai).
Gun metal skies, broken lives
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 22:54
There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table)
[1974]
Album "Toby"
Album "Toby"
There will never be any peace
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 22:45
(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
[1971]
Album "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People"
Album "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People"
For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 22:35
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Do You Remember The Riots?
[2004]
Album "When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog"
A Göteborg nel giugno del 2001 vi furono grandi manifestazioni contro la riunione del Consiglio d'Europa alla quale era ospite d'onore George W. Bush.
E lì, nella linda e democratica Svezia, si tennero le "prove generali" di quella che sarebbe stata dopo poco la "macelleria messicana" (per usare l'espressione di Michelangelo Fournier, vice-questore aggiunto della mobile di Roma) attuata dalle "forze dell'ordine" a Genova.
Si veda anche Hund begravd
Album "When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog"
A Göteborg nel giugno del 2001 vi furono grandi manifestazioni contro la riunione del Consiglio d'Europa alla quale era ospite d'onore George W. Bush.
E lì, nella linda e democratica Svezia, si tennero le "prove generali" di quella che sarebbe stata dopo poco la "macelleria messicana" (per usare l'espressione di Michelangelo Fournier, vice-questore aggiunto della mobile di Roma) attuata dalle "forze dell'ordine" a Genova.
Si veda anche Hund begravd
Do you remember the riots in Gothenburg
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 22:21
Cálice
[1973]
Album "Chico Buarque" (1978)
Scritta da Chico Buarque e Gilberto Gil
"Foi perseguido a cada passo, teve seus microfones desligados durante um show com Gil, quando foi apresentar Cálice ao público - mas tal qual Julinho, escorregava pelas mãos da ditadura usando tão somente sua genialidade."
"Fu perseguitato ad ogni passo, gli staccarono i microfoni durante uno spettacolo con Gil quando presentò "Cálice" al pubblio; ma, esattamente come Julinho, scivolava via dalle mani della dittatura servendosi unicamente della sua genialità." - Chico Buarque
During the military dictatorship (1964-1984), Buarque wrote about the events which transpired and avoided censorship by using cryptic analogies and wordplay. For example, in the song "Cálice" ("Chalice", or Jesus' Last Supper "Cup") he takes advantage of the homophony between the Portuguese imperative "shut your mouth" ("cale-se") and... (Continues)
Album "Chico Buarque" (1978)
Scritta da Chico Buarque e Gilberto Gil
"Foi perseguido a cada passo, teve seus microfones desligados durante um show com Gil, quando foi apresentar Cálice ao público - mas tal qual Julinho, escorregava pelas mãos da ditadura usando tão somente sua genialidade."
"Fu perseguitato ad ogni passo, gli staccarono i microfoni durante uno spettacolo con Gil quando presentò "Cálice" al pubblio; ma, esattamente come Julinho, scivolava via dalle mani della dittatura servendosi unicamente della sua genialità." - Chico Buarque
During the military dictatorship (1964-1984), Buarque wrote about the events which transpired and avoided censorship by using cryptic analogies and wordplay. For example, in the song "Cálice" ("Chalice", or Jesus' Last Supper "Cup") he takes advantage of the homophony between the Portuguese imperative "shut your mouth" ("cale-se") and... (Continues)
Pai, afasta de mim esse cálice
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Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/7 - 15:51
This World
[1961]
Lyrics and Music by Malvina Reynolds renewed 1989 a.k.a. "Love It Like a Fool."
Album: Ear To The Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978
Lyrics and Music by Malvina Reynolds renewed 1989 a.k.a. "Love It Like a Fool."
Album: Ear To The Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978
Baby, I ain't afraid to die,
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/7 - 12:09
Coal Miner's Daughter
[1969]
Lyrics and Music by Loretta Lynn
Lyrics and Music by Loretta Lynn
Una canzone che si presenta a prima vista come un altro atto autobiografico, in cui sono condensati molti dei motivi narrativi che Loretta Lynn userà in seguito raccontando la propria vita: il cliché sentimentale ("We were poor but we had love", eravamo poveri ma ci volevamo bene), la precisa descrizione dei dettagli d'ambiente, il piacere dei suoni del dialetto appalachiano. Nel libro [la sua autobiografia, che pure si intitola Coal Miner's Daughter] Loretta Lynn racconta:
da Le molte autobiografie della figlia del minatore di Alessandro Portelli
Avevo sempre desiderato scrivere una canzone sulla mia infanzia ma non pensavo che sarebbe interessata a nessuno. Un giorno nello studio televisivo della WSIX, aspettando di fare le prove di uno spettacolo... Andai in camerino e buttai giù le prime parole che mi vennero in mente. Cominciava: "Well, I was borned a coal miner's daughter [Sono nata la figlia di un minatore]" che era la pura verità.
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Well I was born the coal miner's daughter
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/7 - 10:08
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
This Is The Army, Mr. Jones
[1942]
Lyrics and Music by Irving Berlin
Lyrics and Music by Irving Berlin
This is the Army Mr. Jones,
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/7 - 09:43
We Just Come to Work Here
Songwriter: Harry “OR” Stamper
Updated lyrics & Music by Anne Feeney
Album: Union Maid [2005]
"Oregon" longshoreman Harry Stamper wrote this song after his boss asked him to put his life at risk one day on the docks. "Why don't you get in there?" shouted Harry's boss. "Why don't you just lay down in the driveway and lick your balls?" replied Harry. Thanks to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Harry was able to appeal his firing and get his job back. It was determined that Harry would have been killed if he had listened to his boss.
Updated lyrics & Music by Anne Feeney
Album: Union Maid [2005]
"Oregon" longshoreman Harry Stamper wrote this song after his boss asked him to put his life at risk one day on the docks. "Why don't you get in there?" shouted Harry's boss. "Why don't you just lay down in the driveway and lick your balls?" replied Harry. Thanks to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Harry was able to appeal his firing and get his job back. It was determined that Harry would have been killed if he had listened to his boss.
Working at this job is dirty and dangerous And I'm taking risks anyway.
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/7 - 09:04
Anti-War Americans
[2007]
Lyrics by Nicholas Paugam
"I was motivated to write this song when I was reading the news about the war & politics, and/or talking to friends about the war and there disbelief and faith in our country pisses me off."
Lyrics by Nicholas Paugam
"I was motivated to write this song when I was reading the news about the war & politics, and/or talking to friends about the war and there disbelief and faith in our country pisses me off."
Everyone where that surrounds me is covered in a blood,
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/7 - 08:38
Consumerism
[2008]
Lyrics by Ari Lesser
Lyrics by Ari Lesser
Fuck Wal-mart, Budweiser, T-Mobile, and the gap.
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/7 - 08:32
The Hippie
[2007]
Lyrics by Ari Lesser
Album: Intelligence
Lyrics by Ari Lesser
Album: Intelligence
When I was young my parents raised me right,
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Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/7 - 08:30
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Album "From the Witchwood"
Come New World, una canzone ispirata al fratricida conflitto nord-irlandese.