Quattro Amici al Bar, sung by Gino Paoli was played in the tenth episode of Musitaly: Hopes & Nostalgia.
This song is about Quattro Amici, Four Friends, which takes place in one of the most iconic and common places in Italy where you can socialize with everybody. A place simply called BAR.
This song tells the story of four friends at the bar committed to change this world but one of them went to the beach witth her girlfriend. Another one has got a secure job working for a bank and the protagonist was left alone in the bar.
But, do you know what? The singer, alone at the bar, heard a group of four friends sitting at another table talking about how to change this world exactly like him and his friends.
The song ends with a homage or tribute to the famous song Reckless Life (Una Vita Spericolata) sung by Vasco Rossi
| Label: | WEA – Promo 410 |
| Format: | Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo |
| Country: | Italy |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Style: | Ballad, Vocal |
Quattro Amici al Bar [Original Version]
Eravamo quattro amici al bar
Che volevano cambiare il mondo
Destinati a qualche cosa in più
Che a una donna ed un impiego in banca
Si parlava con profondità di anarchia e di libertà
Tra un bicchier di coca ed un caffè
Tiravi fuori i tuoi “perché” e proponevi i tuoi “farò”
Eravamo tre amici al bar
Uno si è impiegato in una banca
Si può fare molto pure in tre
Mentre gli altri se ne stanno a casa
Si parlava in tutta onestà di individui e solidarietà
Tra un bicchier di vino ed un caffè
Tiravi fuori i tuoi “perché” e proponevi i tuoi “però”
Eravamo due amici al bar
Uno è andato con la donna al mare
I più forti però siamo noi
Qui non serve mica essere in tanti
Si parlava con tenacità di speranze e possibilità
Tra un bicchier di whisky ed un caffè
Tiravi fuori i tuoi “perché” e proponevi i tuoi “sarà”
Son rimasto io da solo al bar
Gli altri sono tutti quanti a casa
E quest’oggi verso le tre
Son venuti quattro ragazzini
Son seduti lì vicino a me
Con davanti due coche e due caffè
Li sentivo chiacchierare, han deciso di cambiare
Tutto questo mondo che non va
Sono qui con quattro amici al bar
Che hanno voglia di cambiare il mondo
E poi ci troveremo come le star
A bere dell’Whisky al Roxy Bar
O forse non c’incontreremo mai
Ognuno a rincorrere i suoi guai
E poi ci troveremo come le star
A bere dell’Whisky al Roxy Bar
O forse non c’incontreremo mai
Ognuno a rincorrere i suoi guai
Gino Paoli – Quattro Amici al Bar [English Translation]
We were four friends at the pub,
we wanted to change the world,
we had a higher calling in life
than a woman and a job at a bank.
We used to talk with profundity about anarchy and liberty.
Between a glass of coke and a coffee,
you stated your ‘why’s and proposed your ‘I will’s.
We were three friends at the pub
One got a job at a bank.
You can do a lot even with three people,
while the others stay at home.
We used to talk in all honesty about individuals and solidarity.
Between a glass of wine and a coffee,
you stated your ‘why’s and proposed your ‘but’s.
We were two friends at the pub
One went to the seaside with his woman.
But we are the best,
it’s not like you need to be many.
We used to talk with toughness about hopes and possibilities.
Between a glass of whisky and a coffee,
you stated your ‘why’s and proposed your ‘it will be’s.
I’m the only one left at the pub,
the others are all at home.
And today, around three o’clock, four young boys came in,
they sat there, near me, with two cokes and two coffees in front of them.
I could hear them chatting
They have decided to change all this world which is messed up.
I’m here with four friends at the pub,
who are willing to change the world.
And then we’ll meet like stars,
to drink some whisky at Roxy Bar.
Or maybe we will never meet,
everybody busy with his own troubles.
