Credited on the record as F. Amodei.
Certo che se non fosse
1972 · I Dischi del Sole DS 1012/14 · Turin, Italy
- Artist
- Fausto Amodei
- Credited on the record as
- F. Amodei
- Title
- Certo che se non fosse
- Release
- Compagno Vietnam
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14
- Format
- LP · Compilation
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Turin, Italy
- Songwriter
- Fausto Amodei
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Italian Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Lyrics
English: Of course, if it weren't for the Marines / Fighting in Vietnam, // We would all—without exception—be slaves / To those subversives—a cursed breed— / Forced to live without a master / And without private property. // We would all have to keep quiet, / Heads bowed, death in our hearts, / No longer able to enjoy our profits / Or the law of surplus value— // All this, if it weren't for those Marines / Fighting in Vietnam. // Without those five hundred thousand Marines / Fighting in Vietnam— // Not to mention other disasters— / We would never again be able to enjoy / The sight of Giulio Andreotti cutting ribbons / At the opening of trade fairs. // We would be forced to live under the yoke / Of the Communists, and we would never again / Find a lofty, noble outlet / In the lyrics and music of the Sanremo Festival. // So let us say 'Thank you!' to all the Marines / Fighting in Vietnam. // These boys are dying to defend / Our freedom! // Freedom—the most beautiful gift of all. / Freedom—the greatest and most wonderful kind— / The freedom to watch Carosello / Every evening at half-past eight. // The freedom to read firsthand / Information in the newspapers / About the menopause or the menstruation / Of princesses of royal blood. // God help us if there weren't so many Marines / Over there in Vietnam— // Without those gallant young men defending / Our civilization. // We would no longer be carefree; / Instead, we would all—most reluctantly— / Have to stop being like infants, /…
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the companion songbook "Compagno Vietnam" (Edizioni del Gallo, 1974) prints the lyrics. Track A5. Satirical song in the voice of a grateful citizen: "if it were not for the Marines fighting in Vietnam we would all be slaves of the subversives". ildeposito dates the song 1972 and cites this LP.
About the artist
Fausto Amodei (born Turin, 1934) — architect, singer-songwriter and founder member of Cantacronache (1958); author of "Per i morti di Reggio Emilia". [Source: Wikipedia (it)]
Themes
Satire · Anti-War · Marines · Anti-American · Anti-Communism · Protest
From the release Compagno Vietnam
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]