Notabilia: Guerre stellari, testate atomiche e viaggi spaziali. Razzi fra Washington e Mosca (1983-1987)
testo di Jacopo Bassi, traduzioni di Gianluca Canè
voci di Jacopo Bassi e Gianluca Canè
timeline ideata e realizzata da Alessandra MORACAS nell’ambito dell’insegnamento Storia digitale tenuto da Deborah Paci presso Ca’ Foscari Università Venezia
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Queen, Hammer To Fall, in The Works, 1984
testo di Brian May
Yeah Here we stand or here we fall History won’t care at all Make the bed, light the light Lady mercy won’t be home tonight Yeah, you don’t waste no time at all Don’t hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all Hey, we’re just waiting For the hammer to fall – yeah Oh every night, and every day A little piece of you is falling away But lift your face, the western way, baby Build your muscles as your body decays Yeah, toe your line and play their game Yeah, let the anaesthetic cover it all Till one day they call your name You know it’s time for the hammer to fall – yeah Rich or poor or famous for Your truth it’s all the same – oh no – oh no Oh lock your door but rain is pouring Through your window pane – oh no – yeah Baby now your struggle’s all vain Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh For we who grew up tall and proud In the shadow of the mushroom cloud Convinced our voices can’t be heard We just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder |
![]() What the hell we fighting for? Ah, just surrender and it won’t hurt at all You just got time to say your prayers Eh, while you’re waiting for the hammer to hammer to fall Hey, yes, it’s starting to fall eh, hammer, you know Yeah, hammer to fall, wooh, ah, hey, eh woowoo, ha eh hammer Waiting for the hammer to fall baby Yeah yeah while you’re waiting for the hammer to fall Give it to me one more time |
Metallica, Fight Fire with Fire, in Ride the Lightning, 1984
testo di James Hetfield
Do unto others as they have done unto you But what in the hell is this world coming to? Blow the universe into nothingness Nuclear warfare shall lay us to rest Fight fire with fire Ending is near Fight fire with fire Bursting with fear We shall die Time is like a fuse, short and burning fast Armageddon is here, like said in the past Fight fire with fire Ending is near Fight fire with fire Bursting with fear Soon to fill our lungs the hot winds of death The gods are laughing, so take your last breath Fight fire with fire |
![]() Ending is near Fight fire with fire Bursting with fear Fight fire with fire |
Iron Maiden, Two minutes to midnight, in Powerslave, 1984
testo di Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Frederick Smith
Kill for gain or shoot to maim But we don’t need a reason To Golden Goose is on the loose And never out of season Blackened pride still burns inside This shell of bloody treason Here’s my gun for a barrel of fun For the love of living death The killer’s breed or the Demon’s seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain Don’t you pray for my soul anymore? Two minutes to midnight, The hands that threaten doom. Two minutes to midnight, To kill the unborn in the womb. The blind men shout: “Let the creatures out We’ll show the unbelievers” The napalm screams of human flames Of a prime time Belsen feast… yeah! As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies. The killer’s breed or the Demon’s seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain Don’t you pray for my soul anymore. Two minutes to midnight, The hands that threaten doom. Two minutes to midnight, To kill the unborn in the womb. The body bags and little rags of children torn in two And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you |
![]() As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun. The killer’s breed or the Demon’s seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain Don’t you pray for my soul anymore. Two minutes to midnight, The hands that threaten doom. Two minutes to midnight, To kill the unborn in the womb. Midnight Midnight Midnight It’s all night Midnight Midnight Midnight It’s all night |
Europe, The Final Countdown, in The Final Countdown, 1986
testo di Joey Tempest
(Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one) We’re leaving together, But still it’s farewell And maybe we’ll come back To earth, who can tell? I guess there is no one to blame We’re leaving ground (leaving ground) Will things ever be the same again? It’s the final countdown The final countdown Oh! We’re heading for Venus (Venus) And still we stand tall ’Cause maybe they’ve seen us (seen us) And welcome us all, yeah With so many light years to go And things to be found (to be found) I’m sure that we’ll all miss her so It’s the final countdown… The final count down The final count down Oh! |
![]() It’s the final count down The final count down It’s the final count down We’re leaving together The final count down We’ll all miss her so It’s the final count down Oh! It’s the final count down |
Queensrÿche, Surgical Strike, in Rage For Order, 1986
testo di Chris DeGarmo, Michael Wilton
It’s lonely in the field that we send our fighters to wander They leave with minds of steel It’s their training solution We’ve programmed the way It leads us to order There’s no turning back A Surgical Strike We’ve taught them not to feel performance is their task A Surgical Strike Its time is arriving now for you The plan for the day will be swift as the lightning they harness The atom display is not mindless illusion At master control, assessment will not Be by humans – There’s no turning back A Surgical Strike |
![]() We’ve taught them not to feel performance is their task A Surgical Strike Its time is arriving now for you |
Def Leppard, Gods of War, in Hysteria, 1987
testo di Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Mutt Lange, Rick Savage
Feelin’ like it’s all over, feelin’ like there’s no love Feelin’ like it’s not easy, breathin’ life in the dust On a countdown to zero take a ride on the nightmare machine There ain’t gonna be heroes There ain’t gonna be anything Oh Here it comes, here comes the night Here it comes, hell in the night Here it comes, here comes the night When we all fall down When we walk into silence When we shadow the sun When we surrender to violence Oh Then the damage is done Put away that gun! I don’t want to be there I don’t want to be anywhere Oh! That’s right! We’re fightin’ for the gods of war but what the hell we fightin’ for? We’re fightin’ with the gods of war but I’m a rebel And I ain’t gonna fight no more no way! On a countdown to zero Take a ride on the nightmare machine There ain’t gonna be heroes (Whoa) |
![]() There ain’t gonna be anything No! That’s right! We’re fightin’ for the gods of war but what the hell we fightin’ for? We’re fightin’ with the gods of war but I’m a rebel Don’t ya know that’s right And (a) I ain’t gonna fight no more (Stop) Stop fightin’ for the gods of war (Stop fightin’ for the gods of war) Yeah what the hell we fightin’ for? (What in the hell we fightin’ for?) We’re fightin’ with the gods of war Heavy! |
Bibliografia
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Sitografia
- Nasa History Program Office, URL: < http://history.nasa.gov/ >.
- Ronald Reagan Foundation, URL: < https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ >.
- Russian SpaceWeb, URL: < http://www.russianspaceweb.com/ >.
Timeline: la carriera di Ronald Reagan
a cura di Alessandra Moracas
Video
“Evil Empire” Speech by President Reagan – Address to the National Association of EvangelicalsIl discorso – divenuto noto come “Evil Empire speech” – tenuto da Ronald Reagan al congresso della National Association of Evangelicals. |
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Challenger Disaster Live on CNNLa diretta del disastro del Challenger trasmessa dalla CNN. |
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Buran: “The soviet space shuttles story”, Energia rocket, November 15, 1988Un documentario sul programma spaziale sovietico Buran, doppiato in francese. |
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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev at the INF Treaty SigningLa firma del trattato INF a Washington, l’8 dicembre 1987. |
Credits
- Copertina: by NASA Johnson on Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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