perturbazione

i was jogging along the road out of town in the rain in the dark with my sore shoulder with my big rucksack thinking, "this is a bit crazy, but i would like to try and make this concert now that i am so close.
even if i am an hour late, i might catch the end"

i caught all of it, because a young couple stopped their car and tooted me their horn.  they were so friendly.  they helped me to find the exact location of the gig.   the girl said: apart from going to see perturbazione, what exactly are you doing in italy?      i thought of just saying "i like being in italy" but instead i said, "i am here to see my brother and his wife, who is here holidaymaking... and then i want to pick up my bike"


the first song they sang was Agosto:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpFxmTvpJrM

the refrain goes:

se non e vero che hai paura
non e vero che ti senti solo,  non e vero che fa freddo
allora perche tremi in quest'agosto?

if it is not true that you are scared
it is not true that you feel alone, it is not true that it is cold,
then why are you shivering this august?


melancholy




everyone liked them so much; they clapped and whistled and the third and final time they came back on the stage they played this italian version of belle and sebastian: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MymMgmz22K0&feature=related

i liked the way that the leadsinger danced and swung about the stage in melancholy ways, i had the impression that he was expressing exactly what he wanted to express irrespective of what anybody else might think.   listening closely to one's feelings and expressing them is one way to define what an artist does.