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Coldplay

Premessa

Il tema della rivoluzione viene affrontato dal punto di vista artistico musicale piut-tosto che storico. L’obiettivo è quello di estrapolare dal mondo musicale quanti più brani contengano significato, metafore e simbolismi riguardanti il tema scelto.Nello specifico sono state prese in considerazione per la maggior parte canzoni straniere ed anche qualche autore italiano: a fianco di ogni immagine il testo di riferimento del brano, trascritto a mò di prima stesura del testo.Il libro si apre con un’immagine in riferimento alla copertina dell’album Viva la vida dei Coldplay, anno 2008. Viene infatti raffigurato il dipinto di Eugène Dela-croix “La Libertà che guida il popolo” ma il titolo dell’album è stato ispirato dalla frase “Viva La Vida” scritta nel quadro che Frida Kahlo ha dipinto otto giorni prima di morire e che ha proprio questo titolo.

Soranto Sara

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Beatles

- Revolution -

"You say you want a

revolution

Well you know

we all want to chang

e the world.

but when you talk ab

out destruction

don't you know that y

ou can count me out."

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Bob Marley

- Revolution -

"Revelation reveals the

truth

revelation

it takes a revolutio

n to make a solution

too much confusion

so much frustration"

- Redemption song -

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Tracy Chapman

- Talkin' about a rev

olution -

"Across the lines

who would dare to

go

under the bridge

over the tracks

that seperates whit

es from blacks... "

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Johnny Cash

- Redemption day -

"There is a train t

hat's heading straight

to heaven's gate

to heaven's gate

and on the way ch

ild and man

and woman wait

watch and wait

For redemption day

Freedom"

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Bob Dylan

- Blowin' in the wind

-

"Yes and how many

times must a man loo

k up

before he can see t

he sky ?

Yes and how many e

ars must one man ha

ve

before he can hear

people cry ?

Yes and how many d

eaths will it take 't

ill he knows

that too many peopl

e have died ?

The answer my frie

nd is blowing in the w

ind"

- The times they ar

e a-changin' -

The slow one now w

ill later be fast

as the present now

will later be past

and the first one

now will later be last

for the times they

are a-changin'

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Neil Young

- Peace and love -

"Peace and love

Lennon's goodbye

over Now

living in time

a broken bell

a nursery rhyme

deserted by heroes

strangers in your own

land"

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Jefferson Airplane

- Volunteers -

"Look what's happeni

ng out in the streets

hey I'm dancing dow

n the streets

ain't it amazing all

the people I meet

got a revolutiongot t

o revolution

one generation got old

one generation got so

ul

this generation got n

o destination to hold

"

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Fortunate son -

"Some folks are bor

n made to wave the

flag

ooh they're red whit

e and blue.

and when the band

plays "Hail To The

Chief"

oh they point the c

annon at you Lord"

- Run through the jungle

-

"Oh thought it was

a might mare

though it come so tr

ue

they told me don't

go walking slow

the devil's on the l

oose"

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Buffalo Springfield

- For what It's worth

-

"There's something ha

ppening here

what it is ain't exa

ctly clear

there's a man with a

gun over there

telling me I got to b

eware

I think it's time we

stop children

what's that sound

everybody look what

's going down"

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Cream

- I feel free -

"I can walk down th

e street

there's no one there

though the pavement

s are one huge crowd

I can drive down th

e road

my eyes don't see

though my mind want

s to call out loud."

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Roger Waters

- The post war drea

m -

"Tell me true tell m

e why was Jesus cruc

ified

is it for this that

daddy died?

is that a hint of a

ccusation in your eye

s?

what have we done

maggie what have we

done

what have we done

to england

should we shout shou

ld we scream

"what happened to t

he post war dream?"

oh Maggie what have we

done?"

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The Who

- My generation -

"People try to put

us down

Just because we

get around

Things they do loo

k awful cold

I hope I die before

I get old

This is my generat

ion

This is my generat

ion baby"

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Patti Smith

- People have the po

wer -

"I awaken

ed to the cry

that the people

have the power

to redeem

the work of fools

upon the meek

the graces shower

it's decreed

the people rule"

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Bruce Springsteen

- Born in the U.S.A.

-

"I had a

brother at Khe Sahn

fighting off the Viet

Cong

they're still there h

e's all gone

he had a woman he

loved in Saigon

I got a picture of

him in her arms now

down in the shadow

of the penitentiary

out by the gas fires

of the refinery

I'm ten years burning

down the road

nowhere to run ain't

got nowhere to go"

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Joni Mitchell

- Woodstock. -

"I'm going

on down to Yasgur's f

arm

I'm going to join in a

rock 'n' roll band

I'm going to camp ou

t on the land

I'm going to try an' g

et my soul free

by the time we got

to Woodstock

we were half a mill

ion strong

and everywhere the

re was song and cele

bration

and I dreamed I sa

w the bombers

riding shotgun in the

sky

and they were turn

ing into butterflies

above our nation"

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Scott McKenzie

- San Francisco -

"All acros

s the nation

such a strange vibra

tion

people in motion

there's a whole gener

ation

with a new explanat

ion

people in motion

people in motion"

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The Doors

- The unknown soldier

-

"Wait until t

he war is over

and we're both a lit

tle older

the unknown soldier

breakfast where the

news is read

television children fe

d

unborn living living de

ad

bullet strikes the h

elmet's head

make a grave for t

he unknown soldier

nestled in your hollow

shoulder

the unknown soldier"

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Lenny Kravitz

- Love revolution -

"This love

will never leave you

this love will never

let you go

It is time for a lov

e revolution

It is time for a new

constitution"

- Back in Vietnam -

"We are like

pirates and we are

comin' with the bigges

t ego

we're gonna bring it

down and give it to

you that's how we go

we're gonna drop fro

m the sky like a kille

r tornado

here we are again m

y friends

we're back in Vietna

m"

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U2

- Sunday bloody sunda

y -

"I can't b

elieve the news today

I can't close my eye

s and make it go aw

ay.

how long must we sing

this song?

'cos tonight

we can be as one t

onight.

broken bo

ttles under children'

s feet

bodies strewn across

the dead-end stree

t.

but I won't heed th

e battle call

It puts my back up

puts my back up ag

ainst the wall."

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T-Rex

- Children of the revolut

ion -

"Well you can

bump and grind

It is good for your

mind

well you can twist a

nd shout let it all h

ang out

well you can tear a

plane in the falling r

ain

I drive rolls royce 'c

os it's good for my vo

ice

but you won't fool t

he children of the r

evolution"

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Fabrizio De André

- Canzone del maggio -

"E se vi

siete detti

non sta succedendo

niente

le fabbriche riaprira

nno

arresteranno qualch

e studente

convinti che fosse u

n gioco

a cui avremmo gioca

to poco

provate pure a cred

evi assolti

siete lo stesso coinv

olti."

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Francesco De Gregori

- Generale -

"Generale

la guerra e' finita

il nemico e' scappat

o e' vinto e' battuto

dietro la collina no

n c'e' piu' nessuno

solo aghi di pino e

silenzio e funghi

buoni da mangiare b

uoni da seccare

da farci il sugo qu

ando e' Natale

quando i bambini pia

ngono

e a dormire non ci

vogliono andare."

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Franco Battiato

- Aria di rivoluzione

-

"A quel t

empo in Europa

c'era un'altra guerra

e per canzoni solo s

irene d'allarme

passa il tempo

sembra che non camb

i niente

questa mia generazi

one

vuole nuovi valori."

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Roberto Vecchioni

- Samarcanda -

"Ridere ride

re ridere ancora

ora la guerra paura

non fa

brucian le divise nel

fuoco la sera

brucia nella gola vin

o alla sazieta'

musica di tamburelli

fino all'aurora

il soldato che tutta

la notte ballo'

vide fra la folla qu

ella nera signora

vide che cercava lu

i e si spavento'"

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Rino Gaetano

- E io ci sto' -

"Mi alzo al m

attino con una nuova

Illusione

prendo il 109 per la

Rivoluzione

e sono soddisfatto u

n poco saggio un poco

matto

penso che fra vent'a

nni finiranno i miei af

fanni

ma ci ripenso pero'

mi guardo intorno pe

r un po'

e mi accorgo che s

on solo

in fondo e' bella pe

ro'

e' la mia eta' e io c

i sto'"

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“Rivoluzione”

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Soranto Saraanno 2012