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Italian Saturday

by SoulJahm

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Written in the summer of 2011 on the island of Giudecca, Venice, our first stop in Italy. We had no idea what we were going to do with this song at that point but recorded a ukulele track in our apartment with the windows open where the sound of a boat passing was picked up along with the water. This simple ukulele track became the basis for the rest of the recording.

In Milan a few months later we added piano and in Nice the maracas and additional ukulele. It was some time before we were able to work on the track again, and in Budapest, March 2012, we recorded the hand drum track. Finally, the vocals and melodica were recorded in August 2012 in Spello, Italy and the song mixed in Perugia in September.

lyrics

Giudecca
Florence
Torino

We're on this train
We're on our way
Give me just a little more time
Give me just a little more time
On this Italian Saturday

(Italian Saturday)

For water and sun
This land we're on
The winter has been and gone
Now nothing here can go wrong
On this Italian Saturday

(Italian Saturday)
Italian Saturday
(Italian Saturday)

The sun will set like these troubles will disappear
And all that you went through to get where you want to be
On this Italian Saturday

(Italian Saturday)
Italian Saturday
(Italian Saturday)

The mask comes off
Music turns on
Give me just a little more time
Give me just a little more
On this Italian Saturday

And I can take the heat
When there's water all around me
And I won't be defeated
Not now
On this Italian Saturday

(Italian Saturday)
Italian Saturday
(Italian Saturday)

Roma a Spello Foligno
Perugia Milano San Remo

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released September 27, 2012
David William
Kate Threadgould

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SoulJahm is an indie psychedelic pop rock vehicle uniting melody and truth. Male and Female harmonies warmly blend with strong acoustic instrumentation, while lyrically revealing the freedom that is always present to the listener.

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