The Nuclear Tactical Penguins proposed "Ringo Starr", a song that is only apparently light, which in reality is the photograph of an entire generation.
TikTok's viral trick to preserve avocado is dangerousA light-hearted, almost light-hearted song, a carefree tune that is hard to forget: Ringo Starr of the Nuclear Tactical Penguins, a band born ten years ago in Bergamo, is the proof that a pop song can use irony and wit to tell one state of mind that does not concern the individual, but it is a common feeling and, as such, it photographs and stops for a moment. A song, this, that speaks of a generation who does everything to avoid being cornered, but must learn to resolve their inner conflicts and to deal with external reality.
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The meaning of Ringo Starr
To tell the song that the Nuclear Tactical Penguins proposed at the Sanremo 2020 Festival and thanks to which they won the third place, it is necessary to start from the title: Ringo Starr, in fact, is the pseudonym of Sir Richard Starkey, one of the members of the Beatles. The guitarist and songwriter, however, has always remained in the shadow of the most famous John Lennon and Paul McCartney, also mentioned in the passage. Despite the British artist's musical, vocal and compositional talent, he has always been considered a marginal figure, like himself Riccardo Zanotti, leader of the Nuclear Tactical Penguins, revealed: "He was part of the greatest band of all, the Beatles, yet among them he was a marginal figure, he often remained in the shadows. We all happen to be a little bit Ringo Starr. '
Starting, therefore, from the name of the song, it is possible to explain the meaning of a song which - with a smile on the mouth - reveals the fragility, inadequacy and insecurity of those who think that "my life is nothing special". The passage opens in an explanatory way, with the verses they recite Sometimes I think that people like me / The world has never loved, but the anxiety of being out of time, out of place, out of focus makes room immediately after: Friends are getting married at my age now / And I'm pissed off if I don't guess at the Legacy. But then comes the desire not to be overwhelmed: But tonight I just want to dance / To lose my mind and think no more / That my life is nothing special. In the refrain, Ringo Starr is mentioned, often referred to as the least known of the Beatles: In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr.
In a society like ours, which requires us to run, to observe others (or at least what others look like), to suffer their successes and not to know their failures (i social, in this regard, they favored theostentation of goals and a artificial perfection, approved), it happens to everyone to feel like Ringo Starr; especially in a middle age, that of thirty years, in which there is a frantic search for a place and an identity. It happens, not infrequently, to want to imitate others, to feel inadequate because everyone's times are different, to want to resemble those who have been able to make an apparently better use of it, forgetting that time, which passes for everyone in the same way, assumes a different weight, value and meaning based on the use that each of us makes of it. Ringo Starr is the colorful and playful photograph of a generation of Ringo Starr, who suffer a little from this, until they learn to defend their identity.
Ringo Starr is a mantra which, through clear and direct images, tells the truth of many people. A truth sung with a smile, which does not weigh down, but returns a clear and precise image of those who proudly claim to be Ringo Starr in a world of John and Paul.
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Here is the text of the song proposed by the Nuclear Tactical Penguins in Sanremo 2020:
Sometimes I think about people like me
The world has never loved
The circle of life dictates that for
A lion king may have at least three hyenas
Friends are now getting married at my age
And I'm pissed off if I don't guess the Legacy
Maybe I should leave, get out of here
And change my whole life, like going to Africa
But tonight I just want to dance
To lose your mind and think no more
That my life is nothing special
And maybe in the end you are right (Why)
In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr
In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr
In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr
You were Robin, then you found me
You thought I was your Batman, but I was just your Ted
And when I say I hope you find a better boy than me (Fingo)
That the best always leave in the end and what remains? (Ringo)
But tonight I just want to dance
To lose your mind and think no more
That my life is nothing special
And maybe in the end you are right (Why)
In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr
In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr
In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr
Ringo, Ringo
Ringo, Ringo
In a world of John and Paul, I am Ringo Starr
But tonight I just want to dance
To lose your mind and think no more
That my life is nothing special
And maybe in the end you are right (Why)
In a world of John and Paul, I'm Ringo Starr (Ringo)
In a world of John and Paul, I'm Ringo Starr (Ringo)
In a world of John and Paul, I'm Ringo Starr (Ringo)
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Here is the official video of Ringo Starr:
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