Sunday, June 3

June 2, 2018 - G. Men - Il Canto Dei Ragazzi (1969)


Il Canto Dei Ragazzi translates as The Song of the Boys, but it's by G. Men. From Boys to Men. I know absolutely nothing about this group. The song is taken from the Italian psychedelic compilation, Fiori e Colori (Flowers and Colors).

This music goes to eleven. The guitar is an approaching squall, a heavily distorted wah wah white heat that hovers inches from feedback (a bit more sonically intense than We All Together's It's A Sin To Go Away, but still light years from the harsh landscape of Les Rallizes Denudes). The cheerful harmony vocals also push the arrow into the red, singing a kind of Hang On Sloopy / In The Midnight Hour melody. The bass and drums keep the tropical storm from becoming a hurricane.

Since I don't speak Italian, the lyrics are Greek to me.








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