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Actually I have no problem understanding the title of the album.. I think its in relation to PFM coming from what they're world was...Italy... into the real world... the planet.  At the time, they also thought that changing their lyrics to English would bring them out in the world.. they wanted worldwide recognition and this is how they went about it.  As far as Sinfield butchering... I guess I've always admired Pete's sense of imagination and whimsy.. he really does have the heart of a wizard actually... and I've always been able to read between his lines.  So I didn't consider it butchering.. altho I don't understand why they just didn't create new songs.. instead of changing the words to ones already recorded.

However, that being said... even tho Isola di Niente was the first PFM album released in Italian after they joined Manticore Records, it was not released on Manticore and it was only released in Italy.  Photo of Ghosts.. on Manticore was released in the UK, France & Italy.  My copy actually came from the Manticore NY offices...

Threefates wrote:

I guess I've always admired Pete's sense of imagination and whimsy.. he really does have the heart of a wizard actually

I also believe Sinfield is a great lyricist, but he's BRITISH and has a different perspective of life and music than the Italians, he could translate the lyrics with his talent and a bit of effort, but he did the easy thing and created a new set of lyrics instead of doing research.

The music was created from an Italian perspective and the lyrics in Italian, that's why they fit into that atmosphere, this doesn't happen with the English lyrics. Why can't English speakers listen music in other languages if the rest of the world listens lyrics in English? Music and lyrics are two sides of the same coin, they only have sense if done together.

There's absolutely no relation with a song named La Luna Nuova (The New Moon) and the absurd title Four Holes in the Ground, it's simply ridiculous.

Great music has to stay in original language (IMHO). Imagine La Traviata or Tanheuser translated to English because Americans and British don't understand Italian and German, all the world will consider this butchering the operas, I believe prog' music deserves the same treatment.

Threefates wrote:

However, that being said... even tho Isola di Niente was the first PFM album released in Italian after they joined Manticore Records, it was not released on Manticore and it was only released in Italy.

That's my point, La Isola Di Niente was released in Italian because that's the way the authors believed it should be and Manticore refused to distribute an album in Italian, but they were practically forced to make a bad translation named The World Became the World.

I would accept that Sinfield would have TRANSLATED the lyrics, respecting the titles of album and songs, even when I believe it's not the right option, but to sacrifice lyrics and titles is simply illogical and IMHO butchering the original concept.

Iván

Russiandude wrote: "Are there any other (free) resources on the net, which allow to get acquainted with this band closer?"

Checkout the excellent site: www.gaudela.net/pfm/

and the official pfm site: www.pfmpfm.it

for more details of the band.

 I think when heard Photos of ghosts and related to Appena un po',I thought was missing something but when listening to those over a period of time I kinda adjusted to their differences. Correct me if I got the two songs wrong as know there's one called River of Live which is absolutely fab and Per un amico just as well. But my fave of all days would have to be Impressioni di Settembre.