Os Fantoches De Kissinger
1976 · Orfeu STAT 036 · Portugal
- Artist
- José Afonso
- Title
- Os Fantoches De Kissinger
- Release
- Com as minhas tamanquinhas
- Year
- 1976
- Label
- Orfeu # STAT 036
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Portugal
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Iberian Music
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Os fantoches de Kissinger Portugal
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Everywhere the imperialist wall is crumbling / At the point of a rifle the peoples of Indochina / Sweep Kissinger's puppets from the bloodied land... / But here too he sows, in your factory yard / In your village square, hunger and prostitution / They are daughters of the same beast that Kissinger holds in his hand... / Honour to Woman, first in the struggle that awaits us / There is simply no life possible in freedom that is bought / In freedom that is sold, death is more desired.... / NATO won't last to the grandchildren, down with the seaplane / At the point of a rifle the People of Palestine / Sent Golda Meir a divine message.... / Have no pity for the CIA, it has raw flesh in its claws / It has Kissinger's dove / All of Latin America remembers their sprees / The same troops are in control / Remembers their sprees / The same troops are in control.... / Only one is an ambassador / But nothing shakes us / Sleeping on the pavement / Do as a worker does, sleep on your hoe / Do as a marksman does, sleep on your rifle... __________ Portuguese: Em toda parte baqueia a muralha imperialista / Na ponta duma espingarda os povos da Indochina / Varrem da terra sangrenta os fantoches de Kissinger... / Mas aqui também semeias no patio da tua fábrica / No largo da tua aldeia a fome, a prostituição / São filhas da mesma besta que Kissinger tem na mão... / Valor à Mulher Primeira na luta que nos espera / Só não há vida possível na liberdade comprada / Na liberdade vendida a morte…
Notes
Série de Qualidade. Recorded at Estúdios De Gravação A.T.; edition Arnaldo Trindade & Cia. Lda, Porto. 'First release with BIEM on labels.' Another 1976 PT LP entry (release 25079443) and a 1977 Spanish LP exist. Folk / Political. 'Kissinger's puppets' - lyrics reference the peoples of Indochina sweeping away Kissinger's puppets Opens with the peoples of Indochina sweeping Kissinger's puppets from the ground, then ranges over Palestine, the CIA and Latin America; from the 1976 LP Com as minhas tamanquinhas. Format: gatefold.
About the artist
Portuguese singer-songwriter.
Themes
Kissinger · CIA · NATO · Palestine · Anti-Imperialism · Anti-American · Prostitution · Guns