umbertino Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 (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 January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 It'd take a friend https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Antonello-Venditti/Ci-vorrebbe-un-amico/translation/english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 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) Edited January 20, 2022 by umbertino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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