Sevdalinka
Album: Devedesete (1999)
Štagod noćas da zapevam vućiće na sevdalinku...
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Contributed by Monia 2013/5/30 - 23:55
Song Itineraries:
Balkan Wars of the 90's
Aquellas palabras
[1960]
Versi del grande poeta catalano in omaggio a Miguel Hernández, poeta e drammaturgo spagnolo, combattente repubblicano, morto in un carcere franchista nel 1942.
Poesia originariamente pubblicata su “Ínsula - revista de letras y ciencias humanas”, anno XV, n. 168, novembre 1960.
In seguito compresa nella raccolta intitolata “Palabras para Julia y otras canciones” pubblicata nel 1979 e dedicata all’amico Paco Ibáñez.
Versi del grande poeta catalano in omaggio a Miguel Hernández, poeta e drammaturgo spagnolo, combattente repubblicano, morto in un carcere franchista nel 1942.
Poesia originariamente pubblicata su “Ínsula - revista de letras y ciencias humanas”, anno XV, n. 168, novembre 1960.
In seguito compresa nella raccolta intitolata “Palabras para Julia y otras canciones” pubblicata nel 1979 e dedicata all’amico Paco Ibáñez.
Fueron unas palabras
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Contributed by Bernart 2013/5/30 - 23:22
So Long, So Long
2013 (2005)
In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher
English
Italiano
Back in 2005, anarchist collective Chumbawumba pre-sold an EP called In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher which they would keep under wraps until the prime minister passed away. Since Thatcher did pass earlier this week, the band has delivered the EP and is also streaming the release online. Along with that, the band delivered a eulogy:
Let's make it clear: This is a cause to celebrate, to party, to stamp the dirt down. Tomorrow we can carry on shouting and writing and working and singing and striking against the successive governments that have so clearly followed Thatcher's Slash & Burn policies, none more so than the present lot. But for now, we can have a drink and a dance and propose a toast to the demise of someone who blighted so many people's lives for so long. If we must show a little reverence and decorum at this time,... (Continues)
In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher
English
Italiano
Back in 2005, anarchist collective Chumbawumba pre-sold an EP called In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher which they would keep under wraps until the prime minister passed away. Since Thatcher did pass earlier this week, the band has delivered the EP and is also streaming the release online. Along with that, the band delivered a eulogy:
Let's make it clear: This is a cause to celebrate, to party, to stamp the dirt down. Tomorrow we can carry on shouting and writing and working and singing and striking against the successive governments that have so clearly followed Thatcher's Slash & Burn policies, none more so than the present lot. But for now, we can have a drink and a dance and propose a toast to the demise of someone who blighted so many people's lives for so long. If we must show a little reverence and decorum at this time,... (Continues)
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
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(Continues)
Contributed by DoNQuijote82 2013/5/30 - 18:37
Song Itineraries:
Miss Maggie Thatcher
Smash Clause 28!
1988
"Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" is a 1988 single from anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba on their Agit Prop Records label. It is a benefit record for the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard and the Women's Reproductive Rights Campaign.
Clause 28, also known as Section 28, was a controversial bill proposed in the United Kingdom to curtail the promotion or acceptance of homosexuality. The Alton Bill was a set of laws designed to make abortion far more restrictive in the United Kingdom. As the song titles suggest, the members of Chumbawamba felt strongly that these movements were not in the best interest of the public.
On the record itself the band shout "Clause 29!", which was accurate at the time of recording. Soon after, the bill was changed to Clause 28.
"Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" is a 1988 single from anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba on their Agit Prop Records label. It is a benefit record for the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard and the Women's Reproductive Rights Campaign.
Clause 28, also known as Section 28, was a controversial bill proposed in the United Kingdom to curtail the promotion or acceptance of homosexuality. The Alton Bill was a set of laws designed to make abortion far more restrictive in the United Kingdom. As the song titles suggest, the members of Chumbawamba felt strongly that these movements were not in the best interest of the public.
On the record itself the band shout "Clause 29!", which was accurate at the time of recording. Soon after, the bill was changed to Clause 28.
Oscar wilde, oscar wilde, can you tell me where you've been?
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2013/5/30 - 13:36
Song Itineraries:
LGBTQIA+ community and homophobia: love against violence and prejudice
Universal Soldier
PASSION KILLERS "Whoopee! We're All Going To Die!" 7 inch EP '91
Passion Killers being then three members of Chumbawamba rush-releasing an anti-Gulf War single. There are four anti-war cover versions: Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die, Universal Soldier, Shipbuilding and Reuters
Here are the lyrics to two Passion Killers songs. The first one, Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die, is a very upbeat, party-type song, with lots of kazoo, whistles, whooping, yee-hawing, laughing, etc., in the background. The second one, Universal Soldier, has a more serious tone.
Passion Killers being then three members of Chumbawamba rush-releasing an anti-Gulf War single. There are four anti-war cover versions: Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die, Universal Soldier, Shipbuilding and Reuters
Here are the lyrics to two Passion Killers songs. The first one, Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die, is a very upbeat, party-type song, with lots of kazoo, whistles, whooping, yee-hawing, laughing, etc., in the background. The second one, Universal Soldier, has a more serious tone.
He's 5' 2" and he's 6' 4"
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2013/5/30 - 13:18
Hearts and Minds
[2007]
Lyrics by Jean Souter Bambrick
Music by Iain Scally
Hearts and Minds is a protest of a different sort. It's the observations of an ordinary bloke who happens to be a soldier. He's doing his job and duty in the unhealthy atmosphere of Iraq but can still look around him and see parallels between the folks getting on with their daily life despite the same unhealthy atmosphere and his own parents eking out an existence on a croft in Buchan.'
"A "single", featuring the words of a poem written by a friend, Jean Bambrick, a former journalist who tells the story of a Buchan loon writing home to his parents with his observations of the day to day existence of Iraqi families who are caught up in the conflict but just want to get on with their lives as best they can".
Hearts and Minds (A Buchan loon's Letter Home)
Lyrics by Jean Souter Bambrick
Music by Iain Scally
Hearts and Minds is a protest of a different sort. It's the observations of an ordinary bloke who happens to be a soldier. He's doing his job and duty in the unhealthy atmosphere of Iraq but can still look around him and see parallels between the folks getting on with their daily life despite the same unhealthy atmosphere and his own parents eking out an existence on a croft in Buchan.'
"A "single", featuring the words of a poem written by a friend, Jean Bambrick, a former journalist who tells the story of a Buchan loon writing home to his parents with his observations of the day to day existence of Iraqi families who are caught up in the conflict but just want to get on with their lives as best they can".
Hearts and Minds (A Buchan loon's Letter Home)
Dear Mither ah'm writin' –frae a place near Baghdad
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Contributed by giorgio 2013/5/30 - 13:05
Sleep
2013 (2005)
In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher
English
Italiano
Back in 2005, anarchist collective Chumbawumba pre-sold an EP called In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher which they would keep under wraps until the prime minister passed away. Since Thatcher did pass earlier this week, the band has delivered the EP and is also streaming the release online. Along with that, the band delivered a eulogy:
Let's make it clear: This is a cause to celebrate, to party, to stamp the dirt down. Tomorrow we can carry on shouting and writing and working and singing and striking against the successive governments that have so clearly followed Thatcher's Slash & Burn policies, none more so than the present lot. But for now, we can have a drink and a dance and propose a toast to the demise of someone who blighted so many people's lives for so long. If we must show a little reverence and decorum at this time,... (Continues)
In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher
English
Italiano
Back in 2005, anarchist collective Chumbawumba pre-sold an EP called In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher which they would keep under wraps until the prime minister passed away. Since Thatcher did pass earlier this week, the band has delivered the EP and is also streaming the release online. Along with that, the band delivered a eulogy:
Let's make it clear: This is a cause to celebrate, to party, to stamp the dirt down. Tomorrow we can carry on shouting and writing and working and singing and striking against the successive governments that have so clearly followed Thatcher's Slash & Burn policies, none more so than the present lot. But for now, we can have a drink and a dance and propose a toast to the demise of someone who blighted so many people's lives for so long. If we must show a little reverence and decorum at this time,... (Continues)
But how do kings and presidents, prime ministers and generals, and company chairmen sleep at night?
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2013/5/30 - 12:20
Song Itineraries:
Miss Maggie Thatcher
Another Brick In The Wall Part I
Parodia in Piemontese del gruppo folk-rock demeziale Farinei dla Brigna dall'album del 2000 sempri Farinei
Ehi Cicu
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2013/5/30 - 11:22
Calling Mumia
It was recorded under the alias of '100 Suns' and features on the soundtrack of the 2007 documentary 'In Prison My Whole Life' which revolves around the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
News first hit of this unusual collaboration between Massive Attack and American hip-hop star, Snoop Dogg, back in May 2007. The genesis of the song was from both artists being musically apart of the documentary film, ‘In Prison My Whole Life’.
In Massive Attack’s case, they had been commissioned (under the guise of 100 Suns, a name they have been using to disassociate certain film/advertising projects and collaborations like this one away from the Massive Attack name/brand) to pen the instrumental score for the film, while Snoop Dogg had already produced a song named after the film. From there, under the suggestion of the filmmakers, Snoop Dogg sent Massive Attack his vocals for Calling Mumia allowing them to get... (Continues)
News first hit of this unusual collaboration between Massive Attack and American hip-hop star, Snoop Dogg, back in May 2007. The genesis of the song was from both artists being musically apart of the documentary film, ‘In Prison My Whole Life’.
In Massive Attack’s case, they had been commissioned (under the guise of 100 Suns, a name they have been using to disassociate certain film/advertising projects and collaborations like this one away from the Massive Attack name/brand) to pen the instrumental score for the film, while Snoop Dogg had already produced a song named after the film. From there, under the suggestion of the filmmakers, Snoop Dogg sent Massive Attack his vocals for Calling Mumia allowing them to get... (Continues)
Just want to come up to pull me down
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2013/5/30 - 10:51
Plantation
1996
Popoli In Vendita
Featuring Laurel Aitken
Popoli In Vendita
Featuring Laurel Aitken
I don't wanna go back on Plantation
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2013/5/30 - 10:20
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
CIA
[2007]
Album: Year of the Crow
Album: Year of the Crow
Mama, Mama don't look now,
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Contributed by giorgio 2013/5/30 - 08:32
Storia dell'orso Bruno
[2011]
Dall’album “Profondo rosso”
Bruno era - giustamente - un orso bruno.
Il suo nome “scientifico” era “Orso JJ1” (cioè il primo figlio della coppia formata dalla femmina Jurka e dal maschio Joze).
Bruno era nato nel 2004 all’interno di un progetto italo-austro-sloveno che prevedeva di sperimentare e monitorare la reintroduzione di alcuni esemplari di Ursus arctos nel territorio della provincia di Trento.
Ma nella primavera del 2006 il giovane e focoso Bruno, svegliatosi molto affamato dal letargo invernale, sconfinò in Germania, nella Baviera, dove si diede molto da fare (anche se un po’ confusamente, data la giovane età ed irruenza) uccidendo qualche decina di pecore e capre.
Le autorità tedesche (c’era già quella “culona intrombabile” della Merkel) si dissero molto preoccupate mentre quelle italiane rivendicarono Bruno come proprietà dello Stato... L’orso, suo malgrado, si trovò... (Continues)
Dall’album “Profondo rosso”
Bruno era - giustamente - un orso bruno.
Il suo nome “scientifico” era “Orso JJ1” (cioè il primo figlio della coppia formata dalla femmina Jurka e dal maschio Joze).
Bruno era nato nel 2004 all’interno di un progetto italo-austro-sloveno che prevedeva di sperimentare e monitorare la reintroduzione di alcuni esemplari di Ursus arctos nel territorio della provincia di Trento.
Ma nella primavera del 2006 il giovane e focoso Bruno, svegliatosi molto affamato dal letargo invernale, sconfinò in Germania, nella Baviera, dove si diede molto da fare (anche se un po’ confusamente, data la giovane età ed irruenza) uccidendo qualche decina di pecore e capre.
Le autorità tedesche (c’era già quella “culona intrombabile” della Merkel) si dissero molto preoccupate mentre quelle italiane rivendicarono Bruno come proprietà dello Stato... L’orso, suo malgrado, si trovò... (Continues)
Questa dell'orso Bruno è la storia vera
(Continues)
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Contributed by Bernart 2013/5/29 - 23:32
Song Itineraries:
War against Animals
Vado all'incontrario
[2011]
Scritto da Duccio Ghelardi
Written by Duccio Ghelardi
Scritto da Duccio Ghelardi
Written by Duccio Ghelardi
Andare all'incontrario, ovvero rifiutare ogni tipo di apparenza assassina proposta, anzi no, imposta, dal capitalismo: questo vuole dirci Duccio Ghelardi in questo suo brano dove l'incontrario (viene a mente la direzione ostinata e contraria del suo amatissimo De André) ricorre addirittura al Che Guevara. Non un Che Guevara da magliette, però, ma una figura che mantiene completamente la sua valenza di ribellione e di ideali portati senza compromessi anche di fronte alla morte. E' ribellione allo stato puro quella che promana da questo e da pezzi come questo, una ribellione che, apparentemente informe, sta formando qualcosa con cui tutti dovremo fare i conti. [RV]
Per la strada prendi merda
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Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2013/5/29 - 22:59
Io non capisco
[2011]
Scritto da Duccio Ghelardi
Written by Duccio Ghelardi
Con Duccio Ghelardi, nato a Firenze nel 1992, siamo di fronte all'autentica crudezza del rap. Non quello che va in radio, non quello dei nomi più o meno celebri, ma la brutale forma espressiva dei ragazzi delle periferie di tutto il mondo, da Firenze a Baltimora, da Auckland a Freetown. La forma espressiva che spara ritmo sulla sintassi, la forma espressiva che getta sull'asfalto i sogni, le speranze e, soprattutto, la rabbia intera di una generazione.
In questo pezzo, Io non capisco, Duccio Ghelardi colpisce a alzo zero non tanto una generica "religione", quanto la "fede" stessa, intesa come insieme di vuoti rituali (quante volte ci chiediamo se il papa stesso creda in Dio?...) il cui unico fine è preparare all'obbedienza di regime e contribuire all'asservimento delle menti.
In questo quadro, anche le figure canoniche della... (Continues)
Scritto da Duccio Ghelardi
Written by Duccio Ghelardi
Con Duccio Ghelardi, nato a Firenze nel 1992, siamo di fronte all'autentica crudezza del rap. Non quello che va in radio, non quello dei nomi più o meno celebri, ma la brutale forma espressiva dei ragazzi delle periferie di tutto il mondo, da Firenze a Baltimora, da Auckland a Freetown. La forma espressiva che spara ritmo sulla sintassi, la forma espressiva che getta sull'asfalto i sogni, le speranze e, soprattutto, la rabbia intera di una generazione.
In questo pezzo, Io non capisco, Duccio Ghelardi colpisce a alzo zero non tanto una generica "religione", quanto la "fede" stessa, intesa come insieme di vuoti rituali (quante volte ci chiediamo se il papa stesso creda in Dio?...) il cui unico fine è preparare all'obbedienza di regime e contribuire all'asservimento delle menti.
In questo quadro, anche le figure canoniche della... (Continues)
Io non capisco la gente che campa con la fede
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Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2013/5/29 - 22:20
Song Itineraries:
Antiwar Anticlerical
AK-47
Una canzone sull’infanzia violata, abusata, uccisa...
Chissà se il giovane romano Niccolò è anche parente di Alex Zanotelli... E’ possibile, perchè il padre Mario, coautore del brano (e pure lui cantautore tra 70 e 80, con modesta fortuna), è originario del Trentino, come il padre comboniano che ha vissuto la sua missione tra lo slum di Korogocho, Nairobi, ed il rione Sanità, Napoli...
Avtomat Kalašnikova obrazca 1947 goda (dal russo Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года: fucile automatico Kalašnikov modello 1947), meglio noto come AK-47, è un fucile d'assalto realizzato appunto nel 1947 da Michail Timofeevič Kalašnikov, capo progettista dell’Armata Rossa sovietica.
La sua robustezza e semplicità hanno reso l’AK-47 un’arma popolare tra i combattenti di quei paesi del Terzo Mondo che arruolano bambini tra le loro fila...
“Il genio della violenza è fuggito dalla bottiglia”
(Alex Zanotelli, 2002)
Chissà se il giovane romano Niccolò è anche parente di Alex Zanotelli... E’ possibile, perchè il padre Mario, coautore del brano (e pure lui cantautore tra 70 e 80, con modesta fortuna), è originario del Trentino, come il padre comboniano che ha vissuto la sua missione tra lo slum di Korogocho, Nairobi, ed il rione Sanità, Napoli...
Avtomat Kalašnikova obrazca 1947 goda (dal russo Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года: fucile automatico Kalašnikov modello 1947), meglio noto come AK-47, è un fucile d'assalto realizzato appunto nel 1947 da Michail Timofeevič Kalašnikov, capo progettista dell’Armata Rossa sovietica.
La sua robustezza e semplicità hanno reso l’AK-47 un’arma popolare tra i combattenti di quei paesi del Terzo Mondo che arruolano bambini tra le loro fila...
“Il genio della violenza è fuggito dalla bottiglia”
(Alex Zanotelli, 2002)
[Raffiche di mitra e pianto di un bambino]
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Contributed by Bernart 2013/5/29 - 21:51
Franca Rame has died.
We want to remember her by including in this site Lo stupro (The Rape), a monologue she wrote in 1973 after she was raped by some fascists.
Not only in memory of a courageous, intelligent and combative woman. Not only this.
We want to remember her by including in this site Lo stupro (The Rape), a monologue she wrote in 1973 after she was raped by some fascists.
Not only in memory of a courageous, intelligent and combative woman. Not only this.
Riccardo Venturi 2013/5/29 - 12:28
A Margalida
«"A MARGALIDA”, CANCIÓN DE AMOR POR HABER AMADO»
por Fernando Lucini
«De entre el amplio repertorio de canciones que ha compuesto e interpretado Joan Isaac, sin duda, una de las que más me impactó desde siempre –y que aún sigo escuchando y disfrutando con frecuencia– es la titulada “A Margalida”; canción dedicada a Margalida Bover Vadell –amante de Salvador Puig Antich–, que Joan grabó, por primera vez, en su disco “Viure”, publicado en 1977.
Recuerdo a la perfección el primer día que escuché “A Margalida”. Resultó una experiencia muy emocionante. Joan, con aquella hermosa canción, consiguió provocarme una contradictoria sensación de indignación y de ternura.
Indignación por el hecho al que hacía referencia: No habían pasado muchos años –fue en 1974– que Franco, y la “gentuza” que le rodeaba, habían condenado a Salvador Puig Antich a la pena muerte, y le habían asesinado. Cruel... (Continues)
2013/5/29 - 10:49
Red Light Hypostrict
[2012]
Lyrics & Music by Evan Herzoff
A very dark song inspired by the extreme essence of greed, the culture of poverty, found most often in neighborhoods inhabited by college students, yuppies, hookers and crackheads - and that's ONE neighborhood...
"This is a song I wrote while I was down and out, couch surfing, and while spending too much time observing the cold realities of life in the red light districts of South Federal Blvd. and East Colfax Ave. in Denver, Colorado, the "Queen City".
Lyrics & Music by Evan Herzoff
A very dark song inspired by the extreme essence of greed, the culture of poverty, found most often in neighborhoods inhabited by college students, yuppies, hookers and crackheads - and that's ONE neighborhood...
"This is a song I wrote while I was down and out, couch surfing, and while spending too much time observing the cold realities of life in the red light districts of South Federal Blvd. and East Colfax Ave. in Denver, Colorado, the "Queen City".
Why can't they understand that a strip club is about the last place I wanna' hear the name Jesus
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Contributed by giorgio 2013/5/29 - 09:07
El adiós del soldado
los felicito a todos por intervenir en este importante debate, los amantes de la buena música y de las buenas letras nos ilustran personas que tienen una idea que por ahí han leído o que les han contado, así se van aclarando dudas y acrecentando nuestro acervo cultural. gracias a quienes intervinieron; muchas gracias!!!
Esperanza Solis Adame 2013/5/28 - 21:15
Dub Fi Mumia
"What does Jamal say about the murder officer Faulkner?"
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Contributed by DoNQuijote82 2013/5/28 - 17:41
Liberatelo
Liberatelo… quest'uomo non ha fatto niente
(Continues)
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2013/5/28 - 17:38
Dedica (A Silvia)
2001
Alla Rovescia
Alla Rovescia
Mura di cemento nascondono verità che non sai...
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Contributed by DoNQuijote82 2013/5/28 - 17:31
Song Itineraries:
From World Jails
Οι προσευχές των ναυτικών
Bellissimo , ma arapides in greco sarebbero i neri Africani, vedi anche il verso (oscillando )
Vassilis 2013/5/28 - 16:45
מיר לעבן אײביק
La trascrizione in caratteri latini.
Rispetto al testo originariamente inserito, la canzone è stata ascoltata con ridisposizione delle strofe e dei versi all'interno di esse. [RV]
MIR LEBN EYBIK
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Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2013/5/28 - 16:12
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