Davanti alla polizia
1970 · Cedi GLP81024 · Florence, Italy
- Artist
- Leoncarlo Settimelli
- Title
- Davanti alla polizia
- Release
- Ogni giorno in piazza
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Cedi # GLP81024
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Florence, Italy
- Songwriter
- Leoncarlo Settimelli
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Italian Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Lyrics
English: Every day in the square (in front of the police), / Every day there’s a clash (in front of the police), / Every day in the square (in front of the police), / Every day there’s a clash (in front of the police), / Every now and then, a vigil (in front of the police), / On New Year’s Eve (in front of the police), / The working class is there (in front of the police), / Surely there’s some anger (in front of the police), / Let’s try, guys (in front of the police), / To be realistic (in front of the police), / We all have families (in front of the police), / Even the minister shows up (in front of the police). / “I am here with you” (in front of the police), / “I’m on your side” (in front of the police), / A toast to the struggle (in front of the police), / A toast to the minister (in front of the police), / The comrades arrive (in front of the police), / We toast and then we sing (in front of the police), / Even Miranda(?) shows up (in front of the police), / What a lovely vigil, really (in front of the police), / At two o’clock, everyone heads home (in front of the police), / Everything went well (in front of the police), / Oh, how beautiful the struggle is (in front of the police), / Well, we’ll see each other again (in front of the police), / Perhaps for Vietnam (in front of the police), / Or maybe for Greece (in front of the police), / The last one was Greece (in front of the police), / No, that wasn’t the last time (in front of the police), / Wait, that was Biafra…
Notes
Track B6, the last on the LP; its opening line "Ogni giorno in piazza" gives the record its title. Written 1968. Sides labelled Parte I / Parte II; A4 is "I vietnamiti son piccolini".
Themes
Demonstration · Police Brutality · Protest · Anti-War · Anti-Imperialism
From the release Ogni giorno in piazza
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]