- IN SEQUENCING HERE ARE 31 ITALIAN SONGS AND 31 FOREIGN SONGS. GOURMANDS... OBVIOUSLY...
1) AFTERHOURS. I want beautiful skin – When Manuel Agnelli realizes he doesn't have supernatural powers, he manages to write songs like this.
2) ALMAMEGRETTA. Ruanda – A long, slow journey to the center of the earth.
3) ANTONELLO VENDITTI. Modena – Before becoming the singer of adolescents, he was also capable of writing beautiful songs.
4) BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO. 750,000 years ago...love – Together with PFM and Le Orme, they represented the dedicated wing of the Italian rock scene in the early seventies.
5) CARMEN CONSOLI. Fourteenth of July – One of the few female voices capable of saying something new.
6) CASINO ROYALE. Getting closer and closer – The proof that even in Italy, we know how to do dub.
7) CONSORZIO SUONATORI INDIPENDENTI. Of the world – Ferretti's emphatic voice in a moving, incredibly contemporary track.
8) DIAFRAMMA. Siberia – The new Italian rock sung in Italian in 1984.
9) FABRIZIO DE ANDRE’. La cattiva strada – A beautiful song included in one of his most controversial albums.
10) FRANCESCO DE GREGORI. Bufalo Bill – Author of cryptic lyrics, De Gregori often embodied the figure of the poet dedicated to music.
11) FRANCO BATTIATO. Summer on a solitary beach – The track that opens his best-selling, most famous, and most beautiful album.
12) FRANKIE HI-NRG. Those who think well – A satirical yet realistic fresco of what our society has become.
13) GARBO. Moderno – A magnificent loser following the wave of Italian post-new wave.
14) I NOMADI. Io vagabondo (which is nothing else) – If I Nomadi still enjoy so much credit today, they owe it to this song.
15) IVANO FOSSATI. My brother who looks at the world – Started as a rocker, he quickly became known as a great pupil (teacher?) of the Genoese singer-songwriter school.
16) LA CRUS. Come ogni volta – When classic singer-songwriter meets modernity through a voice, that of Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi, who has few rivals.
17) LE ORME. Amico di ieri – A poignant, melancholic song marking the end of the progressive era.
18) LIGABUE. Little star without a sky – At least at the beginning, Liga was a credible rocker.
19) LITFIBA. Ballad – Along with Diaframma, they brought a breath of fresh air and a new way of doing rock in Italy.
20) LUCIO BATTISTI. The light of the East – Choosing a Battisti song is like playing a lottery number. Today, this one came out.
21) MATIA BAZAR. White horse – Antonella Ruggiero's voice at its fullest before the techno shift.
22) MAX GAZZE’. Dear Valentina – The song that revealed him remains today his most representative.
23) NEW TROLLS. A mine – Seems like a simple light music song. To understand Nico Di Palo's vocal skills, you need to try singing it.
24) PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI. Impressions of September – Legendary track, as legendary as its Moog chorus.
25) RINO GAETANO. Aida – As a writer of songs with sacrilegious lyrics, he didn't have time to become truly big.
26) SCIALPI. L’io e l’es – An author and performer of modest scope, he manages to deliver a jewel, moreover by Mango-Migliacci.
27) SUBSONICA. Gunshot – Every Subsonica song bursts with modernity.
28) THE GANG. Roots and wings – Starting as clones of The Clash, the Severini brothers easily transitioned to a rustic, domestic combat-folk. Title track of their best album.
29) TIMORIA. Blood gone mad – When the Renga-Pedrini duo had a reason to exist.
30) TIROMANCINO. For me it's important – At times, it feels like reliving the spirit of the best Battisti.
31) VASCO ROSSI. A song for you – The most loved and hated Italian rocker at the same time, in a moving track little inclined to his style.
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1) A DAY IN THE LIFE by The Beatles. Because we all have "a day in life"...
2) ZIGGY STARDUST by David Bowie. In my musical adolescence, he was a deity.
3) IF YOU WERE STILL AROUND by John Cale. It should be possible to choose your funeral soundtrack.
4) LONDON CALLING by The Clash. You hear it and you're in London in 1979.
5) ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN ? by Lloyd Cole. Because the heart tells me so, and as everyone knows, the heart is uncontrollable.
6) MARY'S PRAYER by Danny Wilson. It is just a pop song, but I will have listened to it a thousand times and still won't get tired of it.
7) PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS by Dire Straits. The soundtrack of my 18 years (1).
8) NORTHERN SKY by Nick Drake. All contemporary singer-songwriters drew from this source
9) BY THIS RIVER by Brian Eno. To understand what the word melancholy means.
10) WHAT'S GOING ON by Marvin Gaye. The pride of soul music
11) SUPPER'S READY by Genesis. Clumsy and overly progressive, but it marked my transition into "other" music.
12) BREAKING US IN TWO by Joe Jackson. If after a quarter of a century, I find myself whistling it from time to time, it must mean something.
13) THERE SHE GOES by The La's. The sunshine of Britpop is born here.
14) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN by Led Zeppelin. The most beautiful song of all time ?
15) IMAGINE by John Lennon. More than a song, an anthem. It should be taught in schools.
16) ALONE AGAIN OR by Love. In 1967, they already played this stuff? Unbelievable.
17) NO WOMAN NO CRY (live) by Bob Marley. One of the greatest outside the Anglo-American duopoly, and this track is his manifesto.
18) SLY by Massive Attack. To hear the breath of music.
19) 2 RIGHTS MAKE 1 WRONG by Mogwai. An intoxicating sound show.
20) CONSEQUENCE by Notwist. Because electronics also have a soul.
21) JULIA by Pavlov's Dog. To understand where the androgynous voices come from.
22) BABY IN TWO by Pernice Brothers. No one knows them, but this is a song that can justify a career.
23) WISH YOU WERE HERE by Pink Floyd. The simplest and most irresistible Pink Floyd pass through here.
24) GLORY BOX by Portishead. The musical translation of a slow-motion black-and-white film.
25) A WHITER SHADE OF PALE by Procol Harum. In the thesaurus, it is the equivalent of evergreen.
26) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY by Queen. Who said Queen only makes stadium songs?
27) FREAK PLASTIC TREES by Radiohead. The first Radiohead song I listened to, and I immediately fell in love.
28) LADY JANE by The Rolling Stones. When I was 16, I was ashamed not to know it.
29) JEALOUS GUY by Roxy Music. The soundtrack of my 18 years (2).
30) HOW SOON IS NOW ? by The Smiths. Morrissey-Marr duo at their best.
31) NOSTALGIA by David Sylvian. A song to listen to alone in your dark room.
