VA PENSIERO

ZUCCHERO SUGAR FORNACIARI
COMPOSITORI: GIUSEPPI VERDI & MINO VERGNAGHI
PAESE: ITALIA
ALBUM: ONE WORLD TOGETHER AT HOME
ETICHETTA: POLYDOR
GENERE: BLUES
ANNO: 1997
 
    Sul canale YouTube della Global Citizien, organizzatrice dell'evento One World Together At Home, sono stati aggiunti alcuni nuovi video con esibizioni che non erano entrati a far parte della diretta streaming dello scorso 19 aprile.
       Tra i nuovi contributi filmati, compare anche la bella versione di "Va pensiero" cantata da Zucchero e che il bluesman emiliano ha condiviso anche sui suoi canali social.
         Non si tratta ovviamente di una novità assoluta, visto che Zucchero aveva già inciso una versione bilingue italiano-inglese, con il testo modificato in più parti nel 1997 per l'album The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits.
       La nuova versione è acustica ed eseguita con l'accompagnamento solo della chitarra.
Il cantautore emiliano aveva contribuito alla diretta dell’evento, con la cover di Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime dei Korgis.
         Adelmo Fornaciari Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [aˈdɛlmo fornaˈtʃaːri]; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (pronounced [ˈdzukkero, ˈtsuk-]), is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teacher used to call him. His music is largely inspired by gospel, soul, blues and rock music, and alternates between Italian ballads and more rhythmic R&B-boogie-like pieces. He is credited as the "father of Italian blues", introducing blues to the big stage in Italy. He is one of the few European blues artists who still enjoys great international success.
          In his career, spanning more than three decades, Fornaciari has sold over 60 million records around the world, and internationally his most successful singles are "Diamante", "Il Volo/My Love", "Baila (Sexy Thing)/Baila morena", and the duet "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" with Paul Young. He has won numerous awards, including four Festivalbar, nine Wind Music Awards, two World Music Awards (1993, 1996), six IFPI Europe Platinum Awards, and a Grammy Award nomination. He has collaborated and performed with many famous artists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian May, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, B. B. King, Sting, Bono, Dolores O'Riordan, Paul Young, Peter Gabriel, Luciano Pavarotti, and Andrea Bocelli.
        The discography of Zucchero, an Italian rock blues singer-songwriter, consists of 14 studio albums, one soundtrack album, seven compilation albums, two live albums and more than sixty singles. In 1993, Zucchero has also released a studio album with the band Adelmo e i suoi Sorapis, also including Equipe 84's Maurizio Vandelli and Pooh's Dodi Battaglia.
           Zucchero's first two studio albums didn't reach commercial success and failed to chart in Italy, while 1986's Rispetto entered the Top 10 in his home country, where it sold more than 300,000 copies. Its follow-up, titled Blue's, became the best-selling album in Italy of 1987, while 1989's Oro Incenso & Birra was certified eight-times platinum in Italy. For the latter as of 2015 are reported sales of over 8 million copies worldwide.
     In 1991, Zucchero released his self-titled compilation, featuring the English-language version of some of his biggest hits, including the single "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)", a duet with Paul Young which charted in the Top 5 in the United Kingdom and United States and topped the European Hot 100. The álbum Spirito DiVino, released in 1995, has sold more than 2,500,000 copies worldwide and was certified Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for European sales exceeding 1,000,000 units. The following studio albums were also million selling.
       As of 2017, Zucchero has released 10 Italian number-one studio albums, including his last effort Black Cat, and 4 Italian number-one compilation albums, including 1996's The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits, which was certified triple platinum in Europe, and 2004's Zu & Co., which was also certified platinum in Europe.
       Zucchero has sold over 60 million records around the world.
 
Va pensiero sull'ali dorate
Cross the mountains and fly over the oceans
Reach the land find the place where all children grow
 
Every night after listening to this lullaby
There you find the heroes alive protecting the innocents
Bless them all, 'cause their simple song is so pure and wonderful
 
Va', pensiero, sull'ali dorate
L'aure dolci del suolo natal!
Arpa d'or dei fatidici vati
Perché muta dal salice pendi?
 
Lead them back to the light back to the light
Where they once used to belong
Where they carry me children as long as they want
 
Va pensiero sull'ali dorate
Va', ti posa sui clivi, sui coll
 
Reach the land find the place where all children grow
Every night after listening to this lullaby
Every night after listening to this lullaby.

ABSENCE OF THE HEART

DEANA CARTER
SONGWRITERS: DEANA CARTER; CHRIS FARREN & CHARLES HARMON JONES
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: EVERYTHING’S GONNS BE ALRIGHT
LABEL: CAPITOL NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1998
 
        Deana Kay Carter (born January 4, 1966) is an American country music singer-songwriter who broke through in 1996 with the release of her debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over 5 million. It was followed by 1998's Everything's Gonna Be Alright, 2003's I'm Just a Girl, 2005's The Story of My Life, and 2007's The Chain. Overall, Carter's albums have accounted for 14 singles, including three which reached Number One on the Billboard country charts: "Strawberry Wine", "We Danced Anyway", and "How Do I Get There".
         "Absence of the Heart" is a song written by Chris Farren, Chuck Jones, and co-written and recorded by American country music artist Deana Carter. It was released in September 1998 as the lead-off single from álbum Everything's Gonna Be Alright. The song was her most successful from the album; it peaked at number 16 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks and was her fifth Top 10 hit on the Canadian Country charts. "Absence of the Heart" became Carter's last single to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 to date.
I write you letters but I don't send them
I just can't figure out how to end them
I try to reach you you're right beside me
There's something missing and we can't deny that
 
We live together separately
We don't wanna fall apart
But every time we kiss
There's an emptiness
An absence of the heart
 
How did we lose it? Why did this happen?
When did we take it all for granted?
We sit in silence inside we're crying
How can we keep our love from dying?
 
We live together separately
We don't wanna fall apart
But every time we kiss
There's an emptiness
An absence of the heart
 
We live together separately
We don't wanna fall apart
But every time we kiss
There's an emptiness
An absence of the heart
 
We live together separately
We don't wanna fall apart
But every time we kiss
There's an emptiness
An absence of the heart
I write you letters but I don't send them.

WHO'S GONNA FILL THEIR SHOES

GEORGE JONES
SONGWRITERS: MAX D. BARNES & TROY SEALS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: WHO’S GONNA FILL THEIR SHOES
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1985
 
          George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last two decades of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".
        Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven, and was given a guitar at the age of nine. He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953. He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954. In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer. His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones". After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999. Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure.
        George Jones has been called "The Rolls Royce Of Country Music" and had more than 160 chart singles to his name from 1955 until his death in 2013. Johnny Cash once said, "When people ask me who my favorite country singer is, I say, 'You mean besides George Jones?'"
        "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" is a song written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes and recorded by American country music singer George Jones. It was released in June 1985 as the first single and title track from the álbum Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes. The song peaked at number three on the Hot Country Singles chart.
You know this old world is full of singers
But just a few are chosen
To tear your heart out when they sing
Imagine life without them
All your, radio heros
Like the outlaw that walks through Jesse's dream
 
No, there will never be another
Red-headed stranger
A Man in Black and Folsom Prison Blues
The Okie from Muskogee
Or Hello Darling
Lord I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes
 
(Chorus:)
Who's gonna fill their shoes
Who's gonna stand that tall
Who's gonna play the Opry
And the Wabash Cannonball
Who's gonna give their heart and soul
To get to me and you
Lord I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes
 
God bless the boys from Memphis
Blue Suede Shoes and Elvis
Much too soon he left this world in tears
They tore up the Fifties
Old Jerry Lee and Charlie
And old Go Cat Go still echoes through the years
 
You know the heart of country music
Still beats in Luke the Drifer
You can tell when hew sings I Saw the Light
Old Marty, Hank and Lefty
Why I can feel them right here with me
On this Silver Eagle rolling through the night
 
(Repeat chorus)

LA ROSSA

MILVA
COMPOSITORE: ENZO JANACCI
PAESE: ITALIA
ALBUM: LA ROSSA
ETICHETTA: RICORDI
GENERE: MUSICA LEGGERA
ANNO: 1980
 
        Milva, pseudonimo di Maria Ilva Biolcati (Goro, 17 luglio 1939), è una cantante e attrice teatrale italiana.
        Popolare in Italia e all'estero, ha trionfato sui palcoscenici di gran parte del globo, ottenendo particolari consensi, oltre che in Italia, soprattutto in Germania, dove ha partecipato in molte occasioni a eventi ed a spettacoli musicali sui principali canali televisivi. Ha pubblicato con successo dischi anche in Francia, Giappone (26ª tournée più redditizia nel 2008), Corea del Sud, Grecia, Spagna e Sudamerica.
    Milva durante la sua oltre cinquantennale carriera è riuscita a registrare un grande numero di brani, passando per generi musicali anche molto distanti fra loro con grande carisma interpretativo; rimane ad oggi l'artista italiana con il maggior numero di album realizzati, ben 173 tra album in studio, album live e raccolte.
         La sua statura artistica è stata ufficialmente riconosciuta dalle repubbliche italiana, francese e tedesca, che le hanno conferito alcune tra le più alte onorificenze; è l'unica artista italiana ad essere contemporaneamente: Ufficiale dell'Ordre des arts et des lettres (Parigi, 1995), Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Federale di Germania (Berlino, 2006), Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Roma, 2 giugno 2007) e Cavaliere della Legion d'onore della Repubblica Francese (Parigi, 2009).
       Dotata di una voce da contralto molto duttile, capace di sonorità timbriche peculiari (scura e ricca nei bassi quasi tenorili, squillante e sabbiata, a tratti roca, negli acuti), nonché di un solido vibrato e di un melisma preciso e personalissimo, è soprannominata la Pantera di Goro: la cantante faceva infatti parte del quartetto delle grandi voci femminili italiane degli anni sessanta e settanta, con Mina, la Tigre di Cremona, Iva Zanicchi, l'Aquila di Ligonchio e Orietta Berti, l'Usignolo di Cavriago.
        Per il colore dei suoi capelli è anche nota come La Rossa (titolo di una famosa canzone scritta per lei da Enzo Jannacci, al quale dedicò l'omonimo album La Rossa del 1980); il colore caratterizza anche la sua fede politica di sinistra, rivendicata in numerose esternazioni.
      La Rossa è un album della cantante italiana Milva, pubblicato dall' etichetta discografica Ricordi nel 1980.
         Autore di tutti i brani e degli arrangiamenti del disco è Enzo Jannacci.
          Dell'album sono state pubblicate anche edizioni per il mercato tedesco e argentino.
Rossa è la rosa,
ma chi ti sposa
se bianca non sei più.
 
Sotto lo scialle il viso,
nessuno vede il mio sorriso.
Pungono i fichi d'India
come le spine sul mio cammino.
Ma quando prendo l'acqua alla fontana
io vedo te.
 
Innamorata,
innamorata
non ero stata mai.
Rossa è la rosa
ma chi ti sposa
se bianca non sei più
 
Sopra le spalle il santo,
senza uno sguardo mi passi accanto.
È amara la mia gente,
come il profumo dell'oleandro.
Ma quando torna indietro la processione
io vedo te.
 
Innamorata,
innamorata,
non ero stata mai.
Canto del mare,
grido d'amore
Mediterraneo.
 
Vivo per chi mi ama,
brilla l'ulivo come una lama.
Cuore tu batti forte
come una vela che s'allontana.
Ma quando brucia il sole della passione
io vedo te.
 
Innamorata,
innamorata,
non ero stata mai.
Canto del mare,
grido d'amore
Mediterraneo.
 
Innamorata,
innamorata,
non ero stata mai
Canto del mare,
grido d'amore
Mediterraneo.
Mediterraneo!