I was reading "Spoon River Anthology" on Wikipedia (link), which was the basis for Faber’s "Not to money, not to love, not to the sky". In the "Adaptations" section of the wiki page it reads:
"In 1971, Italian songwriter Fabrizio De André released Not to money, not to love, not to heavena concept album inspired by Spoon River Anthology and reflecting De André’s anarchist views."
Was Faber considered an anarchist? I can totally see the sarcasm and irony in some of his songs about society and state, but I wouldn’t call them anywhere near anarchism.
Posted by rhcm-97
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https://youtu.be/JgdYTM1zujQ?is=8M7Ro093eCzngqvW
Nha not really
Yes. And we loved him, also because of that.
Art shouldn’t have anything to do with politics. It’s much more than that.
PS His best album is *La buona novella* (1970)*.*
Yes
Certo bisogna farne di strada
Da una ginnastica d’obbedienza
Fino ad un gesto molto più umano
Che ti dia il senso della violenza
Però bisogna farne altrettanta
Per diventare così coglioni
Da non riuscire più a capire
Che non ci sono poteri buoni
Secondo me no. Ha letto l’antologia di Spoon River ed alcune iscrizioni funerarie presenti nel libro le ha messe in musica. Nei suoi album ha sempre descritto il mondo degli emarginati. É partito dagli ambienti genovesi che lui ha conosciuto e ne ha tratto ispirazione.
100%
His art probably shouldnt be reduced to a single ideology, but for sure most of his works have strong anarchist undertones or are outright anarchy manifestos.
Particularly Storia di un Impiegato, goes as far as condoning or at least sympatizing with violent anarchist attacks and bombings.
Yes. it’s a very well documented fact but it’s also very on the nose in several of his songs, famously Canzone del Maggio is a song inspired by the Parisian revolts and it’s a strong statement in favour of those who revolt and against those accepting the status quo. Another that strikes to me is Il Gorilla where a judge who sentenced a man to death is viciously raped by the gorilla, probably as a punishment for being part of a system where he can decide the fate of the life of someone else.
In “se ti tagliassero a pezzetti” c’è un verso che recita “Signora libertà, signorina fantasia..” . Nella testa di Faber, tuttavia doveva essere “Signora libertà, signorina anarchia” e nei concerti spesso e volentieri la cantava in quest’ultima versione.
Ci sono diversi esempi di questo tipo, ma questo mi sembra il più lampante.
Something commenters haven’t mentioned is that he had ties to genoan anarchist circles since his youth, including the recently defunct anarchist magazine *A – rivista anarchica*