Credited on the record as Gianni Morandi; Ennio Morricone, il suo complesso e "I Cantori Moderni" di Alessandroni.
C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
1966 · RCA Italiana PM45 3375 · Rome, Italy
- Artist
- Gianni Morandi
- Credited on the record as
- Gianni Morandi; Ennio Morricone, il suo complesso e "I Cantori Moderni" di Alessandroni
- Title
- C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
- Release
- C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones / Se perdo anche te
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- RCA Italiana # PM45 3375
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Rome, Italy
- Songwriter
- Franco Migliacci, Mauro Lusini
- Genre
- Pop · Baroque Pop · Brill
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones (Morandi, Gianni) Italian. Anti-war
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: There was a boy who, like me / Loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones / He travelled the world, he came from / The United States of America / He wasn't handsome, but by his side / He had a thousand women when / He sang "Help", "Ticket to Ride" / Or "Lady Jane" or "Yesterday" / He sang "Long live freedom" / But he received a letter / He gave me his guitar / He was called back to America / Stop with the Rolling Stones! / Stop with the Beatles, stop! / They told him: go to Vietnam / And shoot the Vietcong / There was a boy who, like me / Loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones / He travelled the world, but then he ended up / Fighting the war in Vietnam / He no longer wears long hair / He doesn't play the guitar but / An instrument that always gives / The same note: "tatatata" / He has no more friends, no more fans / He sees people falling down / He will not return to his country / Now he is dead in Vietnam / Stop with the Rolling Stones! / Stop with the Beatles, stop! / In his chest he no longer has a heart / But two or three medals __________ Italian: C'era un ragazzo che come me / Amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones / Girava il mondo, veniva da / Gli Stati Uniti di America / Non era bello, ma accanto a sé / Aveva mille donne se / Cantava "Help", "Ticket To Ride" / O "Lady Jane" o "Yesterday" / Cantava "Viva la libertà" / Ma ricevette una lettera / La sua chitarra mi regalò / Fu richiamato in America / Stop, coi Rolling Stones! / Stop, coi Beatles, stop! / Han detto…
Notes
RCA Italiana PM45-3375 (matrix RKAW 23327), Ed. RCA/BIEM, produced by Franco Migliacci; the label credits the song to Migliacci–Lusini and the backing to Ennio Morricone, his group and Alessandroni's "I Cantori Moderni". Picture sleeve: Morandi with a guitarist on a building site. [From the record sleeve and label]
About the artist
Born 11 December 1944, Monghidoro, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Currently Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Themes
Anti-War · Draft · VC · Counter-Culture & Hippies · Medals · K.I.A. · Combat
In collections
Draft Songs · European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]