Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock
Titolo: x Fil : autenticita` della musica

Dear Fil,
non perderti l`articolo di David Byrne segnalato dal sig.Bardi.
Se hai punti oscuri nella traduzione fammi sapere.
Due parole su Steve Earle : si e` buttato anima e corpo sulla causa
dell`abolizione della pena di morte. Quando era in prigione, nel 1990, divento`
amico di un condannato a morte, poi giustiziato. 
saluti
" L`avanguardia e` molto dura, e per questo fa paura"............SKIANTOS

 
salve wire, provvedo subito a rintracciare il post, thanx for the heads-
up.
Su Earle: già prima dei suoi guai con la giustizia ai tempi un po' 
disperato di "Copperhead Road" e "The Hard Way" aveva manifestato le se 
opinioni antimortaliste, vedi la canzone "Billy Austin".
Un bel tipo. Cantautore in un certo senso convenzionale, ma di grande 
personalità e ribadisco "Train a-comin'" e "I Feel Alright" sono ottimi
bye 
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Fil
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http://www.asphalto.org/
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16 tons and what do ya get
Another day older and deeper in debt
St Peter dont ya call me cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company store
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 amico di un condannato a morte, poi giustiziato.
"My name is Billy Austin, I'm 29 years old,
I was born in Oklahoma, quarter Cherokee I'm told,
Don't remember Oklahoma, Been so long since I left home
Seems like I've always been in prison, like I've always been alone
Didn't mean to hurt nobody, never thought I'd cross that line
I held up a filling station like I'd done a hundred times
The kid done like I told him, he lay face down on the floor
Guess I'll never know what made me, turn and walk back through that door
The shot rang out like thunder, my ears rang like a bell
No one came runnin', so I called the cops myself
Took their time to get there and I guess I could a run
I knew I should be feeling something but I never shed tear one
I didn't even make the papers cause I only killed one man
But my trial was over quickly, and then the long hard wait began
Court appointed lawyer, couldn't look me in the eye
He just stood up and closed his briefcase when they sentenced me to die
Now my waitin's over as the final hour drags by
I ain't about to tell you that I don't deserve to die
But there's 27 men here, mostly black, brown and poor
Most of em are guilty, who are you to say for sure?
So when the preacher comes to get me and they shave off all my hair
Could you take the long walk with me knowing hell is waitin' there
Could you pull that switch yourself sir, with a sure and steady hand
Could you still tell yourself that you're better than I am
My name is Billy Austin, I'm 29 years old
I was born in Oklahoma, quarter Cherokee I'm told"
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Bye
visionary
Heavy rotation:
BOB DYLAN - Bringing It All Back Home
JOHN MARTYN - Solid Air
NICK DRAKE - Pink Moon
"I don't have what you want
and I don't need what you have"
THE BLUE AEROPLANES - Fun

 personalità e ribadisco "Train a-comin'" e "I Feel Alright" sono ottimi
Confermo. Sia sul "convenzionale" ( E. e' molto legato alla
tradizione:qualche anno fa ha fatto un disco di bluegrass, immagino con
grande gioia della casa discografica...) che su "I Feel Alright". Buono, e
vario, anche "El Corazon".
Su TAC ho sentito giudizi positivi anche da altri, dovro' decidermi ad
ascoltarlo...
Ciao, Stefano