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Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu is the first album by Italian rock band Elio e le storie tese. It showcases their attitude as disciples of Frank Zappa, as well as their high technical proficiency.
[edit] Track listing
- Adolescenti a colloquio. Improvvisamente, Tremoto - 1:09
- John Holmes (Una vita per il cinema) - 3:26
- Domande bizzarre - 0:39
- Nubi di ieri sul nostro domani odierno (Abitudinario) - 4:13
- According the Memphis Horns - 0:27
- Carro - 4:45
- Una gita a... - 0:10
- The Fabolous '68s According to Tony Martucci - 0:41
- Nella vecchia azienda agricola - 1:29
- Silos - 5:18
- Cassonetto differenziato per il frutto del peccato - 4:04
- Introducing the Real Parakramabahu According to Shantha Edirisinghe - 0:25
- Parakramabahu Rajatuma - 0:48
- Piattaforma - 3:29
- Suspense! Il signor Brando meets Marlon Brando - 0:17
- Introducing the Cara ti amo - 2:33
- Cara ti amo (Risvolti psicologici nei rapporti tra giovani uomini e giovani donne) - 4:22
- Messaggio satanico - 0:38
- Cateto - 5:29
- Spuma da 100 - 0:40
- John Holmes (Shidzu Version) - 3:38
- Ang ang ang - 0:21
[edit] Trivia
- Elio Samaga Hukapan Kariyana Turu is a sentence in Sinhalese language (the main language of Sri Lanka). The translation is Have sex along with Elio until you cum, an indirect reference to Frank Zappa's music.
- The first track quotes the first album by Skiantos (an Italian punk group), has Rockets' "On the Road Again" song on the background (a space-rock group quite known in Italy in the 70s), and cites late Italian football player Giacinto Facchetti.
- John Holmes is dedicated to the omonymous porn actor.
- Domande bizzarre, Una gita a... and Suspense! Il signor Brando meets Marlon Brando are improbable interviews with the band.
- According the Memphis Horns is a soundcheck by the Memphis Horns who played in Zucchero song Con le mani.
- Carro is introduced by a line of Back in the USSR by the Beatles and contains quotes from the German national anthem. It's a joke about Italian proverbs.
- Tony Martucci was the patron of the Ambrogino d'Oro prize, in which Elio sang when he was a child.
- Nella vecchia azienda agricola is a parody of Nella vecchia fattoria, the Italian version of Old McDonald.
- The Silos chorus reminds of the theme of Song for Che by Charlie Haden.
- Cassonetto differenziato per il frutto del peccato includes many citations from Italian pop songs, as well as a sampling from Lou Reed's The Kids.
- Piattaforma is inspired to Je t'aime... moi non plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. At some point, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon music is heard on the background.
- In Messaggio satanico Black Sabbath are cited.
- Cateto cites the theme from James Bond films.