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.
La Cretina Commedia
Talco Lyrics
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Intono ultima tenzon
Giacche' diritta strada
Perse la mia generazion
E desto il verso di un far giocondo
Tra sonni di virtu'
Scorse un deserto dove
Il sol non si distingeva piu'
Crollando sempre piu' giu'
Andando sempre piu' giu'
Solito ad aspettar
Uno schiaffo dal fondo
Per poi ricominciar
E andare ancora piu' giu'
Trascinare piu' giu'
La terra del mio natal
Che in cerca di virtu'
Scendo per affamar
E or qui commedia non ride piu'
Marcata dalla realta'
Biasimai orge di mafie e nani
Affannati in eternita'
Dall'obbedir come cani
Ed anelar culi da leccar
E nel vagar mio conobbi a stento
Giovantenne nudo a scappar
Da belta' a pagamento
E mecenati in servile eta'
Qui ti invoco mia provvidenza
A dispensarmi dal leggere
Poiche' ignoro differenza
Tra puttane e suoi lacche'
Al finire di un'esistenza
Culla di amenita'
Cresciute in astinenza
E mai temprate da sazieta'
E or eccomi in un limbo immune da credute idee
Paradiso in un inferno di terrena eta'
A ripondere che non cadde invan
Il rischio di partire per un mondo a immagine
Di chi poi sapra' quanto puo' valer
Un sonno per svegliar
Incanti di un nuovo resistere
The lyrics of Talco's song, La Cretina Commedia, depict the singer's struggle to find his way in a world filled with corruption, greed, and dishonesty. In the first verse, he describes his generation losing their way on a straight path and seeing a desert where the sun no longer shines. The second verse continues the theme of despair and falling deeper into hopelessness, becoming accustomed to waiting for a slap from the bottom so he can start again and drag himself, and his land, even further down.
In the third verse, the lyrics become more explicit in their criticism of the society. He speaks of blaming the orgies of mafias and dwarfs and being born into an eternity of obeying like dogs and yearning for asses to lick. Here, he paints a picture of a society that glamorizes the wrong things and is in decline. The final verse is a plea to a higher power to dispense the singer from having to read the difference between prostitutes and their minions. It talks about growing up in deprivation and being untempered by satiety. The song ends with a note of hope as the singer welcomes the paradise of an inferno of earthly age and the realization that the risk of leaving for a more promising world is not in vain.
Interestingly, Talco is an Italian ska punk band that hails from Marghera, a village located in the Venetian mainland. La Cretina Commedia was released in their third album titled "La Cretina Commedia" in 2011.
Line by Line Meaning
Nel brusco avvento della rugiada
In the sudden arrival of the dew
Intono ultima tenzon
I chant the last battle
Giacche' diritta strada
Since the straight path
Perse la mia generazion
My generation got lost
E desto il verso di un far giocondo
And awakened the verse of a joyful act
Tra sonni di virtu'
Among dreams of virtue
Scorse un deserto dove
He saw a desert where
Il sol non si distingeva piu'
The sun was no longer visible
Crollando sempre piu' giu'
Falling more and more down
Andando sempre piu' giu'
Going always more down
Solito ad aspettar
Used to wait
Uno schiaffo dal fondo
A slap from the bottom
Per poi ricominciar
To then start again
E andare ancora piu' giu'
And go even more down
Trascinare piu' giu'
Dragging down more
La terra del mio natal
The land of my birthplace
Che in cerca di virtu'
That in search of virtue
Scendo per affamar
Goes down to starve
E or qui commedia non ride piu'
And now here comedy does not laugh anymore
Marcata dalla realta'
Marked by reality
Biasimai orge di mafie e nani
I blamed orgies of mafias and dwarfs
Affannati in eternita'
Frantic in eternity
Dall'obbedir come cani
By obeying like dogs
Ed anelar culi da leccar
And craving asses to lick
E nel vagar mio conobbi a stento
And in my wandering, I hardly knew
Giovantenne nudo a scappar
A young naked man running away
Da belta' a pagamento
From beauty for payment
E mecenati in servile eta'
And patrons in servile age
Qui ti invoco mia provvidenza
Here I invoke my providence
A dispensarmi dal leggere
To spare me from reading
Poiche' ignoro differenza
Since I ignore the difference
Tra puttane e suoi lacche'
Between whores and their lackeys
Al finire di un'esistenza
At the end of an existence
Culla di amenita'
Cradle of amenities
Cresciute in astinenza
Grown in abstinence
E mai temprate da sazieta'
And never tempered by satiety
E or eccomi in un limbo immune da credute idee
And now here I am in a limbo immune to believed ideas
Paradiso in un inferno di terrena eta'
Paradise in a hell of earthly age
A ripondere che non cadde invan
To reply that it didn't fall in vain
Il rischio di partire per un mondo a immagine
The risk of leaving for a world in our image
Di chi poi sapra' quanto puo' valer
Of who will then know how much it's worth
Un sonno per svegliar
A dream to wake up
Incanti di un nuovo resistere
Enchantments of a new resistance
Contributed by Lincoln B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Bob Digger
Dall Australia un fottuto abbraccio ... dall unico fottuto animale che continua a provarci... vi voglio bene Talchi... un abbraccio a Tella ;)
Prof. Luis Orlando Cantera Salinas
Pedazo de banda!!! Saludos 🇲🇽
Nihil
I just got into you guys a few weeks ago, through your cover of Bella Ciao. Keep up the good work!
Kye Major
@Bobby Walter yea, have been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :D
Bobby Walter
Dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you are stoned like me atm you can stream pretty much all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Have been watching with my gf recently :)
fullskapunk alchemist
Is the album cover supposed to be a reference to either Rancid - Out Come the Wolves or Minor Threat - selftitled?
Francesco Presta
I think so
Manuel Alejandro Aravena Morales
Saludos desde chile gran banda
Jorgurmander
dante would be pleased
Edward Polevoy
You realy rock guys !!! Rispetto!!!