25 Minutes to Go |
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Artista | Shel Silverstein |
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Autore/i | Shel Silverstein |
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Genere | Folk Country |
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Edito da | Atlantic Records |
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Pubblicazione originale |
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Incisione | Inside Folk Songs |
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Data | 1962 |
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25 Minutes to Go è un brano musicale composto da Shel Silverstein, incluso nel suo album Inside Folk Songs pubblicato nel 1962.[1]
Il brano
La canzone è letteralmente strutturata come una filastrocca macabra pervasa da humour nero, in quanto viene cantata dal punto di vista di un condannato a morte che attende di essere impiccato. Ogni strofa consiste di due versi, dei quali il primo va dal serio al faceto, mentre il secondo è un conto alla rovescia minuto per minuto:
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EN)
«Well they're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.
I got 25 minutes to go.
And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell.
I got 24 minutes to go.»
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IT)
«Beh, stanno costruendo la forca fuori dalla mia cella.
Ho ancora 25 minuti alla fine
E tutta la città sta aspettando solo di sentirmi urlare.
Ho ancora 24 minuti alla fine.»
(25 Minutes to Go, Shel Silverstein)
Concettualmente, la traccia è simile alla canzone per bambini di Silverstein intitolata Boa Constrictor: Presenta il punto di vista di qualcuno che sta per affrontare un pericolo in "tempo reale".[1]
Cover
25 Minutes to Go |
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Artista | Johnny Cash |
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Autore/i | Shel Silverstein |
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Genere | Country folk Country |
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Edito da | Columbia Records |
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Pubblicazione originale |
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Incisione | At Folsom Prison |
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Data | 1968 |
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Durata | 3 min : 31 s |
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- Brothers Four, sul loro album del 1963 Cross Country Concert.
- Johnny Cash nel suo album Sings the Ballads of the True West del 1965 e nell'album dal vivo At Folsom Prison del 1968.[2]
- Il cantante danese Povl Dissing con la band The Beefeaters su singolo nel 1967 con il titolo 25 Minutter endnu.[3]
- Il belga Will Tura con il titolo 20 minuten geduld nel 1968.
- Il cantante folk svedese Ewert Ljusberg in Goknul (1972).
- Diamanda Galás dal vivo in Malediction & Prayer (1998, Asphodel Records).
- I Tiger Lillies in 2 Penny Opera (2001).
- I Pine Valley Cosmonauts in The Executioner's Last Songs (2002).
- Il gruppo metal tedesco Dezperadoz sull'album An Eye for an Eye.
- Gunter Gabriel in The Tennessee-Recordings (2003).
- I Pearl Jam dal vivo in Live at Benaroya Hall (2004).
- I canadesi Head of the Herd sull'album On the House.[4][5]
Note
- ^ a b Inside Folk Songs - Shel Silverstein | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, su AllMusic. URL consultato il 10 agosto 2016 (archiviato dall'url originale il 30 novembre 2015).
- ^ Cover: Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvR7ZUjaJk
- ^ (EN) Povl Dissing - 25 Minutter Endnu / Han Skød Pistolen Af, su Discogs. URL consultato il 13 marzo 2017.
- ^ On the House- Head of the Herd https://soundcloud.com/headoftheherd/sets/on-the-house
- ^ Cover: Head of the Herd https://soundcloud.com/headoftheherd/12-25-minutes-to-go
Collegamenti esterni
Johnny Cash |
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Discografia | Album in studio | Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar · The Fabulous Johnny Cash · Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous · Greatest! · Songs of Our Soil · Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams · Now, There Was a Song! · Now Here's Johnny Cash · The Sound of Johnny Cash · All Aboard the Blue Train · Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash · The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash · I Walk the Line · Orange Blossom Special · Everybody Loves a Nut · Happiness Is You · Hello, I'm Johnny Cash · I Walk the Line (colonna sonora) · Little Fauss and Big Halsy (colonna sonora) · Man in Black · A Thing Called Love · International Superstar · Any Old Wind That Blows · Ragged Old Flag · The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me · John R. Cash · Look at Them Beans · One Piece at a Time · The Last Gunfighter Ballad · I Would Like to See You Again · Gone Girl · Silver · Rockabilly Blues · The Baron · The Adventures of Johnny Cash · Johnny 99 · Rainbow · Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town · Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series · Water from the Wells of Home · Boom Chicka Boom · The Mystery of Life · American Recordings · Unchained · American III: Solitary Man · American IV: The Man Comes Around · American V: A Hundred Highways · American VI: Ain't No Grave · Out Among the Stars |
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Raccolte | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 · Heart of Cash · Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 · Old Golden Throat · More of Old Golden Throat · The World of Johnny Cash · Sunday Morning Coming Down · Five Feet High and Rising · Destination Victoria Station · Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 · The Unissued Johnny Cash · Johnny & June · Tall Man · Encore · Biggest Hits · The Man in Black 1954–1958 · The Man in Black 1959–1962 · Come Along and Ride This Train · The Essential Johnny Cash · Wanted Man · The Man in Black 1963–1969 · The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits · 16 Biggest Hits · Love, God, Murder · The Essential Johnny Cash · Unearthed · Johnny Cash & Friends · The Legend · Man in Black - The Very Best of Johnny Cash · The Legend of Johnny Cash · Johnny Cash: Patriot · 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash · The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II · The Complete Columbia Album Collection · June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets |
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Concept album | Ride This Train · Blood, Sweat and Tears · Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian · Sings the Ballads of the True West · From Sea to Shining Sea · America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song · The Johnny Cash Children's Album · The Rambler |
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Album natalizi | The Christmas Spirit · The Johnny Cash Family Christmas · Classic Christmas · Johnny Cash Country Christmas |
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Album gospel | Hymns by Johnny Cash · Hymns from the Heart · The Holy Land · The Gospel Road (colonna sonora) · Sings Precious Memories · A Believer Sings the Truth · Believe in Him · Return to the Promised Land (colonna sonora) · My Mother's Hymn Book |
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Album dal vivo | At Folsom Prison · At San Quentin · The Johnny Cash Show · På Österåker · Strawberry Cake · Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) · Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden · A Concert Behind Prison Walls · Man In Black: Live In Denmark 1971 |
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Collaborazioni | The Lure of the Grand Canyon · Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter · Johnny Cash and His Woman · The Legend of Jesse James · The Survivors Live · Highwayman · Class of '55 · Heroes · Highwayman 2 · The Road Goes on Forever · VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson |
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Brani (selezione) | 25 Minutes to Go · Ain't No Grave · Any Old Wind That Blows · The Ballad of Boot Hill · The Ballad of Ira Hayes · Ballad of a Teenage Queen · Big River · Blistered · A Boy Named Sue · Busted · The Chicken in Black · Cocaine Blues · Cry! Cry! Cry! · Daddy Sang Bass · Dark as a Dungeon · Don't Take Your Guns to Town · Engine 143 · Flesh and Blood · The Folk Singer · Folsom Prison Blues · Forty Shades of Green · Get Rhythm · Girl from the North Country · Give My Love to Rose · Goodnight, Irene · Green, Green Grass of Home · Greystone Chapel · Guess Things Happen That Way · Hey Porter · Home of the Blues · Hurt · I Couldn't Keep from Crying · I Love You Because · I Still Miss Someone · I Walk the Line · If I Had a Hammer · If I Were a Carpenter · In My Life · In the Jailhouse Now · It Ain't Me Babe · Jackson · Kate · The Man Comes Around · Man in Black · The Matador · Oh Lonesome Me · One Piece at a Time · Oney · Orange Blossom Special · The One on the Right Is on the Left · Personal Jesus · Remember the Alamo · (Ghost) Riders in the Sky · Ring of Fire · Rock Island Line · Seasons of My Heart · So Doggone Lonesome · Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down · Tennessee Flat Top Box · There Ain't No Good Chain Gang · A Thing Called Love · Understand Your Man · The Wanderer · What Is Truth |
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Filmografia (parziale) | Five Minutes to Live · The Road to Nashville · Quattro tocchi di campana · Gli ultimi giorni di Frank e Jesse James · The Gospel Road · Una vera amicizia · The Hunted - La preda |
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Parenti | June Carter Cash · John Carter Cash · Rosanne Cash · Carlene Carter · Vivian Liberto · Tommy Cash |
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Voci correlate | Musica country · House of Cash · Johnny Cash Museum · The Highwaymen · The Carter Family · Quando l'amore brucia l'anima - Walk the Line · Rick Rubin · Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (colonna sonora) · Sun Records · Columbia Records · Sam Phillips · Million Dollar Quartet · Bob Dylan · The Johnny Cash Show · We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash · Jack Clement · Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two · Luther Perkins · Marshall Grant · W.S. Holland · Aphonopelma johnnycashi · Carcere di Folsom · Zooropa |
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