Nico Fidenco (nome artistico Domenico Colarossi;
nato il 24 gennaio 1933 a Roma) è un
cantante e compositore di colonne sonore di film italiano che ha ottenuto una
notevole popolarità dal 1960 in poi con l'uscita della canzone "What a
sky" (italiano: "Su nel cielo") , tratto dal film Silver Spoon Setdi Francesco Maselli. Autodidatta
in musica, Fidenco ha realizzato alcune coverdelle canzoni dei titoli dei film per il mercato italiano. Con la
canzone "Legata a un granello di sabbia", è stato il primo cantante
italiano a vendere un milione di copie di un singolo. Questo interesse per il
cinema lo ha portato ad essere un prolifico compositore di colonne sonore,
incluse colonne sonore per western e molti film di Joe D'Amato.
Io non ti conoscevo
ed era buia.
La vita passata
lontano dal tuo amor.
Finché sulla mia strada t'ho incontrata,
e una luce infinita è
entrata nel mio cuor.
Per una volta che ho udito la tua voce—
che ho stretto la tua
mano, non so scordarti più.
Non te ne andare, lasciami il tuo sorriso—
lascia che questo
giorno finisca accanto a te.
Il velo della notte lentamente si schiude—
le stelle si spengono
lassù.
E nasce sulla terra
un nuovo giorno
ma il sole non brilla
se non ci sei più tu.
Non te ne andare, lasciami il tuo sorriso—
lascia che questo
giorno finisca accanto a te.
Per una volta—
per una volta—
per una volta—
per una volta...
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
THE EAGLES
SONGWRITERS: DON
HENLEY; GLENN FREY & JOE WALSH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: HOTEL
CALIFOORNIA
LABEL: ASYLUM
RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL
YEAR: 1976
The Eagles are an American rockband formed in
Los Angeles in 1971. The founding members were Glenn Frey(guitars,
vocals), Don Henley(drums,
vocals), Bernie Leadon(guitars, vocals) and Randy Meisner(bass guitar, vocals). With five number-one singles, six number-one
albums, six Grammy Awards, and
five American
Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most
successful musical acts of the 1970s. Their albums Their
Greatest Hits (1971–1975)and Hotel
Californiarank first and third, respectively,
among the best-selling albums in the United States,
with 38million and 26million album unitsin sales. The Eagles are one of the world's
best-selling bands, having sold more than 150million
records, including 100 million sold in U.S alone. They were ranked nº 75 on Rolling Stone's 2004
list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Their debut album, Eagles(1972), spawned
three top 40singles: "Take It Easy",
"Witchy Woman",
and "Peaceful Easy
Feeling". Desperado(1973) was less successful, only reaching number 41 on the charts;
neither of its singles reached the top 40. However, its songs "Desperado"
and "Tequila
Sunrise" became two of the band's most popular
tracks. On the Border(1974) added guitarist Don Felderand produced two top 40 singles: "Already Gone"
and the Eagles' first number one, "Best of My
Love".
Their 1975 album One of These
Nightsincluded three top 10 singles:
"One of These
Nights", "Lyin' Eyes",
and "Take It to the
Limit", the first hitting the top of the
charts. Guitarist and vocalista Joe Walshalso joined the band in 1975, replacing Leadon. The Eagles continued
that success and hit their commercial peak in late 1976 with the release of Hotel
California, which would go on to sell more
than 26 million copies in the U.S. alone and more than 42 million copies
worldwide. The album
yielded two number-one singles, "New Kid in
Town" and "Hotel
California". Meisner left the band in 1977 and
was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit. They
released their last studio album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with The Long Run,
which spawned three top 10 singles: "Heartache Tonight",
"The Long Run",
and "I Can't Tell
You Why", the lead single being another
chart-topping hit.
The Eagles broke up in July 1980 but reunited
in 1994 for the álbum Hell Freezes Over, a mix
of live and new studio tracks. They toured consistently and were inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Famein 1998. In 2007, the Eagles
released Long Road Out
of Eden, their first full studio album in 28 years
and their sixth number-one album. The next year they launched the Long Road Out
of Eden Tourin support of the album. In 2013,
they began the extended History of the Eagles Tourin conjunction with the band's documentary release, History of
the Eagles.
Following Glenn Frey's death in January 2016
and a one-year hiatus, the Eagles re-formed in 2017, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gillsharing
lead vocals for Frey's songs.
"Life in the Fast Lane" is a song
written by Joe Walsh, Glenn Freyand Don Henleyand
recorded by the American rock band the Eagleson their 1976
studio album Hotel
California. It was the third single
released from this album, and peaked at Nº. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He was a hard-headed
man
He was brutally handsome, and she was teminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransome in the heart
of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were
good in bed
She'd say, 'Faster,faster. The lights are turnin' red."
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind, mm
Are you with me so far?
Eager for action and bot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took
all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race
Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired
to fight about it
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lse your mind
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, uh huh
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign,
took a turn for the worst.
She said, "Listen, baby.You can hear the engine
ring.We've been up and down this highway;
haven't seen a goddam thing."
He said,"Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash."
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around
and got lost
They didn't know they were just dyin' to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
BLACK
PEARL
JAM
SONGWRITERS: EDDIE
VEDDER & STONE GOSSARD
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TEN
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: GRUNGE
YEAR: 1991
Pearl Jam is an American rockband formed in
1990 in Seattle, Washington.
The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament(bass guitar), Stone Gossard(rhythm guitar), Mike McCready(lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder(lead vocals, guitar), as well as Matt Cameron(drums),
who joined in 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gasparhas also been a touring/session member with the band since 2002.
Drummers Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, and Dave Abbruzzeseare former members of the band.
Formed after the demise of Gossard and
Ament's previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl
Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten,
in 1991. One of the key bands in the grungemovement of the early 1990s, its members often shunned popular music
industry practices such as making music videos or giving interviews. The band
also sued Ticketmaster,
claiming it had monopolized the concert-ticket market. In 2006, Rolling Stonedescribed the band as having "spent much of the past decade
deliberately tearing apart their own fame."
The band sold nearly 32 million albums in the
United States by 2012, and by 2018, they had sold more than 85 million albums
worldwide. Pearl Jam outsold many of its contemporary alternative rock bands
from the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of
the decade. AllMusiceditor Stephen
Thomas Erlewinereferred to Pearl Jam as
"the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s". Pearl
Jam was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fameon April 7, 2017, in its first year
of eligibility. They were ranked at no. 8 in a reader poll by Rolling Stonemagazine in its "Top Ten Live Acts of All Time" issue.
"Black" is a songby the American
rockband Pearl Jam. The
song is the fifth track on the band's debut album, Ten(1991). Featuring lyrics written by vocalista Eddie Vedderand
music written by guitarist Stone Gossard.
After Ten became a commercial success in
1992, Pearl Jam's record label Epic Recordsurged the group to release the song as a single. The band refused, citing the
song's personal nature. Despite the lack of a commercial
single release, the song managed to reach number three on the BillboardMainstream
Rock Trackschart. Remixed versions of the song
were included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror, and the
2009 Ten reissue. It
has gone on to become one of the band's most popular songs, as well as a fan
favorite.
The song originated as an instrumental demo
under the name "E Ballad" that was written by guitarist Stone Gossardin 1990. It was one of five songs compiled onto a tape called Stone
Gossard Demos '91 that was circulated in the hopes of finding a singer and
drummer for Pearl Jam. The tape made its way into the hands of vocalist Eddie Vedder, who was
working as a San Diegogas stationattendant
at the time. Vedder
recorded vocals for three of the songs on the demo tape ("Alive", "Once", and "Footsteps"),
and mailed the tape back to Seattle. Upon hearing the tape, the band invited
Vedder to come to Seattle. On his way to Seattle, Vedder wrote lyrics for
"E Ballad", which he called "Black".
Sheets of empty
canvas
Untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me
As her body once did
All five horizons
Revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed
Has taken a turn
Oh, and all I taught
her was everything
Oh, I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter
hands
Chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have
All been washed in black
Tattooed everything
I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter
So, why do I sear?
Oh, and twisted
thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can drop away?
And now my bitter
hands
Cradle broken glass
Of what was everything
All the pictures have
All been washed in black
Tattooed everything
All the love gone bad
Turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see
All that I am
All that I'll be, yeah
I know someday you'll
have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why? Why? Why
Can't it be, oh, can't it be mine?
CREEP
RADIOHEAD
SONGWRITERS: ALBERT
HAMMOND; MIKE HAZLEWOOD & RADIOHEAD
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM: PABLO HONEY
LABEL: PARLOPHONE RECORDS
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK
YEAR: 1992
Radiohead are an English rockband formed in Abingdon,
Oxfordshire, in
1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke(vocals,
guitar, piano, keyboards), brothers Jonny Greenwood(lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood(bass), Ed O'Brien(guitar, backing vocals) and Philip Selway(drums, percussion). They have worked with producer Nigel Godrichand cover artist Stanley Donwoodsince 1994. Drawing influence from varied genres, Radiohead's experimentalapproach to rock has been credited for advancing the sound of alternative rock.
After signing to EMIin 1991,
Radiohead released their debut single "Creep"
in 1992. It became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey(1993).
Their popularity and critical standing rose in the United Kingdom with the
release of their second album, The Bends(1995). Radiohead's third album, OK Computer(1997),
brought them international fame; noted for its complex production and themes of
modern alienation, it is
often acclaimed as a landmark record of the Generation Xera. Kid A(2000) marked a
dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music, jazz, 20th-century
classical musicand krautrock. Though Kid
A divided listeners, it was hailed as the best album of the decade by several
publications. It was followed by Amnesiac(2001), recorded in the same sessions.
Hail to the Thief(2003) fused rock and electronic music with lyrics inspired by
the War on Terror, and was
Radiohead's final album for EMI. Their subsequent releases have pioneered
alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-wantand BitTorrent;
Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows(2007), as a downloadfor which customers could set their own price, to critical and chart
success. Their eighth album, The King of Limbs(2011), an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive loopingand sampling. A Moon Shaped Pool(2016) prominently featured Jonny Greenwood's orchestralarrangements.
Jonny
Greenwood, Yorke, Selway, and O'Brien have released solo albums.
As of 2011, Radiohead have sold more than 30
million albums worldwide. Their awardsinclude six Grammy Awardsand four Ivor Novello
Awards. Rolling Stonenamed them one of the 100 greatest artists of all timeand Rolling Stone readers voted them the second-best artist of the
2000s. Five of their albums have been nominated for the Mercury Prize, making
them the most nominated act in the prize's history. They were inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Famein 2019.
"Creep" is the debut single by
English alternative rockband Radiohead,
released on 21 September 1992. It appeared on their debut studio album, Pablo Honey
(1993). "Creep" was not initially a chart success, but it became a
worldwide hit after being re-released in 1993. Radiohead
took elements from the Hollies' 1972
song "The Air That
I Breathe"; following legal action, Albert Hammondand Mike Hazlewoodare credited as cowriters.
"Creep"
remains Radiohead's most successful single. The members of Radiohead grew weary
of the song in later years and refused to perform it for some time.