Pino Daniele (RIP) - I Say I' Sto Cca' ( I say I'm staying here)

[umbertino]

 

 

Saw him in 1981....Great concert ( with percussionist Toni Esposito,  saxophone player James Senese-RIP of  band "Napoli Centrale" , drummer Tullio De Piscopo)

plus:

RIP Rino Zurzolo - bass

RIP Joe Amoruso - keyboards

 

 

Before starting a solo career Pino played bass for awhile with band Napoli Centrale  ( right after their 1st album)

 

Died in Jan. 2015...A huge loss for Italian music...He was only 59

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

I say I'm staying here
II get drunk and what can I do
head is spinning but I want to talk'
I say I'm staying here
 sadness goes away
 wine goes down but then it will end

 

I will move
Touching what I do not have
I will smileГІ
Weeping perhaps a bit '
But I do all by myself
 and I get drunk so that I won't see
But I know that I'll make mistakes

I feel at war  and the rest I do not know.

I say I'm staying here
 fear goes away
And if I get asleep on the floor do not wake me up
I say I'm staying here
sometimes it needs to be done
for all the confusion  that goes on here

 I'll move etc.

[umbertino]

 

 

I Stand Beside You 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/je-sto-vicino-te-im-stay-near-you.html

[umbertino]

 

 

I'm crazy / mad

 

 

 

 

 

I'm mad, mad
and I want to be who I want
get out from my house
I'm mad, mad
I have people waiting for me
and sorry but I'm in a hurry
Do not tell me that I am always right
I know that I am a failure
In my life I want to live at least one day as a lion
and this time Government shouldn't condemn me
as I'm mad
and today I want to talk.

I'm mad, mad
if I lose my temper
I put all of you face the wall
I'm mad, mad
And who does say that a black-skinned Masaniello
is not beautiful?
and I am not handicapped
And I took the grades too
and I painted this face black just to be noticed
Masaniello has grown up
Masaniello is back

I'm mad, mad
so, don't piss us off! ( it's  way more strong than that really... do not crush our cxxx)

 

 

Translator's comment:

Masaniello (nickname for Tommaso Aniello) (1622 – July 16, 1647) was a Neapolitan fisherman, who became leader of the revolt against Spanish Habsburg's rule in Naples in 1647. He has become a symbol of civil disobedience and indocility

 

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

[umbertino]

 

 

Beautiful.....

 

Night ( which is passing, leaving...)

 

 

 

 

 

Translation (incomplete)

 

 

https://songstranslation.com/pino-daniele/notte-che-se-ne-va/

 

[umbertino]

 

 

Whenever it rains (sung in  neapolitan dialect...It rains is Piove in proper Italian...Chiove in Neapolitan dialect...When, whenever is Quando in proper Italian....Quanno in Neapolitan dialect....Those are almost similar....Other words are totally different in Neapolitan dialect...Difficult to understand to other Italians non-Neapolitan like myself...)

 

Most songs he sings in Neapolitan dialect....

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/quanno-chiove-when-it-rains.html

[umbertino]

 

 

Naples is .....

 

A dedication to his hometown ( a city still full of problems unfortunately....but beautiful and vibrant...with great People.....  made strong due to all difficulties....past and present....The Pizza Capital of the world...Pizza was born there about 300 years ago....)

 

Such good music & lyrics imo....Moving.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original Neapolitan lyrics / English translation /  Proper italian

 

Napule è mille culure / Napoli is a thousand colours = Napoli è migliaia di colori

Napule è mille paure Napule / Napoli is a thousand fears = Napoli è mille paure

è a voce de' criature / it's the children's voices= è la voce dei bambini

che saglie chianu chianu e / that slowly rise = che piano piano salgono

tu sai ca nun si sulo. / and so you know you're not alone = e così tu sai che non sei solo

 

Napule è nu sole amaro / Napoli is a bitter sun= Napoli è un sole amaro

Napule è addore 'e mare / Napoli is the smell of the sea = Napoli è l'odore del mare

Napule è 'na carta sporca / Napoli is a dirty paper = Napoli è una carta sporca

e nisciuno se ne importa e / that no one cares about = ed a nessuno gliene importa

ognuno aspetta a' ciorta. / and everyone is waiting for fortune = e ognuno aspetta la fortuna

 

Napule è 'na camminata / Napoli is a walk = Napoli è una passeggiata

inte viche miezo all'ate / in the alleys among the people = nei vicoli tra la gente

Napule è tutto 'nu suonno / Napoli is a dream = Napoli è un sogno

e 'a sape tutto o' munno ma / and it's known by the whole world, but = e questo è saputo da tutto il mondo

nun sanno a verità. / they don't know the truth = ma loro non sanno la verità

 

 

 

 

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

[umbertino]

 

 

Yes I Know My Way

 

Live in Piazza (square) Plebiscito, heart of downtown Naples

 

Pino  was already very ill ( heart problem...had surgery in the US a few years before his death) at the time of this concert.. Had also eye-sight issues.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/yes-i-know-my-way-yes-i-know-my-way.html

 

 

Saxophone player is James Senese-RIP of "Napoli Centrale"

 

Percussionist is Toni Esposito ( played w Alan Sorrenti, Perigeo, etc)

 

Drummer is Tullio De Piscopo

 

RIP Rino Zurzolo - bass

 

Keyboardist : Joe Amoruso-RIP

 

Saw this same great lineup in 1981