My Dear Killer Sings Francesco DeGregori's L'uccisione di Babbo Natale |
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Written by Francesco DeGregori, Originaly Published in Buffalo Bill.
Rercorded by My Dear Killer as an Under My Bed Xmas Present, free download. S. plays the guitar and and does the voice, 22 of December 2006, at 67 The Burroughs, Downstairs, Nursery, North London, U.K. by a Tascam Portastudio 8 track recorder. |
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DeGregori surged to popularity in the early seventies with a string or
remarkably high quality singles, with respect to the general national broadcasting
standard of so-defined "hits". For what my opinion's worth,
I still consider one of those, Rimmel, as one of the
most delicate and poignant love songs composed by an Italian singer-songwriter (and even in more general
terms). Its debut album Buffalo Bill included a host of interesting tracks, in primis the one
from which the album took its name, and the Dylanesque, "L'uccisione di Babbo Natale"
(Father Christmas' Assassination), which it's covered here and delivers a subtle
criticism to the at the time mainstream, flower-power-love&peace stereotype. Ironically,
the author ended up being associated with similar stereotypes, notably the champagne socialists/
rococo' communist of this days. I hope you enjoy this version. The Under My Bed Recordings info: e-mail. |
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