Personally, I think Neil Hannon is the greatest light music composer of all time; as well as one of the best performers thanks to a voice that can be both masculine and compassionate, histrionic yet sacred.
Joy, Compassion, Irony, Fear, Desire, Emotion, Elegance, Impulse, Control, and Warmth. All sublimated in The Divine Comedy. more
A phenomenon at times not too different from Queen: a baroque rock (Bellamy's admission) that has achieved commercial success despite a persistent art-progressive attitude (usually suppressed by contemporary music producers in favor of more mainstream punk) that finds an outlet through the courage of an even more "Metal" approach when necessary. Had they lived 30 years ago, I would have given them 4; but their enormous importance now merits the fifth star. more
From the reigning ignorance, defined as communist, instead his positions lean more towards "ex-popular party"; ultimately identifying with the branch of that eternal non-violent, non-global, and non-militant opposition, akin to Lev Tolstoy. His texts are rich in sharp irony but also possess a robust humanistic and technical culture. The themes tackled are not only political in nature but often personal as well (only people don't realize it). Musically above the average of his genre. more
great VOCALIZZI! more
I owe him a lot. A whole lot. more
'74-'74??? But they were actually formed in 1984, before getting informed, one should speak! more
With the Wii, it is the outright queen of consoles. Exploding with Mario and enriched with Pokémon, they found that slice of the market that others had not uncovered: casual gamers. Fortune had it that this was also the largest slice. more
Those of "'74-'75" (@ THE EXPERT: that's the title of their most famous track, what nonsense are you spewing?) more
Damn, I was convinced that the Wii sold less than PS3/XBOX360, yet it dominates the sales charts. I'm shocked... more
^___^ more
the symbol of elementary schools more
Perhaps the worst of the entire Italian music scene? more
I mean, what would someone like that do with balm, excuse me?! more
A long-haired person. more
one of the few Italian singer-songwriters who truly deserves it. more
embalmed with a delay of 12 years more
Of absurd mental patients, the creators of that genre called "Brutal-Death-Metal". Absolutely indescribable. more
Better known as the killer of the American hero Spider Man, this boy, after serving his life sentence (in Italy, therefore 2 years of house arrest), found redemption and created one of the most prolific and innovative ensembles of the '90s, gli 883 (the years he should have spent in prison in America, the crime scene, but then he was extradited to Italy), always balancing between the most furious death metal ("una canzone d'amore") and pop-core digressions (the autobiographical "hanno ucciso l'uomo ragno"). more
One of the most representative bands of metal. Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and …And Justice for All are true masterpieces. Money has ruined them... they don’t deserve the 5... more