LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SAVE IT FOR SOMEONE WHO CARES/THE LEISURE SOCIETY

Hunting spires
And an audience in the house of god
Such strange times
Pull me from my knees, genuflect and leave
Braving the weather, evading the stares
Save it for someone who cares

City life
In the glory of pink communal skies
Jostled bones
Hang in dying air breathed a million times
Down through the marching of beggars and heirs
Save it for someone who cares

We are the cats in the flea bitten folds
We will collapse with the weight of it all
Should we attack
Or be caught unawares
Save it for someone who cares

We get by
Swilling with the taste of the now and then
As we type
All our problems we will relive again
Echoes of violence, and office affairs
Save it for someone who cares

ALBUM: THE SLEEPER (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: STRIPSEARCH/FAITH NO MORE

It's over today
The heat is gone
Time is gone
F for fake
I feel no wrong
Hide no wrong
I love this place, the lights
Under this face
So dry

Only way to change
Give yourself away
Don't be ashamed
Next in line
Close one eye
Just walk by

In these days
I'm breathing stone, crying stone
I'll win this race
I'll leave alone, arrive alone
Love this place, the lights
Under this face, so dry

Stripped to the bone
I did no wrong
Truth is my name
Give yourself away

ALBUM: ALBUM OF THE YEAR (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BY MY SIDE/INXS

In the dark of night
Those small hours
Uncertain and anxious
I need to call you
Rooms full of strangers
Some call me friend
But I wish you were so close to me
In the dark of night
Those small hours
I drift away
When I'm with you
In the dark of night
By my side
In the dark of night
By my side
I wish you were
I wish you were

Here comes the clown
His face is a wall
No window
No air at all
In the dark of night
These faces they haunt me
But I wish you were
So close to me
In the dark of night
By my side
In the dark of night
By my side
I wish you were
I wish you were
In the dark of night
By my side
In the dark of night
By my side
I wish you were
I wish you were

In the dark of night
These faces they haunt me
Well I wish you were so close to me
Yes I wish you were
By my side

ALBUM: X (1990)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SOMEDAY WE'LL KNOW/NEW RADICALS

90 miles outside Chicago
Can't stop driving
I don't know why
So many questions
I need an answer
Two years later
You're still on my mind

Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart?
Who holds the stars up in the sky?
Is true love just once in a lifetime?
Did the captain of the Titanic cry?

Someday we'll know if love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know why I wasn't meant for you

Does anybody know the way to Atlantis
Or what the wind says when she cries?
I'm speeding by the place that I met you
For the 97th time tonight

Someday we'll know if love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know why I wasn't meant for you
Someday we'll know why Samson loved Delilah
One day I'll go dancing on the moon
Someday you'll know that I was the one for you

I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow
I watched the stars crash in the sea
If I could ask god just one question
Why aren't you here with me tonight?

Someday we'll know if love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know why I wasn't meant for you
Someday we'll know why Samson loved Delilah
One day I'll go dancing on the moon
Someday you'll know that I was the one for you

ALBUM: MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN BRAINWASHED TOO (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: EYEN/PLAID

Diretto da JEAN LUC CHANSAY

ALBUM: DOUBLE FIGURE (2001)

PLAYLIST/FEBBRAIO

DRUMMING SONG/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

Nuove band (Delphic, Bombay Bicycle Club, Two Door Cinema Club) e grandi ritorni (Gorillaz, Smashing Pumpkins, Richard Ashcroft) nella playlist di febbraio. Inoltre, il brano scritto dai Franz Ferdinand (ed interpretato da Marion Cotillard) per lo spot del nuovo profumo della maison Dior.

01. STYLO/GORILLAZ FEAT. MOS DEF & BOBBY WOMACK
(PLASTIC BEACH)
02. GIVING UP THE GUN/VAMPIRE WEEKEND
(CONTRA)
03. ARE YOU READY?/UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND
(REDEMPTION)
04. DRUMMING SONG/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
(LUNGS)
05. SUBMISSION/DELPHIC
(ALCOLYTE)
06. THE MISTERY ZONE/SPOON
(TRANSFERENCE)
07. IN MY YOUNGER DAYS/EELS
(END TIMES)
08. A SONG FOR A SON/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
(TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE)
09. THE HILL/BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
(I HAD THE BLUES BUT I SHOOK THEM LOOSE)
10. THIS IS THE LIFE/TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
(TOURIST HISTORY)
11. SATURDAY COMES SLOW/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. DAMON ALBARN
(HELIGOLAND)
12. REMEMBER/LALI PUNA
(OUR INVENTIONS)
13. LA COLLECTIONNEUSE/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
(IRM)

BONUS TRACKS

THE EYES OF MARS/FRANZ FERDINAND FEAT. MARION COTILLARD
MY BODY IS A CAGE/PETER GABRIEL
(SCRATCH MY BACK)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: HORCHATA/VAMPIRE WEEKEND

In december drinking horchata
I'd look psychotic in a balaclava
Winter's cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals

In december drinking horchata
Look down your glasses at that orxata
With lips and teeth to ask how my day went
Boots and fists to pound on the pavement
Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on

You'd remember drinkin horchata
You'd still enjoy it with your foot on masada

Winter's cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals
Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
You had it but oh no you lost it
Lookin back you shouldn't have fought it

In december, drinkin horchata
I'd look psychotic in a balaclava
Winter's cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals
Years go by and hearts start to harden
Those palms and firs that grew in your garden
Falling down and nearing the rose beds
The roots are shooting up through the tool shed
Those lips and teeth that asked how my day went
Are shouting up through cracks in the pavement

Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
You had it but oh no you lost it
You understood so you shouldn't have fought it

Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on

ALBUM: CONTRA (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LEAVE/R.E.M.

Nothing could be bring me closer
Nothing could be bring me near
Where is the road I follow?
To leave, leave
It's under, under, under my feet
The sea spread out there before me
Where do I go where the land touches the sea
There is my trust in what I believe

That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me down
To leave it, leave it
Leave it all behind

Shifting the dream
Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time
Shifting the dream
It's charging the scene
I know where I marked the signs
I Suffer the dreams of a world gone mad
I like it like that and I know it
I know it well, ugly and sweet
A temper madness with an even extreme
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me down
I say that I'm a bantam lightweight
I say that I'm a phantom airplane
That never left the ground

That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me down
Leave, leave it
Leave it all behind

Lift me, lift me
I attain my dream
I lost myself
I lost the heartache calling me
I lost myself in sorrow
I lost myself in pain
I lost myself in clarity
Memory, leave, leave

That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me down
To leave it, leave it
Leave it all behind
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me down
To leave it, leave it
Leave it all behind

Lift my hands, my eyes are still
I walk into the scene
Lift myself in a different place
Now leavin'
I longed for this to take me
I longed for my release
I waited for the calling
To leave, leave
Leave, leave
Leavin'
leavin'
Leavin'

ALBUM: NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI (1996)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD/THE CURE

Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead I said
Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead I said
Sleep when I’m dead you angels
But until then

They told me I would live forever
If I kept it clean
They said I would be the chosen one
If I took one for the team
It’s the only way to be
Never think it isn’t fair
That’s a green eyed panic climb
To the edge of nowhere
Give it to the chicken
And see if it ticks
Give it to the kitten
And see if it sicks
Then give it to the wonderful
Wonderful me
And I will tell on my return
The way it is
With all the happy boys and girls
The whole happy world
And the love they feel for me
The love they feel for me

Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead I said
Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead I said

They told me I could run the world
If I kept it quiet
They said I could be the man
If I took it out of sight
In a monkey suit again
Having fun with all your friends
How a casual hour can pull
All this world to pieces
Give it to the bunny
And see if she kicks
Give it to the puppy
And see if he sticks
Then give it to the wonderful
Wonderful me
I’ll let you know when I get back
Just how it is
With all the other boys and girls
The whole fucking other world
And the way it stirs inside
And the why it never burns at night
And the way they make the climb
And the why they never pray for time
And the way I show surprise
And the why I never close my eyes
Just how it is

Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead I said
Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead I said
Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead I said
Sleep when I’m dead you angels
I’ll sleep when I’m dead
But until then

Well I should at least feel tired I think
Before I lay me down to dream

ALBUM: 4:13 DREAM (2008)

POST-IT: ROBERT SMITH NEL PAESE DELLE MERAVIGLIE

Che non si fossero mai incontrati, finora, sembra quasi impossibile, e non poteva che essere una delle storie più dark di tutti i tempi, Alice Nel Paese Delle Meraviglie, a far incrociare le loro strade: stiamo parlando di Tim Burton e Robert Smith. Il leader dei Cure, infatti, su richiesta di un amico, come si legge nel post sul sito ufficiale della band, ha registrato una cover del brano Very Good Advice (già presente nella versione Disney del 1951 del classico di Carroll) per il film girato dal regista americano (in uscita all'inizo del mese prossimo) che verrà inclusa in un album chiamato Almost Alice, che andrà ad affiancarsi alla colonna sonora originale, composta da Danny Elfman. Il disco, al quale partecipano, tra gli altri, anche Franz Ferdinand, Wolfmother ed Avril Lavigne, sarà pubblicato tra un mese esatto, il due marzo.

POST-IT: BANKSY/EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

Si allarga il raggio d'azione di Banksy: il geniale e misterioso artista inglese, infatti, ha presentato al Sundance Festival il suo primo film, il documentario Exit Through The Gift Shop, un lungometragio di 85 minuti definito dall'autore come "un film su un uomo che cerca di fare un film su di me". E naturalmente, dato che si trovava da quelle parti (nello Utah, USA), il writer di Bristol ne ha approfittato per realizzare alcuni stencil in giro per Park City...

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FIRENZE (CANZONE TRISTE)/IVAN GRAZIANI

Firenze lo sai non è servita a cambiarla
La cosa che ha amato di più è stata l'aria
Lei ha disegnato ha riempito cartelle di sogni
Ma gli occhi di marmo del colosso toscano guardano troppo lontano

Caro il mio Barbarossa, studente in filosofia
Con il tuo italiano insicuro certe cose le sapevi dire
Oh lo so, lo so, lo so, lo so bene, lo so
Una donna da amare in due in comune fra te e me
Ma di tempo c'è ne, in questa città
Fottuti di malinconia e di lei

Per questo canto una canzone triste, triste, triste
Triste, triste, triste, triste, triste, triste, triste come me
E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei
E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei

Ricordo i suoi occhi strano tipo di donna che era
Quando gettò i suoi disegni con rabbia giù da Ponte Vecchio
"Io sono nata da una conchiglia" diceva
"La mia casa è il mare e con un fiume no, non la posso cambiare"

Caro il mio Barbarossa, compagno di un avventura
Certo che se lei se n'è andata no, non è colpa mia
Oh lo so, lo so, lo so, la tua vita non cambierà
Ritornerai in Irlanda con la tua laurea in filosofia
Ma io che farò in questa città?
Fottuto di malinconia e di lei

Per questo canto una canzone triste, triste, triste
Triste triste, triste, triste, triste, triste, triste come me
E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei

E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei

ALBUM: VIAGGI E INTEMPERIE (1980)