Le dimensioni del mio caos
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Le dimensioni del mio caos (translatable as "The Size of My Chaos") is the fourth album by the Italian singer Caparezza
, released on April 11, 2008.
as a "picture story sound": as a common thread is the story of Ilaria, that due to a passage of time finds himself catapulted from 1968 today. The story continues with the love CapaRezza Ilaria against that, conditioned by our society, refuses to go back to becoming a young hippie
to-day girl who follows all the fashions and trends of the moment, losing his revolutionary spirit, and ending with the marriage with Carneade, the "one man's forehead." This party will build a space port, a great work absolutely useless (it will in fact intended to send into space the sewage sludge), but whose real purpose is to win elections at the front. Meanwhile Caparezza meets laborer Luigi delle Bicocche, defined modern hero of the precariousness that would work as its subject. Judged by the revolutionary leadership of course, Caparezza is arrested and sentenced to hard labor into a "circus of mice". Meanwhile Carneades won the election with 100% of the vote while Luigi delle Bicocche creates a second passing of time that makes the world go back to prehistoric times where a species of ape, the "bonobo
", shows an evolutionary stage more advanced than people today. Some insights are based on science fiction
plot of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
CapaRezza recalls the 1968 Italian shows of Jimi Hendrix
and makes a comparison between the warm autumn revolution and sexual liberation that results in sexual phobia today, that justifies the pun
title (as "Sixtyeight" in Italian is "Sessantotto", "Sex in everything" in Italian is "Sesso in tutto"). He also cites the groupie
Cynthia Plaster Caster
, which has become famous for having made some casts of the genitals of Hendrix
and other artists. At the end of the track, emulating Hendrix performing the act of splitting the guitar
on the banks of amplifiers, with this narrative pretext, he creates a path through space-time with the electric current generated, and meets Ilaria.
The meeting between CapaRezza and Ilaria and is compared to that between Ulysses
and the sirens. Hear the call of sirens refers to the ability to listen to their inner voice, from here the similarity between the English pronunciation of Ulysses and iullisses with "you listen." The song speaks about the singer's addiction to the Ilaria's character.
CapaRezza is arrested for having pockets, a symbol of historical memory, from where the voice of the power that lies and manipulates. Clear reference to the Catholic Church, accused of obscurantism
.
Here speaks a lazy student who looks at facts and historical characters with a gaze that tends to caricature and the climax makes the game of power that wants to promote ignorance among the younger generations.
Talks the Apulian
spaceport's ideology. The "Space-port" is an impressive space opera created especially for propaganda purposes. Caparezza refers to the Salerno-Reggio Calabria, the Strait of Messina's Bridge, Italian construction and Punta Perotti, works that have never been completed anymore .
"
Dancing is about to die, denouncing the scourge of workplace fatalities and other problems in his region, performing an act of love for his land. The song, as previously Fuori dal tunnel, was wrongly interpreted, given that many people considered the track as a praise to the singer's region.
Inspired by the world of video games, CapaRezza declares its firm intention to always want to "jump to the next level" as a man and as an artist, even at the cost of denying in the future what was yesterday (as well as he already done with his previous character, Mikimix).
While CapaRezza is shoveling excrements (as sentenced by a judge) at the circus, trips for the spaceport are opening, with a plethora of jet setters who are on the show: he seems to want to warn any extraterrestrial
by the arrival of these individuals identified him as the true excrements of the Earth
.
Description symbolic of circus populated by large rats, where the singer's life sadly goes on.
At time of thrash metal
, CapaRezza goes against the current of most reactionary stereotypes about ideal man's identikit
.
Imitating a child's voice and the melodies of the Zecchino d'Oro
,a popular Italian
TV programme where children sing, this song contains an initial quote on the policy agenda of the Matter man's Front by Guglielmo Giannini in the immediate postwar period. Inspired by indifference
, CapaRezza identifies the someone of One man's forehead ,based on opposing values such as ignorance
, ego and exhibitionism
.
To the tune of For a Fistful of Dollars we listen to social protestof the hero
-worker, forced to work for freedom and in extremely precarious conditions that to bring home the salary has to bear the fatigue and the constant change of job
.
, free from all sorts of conventions, including those of type religious
, sexual
and ethnic, and so the "modern man's evolution", with modesty
to act like a monkey
.
Caparezza
Caparezza , pseudonym of Michele Salvemini, born 9 October 1973) is an Italian rapper. Born in Molfetta, Apulia, Caparezza debuted in 1997 at the Sanremo Festival under the name "MikiMix".-Biography and music:...
, released on April 11, 2008.
Album characters
These players are as described in the CD booklet:- CapaRezza, an artist from Apulia who does not smoke jointsCannabisCannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre , for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a...
; - Ilaria, a hippieHippieThe hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
from 1968 fallen in love of Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
; - Luigi delle Bicocche, a masonBuildingIn architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
precarious demolish the wallWallA wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air...
of time; - The bonobo , a playful and uninhibited monkeyMonkeyA monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
.
Album plot
CapaRezza defines this conceptConcept
The word concept is used in ordinary language as well as in almost all academic disciplines. Particularly in philosophy, psychology and cognitive sciences the term is much used and much discussed. WordNet defines concept: "conception, construct ". However, the meaning of the term concept is much...
as a "picture story sound": as a common thread is the story of Ilaria, that due to a passage of time finds himself catapulted from 1968 today. The story continues with the love CapaRezza Ilaria against that, conditioned by our society, refuses to go back to becoming a young hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
to-day girl who follows all the fashions and trends of the moment, losing his revolutionary spirit, and ending with the marriage with Carneade, the "one man's forehead." This party will build a space port, a great work absolutely useless (it will in fact intended to send into space the sewage sludge), but whose real purpose is to win elections at the front. Meanwhile Caparezza meets laborer Luigi delle Bicocche, defined modern hero of the precariousness that would work as its subject. Judged by the revolutionary leadership of course, Caparezza is arrested and sentenced to hard labor into a "circus of mice". Meanwhile Carneades won the election with 100% of the vote while Luigi delle Bicocche creates a second passing of time that makes the world go back to prehistoric times where a species of ape, the "bonobo
Bonobo
The bonobo , Pan paniscus, previously called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is a great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan. The other species in genus Pan is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee...
", shows an evolutionary stage more advanced than people today. Some insights are based on science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
plot of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Track listing
- "La rivoluzione del sessintutto" - 4:59
- "Ulisse (you listen)" - 4:00
- "Non mettere le mani in tasca - 4:32
- "Pimpami la storia" - 4:13
- "Ilaria condizionata" - 3:43
- "La grande opera" - 4:50
- "Vieni a ballare in Puglia" - 3:59
- "Abiura di me" - 4:10
- "Cacca nello spazio" - 4:26
- "Il circo delle pantegane" - 3:47
- "Un vero uomo dovrebbe lavare i piatti" - 3:56
- "Io diventerò qualcuno" - 3:37
- "Eroe (storia di Luigi delle Bicocche" - 4:06
- "Bonobo Power" - 3:19
La rivoluzione del sessintutto
"Sex-in-everything Revolution"CapaRezza recalls the 1968 Italian shows of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
and makes a comparison between the warm autumn revolution and sexual liberation that results in sexual phobia today, that justifies the pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
title (as "Sixtyeight" in Italian is "Sessantotto", "Sex in everything" in Italian is "Sesso in tutto"). He also cites the groupie
Groupie
A groupie is a person who seeks emotional and sexual intimacy with a musician or other celebrity. "Groupie" is derived from group in reference to a musical group, but the word is also used in a more general sense, especially in casual conversation....
Cynthia Plaster Caster
Cynthia Plaster Caster
Cynthia Plaster Caster , whose real name is Cynthia Albritton, is an artist and self-described "recovering groupie" who creates plaster casts of famous persons' penises and breasts. She began her career in 1968 by casting penises of rock musicians. She later expanded her subjects to include...
, which has become famous for having made some casts of the genitals of Hendrix
Hendrix
Hendrix may refer to:* Hendrix ** Jimi Hendrix, musician* Hendrix , a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side* Hendrix, Oklahoma* Hendrix College, a private college located in Conway, Arkansas...
and other artists. At the end of the track, emulating Hendrix performing the act of splitting the guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
on the banks of amplifiers, with this narrative pretext, he creates a path through space-time with the electric current generated, and meets Ilaria.
Ulisse (you listen)
"Ulysses (you listen)"The meeting between CapaRezza and Ilaria and is compared to that between Ulysses
Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
and the sirens. Hear the call of sirens refers to the ability to listen to their inner voice, from here the similarity between the English pronunciation of Ulysses and iullisses with "you listen." The song speaks about the singer's addiction to the Ilaria's character.
Non mettere le mani in tasca
"Don't put your hands in your pockets"CapaRezza is arrested for having pockets, a symbol of historical memory, from where the voice of the power that lies and manipulates. Clear reference to the Catholic Church, accused of obscurantism
Obscurantism
Obscurantism is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known. There are two, common, historical and intellectual, denotations: 1) restricting knowledge—opposition to the spread of knowledge, a policy of withholding knowledge from the...
.
Pimpami la storia
"Make up for me the history"Here speaks a lazy student who looks at facts and historical characters with a gaze that tends to caricature and the climax makes the game of power that wants to promote ignorance among the younger generations.
Ilaria condizionata
CapaRezza describes Ilaria, and plays it on two-way air conditioning (in fact, in Italian "Aria condizionata" is "Air conditioning"), and because it was conditioned by today's society, and because Ilaria - like air - has cooled him, disappointed by the girl he was infatuated.La grande opera
"The great opera"Talks the Apulian
Pugliese
Pugliese may refer to:* Osvaldo Pugliese, an Argentine tango musician.* Antonio Pugliese, a professional wrestler ....
spaceport's ideology. The "Space-port" is an impressive space opera created especially for propaganda purposes. Caparezza refers to the Salerno-Reggio Calabria, the Strait of Messina's Bridge, Italian construction and Punta Perotti, works that have never been completed anymore .
Vieni a ballare in Puglia
"Come to dance in ApuliaApulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
"
Dancing is about to die, denouncing the scourge of workplace fatalities and other problems in his region, performing an act of love for his land. The song, as previously Fuori dal tunnel, was wrongly interpreted, given that many people considered the track as a praise to the singer's region.
Abiura di me
"Denial of myself"Inspired by the world of video games, CapaRezza declares its firm intention to always want to "jump to the next level" as a man and as an artist, even at the cost of denying in the future what was yesterday (as well as he already done with his previous character, Mikimix).
Cacca nello spazio
"Poop into the space"While CapaRezza is shoveling excrements (as sentenced by a judge) at the circus, trips for the spaceport are opening, with a plethora of jet setters who are on the show: he seems to want to warn any extraterrestrial
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
by the arrival of these individuals identified him as the true excrements of the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
.
Il circo delle pantegane
"Big mice circus"Description symbolic of circus populated by large rats, where the singer's life sadly goes on.
Un vero uomo dovrebbe lavare i piatti
"A real man should wash dishes"At time of thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
, CapaRezza goes against the current of most reactionary stereotypes about ideal man's identikit
Identikit
Identikit is a 1974 film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi.Based on the novella The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark, it is a psychological drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen and featuring Andy Warhol.-Cast:* Elizabeth Taylor as Lise* Ian Bannen as Bill* Guido Mannari as Carlo* Mona...
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Io diventerò qualcuno
"I'll become someone (or famous)"Imitating a child's voice and the melodies of the Zecchino d'Oro
Zecchino d'Oro
Zecchino d'Oro is an international children's song festival that has taken place every year since 1959.It was started by Cino Tortorella, and the first two festivals were held in Milan...
,a popular Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
TV programme where children sing, this song contains an initial quote on the policy agenda of the Matter man's Front by Guglielmo Giannini in the immediate postwar period. Inspired by indifference
Indifference
Indifference may refer to:* Indifference or apathy, a psychological attitude* "Indifference" , an episode of Law & Order* Indifference curve, in microeconomic theory, a graph describing consumer preferences...
, CapaRezza identifies the someone of One man's forehead ,based on opposing values such as ignorance
Ignorance
Ignorance is a state of being uninformed . The word ignorant is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware and is often used as an insult...
, ego and exhibitionism
Exhibitionism
Exhibitionism refers to a desire or compulsion to expose parts of one's body – specifically the genitals or buttocks of a man or woman, or the breasts of a woman – in a public or semi-public circumstance, in crowds or groups of friends or acquaintances, or to strangers...
.
Eroe (storia di Luigi delle Bicocche
"Hero (Luigi Delle Bicocche's story)"To the tune of For a Fistful of Dollars we listen to social protestof the hero
Hero
A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...
-worker, forced to work for freedom and in extremely precarious conditions that to bring home the salary has to bear the fatigue and the constant change of job
Job (role)
A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour to a lifetime . If a person is trained for a certain type of job, they may have a profession...
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Bonobo Power
Ending with the monkey BonoboBonobo
The bonobo , Pan paniscus, previously called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is a great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan. The other species in genus Pan is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee...
, free from all sorts of conventions, including those of type religious
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
, sexual
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
and ethnic, and so the "modern man's evolution", with modesty
Modesty
Standards of modesty are aspects of the culture of a country or people, at a given point in time, and is a measure against which an individual in society may be judged....
to act like a monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
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