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Harold and Maps is a song that was born in a particular situation, a sort of sad holiday, where two friends left together for a trip to France after having both suffered the end of a relationship.
This holiday actually turns out to be very funny due to absurd, paradoxical, grotesque and often hilarious situations. In fact, the first morning in the hotel is rendered almost unreal by the vision from the balcony of a football match where only young women are playing, marking the posts of the two goals with four telephones. But there are some dramatic situations such as that of a girl knocking on the door of their hotel room with her head completely bloodied.
The title of the piece comes from the fact that the two listened exclusively to the album "The Pearl" by Harold Budd and Brian and spent all their time studying the maps of their upcoming travels.
The holiday ends on August 9, 1986 with the historic Cure concert in Orange

Harold and Maps è un brano che è nato in una situazione particolare, una sorta di vacanza triste, dove due amici partivano assieme per un viaggio dopo aver subito entrambi la fine di una relazione.
Questa vacanza, in realtà si rivela divertentissima a causa di situazioni assurde, paradossali, grottesche e spesso esilaranti. Infatti, la prima mattina in albergo è resa quasi irreale dalla visione dal balcone di una partita di calcio dove giocano solo delle giovani donne che delimitano i pali delle due porte con quattro telefoni . Ma non mancano alcune situazioni drammatiche come quella di una ragazza che bussa alla porta della loro camera d'albergo con la testa completamente insanguinata.
Il titolo del pezzo nasce dal fatto che i due ascoltavano esclusivamente l'album "The Pearl" di Harold Budd e Brian Eno e passavano tutto il loro tempo a studiare le mappe dei loro prossimi viaggi.
La vacanza si conclude il 9 Agosto del 1986 con lo storico concerto dei Cure a Orange

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HAROLD AND MAPS (Words by Paolo Lippe, Music by Paolo Lippe and Sebiano Laselva)

The World is waiting for another trip
The sand is falling on my head for him
The girls play football like a telephone
go home… go home…
Harold and Maps go home

Hidden Time
Harold and Maps
I want to sleep
Harold and Maps
Harold and Maps

We all have seen you under cats and grey
We ever hope and look
We were born in a town
We have seen yeh
We have seen yeeeeeh



Il mondo aspetta un altro viaggio
La sabbia mi cade sulla testa per lui
Le ragazze giocano a calcio come un telefono
vai a casa... vai a casa...
Aroldo e le Mappe torna a casa

Tempo nascosto
Aroldo e le Mappe
Voglio dormire
Aroldo e le Mappe
Aroldo e le Mappe

Ti abbiamo visto tutti sotto i gatti e il grigio
Speriamo e guardiamo sempre
Siamo nati in una città
Abbiamo visto yeh
Abbiamo visto yeeeeeh

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from Harold and Maps / Ragnoviolino EP (Audiophile 24 Bit ORIGINAL MASTER), released August 27, 2023
Words by Paolo Lippe, Music by Paolo Lippe and Sebiano Laselva
Arranged and performed by Twenty Four Hours:
- Marco Lippe, Drums
- Antonio Paparelli, Acoustic and electric guitar
- Ruggero Condò Saxophone
- Paolo Lippe Keyboards and bass
Vocals by Lippes Brothers: Elena, Marco & Paolo Lippe

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Twenty Four Hours is an Italian progressive rock band with various influences, including the psychedelic one that is the predominant element.
After their first album, "The Smell of The Rainy Air", vinyl produced in January 1991, the group has acquired a certain notoriety thanks to the welcome of critics signaled the debut of the band among the best releases of 1991. See Wikipedia for details. ... more

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