“Permanent center of gravity” is one of the most popular songs of the maestro Franco Battiato. Between learned quotations and irreverent puns, the passage tells the sense of bewilderment that, sometimes, we happen to experience in life. When it seems to us that we have lost our way and we feel at the mercy of events, it is then that our instinct asks us to find a center. A center of gravity that allows us not only to stand upright, but that helps us to orient ourselves in that chaos of life, to abstract ourselves for a few moments to observe the world and ourselves with clarity and detachment.
I am looking for a permanent center of gravity
That will never change my mind about things about people
. I need to …
I am looking for a permanent center of gravity
May it never make me change my mind about things about people
Unfortunately, Maestro Battiato left us at the age of 76, but his music and his poetry will live on forever. Franco Battiato, an experimenter
A great experimenter, Franco Battiato has been able to mix various genres, from electronic to classical music with avant-garde and refined texts. He has signed some of the most loved songs of Italian pop music, including “I want to see you dance”, ” La cura “, “I am looking for a permanent center of gravity” and “Cuccurucucu”. Considered a pillar of Italian music, Battiato has been loved by the most refined and popular audiences, elevating his “pop” nature to something else.“La cura” by Franco Battiato, the song that celebrates universal love
Everyone interprets a text in his own way, based on what he feels and on life experience. The case of the piece “La cura” by Franco Battiato is emblematic The meaning of Permanent
center of gravity Permanent center of gravity is a song that refers to the sense of loss felt by Battiato. The lyrics of the song are apparently based on random images. The “center of gravity” mentioned here is the place of intimacy, that center where the singer-songwriter hopes to find a place. Only there, in fact, time stops and you can observe the surrounding reality with the eyes of a foreigner. What we are willing to do for love
Franco Battiato’s answer
Today’s sentence is taken from “La cura”, one of the most famous songs by Franco Battiato, whose birth is remembered today, which took place on 23 March 1945
To reach this absolute state, almost a sort of nirvana, the self will have to travel a long journey full of mysteries. Along the way he will meet wise characters: the Euclidean Jesuits dressed as monks at the court of the Ming dynasty, the Macedonian smuggling captains and the old Breton with a hat and a rice paper and bamboo cane umbrella. These cultural references probably come from the literary acquaintance of the mystic Georges Gurdjieff. The lyrics of the song
An old Breton woman
With a hat and umbrella made of rice paper and bamboo cane
Brave captains
Crafty Macedonian smugglers
Euclidean Jesuits
Dressed like monks to enter the court of emperors
Ming dynasty
I am looking for a permanent center of gravity
That will never make me change my mind about things about people
I need to
Look for a permanent center of gravity
That does not me never change your mind about things about people
Over and over again
On the streets of Beijing it was May days
Between us we joked about picking nettles
I can’t stand Russian choirs
Fake rock music Italian new wave English free jazz punk
Not even black African
Seeking a permanent center of gravity
May it never make me …
