金曜日でした (...it was a Friday...)

This song is called 金曜日でした, kinyobi deshita. It means “it was a Friday”, which is the literal translation of a phrase from the song I love the most of those written by the Italian band “Matia Bazar”. That song and its counterpoints literally make me crazy :–)

“It was a Friday,” Antonella Ruggero sings; “t' was a night of silence and full moon.” It's Matia Bazar's wonderful “Fantasia”!

I called like this for I wanted to celebrate the day I love most, the prelude to the end of the week. The day of gold, as the Japanese say – hence the title. The bass part came to mind on my way home, and I wrote the rest straight away – a kind of desktop improvisation, with no second thoughts. I orchestrated it in simplicity: double bass, then piano; a touch of kalimba and finally a pinch of woodblock. That's all.

I hope you'll enjoy it. Have a great weekend!

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And here's my translation of the lyrics of Fantasia:

A room, a house, a city Empty streets and shadows in the darkness. In Berlin, soldiers, tired and ageless, Stand by walls with women near them Premonition – in a little while everything’s going to end In Paris, London and all other cities.

It all happened on a Friday – it was a night of silence and full moon How much tension there was in the city and how much in that room.

On the Seine a solitary barge goes on Champagne in rivers, ammunition and people unaware. In Paris, connivance under unlit lamps Cigarettes and voices for an hour of happiness. Premonition – in a little while everything’s going to end In Paris, London and all other cities.

It all happened on a Friday – it was a night of silence and full moon How much tension there was in the city How much tension there was ...

Hei! Some tolling – of bells now silent Radio London, a message, in the Thames, a wave. Lord and Lady ‘nother whiskey are going to have But those Englishmen in their pubs are no longer standing. Premonition – in a little while everything’s going to end In Paris, London and all other cities.

It all happened on a Friday – it was a night of silence and full moon How much tension there was in the city...