Eat the phikis
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Eat the phikis is the breakthrough album by Italian rock band Elio e le storie tese
. They became famous after their second place finish at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song La terra dei cachi, a humorous take on Italian lifestyle. This record shows the band at their creative peak.
Elio e le Storie Tese
Elio e le Storie Tese , often abbreviated EelST, is an Italian band from Milan, formed in 1980, whose music is clearly inspired to the style of Frank Zappa, both in music and lyrics...
. They became famous after their second place finish at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song La terra dei cachi, a humorous take on Italian lifestyle. This record shows the band at their creative peak.
Track listing
- Vincitori o campioni? - 1:59 (tr. Winners Or Champions?)
- La terra dei cachi live in Sanremo - 4:21 (tr. Land Of The Khakis)
- Burattino senza fichi - 4:52 (tr. Wireless Puppet)
- T.V.U.M.D.B. - 5:26 (tr. I.L.Y.S.M. (I Love You So Much))
- Lo stato A, lo stato B - 4:31 (tr. The State A, The State B)
- El Pube - 5:03
- Omosessualità - 3:34 (tr. Homosexuality)
- Mio cuggino - 5:36 (tr. My Cousin)
- First Me, Second Me - 3:32
- Milza - 4:34 (tr. Spleen)
- Li immortacci - 4:40 (tr. The Immortals -Untraslatable equivoke-)
- Tapparella - 6:31 (tr. Shutter)
- Neanche un minuto di non caco - 14:59 (tr. Less Than A Minute Of Not Khakis)
Personnel
- Stefano Belisari - lead vocals, transverse flute, electric bass,
- Sergio Conforti - vocals, keyboards, electronic drums, piano
- Nicola Fasani - electric bass, backing vocals
- Davide Civaschi - electric guitar, backing vocals
- Christian Meyer - drums, percussions
Allusions
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are heard. Voices from Teatro AristonTeatro AristonThe Ariston Theatre is a movie theatre in the Sanremo, Italy. Since its opening on 1953, the theatre has been the home of the annual Sanremo Music Festival Competitions, which were first held there in 1977....
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. The title resembles the title of the album Burattino senza fili by Edoardo BennatoEdoardo BennatoEdoardo Bennato is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is the brother of the singer-songwriter Eugenio Bennato.-Biography:...
. Citations: Più ci penso by Gianni Bella, Get BackGet Back"Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, composed by Paul McCartney and frequently attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969, and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be ,...
by the Beatles, the soundtrack of an Italian Pinocchio film and It's a Long Way to TipperaryIt's a Long Way to TipperaryIt's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall...
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. - T.V.U.M.D.B. is inspired by Earth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
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is heard in the song. - Mio cuggino is a joke about many urban legends; there are citations of AutobahnAutobahn (song)"Autobahn" is a song by German electronic band Kraftwerk, composed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider of the band, with Emil Schult collaborating on the lyrics. It is co-produced by Conny Plank, and was the band's first track to use sung lyrics...
by KraftwerkKraftwerkKraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
, the voice of Ike WillisIke WillisIke Willis is a singer and guitarist who was a regular sideman for Frank Zappa, first joining Zappa's band for the fall 1978 tour and remaining in the band for several years. He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 for personal reasons, but returned to touring with Zappa for his final two...
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's voice. - Li immortacci is sung with Italian singers Giorgia and Edoardo Vianello (who sings on the notes of his own past hit I Watussi) and talks about famous dead rock stars living secretly in a quasi-immortal state ("mortacci" is a mild-to-folkloric roman swear roughly meaning "your damned dead"). "Li immortacci" are Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
(er Chitara), Freddie MercuryFreddie MercuryFreddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range...
(er Mafrodito), Bob MarleyBob MarleyRobert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
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(er Thrilleraro), Jim MorrisonJim MorrisonJames Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American musician, singer, and poet, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors...
(er Lucertolaro), John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
(er Quattrocchi immaginaro), Luigi TencoLuigi TencoLuigi Tenco was an Italian singer, songwriter and actor.-Biography:Tenco was born in Cassine in 1938, the son of Teresa Zoccola and Giuseppe Tenco. He never knew his father, who died in unclear circumstances...
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(l'Impiccato), Kurt CobainKurt CobainKurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
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or Chet BakerChet BakerChesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
). There are also citations of Lisa Marie PresleyLisa Marie PresleyLisa Marie Presley is an American singer and songwriter, also known as the "Princess of Rock and Roll". She is the only child of Elvis Presley, and daughter of Priscilla Presley.-Early life:...
and Haile Selassie. MMusically, there is a sampling of We Are the ChampionsWe Are the Champions"We Are the Champions" is a power ballad written by Freddie Mercury, recorded and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. One of their most famous and popular songs, it remains among rock's most recognisable anthems...
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(and of Mercury's voice) and in the part dedicated to Jim MorrisonJim MorrisonJames Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American musician, singer, and poet, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors...
, some of the lyrics resembles the lyrics of The EndThe End (The Doors song)"The End" is a song by The Doors. Originally written by Jim Morrison as a song about breaking up with girlfriend Mary Werbelow, it evolved through months of performances at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go Go into a nearly 12-minute opus on their self-titled album. The band would perform the song to close...
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. - In Tapparella are cited: Little WingLittle Wing"Little Wing" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix. It was first recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1967 album Axis: Bold as Love...
by Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, Gente per bene, gente per male by Lucio BattistiLucio BattistiLucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....
and Impressioni di settembre by PFMPremiata Forneria MarconiPremiata Forneria Marconi is an Italian progressive rock band. They were the first Italian group to have success abroad, entering both the British and American charts. Between 1973 and 1977 they released five albums with English lyrics...
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