The Stadium Arcadium

” Ci sono canzoni che sono senza tempo, che hanno dentro qualcosa di magico, che in qualche modo è indistruttibile. Il mio sogno più grande era di riuscire a restituire anche solo un po’ di quella magia. Mi hanno dato qualcosa che è difficile descrivere a parole, ma che per me ha un grandissimo valore, qualcosa che ho sempre portato con me. Se sono qui a scrivere di tutto questo è grazie a tante altre persone come me, che incredibilmente hanno trovato un po’ di quel qualcosa anche in quello che ho fatto io. Qualcosa che si sono venuti a prendere, che in qualche modo adesso appartiene a loro. In un modo diverso da come appartiene a me, in un modo forse ancora più bello e speciale, che ognuno di loro conosce come io non potrò conoscere mai. é a loro che ho pensato quandoho intitolato questa raccolta Soundtrack (colonna sonora). Poichè penso che le canzoni che entrano dentro suonano una musica che alla fine diventa tua. E ogni parola e ogni nota parla di te, non importa chi l’ha scritta e neanche dicosa stava parlando. Per te ha un significato unico e la senti parte della tua vita” (Elisa, ”soundtrack ‘96-’06″).

 La prima cosa da sapere è che la mia cantante preferita è Elisa (comeavrete notato): nel mio lettore mp3 tipo un terzo delle canzoni sono sue, e non smetterei mai di ascoltarle. Tuttavia, molte persone che conosco trovano le canzoni di Elisa malinconiche…Si, è vero, alcune sono proprio lente e tristi, ma siccome parlano di me io le adoro. Senza contare che tutte le altre, se sentite nel momento giusto, fanno venir voglia di alzarsi e ballare…Qui di seguito, eccone qualcuna…Che amo particolarmente.Mi sembra di aver messo i video di qualche canzone anche tra i blogroll, se volete andate a vedere.

Swan

Walking by yourself in the cold, cold winter
Wrapped up in your coat like
It’s a magic blanket
You say: “No matter where I go
They all look like strangers”
You see, the world only seems
The fairytale that it isn’t

Dream on, dream on
There’s nothing wrong
If you dream on, dream on
Of being a swan

But I know you’re thinking…

And now you’re looking at the sky
Talking to your angel
Could he turn this dirty street
Into a flying carpet?
But then you say: “I am not scared of anything”
Such a shy lie silent as the snow that is fallin’ down

Dream on, dream on
There’s nothing wrong
If you dream on, dream on
Of being a swan

But I know you’re thinking:
“Am I gonna make it through?”
Dream on, dream on (and you can’t run away)
There’s nothing wrong (you’ve got to find a way to make it through this mess)
If you dream on, dream on (’cause you can’t run away)
Of being a swan (you’ve got to find a way, a way out of this mess)

But I know you’re thinking: (’cause you can’t run away)
“Am I gonna make it though?” (you’ve got to find a way to make it through this mess)

Girl on the run (go girl)
You don’t look back (go)
What did you see? (go girl)
What did you get? (go girl)
You’re on the run (go girl)
Trying to forget (go)
But in the end,
Is it so bad?

Girl on the run (go girl)
You don’t look back (go)
What did you see? (go girl)
What did you get? (go girl)
You’re on the run (go girl)
Trying to forget (go)
But in the end (go girl)
Is it so bad… (go)
Being a girl?
Being a girl?

Heaven out of hell (dedicata a PucciEvelina!!)(conosciuta anche come “cincincin” da Carlotta…)

 So are you turning around your mind
do you think the sun won’t shine this time
are you breathing only half of the air
are you giving only half of a chance
don’t you wanna shake because you love
cry because you care
feel ’cause you’re alive
sleep because you’re tired

make heaven, heaven out of hell now …

are you locked up in you counting the days
oh how long until you have your freedom
just shake because you love
cry because you care
feel ’cause you’re alive
sleep because you’re tired
shake because you love
bleed ’cause you got hurt
die because you lived

make heaven, heaven out of hell now …

are you still turning around the same things
are you still trying that way
are you still praying the same prayers
are you still waiting for that same day to come

climbing the same mountain
you’re not getting higher
you’re running after yourself
can’t let go
hiding in that place you don’t wanna be
you push happiness so far away
but it comes back
to give you all that you’ve given before
to love you the way that you do, like a mirror
look in the air ‘n catch that boomerang
can’t fall anywhere else but in your own

and make heaven
heaven out of hell now
make heaven
heaven out of hell now…
make heaven heaven out of hell now
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
are you still waiting
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
are you still praying
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
are you still losing
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
I wanna fly because
I dream
dream
dream

                                  

Bella vero? Ok, un’ultima canzone di elisa e poi cambio cantante:

Happiness is home

Here it comes
The joy of being alone
I’m such a child on my own
Just a child on my own.
‘Cause I know it’s true
And I see it’s right
I know it’s true
And I see it’s right

Here it goes on
Happiness is home
Here it goes on
Happiness is home
Happiness is home

And I know it’s not a dream
I don’t want this to be sweet
I just know it’s not a dream
I don’t wanna get sick of it
‘Cause I know it’s true
And I see it’s right
I just know it’s true
And I see it’s right

Here it goes on, happiness is home
Here it goes on, happiness is home
Here it goes on, happiness is home

Don’t you say it
I would say
Don’t you say it
You talked too soon
And don’t you say it.
and it’s already late to go back, to get back

Here it goes, on happiness is home
Happiness is home
Happiness is home

(buon per voi, di questa il video non l’ho trovato…accontentatevi di ciò che ho messo tra i blogroll!)

Ok, passiamo a qualche altro cantante…c’è questa canzone di Mika che ho trovato simpatica…Soprattutto le prime righe…

Happy ending

This is the way you left me,
I’m not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it’s forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can’t get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I’ve ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I’m wastin’
And I’m wastin’ everydayThis is the way you left me,
I’m not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it’s forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

2 o’clock in the morning, something’s on my mind
Can’t get no rest; keep walkin’ around
If I pretend that nothin’ ever went wron, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just carried on

This is the hardest story that I’ve ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I’m wastin’
And I’m wastin’ everyday

E ora red hot chili peppers!!

Tell me baby

They come from every state to find
Some dreams were meant to be declined
Tell the man what did you have in mind
What have you come to do.

 No turning water into wine
No learning while you’re in the line
I’ll take you to the broken sign
You see these lights are blue. 

Come and get it
Lost it at the city limit
Say goodbye
‘Cause they will find a way to trim it
Everybody
Lookin’ for a silly gimmick
Gotta get away
Can’t take it for another minute

This town is made of many things
Just look at what the current brings
So high it’s only promising
This place was made on you 

Tell me baby what’s your story
Where you come from
And where you wanna go this time
Tell me lover are you lonely
The thing we need is
Never all that hard to find
Tell me baby what’s your story
Where do you come from
And where you wanna go this time
You’re so lovely are you lonely
Giving up on the innocence you left behind 

 Some claim to have the fortitude
Too shrewd to blow the interlude
Sustaining pain to set a mood
Step out to be renewedI’ll move you like a baritone
Jungle Brothers on the microphone
Getting over with an undertone
It’s time to turn to stone

 

Chitty chitty baby
When your nose is in the nitty gritty
Life could be a little shitty
Life could be a little shitty
What a pity
Boston and Kansas City
Looking for a hundred
But you only ever found a fitty.

Tell me baby what’s your story
Where you come from
And where you wanna go this time
Tell me lover are you lonely
The thing we need is
Never all that hard to find
Tell me baby what’s your story
Where do you come from
And where you wanna go this time
You’re so lovely are you lonely
Giving up on the innocence you left behind.

Tell me baby what’s your story
Where you come from
And where you wanna go this time
Tell me lover are you lonely
The thing we need is
Never all that hard to find
Tell me baby what’s your story
Where do you come from
And where you wanna go this time
You’re so lovely are you lonely
Giving up on the innocence you left be…hind.  

Ultimamente mi sono appassionata anche a Ligabue; credo che anche lui sia un mito, molto più esplicito…ecco una very beautiful song:

non è tempo per noi

 
Ci han concesso solo una vita
Soddisfatti o no qua non rimborsano mai
E calendari a chiederci se
stiamo prendendo abbastanza abbastanza
Se per ogni sbaglio avessi mille lire
Che vecchiaia che passerei
Strade troppo strette e diritte
Per chi vuol cambiar rotta oppure sdraiarsi un po’
Che andare va bene pero’
A volte serve un motivo, un motivo
Certi giorni ci chiediamo e’ tutto qui?
E la risposta e’ sempre si’
Non e’ tempo per noi che non ci svegliamo mai
Abbiam sogni pero’ troppo grandi e belli sai
Belli o brutti abbiam facce che pero’ non cambian mai
Non e’ tempo per noi e forse non lo sara’ mai
Se un bel giorno passi di qua
lasciati amare e poi scordati svelta di me
che quel giorno e’ gia’ buono per amare qualche dun’altro
qualche altro
dicono che noi ci stiamo buttando via
ma siam bravi a raccoglierci.
Non e’ tempo per noi che non ci adeguiamo mai
Fuorimoda, fuoriposto, insomma sempre fuori dai
Abbiam donne pazienti rassegnate ai nostri guai
Non e’ tempo per noi e forse non lo sara’ mai
Non e’ tempo per noi che non vestiamo come voi
Non ridiamo, non piangiamo, non amiamo come voi
Forse ingenui o testardi
Poco furbi casomai
Non e’ tempo per noi e forse non lo sara’ mai

 E ora Fever, sempre di Elisa…tremenda voglia di vivere…

 Why do you wanna know everything
Why do you need a plan in your mind
Why do you smile if you don’t want to
Why do you act if this is all true
How can you keep your wish inside you
How can I just forget about you
When I could never lie to you
When I could never hide it from you
Even if I’d only give you silence
You would know
What’s taking place in my mind
But your world has got the fever
You’re killing it with your reasons
Your world has got the fever
And you step on it and don’t see it
Why do we end up being so lonely?
Now where have your eyes gone if nothing scares you
Why is this all just never enough
To make you happy
To stop your thinking
’cause your world has got the fever
You’re killing it with your reasons
Your world has got the fever
And you step on it and you don’t see it
Think I’m falling give me your hand
Think I’m falling give me your hand
Think I’m falling give me your hand
Think I’m falling give me your hand
I was walking when I saw a bird in the sky
And I followed its flight with my eyes
I felt like I could take myself up there
And it just made me smile inside
And it just made me fall in love
With everything
But your world has got the fever
You’re killing it with your reasons
Your world has got the fever
And you step on it and don’t see it
But your world has got the fever
You’re killing it with your reasons
Your world has got the fever
And you step on it and don’t see it
Your world has got the fever
It is shaking and you jump on it
But your world has got the fever
You’re killing it with your reasons
Your world has got the fever
Your world has got the fever