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Antonello Venditti - Roma Capoccia (Rome "Big Head")


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Old expression: Roma Caput Mundi (latin)....Meaning Rome head / capital of the world....Indeed a beautiful city

 

A dedication to his hometown

 

 

 

  

 

 

Saw him in concert in 1975 ( he was opener for jazz-rock band " Perigeo") 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

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonello_Venditti

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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 song ( one of his best imo) w great lyrics imo...One of my faves by Antonello

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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(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.

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School mate

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/compagno-di-scuola-school-mate.html

 

 

The noun "compagno"  means either mate, companion  and also comrade ( meaning a leftwing supporter...at that time it'd mean communist) ...In this song it just means school mate, course mate...But at one point in the end also comrade (compagno di niente....comrade of nothing)

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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.......There were terorist groups on both sides....Rightwing groups had a few times also the "aid" of the State  Secret Serices....Timeline : end of 60's, all 70's  until the beginning of the 80's...Then it finally stopped...But toll was high in terms of dead and seriously injured, 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 (1945), roughly......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In order to better understand the climate of those years......

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy)

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Antonello turned 70  in March 2019  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.......

 

 

This one is very well known...Surely one of his most famous songs

 

 

 

 

 

Sara wake up it's springtime,
S. it's seven 'o clock and you must Go to school,
S. take all the books and start the motor bike
then be careful, remember you're pregnant.
S If I had money I would bring you to the sea,
S if I had time I would make love with you everyday,
but S. I have to take my degree, and may be one day I'll marry you
may be in the church, where your mother is waiting in order to cry a little,
S. walk straight ,don't be ashamed,
let your friends talk, listen to me,
S. it was just love, even if you cannot seat at your desk. you are beautiful,
even if your dresses are tight.
S. while you were sleeping I heard him breath
S. while you were sleeping your heart was beating fast
S. you are no more alone, your love will be enough for him,
your baby, if you want him, will see the light.
Sara sara sara

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