Credited on the record as F. Amodei.
Certo che se non fosse
1972 · I Dischi del Sole DS 1012/14 · Turin, Italy
- Artist
- Fausto Amodei
- Credited on the record as
- F. Amodei
- Title
- Certo che se non fosse
- Release
- Compagno Vietnam
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14
- Format
- LP · Compilation
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Turin, Italy
- Songwriter
- Fausto Amodei
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Italian Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the companion songbook "Compagno Vietnam" (Edizioni del Gallo, 1974) prints the lyrics. Track A5. Satirical song in the voice of a grateful citizen: "if it were not for the Marines fighting in Vietnam we would all be slaves of the subversives". ildeposito dates the song 1972 and cites this LP.
About the artist
Fausto Amodei (born Turin, 1934) — architect, singer-songwriter and founder member of Cantacronache (1958); author of "Per i morti di Reggio Emilia". [Source: Wikipedia (it)]
Themes
Satire · Anti-War · Marines · Anti-American · Anti-Communism · Protest
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]