"Il Gorilla" - alfstone covers De Andrè

[alfstone]

When I discovered that this month it was a Monkey Fest, I was sure I wouldn't done anything at all...I had voted for funky...  

...then I remembered "Il Gorilla".  

It's the Italian version of "Le Gorille", a song by George Brassens, as sung by Fabrizio De Andrè in 1968.

Just my 1974 Yamaha G-180A classical guitar and my voice.

Enjoy!  

Il gorilla

Sulla piazza d'una città
la gente guardava con ammirazione
un gorilla portato là
dagli zingari d'un baraccone
con poco senso del pudore
le comari di quel rione
contemplavano lo scimmione
non dico dove non dico come
attenti al gorilla!

D'improvviso la grossa gabbia
dove viveva l'animale
s'aprì di schianto non so perché
forse l'avevano chiusa male
la bestia uscendo fuori di là
disse: "quest'oggi me la levo"
parlava della verginità
di cui ancora viveva schiavo
attenti al gorilla!

Il padrone si mise a urlare
"il mio gorilla, fate attenzione"
non ha veduto mai una scimmia
potrebbe fare confusione
tutti i presenti a questo punto
fuggirono in ogni direzione
anche le donne dimostrando
la differenza tra idea e azione
attenti al gorilla!

Tutta la gente corre di fretta
di qui e di là con grande foga
si attardano solo una vecchietta
e un giovane giudice con la toga
visto che gli altri avevan squagliato
il quadrumane accelerò
e sulla vecchia e sul magistrato
con quattro salti si portò
attenti al gorilla!

"bah, sospirò pensando la vecchia,
ch'io fossi ancora desiderata
sarebbe cosa alquanto strana
e più che altro non sperata"
"che mi si prenda per una scimmia
pensava il giudice col fiato corto,
non è possibile, questo è sicuro"
il seguito prova che aveva torto
attenti al gorilla!

Se qualcuno di voi dovesse
costretto con le spalle al muro,
violare un giudice od una vecchia
della sua scelta sarei sicuro
ma si dà il caso che il gorilla
considerato un grandioso fusto
da chi l'ha provato però non brilla
né per lo spirito né per il gusto
attenti al gorilla!

Infatti lui, sdegnando la vecchia
si dirige sul magistrato
lo acchiappa forte per un'orecchia
e lo trascina in mezzo ad un prato
quel che successe tra l'erba alta
non posso dirlo per intero
ma lo spettacolo fu avvincente
e la "suspence" ci fu davvero
attenti al gorilla!

Dirò soltanto che sul più bello
dello spiacevole e cupo dramma
piangeva il giudice come un vitello
negli intervalli gridava mamma
gridava mamma come quel tale
cui il giorno prima come ad un pollo
con una sentenza un po' originale
aveva fatto tagliare il collo.
attenti al gorilla!

...since I'm not sure that many of you are comfortable with Italian, here is the English translation. As you can see, it's a song about death penalty.

The gorilla

On the square of a city
people looked with admiration
a gorilla brought there
by gypsies in a shed
with little sense of decency
the women of that district
contemplating the animal
I do not say where I will not say how
beware the gorilla!

Suddenly the big cage
where the animal lived
opens with a crash do not know why
perhaps they had inproperly closed
the beast coming out of there
said, "today I'll take it off"
spoke of his virginity
of which he still lived in slavery
beware the gorilla!

The owner started screaming
"My gorilla, beware"
has never seen a monkey
could be confused
all presents at this point
fled in all directions
also women showed
the difference between idea and action
beware the gorilla!

All the people running in a hurry
here and there with great enthusiasm
linger just a little old lady
and a youth judge in his robes
as the other they had melted
the accelerated Quadrumana
and the old and the magistrate
he went with four jumps
beware the gorilla!

"Bah, sighed thinking of the old lady,
I'd still be wanted
would be very strange thing
and for nothing more than hoped"
"I will be taken for a monkey
thought the judge with shortness of breath,
is not possible, that's for sure "
Following is the evidence that he was wrong
beware the gorilla!

If any of you were
forced up against the wall,
violating a judge or an old lady
I would be sure of your choice
but it turns out that the gorilla
considered a great drum
by those who have tried but does not shine
for neither the spirit nor the taste
beware the gorilla!

In fact, he, disdaining the old lady
goes to the judge
strong to catch him by the ear
and drags him into the middle of a meadow
what happened in the tall grass
I can not tell the full
but the show was exciting
and the "suspense" there was really
beware the gorilla!

I will only say that on the more beautiful moment
of the unpleasant and gloomy drama
the judge cried like a calf
cried "mom" in the intervals
"Mom" he screamed as the guy
which the day before as a chicken
with a sentence a little original
had cut the neck.
beware the gorilla!



Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/it/il-gorilla-gorilla.html#ixzz3J5kiyU4E/lyrics]

Alfredo

[Oldrottenhead]

bravo alfredo great to hear you singing once more. fantastic guitar work too.

[Hilary]

Yes, lovely to hear you sing again Alfredo, you should do more.

[alfstone]

Yes, lovely to hear you sing again Alfredo, you should do more.

Thanks James and Hilary, but:

1) my vocal range extension is...just few millimetres   

2)....I'm shy.... 

Alfredo

[Geir]

No reason to be shy Alfredo. This sounds wonderful

[Redler]

Agree with the others!! You should sing more! Fabulous performance both on vocals and guitar!

[danieldesete]

Fabulous cover Alfredo !

In fact I started to cover Le gorille myself last evening, but now I'm not sure.
I live in the city where George Brassens was born and everybody is so pride of him here... That song was censored by the French government when it was release, they didn't like what happens to that poor judge at the end the story.

It's amazing to hear this song sung in Italian. I really love the little guitar tweets you added, and the glorious chords at the end. Alfredo you made my day.

Daniel

[alfstone]

Fabulous cover Alfredo !

In fact I started to cover Le gorille myself last evening, but now I'm not sure.
I live in the city where George Brassens was born and everybody is so pride of him here... That song was censored by the French government when it was release, they didn't like what happens to that poor judge at the end the story.

It's amazing to hear this song sung in Italian. I really love the little guitar tweets you added, and the glorious chords at the end. Alfredo you made my day.

Daniel

Daniel, PLEASE, go on with YOUR cover!!! I would be really glad to listen to you singing the original version, PLEASE!!!

Alfredo

[Gnasty]

I love this style. That classical sounds fantastic! I love your runs you do and man you sing well.

A lot of words in one gulp of breath..

Very good!

[Oldrottenhead]

A lot of words in one gulp of breath..

deffo. i know you are a GP Alfredo but you could be an auctioneer. i couldnt believe how fast the words came  . gaun yersel ma man!