No U Turn

Per conoscere Me e le mie verità Io ho combattuto Fantasmi di angosce Con perdite di io Per distruggere Vecchie realtà Ho galleggiato Su mari di irrazionalità Ho dormito per non morire Buttando i miei miti di carta Su cieli di schizophrenia No U Turn © 1974 Franco Battiato The lyrics of this song refer to the psychological crisis Battiato experienced in the summer of 1973 when he moved to New York City to find a new musical direction from that of his first two albums.

To know myself and my truths I battled phantasms of anguish with losses of the “I.” To destroy old realities I floated on seas of irrationality. I slept to not die, throwing my paper myths onto skies of schizophrenia. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser “On his fourth album, Clic, Franco Battiato moves further out – into realms of pure and elemental approaches to sound – to create a seminal work that flows naturally from one musical form to the next. Every second ripples with orbital chords, kosmische textures and schizophrenic string quartets, yet somehow manages the same dramatic pacing and variety as his avant-rock albums Fetus and Pollution. Originally released in 1974 on Bla Bla, Clic features Battiato on VCS3 synthesizer and piano, along with trusted collaborators Gianni Mocchetti on guitar and Gianfranco D'Adda on percussion. While only "No U Turn" bears the maestro's voice, these seven tracks contain some of his boldest melodies, an underlying thread that runs through the choral arrangements and meditative compositions.” – Superior Viaduct review.

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