In May-June 2002 the band play in many squats, also outside Venice. Talco present the newest song "L'Odore Della Morte", against war on Iraq and America's foreign politics in Irak, Cile, Latin America, ecc.
October 2002: friendship between Talco and comrades of C.P.O. Gramigna (Padua) begins. Gramigna is a squat in Padua, always in front line and socially pawned: big bands (like Senza Sicura) have their roots there. In that night Talco's show featured "Sessant'Anni", new track on Democrazia Cristiana, the italian party that ruled Italy until not so long ago. Together with C.P.O. Gramigna the band played in many other fantastic gigs (the band played with Malasuerte, punk-rock band from C.P.A. Firenze Sud; in Piazza dei Signori, Padua, for the Liberation Day from nazi scum, 25 april and more...). Two more great and unforgettable shows: the ones during a strike against Berlusconi's government. On both occasions Talco played in the middle of the crowd on a camion, followed by a moving procession.
Grown un in Marghera, city famous for pollution and death caused by Petrolchimico industries, Talco are in first line to rise against the situation: a gig in Marghera's square, with lots of people in memory of the dead workers of "Petrolchimico", remind their political and social pawn.
In September 2003 live shows are interrupted in order to record the first studio disc: 10 higly-politic songs. "Signor Presidente", against Berlusconi and, mostly, antifascist, is presented at the C.S.O.A. Zona Bandita (Venice) together with Marones, comrades from Perugia.
October 2004: the first cd "Tutti assolti" is out, produce by Kob Records and Black Butcher Records.
Talco are a strightly antifascist and against racism ska-punk band. They believe in music independence and in the message it has to send against every kind of discriminations.
Il Lamento Del Mare
Talco Lyrics
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Stralci di voli appassiti
Veglia inguaribile per rammentar
Le stelle cadute nel mar
Sordida e pallida sorte
Chino al calar della vita
Strangola il tempo per non annegar
Lungo il lamento del mar
Un sospiro d'assolta pietà
Nel fragore d'un baratro senza ritorno
Il potere pudore non ha
Di campar nel grigiore
Di un tacito feretro
Sopra le stelle del mar
The above lyrics are from the song "Il Lamento Del Mare" by the Italian band Talco. The song talks about the sea's laments over the tragic events that have happened on its shores. The opening lines express the sorrowful call of memories, which are like withered flights. The next two lines describe the sea's vigil, which is incurable and remembers fallen stars. The sea recalls the stars as a metaphor for the events of the past that are still fresh in its memory.
The third line refers to the sea's fate, which seems sordid and pale. As life ends, time struggles to survive, and the sea tries not to drown. The final line of the verse talks about the sea's long lament. In the second verse, the singer describes the lightness of a face, a soft cloth, and a sigh of pure mercy. However, all these pure expressions are meaningless in the noise of an abyssal pit of no return. The verse ends with a statement that power and shame have no space when someone is fighting in the grey world of a silent coffin. The final line talks about the stars above the sea, which symbolize the eternal memory of tragic events that have happened on its shores.
Line by Line Meaning
Languido chiama il ricordo
The memory calls out languidly
Stralci di voli appassiti
Tattered remnants of fading flights
Veglia inguaribile per rammentar
An incurable vigil to remember
Le stelle cadute nel mar
The stars fallen into the sea
Sordida e pallida sorte
A squalid and pale fate
Chino al calar della vita
Bent down at life's decline
Strangola il tempo per non annegar
Time strangles to avoid drowning
Lungo il lamento del mar
Along the lament of the sea
Lievi taffeti d'un viso
Light pieces of a face
Un sospiro d'assolta pietà
A sigh of absolute pity
Nel fragore d'un baratro senza ritorno
In the roar of an abyss without return
Il potere pudore non ha
Power has no modesty
Di campar nel grigiore
To survive in the grayness
Di un tacito feretro
Of a silent coffin
Sopra le stelle del mar
Above the stars of the sea
Contributed by Noah W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Camilo C. Rozzi
Languido chiama il ricordo
Stralci di voli appassiti
Veglia inguaribile per rammentar
Le stelle cadute nel mar
Sordida e pallida sorte
Chino al calar della vita
Strangola il tempo per non annegar
Lungo il lamento del mar
Lievi taffeti d'un viso
Un sospiro d'assolta pietà
Nel fragore d'un baratro senza ritorno
Il potere pudore non ha
Di campar nel grigiore
Di un tacito feretro
Sopra le stelle del mar
Fabio Sanz
Amo esta canción no me resisto, alguien tiene la letra en español?
Javi Solvez
¿quien canta esta cancion?
Jorge Vallejo
Misma pregunta que Fabio Sanz. :)
Xanti Garijo mikeliz
Agurrak euskal herritk!