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...
“金曜日でした” was written and orchestrated by Eidon on October 16, 2020. All rights are reserved to the author. © Eidon, Eidon@tutanota.com. All rights reserved.