Reading the referers of this website, I found that someone reached it querying a search engine for
Text to Albachiara
As I previously wrote, I think that “Albachiara” (Bright dawn in English) is one of the best Italian songs of all times.
The lyric was written by Vasco Rossi, one of our most important singers and songwriters: it describes a fictional girl (Vasco got his inspiration from a real girl he used to see on the bus going to school). I am neither a translator nor a poet so… (warning!) I translated the lyric trying to save the meaning but of course the rhythm has gone.
Bright dawn
You softly breathe avoiding noise, you fall asleep in the evening and awaken with the sun.
You are brigth like dawn, you are fresh like air.
You turn red when someone looks at you and you are fantastic when you are lost in thought about your problems.
You lazily get dressed, you never put on something to attract attention or to get winked at.
With your clean face, you walk on the street eating an apple while carrying your school books. You like to study, you don’t have to be ashamed about that.
When you look with your big eyes, perhaps they are too honest ’cause, through them, your thoughts and dreams can be seen.
Sometimes you have strange thoughts… you lightly touch yourself with your hand, you alone in the room and the whole world outside.
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After listening to it many times and with the invaluable help of my friends Vivien and David, I’ve transcribed here the lyric of Time Piece, a song I previously wrote about: I think it is accurate enough to be published. Moreover, I noticed that the “intro” of the tape of “Joey”, on a well known bootleg, is just the beginning of “Time Piece”!
Comments and corrections are very welcome.
Time Piece - Nick Drake (Family Tree and, previously, partially on two well known bootlegs)
Still it’s time that grows in my brain.
Still it’s time that calls me here.
Still I scream the time it takes.
Still I cringe from time’s strokes.
Still I groan from time’s loves.
But still I’ll try for time perhaps.
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Reading the referers of this website, I found that someone reached it querying a search engine for
Top ten Italian songs of all times
It is rather hard to draft such a list… anyhow this one is a good candidate (even though it contains twelve songs because I wasn’t able to discard two of them).
- 4 Marzo 1943 - Lucio Dalla
- Albachiara - Vasco Rossi
- Azzurro - Adriano Celentano
- Caruso - Lucio Dalla
- Emozioni - Lucio Battisti
- Gloria - Umberto Tozzi
- La canzone del sole - Lucio Battisti
- Nel blu dipinto di blu - Domenico Modugno
- Questo piccolo grande amore - Claudio Baglioni
- Strada facendo - Claudio Baglioni
- Ti amo - Umberto Tozzi
- Vita spericolata - Vasco Rossi
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