Popular (very popular) Tuscan singer Marco Masini is someone who, to use an Italian expression, non ha peli sulla lingua. Literally, he has no hairs on his tongue- he is very outspoken. Or perhaps I should say outsungen (yuk yuk yuk).Next week he's headed to the yearly Sanremo pop music festival, not for the first time. He will bring a song called L'Italia, which will be performed in Florence's city dump, Case Passerini. Marco is making a video of the song, performed with piano accompaniment in said waste disposal facility, as shown in the photo. I don't think I need to explain the symbolism to you.
Here's a preview of some of the lyrics: ‘‘Un Paese l'Italia dove tutto va male... Dove governano loro… Dove un muro divide a metà… Un Paese l'Italia di ragazze stuprate… Dove tutto finisce così… È un Paese l'Italia che ci ha rotto i coglioni...'' Or, "a country, Italy, where everything is going wrong... where they are the ones to govern... where a wall splits us in half... a country, Italy, of raped girls... where this is how everything ends up... Italy is a country which has broken our balls".
I wish I could say that Marco is being sensationalistic, but I can't. The most beautiful country in the world is also one of the ugliest.
I'll try to obtain the clip when it becomes available and provide complete lyrics.
