Credited on the record as Angelo Bertoli.
1967
1977 · Ascolto ASC 20030 · Sassuolo, Italy
- Artist
- Pierangelo Bertoli
- Credited on the record as
- Angelo Bertoli
- Title
- 1967
- Release
- Il centro del fiume
- Year
- 1977
- Label
- Ascolto # ASC 20030
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Sassuolo, Italy
- Songwriter
- Pierangelo Bertoli (words), Marco Dieci (music)
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Italian Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Lyrics
English: I said to my father: 'I might be home late, but don't you worry!' / And so I returned home like a mouse—only ten years later. / At first, my father wasn't pleased with my behavior, / But I was wearing a tie, so I showed it to him, dangling beneath my chin. / He looked at it with satisfaction, greeted me, and then gave me a hug. / After dinner, he casually asked why I had been so late. / I told him I had wandered through many places—mountains, valleys, and woods. / He asked me to describe the lands I had visited, as he had only ever dreamed of them. / I sang of the mountains, the infinite ocean, and the boundless sky. / I spoke of the ancient hunger of the East and the vices of the West. / I accused and cursed the Jews and the Americans for their vile genocide, / The plight of Black people—treated like dogs—and the anguish of the Indigenous peoples. / I wept in despair for ancient Palestine, now reduced to a slaughterhouse, / For clerical racism cloaked in lies and covered in shame, / And for the sadism of a legal system that abuses its power and thrives on violence. / I wept for Vietnam, the stage for an absurd confrontation between the powerful. / My father fed only on newspapers and television, / So, despite everything I said, I could never reach his reason. / He called me a liar, then fixed me with a harsh stare and nearly struck me. / And then—refusing to hear another word—he called in the military. / The carabinieri, too, insisted on asserting their…
Notes
Track A2 of the LP manufactured by Compagnia Generale del Disco; credited to "Angelo Bertoli". Looking back ten years on the protests of 1967. Reissued on LP 1982 and 1985, cassette 1982 and CD.
About the artist
Pierangelo Bertoli (Sassuolo, 1942–2002) — singer-songwriter; credited as Angelo Bertoli on his early records. [Source: Wikipedia (it)]
Themes
Demonstration · Counter-Culture & Hippies · Protest · Anti-War · Vietnam Analogy