umbertino Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 (edited) Old expression: Roma Caput Mundi (latin)....Meaning Rome Capital of the world....Indeed a beautiful city A dedication to his hometown Saw him in concert in 1975 and then again in 1976 ( Sung in Roman dialect which is very similar to proper Italian unlike other Italian dialects) How beautiful you are oh Rome in the evenings when the moon reflects itself inside the big fountain and the couples desert the streets How beautiful you are oh Rome when it rains How great you are oh Rome when it’s dusk and the orange turns red on top of your seven hills and the windows are like numerous eyes that seem to tell you: how beautiful you are! Today it feels like if time had stopped here I see the majesty of the Colosseum I see the sanctity of the big Dome and I am more alive and I am better no, I’ll never leave you Rome, head of this infamous world a carriage drives away two foreigners a second-hand dealer asks you if you’ve got some rags the bedraggled sparrows are nightingales I was born in Rome I discovered you this morning Edited March 5, 2019 by umbertino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Flowers Field A famous square in Rome which became extremely popular in the last 30-40 years as one of the main gathering places for young people Philosopher Giordano Bruno statue in the center of square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno Beautiful imo Was finally able to find a translation ...Not the best...Still acceptable Flowers field I do not run anymore with yesterday's friends Time has already defeated The shadows of an age And the loves the loves are they really true And I'm not scared anymore Of freedom Your children They grow well They always steal But they never betray Never, oh never Flowers field I do not run anymore On the streets of yesterday Time has already defeated Dad's money And the matches this time are they really true And now I'm a little scared Of freedom Your children They grow well They always steal But they never betray Never, oh never They always steal But they never betray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 (Born) Under the Pisces sign Do you remember that road It was me and you And the people were running And crying with us All I want, I thought, is only love And unity for us cos we deserve another life more just and free if you will Hurry love, hurry do not be afraid. You asked me "what you need?" A house you've got You have a woman, a family That gets you out of trouble But all I want, I thought, is only love And unity for us Cos we deserve another life more just and free if you will Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces. And rock music would pass slowly On our discussions Eighteen years are so few to promise ourselves the future But all I want, I said, is only love And unity for us cos we deserve another life Violent and tender if you will Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces. Marina has gone away Today she's a school teacher Lives badly, is unsatisfied And she understands because she's lonely But all she looks for and wants is only love And unity for us cos we deserve another life Violent and tender if you will Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces. Giovanni is an engineer works in a radio station He burned his graduation papers He lives just by words But all he looks for and wants is only love And unity for us bonded together in a free fate Violent and tender if you will Children of an old song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Hi Man Talking about an inter-galactic journey...One of his first songs in 1972 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Heroes square ( a real square in Rome ) Talks about a period in which Politics in Italy was so much polarized between far left and far right to the point of many acts of violence ( attacks and killings...even terrorism on both sides, unfortunately) among young People.......Timeline : 70's through the 80's...Then it stopped...But toll was high in terms of dead and wounded, some permanently..... In the song he basically says that he ( a leftist, at least at the time) doesn't want to go through the Heroes square area anymore as it is so full of fascist (black) writings everywhere and then he makes his considerations about it all....Italy had gotten rid of fascism only 25 years before, roughly...... In order to understand the climate of those years...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) Antonello turned 70 the other day and he celebrated with a great concert in Rome ( his hometown) with lots of people, where he went through all his music career singing so many of his songs...... Italians love him but Romans do so in a very special way ( either cos he's a good singer / song writer and also as he's from Rome himself ...and finally also cos he many years ago dedicated a song to the "Roma" (Rome) soccer team of which he is a fan....... I did see him twice ( both times when he got to Trento....1975 and 1976) Edited March 10, 2019 by umbertino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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