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La Donna, Il Sogno & Il Grande Incubo

THE REVIEW

Driving around at 30 km/h with the windows down, you know you can't smoke here either. Standard sunglasses, arm out as if we were gangsters from Los Angeles.

1995. The 883 complete their new journey two years after the great success of "Nord sud ovest est". The times were still far when Max Pezzali, a pop icon of a decade, would leave behind the frankness and naivety of those stories that have carved the minds and hearts of an entire generation. And it still happens that someone, before falling asleep, can't get the beginning of a song out of their head. The nights never end...

What is "La donna, il sogno & il grande incubo"? Love, friendship, desires, nostalgia: in one "word", 883.

In this work, the band's classic sounds are enriched by more intriguing and truly Electropop arrangements.
Max & co resume more or less from where they left us. Four boys, old friends, get in the car and drive around the city. No destination, a lot of desire to mess around and the radio at 1000 watts! The guitars and synths of the gritty opening track masterfully introduce the following three pieces.
Max paints stories. He tells us about himself and his - and not only his - life, of the bad luck that haunts him but ultimately strengthens the bonds of friendship (Fattore S), of when one is in love and can't confess due to shyness or fear of rejection (Ti sento vivere), and of that feeling of detachment visible on the face of those who have been recently dumped and can't think of anything else (Senza Averti Qui).
The tempo picks up with "Tieni il tempo". Dear Max suddenly seems to be telling us that maybe it's better to dance and not think about it anymore, while an exotic atmosphere brings back memories of "Nord sud ovest est". The atmosphere changes again as soon as the unexpected title track "Il grande incubo" starts, and the sound effects immerse the enthusiastic listener into a world almost like a Dario Argento horror film: fortunately, it's just a dream, and in the end, the protagonist manages to escape from the eerie Dream Motel.

"Una canzone d'amore" is yet another masterpiece of expressiveness that Max Pezzali gifts to his audience. If one day I could enter your dreams, I would like to draw my dreams on the blackboard of your heart...
The journey continues harmoniously until it finds its worthy conclusion in "Gli Anni", a historical hit from the Pavia band that with memory takes us back to when the world was different.                                                                                                                                                                              

Or perhaps it's us who have changed?

Time passes for everyone, you know. No one will bring it back... not even us.