Robert Aliaj retired from music in the late 1990s, to dedicate to painting and, ultimately, to television. After such a long absence on the stage, his return was expected to be so sensational that he decided to perform the penultimate performance on the "Albanian Sunday" stage.
Alia did not disappoint. Dressed in black with his head and jacket - the Jacket is an exception because he shone - with the stick in his hand and sitting in front of the text, Alia performed the "Ah where God Threw Me", which resembled more of a poem with background music than a song in its proper form.
Alia plays with Fan Noli's "Anës rivers" poetry, updated with references from his life or from the life of all Albanians who migrate or face reality within the borders. It affects education, poverty, corruption, the negative side of Albania. And then undo the patriotic verse, with the call to crush the leaders with the votes, to go ahead with the job.
The poem on which the song was supported was released in 1928, after Ahmed Zogu's coup duo Nolin from power. Poetry is a lamentation, in some ways, as far as modernity has gone by Albania, and could not succeed as a result of unworthy leaders. In Alia's recollection, this sentiment remains true, 90 years later. And there is pain in the fact that 90 years have passed and so little progress has been made.
