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Course: 21 years ago
Objective: Review "Desaparecido"
I've arrived. I'm in 1985. After the initial confusion, I notice with disappointment that in the middle of the streets, girls are loudly screaming at their idols, Duran Duran. The radio only broadcasts pop music. Oh my god, where have I ended up?
I decide to head back home when in a remote shop I find an album with an unadorned cover featuring a wall and some blue writing: 'Desaparecido'. I immediately start listening, aware that my goal is to review this CD 21 years later on debaser.
A guitar and a rapid and compelling drum gradually make way for the harsh and relentless lyrics of Piero Pelù, then finally collide with Pelù himself in three vigorous choruses. This track is called heroes in the wind. The album continues with the prey: a very rocky guitar and a keyboard that complements a very tough and edgy track which, however, is simultaneously catchy. Third track: lulu and marlene. A very dark keyboard, a gloomy and darting text filled with negativity, a heavy bass, and a melancholic guitar for a masterpiece track that will be reintroduced to us ten years later in a less effective piano version.
Istanbul is the track that, while listening to the entire 'desaparecido', leaves me the most stunned. A delightful keyboard, voices echoing phrases with a Middle Eastern taste, and then the lyrics of Pelù which seem to want to delve into extreme depth. The keyboard dominates in tziganata, a short but very effective track that echoes in the ears like an open-eyed dreamlike journey. The sound of a music box anticipates a dominating bass and a bittersweet and very deep melody, this is rain of light. A Spanish-sounding guitar (allow the neologism), a very decisive and compelling track with a consistently strong bass, this is how the title track desaparecido presents itself.
The concluding track arrives with the battle horse of Litfiba from those years war: a track that strongly smells of new wave, with a relentless and overwhelming keyboard like the bass as usual excellent. Indeed, in the nine tracks of 'desaparecido', the heavy bass of Maroccolo, the wise guitar of Renzulli, the cheeky and essential keyboards of Aiazzi, and the cannon-like voice of Pelù have created something unique and unrepeatable.
CURRENT DATE: July 1, 2006 The review is finished
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
02 La preda (02:50)
Vai
La nebbia ha un corpo leggero
E tu vai
Non senti quella voce dice "Dove vai!"
Vai Affilatissimo stiletto tu hai
Con lama a doppio taglio "Credi che ce la farai?"
Sei
In ombra solo nasconderti non puoi
Salvarti oramai e` tardi
Sei
In agguato la preda tua e` li`
Ma tu gli dai le spalle
Credi che ce la farai
Vai!
Ce la farai
Affilatissimo stiletto tu hai
Con lama a doppio taglio "Credi che ce la farai?"
Vai!
Credevi di cacciare ma adesso la preda sei tu sei tu
Credevi di cacciare ma adesso la preda sei tu, yeah
Credevi di cacciare ma adesso la preda sei tu
Credevi di cacciare ma adesso la preda sei tu
04 Istambul (05:42)
Ringrazio il signore
Padrone dell' Universo
Misericordioso e compassionevole
Onnipotente
Nel giorno del giudizio
A te Rivolgiamo la nostra preghiera
E a te chiediamo l' aiuto
Indicaci la strada giusta
La strada giusta '
Ho viaggiato nel freddo
Faccia a faccia con la mia
Ombra che si gettava
Nel bianco velo del tempo
Istambul Istambul
Ho viaggiato nel freddo
Senza volto senza eta`
Pilotando un
Corpo senza guida a Istambul,
Istambul
Istambul baluardo sacro per
L' incrocio delle razze degli uomini bruciera`
L' ho cercato nel freddo
Se ne stava solo la`
Il mio volto nel fango di Istambul,
Istambul Istambul baluardo sacro per
L' incrocio delle razze degli uomini brucera`
Istambul, Istambul
Forze oscure in Istambul
Istambul, Istambul
Forze oscure in Istambul
Istambul, Istambul
05 Tziganata (02:54)
Eva ballava sul fuoco
Profumo di sesso attorno a se`
Eva ballava sul fuoco
La notte in cui nacque l'odio
Tzigano, Tzigano
Eva ballava sul fuoco
Profumo di sesso attorno a se`
Eva ballava sul fuoco
La notte in cui nacque l'odio
Rubava i loro cuori
Tzigani
Eva ballava sul fuoco
Profumo di sesso attorno a se`
Tzigano, Tzigano
Eva ballava sul fuoco
Profumo di sesso attorno a se'
07 Desaparecido (03:23)
Sotto il ponte scorre l' acqua e
Sempre acqua e`
Davanti agli occhi il sole
Sempre sole e`
Nelle mani terra
E terra e`
Ooohh!
DESAPARECIDO
Senza aria senza sole
Resta oscurita` e
L' uomo vive un sogno
Fatto di silenzi
Sognera` la terra e
Terra e`
OH! OH! OH!
DESAPARECIDO
E terra e`
Sogna il velo di una donna
E quando lo riavra`
"Davanti agli occhi
Ho il sole
Sempre sole e`
Terra nelle mani!"
E terra e`
OH! OH! OH!
DESAPARECIDO
Io sono aria e sole
I silenzi che scavano ...
DESAPARECIDO DESAPARECIDO
08 Guerra (05:29)
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EIN ZWEI DREI VIER
DER KRIEG!
EIN ZWEI DREI VIER
FEUER!
Guardo
Oltre il muro di vetro
L' esercito che passa
Uomini neri!
Cerco
In una mano chiusa
La causa della morte di
Uomini neri!
GUERRA
Aria vuota nelle strade
Si muovono le ombre di
Uomini neri!
GUERRA
Ma che cosa mi succede
E dove sono gli occhi di
Uomini neri!
Uomini neri uh oh!
Uomini neri
e` GUERRA e` GUERRA e` GUERRA
` E VOLA .... IN ALTO .... FINO ........ A D I O ! ! ! ! `
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