1a canzone al giorno

La canzone di oggi, come altre che ho messo, mi è tornata in mente risentendola più volte in pochi giorni. E' degli Spandau Ballet, un gruppo epico degli anni '80, che si contendeva il successo e l'adorazione delle ragazze con i Duran Duran di Simon Le Bon e gli Wham! di George Michael. I miei preferiti erano gli ultimi ma anche gli altri due gruppi hanno fatto delle canzoni molto belle che sono rimaste un po' nella storia della musica.
Credo che la canzone di oggi, "Through the barricades", sia la più bella degli Spandau. Di sicuro è la mia preferita e mi ricorda tanto le gite scolastiche e le canzoni cantate sui sedili dei pullman e ballate (ballate....!?) nelle feste in casa della mitica Elena (vero Simo?...).

Through the barricades (Spandau Ballet)

Mother doesn’t know where love has gone
She says it must be youth
That keeps us feeeling strong
See it in her face, that’s turned to ice
And when she smiles she shows
The lines of sacrifice
And now I know what they’re saying
When the sun begins to fade
And we made our love on wasteland
And through the barricades

Father made my history
He fought for what he thought
Would set us somehow free
He tought me what to say in school
I learned off by heart
But now that’s torn in two

And now I know what they’re saying
In the music of the parade
We made our love on wasteland
And through the barricades
Born on different sides of life
We feel the same
And feel all of this strife
So come to me when I’m asleep
We’ll cross the line
And dance upon the street
And now I know what they’re saying
When the drums begin to fade
We made our love on wasteland
And through the barricades

Oh, turn around and I’ll be there
There’s a scar through my heart
But I’ll bare it again
I thought? we were the human race
But we were just another border-line-case
And the stars reach down and tell us
That there’s always one escape

I don’t know where love has gone
And in this trouble land
Desperation keep us strong
Fridays child is full of soul
With nothing left to lose
There’s everything to go

And now I know what they’re are saying
It’s a terrible beauty we’ve made
So we make our love on? wasteland
And through the barricades
Now I know what they’re are saying
As hearts go to their graves
We made our love on? wasteland
And through the barricades.