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Rating: Amedeo Minghi, the most romantic of Italian singer-songwriters, retraces 30 years of his life and career in this collection. Reviewing him as I have done with others is not possible, as the melodic structure is a simple base of violin, four percussion instruments, and some choir and keyboard, and from here it does not deviate for all 30 tracks of the 2 discs, all of which are slow. Nevertheless, otherwise I wouldn't review it, this collection is wonderful, in my opinion.
He is a refined poet, whose voice resembles a viola that reverberates in the chest. The slow melodies are an echo of a shell smoothed by the sea, solemn, like his voice; the words come from memories, maritime landscapes, love, and I don't know what else; but the greatness also lies in the melody which, while always remaining slow, proposes many variations, obviously slight, but constant in the songs, and especially strung together in a logical thread, not only reserved for the text but also melodic, the work of a great talent. To know that he is a poet, I do not need to quote his lyrics, which are of course available on various sites; however, to seal the review, I will include a few verses from "Cantare È D'Amore", which I think expresses his great talent, the others are too intertwined in the melody, which of course I cannot reproduce.
Like a pretense
not of blood but of red
water and salt and not the tears I tasted.
Burns like battle,
of appearances fire and straw
and the hearts are horses unbridled in us.
Loving is like going on the run
it's what I did,
what I never said..
It's not the truth...
that the more you say it, the more you never say it.
It's my illusion that is true.
And that flows proudly
through the fingers of life.
The sound passes and beautiful images of us.
Marvelous confusion
between dialogues and poses,
and every passionate weight is
a breath but not the truth,
which is always another story but not Her,
Her who
among my kisses is of Love.
It's improvisation
it's not wind nor sun,
atrocious rain
better it is
that it is not there.
Loving is like climbing
on a screen of illusion
and then believing that ivy to be reality.
It's the lies, my girl
the long nose and the taste of goodbye
It's not the truth,
that the more you say it, the fewer kisses you'll have...
Tracklist and Lyrics
08 La Vita Mia (05:24)
Vita mia,
Non sappiamo pi� aferrare, maneggiare,
Questo amore che svanisce e sguscia via,
Ti sei intristita e poi,
Poi ti sei stranita,
Non dici pi� :che bel tempo sei tu.
Infatti piove,
Vorresti uscire raffreddarti insieme a me,
Io vestito leggerissimo morrei
E mi abbandonerei per veder di nuovo
La vita mia, rapidissimo addio
E guardo fuori,
Vedo cuori e sogno gli alberi che anch�io
Ho scalato anch�io
� annidato lass�
Rivedo te che sei, che sei, la vita mia.
Questa vita tra le braccia, tra le mani,
Ha un bel volto, la tua faccia, un gran bel viso,
Hai vuoto che dai tu, anche il tuo sorriso io l�ho vissuto
E confuso sul mio,
Se questa � vita, l�ho toccata,
L�ho sentita su d� me, l�ho abbracciatta in te,
Guardo meglio e non c��
Pi� dubbio che tu sia, che sei, la vita mia.
Che begli occhi vedrei con gli occhi miei,
Quanto amore catturato con le mani,
Che a le ali e con le ali svanir�
Ed io m� innamorai
Venni a dirlo a te, ti confidai
Che eri tu oramai.
C�� un temporale,
Possiamo uscire e raffreddarci insieme ormai, tremare
Perch� tremare f�,
La vita che se ne va, con te che porti via, con te,
La vita mia.
Perch� tremare f�,
La vita che se ne va, con te che porti via, con te,
La vita mia.
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