Un Concerto da Strapazzo

Speed: Fifteen inches per second
Equalization per eic recommendation
Four track recording with no compensation
For multitrack reproduction
One two three four, one two three four
Calm
One, two, three, four

I would like to do a really great concert
With all the strong ones, the ones from the hit parade
So my friends would say it's true
And that we were such good friends, they were with me
I would like old folks playing the marimba
Lucio Battisti with a soprano sax
Alan Sorrenti with a slightly rock bass
And all these would say to us: How strange, but how strange

A crazy concert
Don't take me for a fool
A cultural thing
Not bad, not bad, not bad
A crazy concert
Don't take me for a fool
A cultural thing
Not bad, not bad, not bad

Excuse me? The Pink Floyd?
No, make them wait
I'm singing, excuse me, no?
No, no, The Pink Floyd absolutely not
Make them wait, I'm singing

While Bennato plucks the violin
And digs on the drums
There are Mina and Vanoni with the voices of destiny
And everyone would say 'What a trip, what madness'
I would like Bongusto with a Burmese harp
Orietta Berti with the tubes and bongo
And Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, an American couple
And Jannacci with a horn
I don't put conditions

A concert to go crazy
Don't take me for a fool
A cultural thing
An authentic delight
A crazy concert
Don't take me for a fool
A cultural thing
Not bad, not bad, not bad

The Bee Gees? No
No, we don't include The Bee Gees
They're good, I know, but not The Bee Gees
Donna Summer? Let her in

Fausto Pedretti with a siren
Venditti in the front row with the tambourine
And De Gregori with the bagpipes on his back
And everyone would say 'How beautiful, how beautiful'
Enrico Intra on top of the piano
And in the fifth row, me too if they give me back the guitar
We certainly won't do wrong things
And this time we amaze
This time we won't miss

A crazy concert
Don't take me for a fool
A cultural thing
Not bad, not bad, not bad
How about us? We're having fun
Are we strong? Yes, we are
And the audience is going crazy
An exceptional thing