lunedì 31 dicembre 2012

Ci vediamo dall'altra parte

Sono il maggiordomo del signorino Derek. Qui è tutto pronto per la festa, e lui è impegnato nel salone delle feste... quelle fotomodelle non lo lasciano respirare un attimo,sapete com'è. Ma mi ha detto di dirvi "Ci vediamo dall'altra parte", e di farvi i più sinceri auguri di buon anno.



Dire Straits - My parties - 1991  
Well this is my back yard - my back gate
I hate to start my parties late
here's the party cart - ain't that great?
that ain't the best part baby - just wait
that a genuine weathervane - it moves with the breeze
portable hammok baby - who needs trees
it's casual entertaining - we aim to please
at my parties

check out the shingles - it's brand new
excuse me while I mingle - hi, how are you
hey everybody - let me give you a toast
this one's for me - the host with the most

it's getting a trifle colder - step inside my home
that's a brass toilet tissue holder with its own telephone
that's a musical doorbell - it don't ring, I ain't kiddin'
it plays america the beautiful and tie a yellow ribbon

boy, this punch is a trip - it's o.k. in my book
here, take a sip - maybe a little heavy on the fruit
ah, here comes the dip - you may kiss the cook
let me show you honey - it's easy - look
you take a fork and spike 'em - say, did you try these?
so glad you like 'em - the secret's in the cheese
it's casual entertaining - we aim to please
at my parties

now don't talk to me about the polar bear
don't talk to me about the ozone layer
ain't much of anything these days, even the air
they're running out of rhinos - what do I care?
let's hear it for the dolphin - let's hear it for the trees
ain't running out of nothing in my deep freeze
it's casual entertaining - we aim to please
at my parties

domenica 23 dicembre 2012

Joys of christmas (1987)

Ben Nevis (Gaelic: Beinn Nibheis) - Scotland - Fort William

I ricordi, le sensazioni e le immagini che questa canzone riesce a far vibrare in me ogni volta che l'ascolto, vanno molto al di la del mero significato letterale del titolo... e ogni volta mi stupisco della potenza dell'effetto madeleine di una canzone, di un profumo, del colore della luce in certi momenti della giornata.

Joys of Christmas (northern style) - Chris Rea - 1987


I see all the tough guys still not 25
Dying on their feet
Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes
And still out on the street
Well, they got no money, nowhere to go
Fathers of 2, 3 maybe 4, what are they gonna do
Jimmy got a busted mouth in a fight last night
He says he's OK
Going down to the workies club (that's a laugh)
To buy something strong and take the pain away

Joys of Christmas
Joys of Christmas
Northern style

Flashing Christmas light of police blue
Go spinning down the street
Women try to drag the men from pubs
Into the stores
And work hands in empty pockets deep
We stand outside the neon ice and wish ourselves the best
He says he's OK, out of work and fighting
Is all he's ever known
And laughs and says I worry too much anyway

Joys of Christmas
Joys of Christmas
Northern style
Let's drink to the likes of Jim
Before we all go insane
And please don't ask me why
It'll take too long to explain
Joys of Christmas