C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
1966 · RCA Italiana PM45 3375 · Roma, Italy
- Artist
- Gianni Morandi
- 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
- Roma, Italy
- Songwriter
- Mauro Lusini, Loris Bazzocchi, Neil Diamond
- 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 There was a guy like me / He loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones / He traveled the world, he came from / The United States of America / He wasn't handsome, but next to him / He had a thousand women if / He sang "Help", "Ticket To Ride "/ Or" Lady Jane "or" Yesterday "/ He sang" Long live freedom "/ But he received a letter / His guitar gave me / He was called back to America / Stop, with the Rolling Stones! / Stop, with the Beatles, stop! / Han said go to Vietnam / And shoot the Vietcong / There was a boy like me / He loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones / He traveled the world, but then he ended up / To go to war in Vietnam / He doesn't wear long hair / He does not play the guitar but / An instrument that always gives / The same "tatatata" note / He no longer has friends, no longer fans / He sees people falling down / He will not return to his country / Now he is dead in Vietnam / Stop, with Rolling Stones! / Stop, with the Beatles, stop! / In the chest the heart no longer has / But two medals or three C'era un ragazzo che come me / Amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones /…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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