Verdena rehearse every day (when they're not on tour) in their garage, where they have built a recording studio called the Henhouse. The hen-house is their sound laboratory--full many different instruments, like guitars, amplifiers, rhodes, mellotrons, and Korg synths. No digital stuff is allowed to get in!
They view the song like a painter would a picture: to work on by carefully adding more and more layers, yet keeping the big picture in mind. The result is much more than a simple song.
Verdena’s songs, which are stellar in and of themselves, have a new added value since the lyrics are written uniquely. They are not penned in a narrative, logical way. Rather, they follow a stream-of-unconscious style that is closer to the Anglo-American rock language than to the syncope traditions of the Italian language, which are so far from the aesthetics of pure rock. Alberto’s lyrics have always been one of the main characteristics of Verdena that stand out from the usual and reiterated formula of the Italian rock music.
Debut album:
Verdena
The debut album came out on September, 30th, 1999.
The first single went in heavy rotation on MTV.
The album sold 40.000 copies
EPs:
Two EPs were published after the album release: Valvonauta and Viba ep.
In the first one there were two new tracks. In the second one two new tracks and a cover of Sunshine of your love by Cream.
On tour:
The band played in the most important festivals (Imola Heineken Music Festival with Hole and Marylin Manson, Independent Day Festival with Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Arezzo Wave Love Festival with Henry Rollins). Between September 1999 and the summer of 2000 Verdena played more than 100 gigs.
July 2001; Verdena play in Turin before U2 exclusive show in Italy.
Second Album:
Solo un Grande Sasso
Released in September of 2001
The first single, Spaceman, went immediately in the top ten. Same as for the album (sixth in the top ten for three weeks and on the top forty for other four weeks). The record sold 35.000 copies.
Other EPs:
After the release of the second album Verdena published two more EPs in which they made cover of Thirteen Floor Elevator’s Reverberation and Melvins Creepy Smell.
Third Album:
Il Suicidio dei Samurai
Came out on January 31, 2004, two weeks before they played in Groningen, at Eurosonic. At the same time Verdena released the EP Luna. Suddenly it got number two for two weeks on the top ten. Then the album came out and it got to the seventh in the top ten. Made a club tour (30 gigs) most of the times got sold out. On summer 2004 they’ve made 40 gigs all over Italy. Then, once again, a club tour of 20 gigs. Once again sold out everywhere.
Fourth album:
Requiem
Released in 2007.
Far Fisa
Verdena Lyrics
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La gente lucida non pensa più a niente
Più a niente
Sconvolge già la mia banalità
A mente lucida non resta in mente
In mente
Nel niente, nel niente
The Verdena song "Far Fisa" deals with the idea of people becoming numb to the world around them. The opening lyrics suggest that people are afraid to speak the truth because they fear consequences, causing the truth to become frozen and unsaid. The next line talks about people who are clear-headed and no longer think about anything. This numbness is such a powerful force that it overrides even their ability to think. The chorus continues the idea of this numbness being both confusing and frustrating. As we become more rational and level-headed, we also become more forgetful of our own thoughts and emotions until we disappear into nothingness.
The lyrics then repeat the phrase "in mente" (in the mind) several times, which suggests that the song is about the human experience of feeling lost and disconnected from the world, our own feelings, and our own minds. Throughout the song, there's a sense of confusion and frustration with the world, which seems to be closing in on us, and we are struggling to break free.
Line by Line Meaning
Le innocue verità congelano le labbra
The harmless truths freeze the lips.
La gente lucida non pensa più a niente
The clear-minded people don't think about anything anymore.
Più a niente
Not anymore.
Sconvolge già la mia banalità
It already upsets my mediocrity.
A mente lucida non resta in mente
For the clear-minded, nothing remains in mind.
In mente
In mind.
Nel niente, nel niente
In nothingness, in nothingness.
Contributed by Maria S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
eldemasiado
Musicalmente è una bomba a mano, che disco fantastico che è
Linda Prando
Le innocue verità..la gente lucida non pensa più a niente...adoro qs canzone dei verdena. La più bella ed emozionante...senza motivo..la base è superba..unica....rispecchia la mia vita
Chara Aspera
La genteeeeeee lucida non pensa più a niente
Maijako
Una bella canzone!!
Linda Prando
Più a niente sconvolge già la mia banalità
smokedrama
forse questa è una delle canzoni di senso compiuto, seppur nascosto. io ci vedo la gente intontita che non ragiona più con la propria testa e che va dietro a false(innocue) verità... voi che ne dite?
Maijako
mica tanto innocue ..
Giorgio Romero
La situazione politico-sociale di oggi.
Er Freddo Er Fettina
Più a niente ..
tomakiakls
@ciaociao9090 nel niente