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Lake Marie (John Prine): significato, analisi e traduzione. “Lake Marie” è uno dei momenti più alti di Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings (1995) ed è divenuta una delle canzoni più amate della maturità di John Prine. Su una progressione folk-rock trascinante e un ritornello ipnotico, quasi una litania, il narratore alterna tre racconti legati alla …
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Introduzione. La discografia di John Prine non procede come quella di un artista costruito intorno alle mode, ai cicli radiofonici o alle strategie dell’industria. È, piuttosto, il diario lungo e ostinato di un cantautore che ha continuato per cinquant’anni a fare la stessa cosa — osservare gli esseri umani — cambiando appena il passo, l’intonazione, …
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All The Best (John Prine): significato, analisi e traduzione. Scritta all’indomani del secondo divorzio e pubblicata in The Missing Years (1991), “All the Best” è un biglietto d’auguri con la lama dentro. Prine vi porta a perfezione la sua specialità: dire una cosa e intenderne un’altra senza mai alzare la voce. L’augurio di ogni bene …
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Silent Night All Day Long (John Prine): significato, analisi e traduzione. Terza traccia di A John Prine Christmas (Oh Boy, 1993), “Silent Night All Day Long” è la canzone più apparentemente convenzionale del piccolo repertorio natalizio di Prine. Tre strofe come tre cartoline – l’albero alla finestra, la famiglia riunita, una donna sola con i …
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Testo. “While digesting Reader’s Digest In the back of a dirty book store, A plastic flag, with gum on the back, Fell out on the floor. Well, I picked it up and I ran outside Slapped it on my window shield, And if I could see old Betsy Ross I’d tell her how good I …
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Testo. “Jesus, the Missing Years It was raining, it was cold West Bethlehem was no place for a twelve-year old So he packed his bag and he headed out To find out what the world’s about
Testo. “Summer’s end is around the bend just flyin’ The swimmin’ suits are on the line just dryin’ I’ll meet you there per our conversation I hope I didn’t ruin your whole vacation
Testo. “Feelings are strange especially when they come true And I had a feeling that you’d be leaving soon So I tried to rearrange all my emotions But it seems the same, no matter what I do Blue umbrella, rest upon my shoulder Hide the pain while the rain makes up my mind Well, my …
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Testo. “Small town, bright lights, Saturday night Pinballs and pool halls flashing their lights Making change behind the counter in a penny arcade Sat the fat girl daughter of Virginia and Ray, Lydia
Testo. “Some humans ain’t human Some people ain’t kind You open up their hearts And here’s what you’ll find
Testo. “I been thinking lately about the people I meet The carwash on the corner and the hole in the street The way my ankles hurt with shoes on my feet And I’m wondering if I’m gonna see tomorrow
The Accident (John Prine): significato, analisi e traduzione. Pubblicata nel 1973 in Sweet Revenge, il terzo album di John Prine, The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) trasforma un banale tamponamento a un incrocio suburbano nel ritratto satirico e fulminante di un’America piccolo-borghese e razzialmente paranoica. Sotto la levità country-rock dell’arrangiamento prodotto da Arif Mardin, il …
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Testo. “She don’t like her eggs all runny She thinks crossin’ her legs is funny She looks down her nose at money She gets it on like the Easter Bunny She’s my baby, I’m her honey I’m never gonna let her go
Testo. “When I woke up this morning, things were looking bad Seemed like total silence was the only friend I had A bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down and won And it was twelve o’clock before I realized that I was having no fun Ah, but fortunately I have the key to escape …
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Testo. “I am an old woman named after my mother My old man is another child that’s grown old If dreams were lightning, and thunder were desire This old house would have burnt down a long time ago Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just …
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Testo. “All the snow has turned to water Christmas days have come and gone Broken toys and faded colors Are all that’s left to linger on
Mexican Home (John Prine): significato, analisi e traduzione. Pubblicata nel 1973 sull’album Sweet Revenge, “Mexican Home” è una delle elegie più cifrate del repertorio di John Prine: una notte d’estate immobile e soffocante nella periferia di Chicago che, verso dopo verso, si rivela come il velo dietro cui si nasconde la morte improvvisa del padre …
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Testo. “I knew a girl who was almost a lady She had a way with all the men in her life Every inch of her blossomed in beauty And she was born on the fourth of July…
Testo. “She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal Well she pressed her chest against me About the time the juke box broke Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck And these are the words she spoke
Testo. “When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And there’s a backwards old town that’s often remembered So many times that my memories are worn. And daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, …
