un merlo canterino

francesco de gregori

1976, chicago

If you leave me now,
you’ll take away the biggest part of me.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
And if you leave me now,
you’ll take away the very heart of me.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
Oo, oo, oo, oh, I just want you to stay.
A love like ours is love that’s hard to find.
How could we let it slip away?
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind.
How could we end it all this way?
When tomorrow comes and we both regret
the things we said today.
A love like ours is love that’s hard to find.
How could we let it slip away?
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind.
How could we end it all this way?
When tomorrow comes and we both regret
the things we said today.
If you leave me now,
you’ll take away the biggest part of me.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
Oo, oo, girl, I’ve got to have you by my side.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
Oo, ah, ah, I’ve just got to have you, girl.
Oo, ah, ah, I’ve just got to have you, girl.

2006, cao hamburger

i mondiali del 1970 con la finale italia-brasile (mazzola tira il calcio d’inizio), un quartiere di san paolo - brasile - dove la comunità di ebrei si prende cura di un bambino e lo aiuta a diventare grande, l’impegno politico e la repressione: un film molto bello, da NON PERDERE, perché parla la lingua delle cose vere.

1960, otto preminger, sceneggiato dal grande dalton trumbo (johnny prese il fucile e papillon)

l’episodio sul re di danimarca, riportato da claudio fava, è raccontato in questo film da una ragazzina danese. ”in danimarca gli ebrei danesi morti durante l’occupazione nazista sono stati 48. Quando le leggi razziali sono arrivate sotto forma di ordinanza, il Re si è fatto cucire la stella di David sul cappotto ed ha sfilato per le strade di Copenaghen».

dire straits

Getting crazy on the waltzers but its life that choose
Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo
And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam
And I dont know Ill be tonight but Id always tell you where I am

In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light
She had a ticket for the race just like me she was a victim of the night
I put my hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll
I had the one arm bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul

And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above
And Im just high on the wold
Come on and take a low with ma girl
On the tunnel of love

Its just the danger when youre riding at your own risk
She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby lets keep it like this
Its just a cakewalk twisting baby step right up and say
Hey mister give me two give me two cos two can play

And the big wheel on turning neon burning up above
And Im just high on the world
Come on and take the low ride with me girl
On the tunnel or love

Well its been money for muscle another whirligig
Money for muscle another girl I dig
Another hustle just to make it big
And rockaway rockaway

And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids
Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids

She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this
She put her hand in my pocket I got a keepsake and a kiss
And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away
I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay

And the big wheel keep on turning neon up above
And Im high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love

And now Im searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades
In any shooting gallery where promises are made
To rockaway rockaway from cullercoats and whitley bat out to rockaway

And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids
Girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids

 dire straits

A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade
Laying everybody low with me a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it ?

Juliet says hey its romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack
Hes underneath the window shes singing hey la my boyfriends back
You shouldnt come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it ?

Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget the movie song
When you wanna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?

Come up on differents streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals ?

Where you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me think and thin
Now you just says oh romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above Ill love you till I die
Theres a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?

I cant do the talk like they talk on tv
And I cant do a love song like the way its meant to be
I cant do everything but Id do anything for you
I cant do anything except be in love with you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All do is keep the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Julie Id do the stars with you any time

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above Ill love you till I die
Theres a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?

A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade
Laying everybody low with me a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it ?

nel 1955, in alabama, i “bianchi” si uniscono ai “neri”, guidati da rosa parks,  nel boicottaggio dei bus contro la segregazione 

nel 1963 j.f. kennedy, a berlino, davanti alla porta di brandeburgo - al muro - dice “siamo tutti berlinesi”

claudio fava:  “in danimarca gli ebrei danesi morti durante l’occupazione nazista sono stati 48. Quando le leggi razziali sono arrivate sotto forma di ordinanza, il Re si è fatto cucire la stella di David sul cappotto ed ha sfilato per le strade di Copenaghen».

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2008, luca del re

la guerra tra libano e israele del luglio 2006, raccontata da un inviato che testimonia i fatti drammatici con la rabbia di un ebreo che si sente tradito dal suo paese. Alla fine della guerra, durata poco più di un mese, tra le circa 200 vttime c’è uri grossmann, il figlio di david grossmann.  

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