Hitparade - 18 - Hit Parade

The Beatles - "Free As A Bird"


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Trovata tra i lasciti di John Lennon, i tre restanti Beatles realizzarono questa canzone (splendida; accompagnata da un altrettanto splendido video) nel dicembre 1995.

Il demo originale, di John Lennon:






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I titoli finora pubblicati:

17. R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"
16. Donovan - "Donna Donna"
15. Manu Chao - "Bongo Bong"
14. Iggy Pop & The Stooges - "The Passenger"  
13. Elton John - "Rocket Man"

12. David Bowie - "Space Oddity"  
11. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - "Stool Pigeon"
10. Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
9. Elton John - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
8. Lou Reed - "A Perfect Day"
7. Shakespears Sisters - "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
6. Beach Boys - "Barbara Ann"
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Into the Great Wide Open"
4. Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer"
3. Amen Corner - "(If Paradise Is) Half So Nice"
2. Black - "Wonderful Life"
1. Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights"

Hit Parade - 17 - Hitparade

R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"



Oh life, is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spot-light
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper, of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up

Consider this
Consider this, the hint of the century
Consider this the slip
That brought me to my knees, failed
What if all these fantasies come
Flailing around
Now I've said too much

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spot-light
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, fly, try
That was just a dream
Just a dream
Just a dream, dream

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I titoli finora pubblicati:

16. Donovan - "Donna Donna"
15. Manu Chao - "Bongo Bong"
14. Iggy Pop & The Stooges - "The Passenger"  
13. Elton John - "Rocket Man"

12. David Bowie - "Space Oddity"  
11. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - "Stool Pigeon"
10. Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
9. Elton John - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
8. Lou Reed - "A Perfect Day"
7. Shakespears Sisters - "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
6. Beach Boys - "Barbara Ann"
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Into the Great Wide Open"
4. Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer"
3. Amen Corner - "(If Paradise Is) Half So Nice"
2. Black - "Wonderful Life"
1. Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights"

Hit Parade - 16 - Hitparade

Donovan - "Donna Donna"


E' una canzone teatrale yiddish ("Dana Dana", o "Dona Dona") circa un vitello che viene mandato al mattatoio. Donovan, e prima di lui Joan Baez, l'hanno scoperta per sé e resa famosa in tutto il mondo.



Se si legge bene il testo, i riferimenti alle deportazioni degli ebrei sono chiarissimi.

On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

"Stop complaining", said the farmer
Who told you a calf to be?
Why don't you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free?

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow has learned to fly

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

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I titoli finora pubblicati:

15. Manu Chao - "Bongo Bong"
14. Iggy Pop & The Stooges - "The Passenger"  
13. Elton John - "Rocket Man"

12. David Bowie - "Space Oddity"  
11. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - "Stool Pigeon"
10. Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
9. Elton John - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
8. Lou Reed - "A Perfect Day"
7. Shakespears Sisters - "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
6. Beach Boys - "Barbara Ann"
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Into the Great Wide Open"
4. Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer"
3. Amen Corner - "(If Paradise Is) Half So Nice"
2. Black - "Wonderful Life"
1. Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights"

Hit Parade - 15 - Hitparade

Manu Chao - "Bongo Bong"



... Nobody'd like to be in my place instead of me
Cause nobody go crazy when I'm bangin' on my boogie
I'm a king without a crown hanging loose in a big town
But I'm the king of bongo baby I'm the king of bongo bong
(King of the bongo, king of the bongo bong)
Hear me when I come, baby,
(king of the bongo, king of the bongo bong)
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I titoli finora pubblicati:

14. Iggy Pop & The Stooges - "The Passenger"
13. Elton John - "Rocket Man"

12. David Bowie - "Space Oddity"
11. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - "Stool Pigeon"
10. Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
9. Elton John - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
8. Lou Reed - "A Perfect Day"
7. Shakespears Sisters - "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
6. Beach Boys - "Barbara Ann"
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Into the Great Wide Open"
4. Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer"
3. Amen Corner - "(If Paradise Is) Half So Nice"
2. Black - "Wonderful Life"
1. Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights"