Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu

Infobox Album | Name = Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu
Type = Album
Artist = Elio e le Storie Tese


Released = 1989
Recorded = September 1989| Genre = Rock
Length = 49:10
Label = Psycho/CBS
Producer = Otar Bolivecic

This album = "Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu"
(1989)
Next album = "The Los Sri Lanka Parakramabahu Brothers Featuring Elio e le Storie Tese"
(1990)

"Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu" is the first album by Italian rock band Elio e le storie tese. It showcases their attitude as disciples of Frank Zappa, as well as their high technical proficiency.

Track listing

# "Adolescenti a colloquio. Improvvisamente, Tremoto" - 1:09
# "John Holmes (Una vita per il cinema)" - 3:26
# "Domande bizzarre" - 0:39
# "Nubi di ieri sul nostro domani odierno (Abitudinario)" - 4:13
# "According the Memphis Horns" - 0:27
# "Carro - 4:45
# "Una gita a..." - 0:10
# "The Fabolous '68s According to Tony Martucci" - 0:41
# "Nella vecchia azienda agricola" - 1:29
# "Silos" - 5:18
# "Cassonetto differenziato per il frutto del peccato" - 4:04
# "Introducing the Real Parakramabahu According to Shantha Edirisinghe" - 0:25
# "Parakramabahu Rajatuma" - 0:48
# "Piattaforma" - 3:29
# "Suspense! Il signor Brando meets Marlon Brando" - 0:17
# "Introducing the Cara ti amo" - 2:33
# "Cara ti amo (Risvolti psicologici nei rapporti tra giovani uomini e giovani donne)" - 4:22
# "Messaggio satanico" - 0:38
# "Cateto" - 5:29
# "Spuma da 100" - 0:40
# "John Holmes" (Shidzu Version) - 3:38
# "Ang ang ang" - 0:21

Trivia

* "Elio Samaga Hukapan Kariyana Turu" is a sentence in Sinhalese language (the main language of Sri Lanka). The translation is "Have sex along with Elio until you cum", an indirect reference to Frank Zappa's music.
* The first track quotes the first album by Skiantos (an Italian punk group), has Rockets' "On the Road Again" song on the background (a space-rock group quite known in Italy in the 70s), and cites late Italian football player Giacinto Facchetti.
* "John Holmes" is dedicated to the omonymous porn actor.
* "Domande bizzarre", "Una gita a..." and "Suspense! Il signor Brando meets Marlon Brando" are improbable interviews with the band.
* "According the Memphis Horns" is a soundcheck by the Memphis Horns who played in Zucchero song "Con le mani".
* "Carro" is introduced by a line of Back in the USSR by the Beatles and contains quotes from the German national anthem. It's a joke about Italian proverbs.
* Tony Martucci was the patron of the Ambrogino d'Oro prize, in which Elio sang when he was a child.
* "Nella vecchia azienda agricola" is a parody of "Nella vecchia fattoria", the Italian version of Old McDonald.
* The "Silos" chorus reminds of the theme of "Song for Che" by Charlie Haden.
* "Cassonetto differenziato per il frutto del peccato" includes many citations from Italian pop songs, as well as a sampling from Lou Reed's "The Kids".
*"Piattaforma" is inspired to "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. At some point, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon music is heard on the background.
*In "Messaggio satanico" Black Sabbath are cited.
*"Cateto" cites the theme from James Bond films.