Invisible Girl

You know what I'm thinking
here in this same thought
so strong you're resisting
some parts here, some not
our moon is liquid light
stones and shadows
invisible girl, he don't see you
might only feel you
'till the day he knows you and needs you
invisible girl
someday someone
between the satellites
that crowd the sky
these highways and headlamps
halos in glare
they are angels in transit
now they're leading me
receding into this thin air
our moon is here and gone
but I'm remaining
invisible girl
he don't see you
might only feel you
'till the day he knows you and needs you
invisible girl
someday someone
between the satellites
that crowd the sky
remember silently
we speak in volumes
all of this real to me
more than ever, as ever
invisible girl
you shine so brightly
frequencies of rays
raining just out of sight here
Invisible here, but you don't see me
just imagined light
imagining

Invisible Girl - Cristina Donà

Living

Credo che i Mattafix abbiano fatto centro anche questa volta.
Un ritmo interiore simile ad alcuni ormai classici lavori di Peter Gabriel.
Al di là del testo, della musica, quello che più mi colpisce in Living Darfur è il video.
Sguardi, occhi, sorrisi, panorami, colori.. l'Africa. Un modo di celebrare la vita che da noi si vede raramente. Probabilmente quando sopravvivere non è molto più che casuale ogni momento buono è una festa.
Anni fa mi è stata raccontata la storia di una persona che visitava le baraccopoli per sentirsi più grande ed importante dei poveracci che incrociava.
Ricordo la mia rabbia, la delusione nei confronti di un essere umano così meschino. Dentro certi uomini c'è qualcosa di sbagliato, forse un gene che non s'è attivato correttamente.
Viaggiare in Paesi lontani, vedere immagini di povertà diffusa, al contrario, mi fa sentire molto piccolo.
La prima volta che ho attraversato l'Atlantico ho pensato: quanti Alex affiancati ci vogliono per coprire questa distanza? Granelli di sabbia..


See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
Where it seems there are only borderlines
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise

There's disaster in your past
Boundaries in your path
What do you desire will lift you higher?
You don't have to be extraordinary, just forgiving.
And those who never heard your cries,
You shall rise
And look toward the skies.
Where others fail, you prevail in time.
You shall rise.

You may never know, If you lay low, lay low
You shall rise

Sooner or later we must try... Living
You may never know, If you lay low, lay low

See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
Where it seems there are only borderlines
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise

You may never know, If you lay low, lay low

Sooner or later we must try... Living

Living Darfur - Mattafix

Banderas

Qualcuno si ricorda delle Banderas, un duo musicale Uk dei primi anni '90?
Beh, ieri sera mentre facevo zapping ho visto il video This is Your Life.
Oggi, cercando un po', l'ho ritrovato su YouTube, assieme a qualche scarno dato in Wikipedia.
Due versioni del video sono qui e qui.
Cavolo, che carina era Caroline Buckley! Potere del capello rasato :-)

Sembra che, all'epoca, la scelta del nome Banderas abbia generato un po' di confusione nella catalogazione del genere di musica prodotta dalla band. Inoltre l'album Ripe (in particolare in Usa) non ha avuto successo, impedendo così il proseguimento del progetto.

Where is the purpose in your life
Where is the truth
Do you remember your hopes
Your dreams
They are no longer your own
This day is for loving your own life
Don't let this world capture your heart
Your passion lost to a thousand themes
Surrendered to the screen
This is not a story
This is not a book this is your life
And this is not a play
Some TV show you've seen
This is real life
You know that
This is your this is your life
This is your this is your life
You act like a child playing games now
Play and pretend the art of disguise
Alone and lost in a11 your lies
This is not a story
This is not a book this is your life
And this is not a play
Some TV show you've seen
This is real life
You know that
This is your this is your life
This is real this is real life
There is no rehearsal
No second chance
No false start no better circumstances
This is not a story
This is not a book this is your life
And this is not a play
Some TV show you've seen
This is real life
You know that
This is your this is your life
This is real this is your life
This is your this is your life
This is your life (repeat)

Banderas - This is Your Life [Ripe - 1991]