Monthly Archives: April 2008

The Evpatoria Report

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Me llaman calle  
pisando baldoza  
la revoltosa y tan perdida  
me llaman calle  
calle de noche  
calle de día  
me llaman calle  
voy tan cansada  
voy tan vacia  
como maquinita por la gran ciudad  
me llaman calle  
me subo a tu coche  
me llaman calle  
debo alegria  
calle cansada, calle dolida  
de tanto amar  
voy calle abajo  
voy calle arriba  
no me rebajo  
ni por la vida  
me llaman calle  
y ese es mi orgullo  
yo se que un dia llegara  
yo se que un dia  
vendra mi suerte  
un dia me vendrá a buscar  
a la salida un hombre bueno  
dando la vida y sin pagar  
mi corazon no es de alquilar  
me llaman calle (x2)  
calle sufrida, calle tristeza  
de tanto amar  Canciones de Manu Chao
me llaman calle  
calle mas calle  
me llaman calle la sin fututo  
me llaman calle la sin salida  
me llaman calle  
calle más calle  
la de mujeres de la vida  
sube pa abajo  
baja pa arriba  
como maquinita  
por la gran ciudad  
 
me llaman calle (x2)  
calle sufrida,  
calle tristeza  
de tanto amar  
 
me llaman calle  
calle más calle  
me llaman siempre y  
a cualquier hora  
me llaman guapa  
siempre a deshora  
me llaman puta  
tambien princesa  
me llaman calle  
es mi nobleza  
me llaman calle  
calle sufrida, calle perdida  
de tanto amar  
 
me llaman calle, me llaman calle  
calle sufrida, calle tristeza de tanto amar

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Portishead and their website

Please could you stay awhile to share my grief,
For it’s such a lovely day,
To have to always feel this way,
And the time that I will suffer less,
Is when I never have to wake.

Wandering stars,
For whom it is reserved,
The blackness of darkness, forever,
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness of darkness, forever.

Those who have seen the needles eye, now tread,
Like a husk, from which all that was now has fled,
And the masks, that the monsters wear,
To feed, upon their prey.

Wandering stars,
For whom it is reserved,
The blackness of darkness, forever,
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness of darkness, forever.

Doubled up inside,
Take awhile to shed my grief,
Always doubled up inside,
Taunted, cruel.

Wandering stars,
For whom it is reserved,
The blackness the darkness, forever,
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness, the darkness, forever.

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She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said don’t mind, but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
She said I am the one, who will dance on the floor in the round

She told me her name was Billie Jean, as she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round

People always told me be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls’ hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do ’cause the lie becomes the truth

Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

For forty days and for forty nights
The law was on her side
But who can stand when she’s in demand
Her schemes and plans
‘Cause we danced on the floor in the round
So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice
(Do think twice)

She told my baby we’d danced till three, then she looked at me
Then showed a photo my baby cried his eyes were like mine (oh, no!)
‘Cause we danced on the floor in the round, baby

People always told me be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls’ hearts
She came and stood right by me
Then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room

Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son

Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
She says I am the one

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said don’t mind, but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
She said I am the one, who will dance on the floor in the round

She told me her name was Billie Jean, as she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round

People always told me be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls’ hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do ’cause the lie becomes the truth

Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

For forty days and for forty nights
The law was on her side
But who can stand when she’s in demand
Her schemes and plans
‘Cause we danced on the floor in the round
So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice
(Do think twice)

She told my baby we’d danced till three, then she looked at me
Then showed a photo my baby cried his eyes were like mine (oh, no!)
‘Cause we danced on the floor in the round, baby

People always told me be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls’ hearts
She came and stood right by me
Then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room

Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
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    Tori Amos and her website

    Every finger in the room is pointing at me
    I wanna spit in their faces
    Then I get afraid of what that could bring
    I got a bowling ball in my stomach
    I got a desert in my mouth
    Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now
    I’ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
    looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
    I’ve been raising up my hands
    Drive another nail in
    Just what God needs
    One more victim

    Why do we
    Crucify ourselves
    Every day
    I crucify myself
    Nothing I do is good enough for you
    I crucify myself
    Every day I crucify myself
    And my heart is sick of being in chains

    I got a kick for a dog
    Beggin’ for Love
    I gotta have my suffering
    So that I can have my cross
    I know a cat named Easter
    He says will you ever learn
    You’re just an empty cage girl
    If you kill the bird
    I’ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
    looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
    I’ve been raising up my hands
    Drive another nail in
    Got enough guilt to start
    my own religion

    Why do we crucify ourselves every day I crucify myself nothing I do is good enough for you I crucify myself every day I crucify myself
    And my heart is sick of being in chains

    Please be save me I cry

    Looking for a savior in these dirty streets looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets

    I have been raising up my hands drive another nail in where’s the angel when you need him

    Why do we crucify ourselves every day I crucify myself and nothing I do is good for you and every day I crucify myself and my heart is sick of being in chains

    I’ll never go back again to crucify myself again

    Never go back again to crucify myself every day

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Velvet Underground

Shiny shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl child in the dark
Comes in bells, my servant don’t forsake him
Strike dear mistress and cure his heart

Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn, imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colours made of tears

Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue her thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike dear mistress and cure his heart

Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now bleed for me

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colours made of tears

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl child in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don’t forsake him
Strike dear mistress and cure his heart

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Questa canzone degli Afterhours è dedicata a quelli che, per usare una metafora, sono opportunisti. 

L’autista che ti guida ha una sola mano,
ma vede ciò che credi invisibile.
Nel tuo piccolo mondo fra piccole iene
anche il sole sorge solo se conviene.
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene,
mia piccola iena, solo se conviene.
L’amore rende soli!.. ma è ben più doloroso
se per nemici e amici non sei più pericoloso.
La testa è così piena che non pensi più..
Ti si aprono le gambe oppure le hai aperte tu? Aiutami a trovare qualcosa di pulito!
Uccidi ma non vuoi morire,
uccidi ma non vuoi morire.
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene.
La mia piccola iena, solo se conviene.
Non puoi scordare dove son state le tue labbra; sai già come sarà, ma non sai più chi sei…
La testa è così piena non riesci più a pensare che anche senza te si possa ancora respirare!
Quello che hai appena fatto ti ha fatto stare meglio!
Ti uccide e poi non vuoi morire, uccidi ma non vuoi morire!
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene.
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene.
La mia piccola iena solo se conviene…

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Marguerite Duras, India Song, La donna del Gange, Oscar Mondadori, pag. 220

Il mare qui a S. Thala. Fresco, battente.

Il film ricomincia in quest’occidente di osso bianco, S. Thalassa. Gabbiani dell’Atlantico del Nord. Interminabile proiettarsi di gabbiani del mare. Affamati, vorticano sopra la schiuma, gridano.

Le Voci tornano, escono dal buco, sorde, come anestetizzate.

VOCE 1 Da qualche parte la vita continua?

VOCE 2 (pausa). Si.

Il mare, ma disteso. Il giorno, ma grigio.

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Pink Floyd - The official website

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