Grasshopper

DeRank ™: 5,88

DeAge™ : 7973 days • Here since 11 august 2004

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Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

24 feb 05

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A non-review evokes a non-comment.

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II

24 feb 05

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I would have liked a HINT about the I, I certainly wasn't asking you to discuss it in depth. However, it's true that you weren't obliged to do so.

I believe you, even if at your age I was still listening to Renato Zero. There are various levels of precocity: Mozart at 4 years old still couldn’t write, but he placed the notes in the right spot on the staff. In any case, as Zion says, who cares how old you are. What I’d like to know is whether for you the best really starts from "Led Zeppelin II" or if I misunderstood.

Pink Floyd A Saucerful Of Secrets

24 feb 05

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Who knows how many of us wanted to dive into this album, practically the last one left unclaimed by the Pink Floyd. I already had the beginning ready: "The second album is always a great test, even if your name is Pink Floyd. Indeed, especially if your name is Pink Floyd and you have to follow up an incredible debut like 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn', with a 'mad diamond' like Syd Barrett who, in the meantime, has gone off to shine on his own in faraway worlds...". Well, Antonino is young and quick as a weasel: he beat us to it, and he did it quite well.

Led Zeppelin Presence

24 feb 05

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You don't seem like the same Antonino91 from "Led Zeppelin II": this is a great review, with the only thing I don't agree on being the final judgment, which I think is a bit too harsh and influenced by the tracks you yourself define as negligible. The backbone of the album is "Achilles Last Stand" - "Nobody's Fault But Mine" - "Tea For One," and even in terms of weight (length of the tracks), it makes the rest, with its ups and downs, quite accessory. All in all, I believe it expresses itself better as a 4 than a 3 (and you yourself say we're leaning towards a 3.5). Just like we're at a 4.5 for the review, which, given your incredible age, rounds up to a 5.

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II

23 feb 05

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It seems to me that for you, Led Zeppelin are more than just a passion: almost a cult. I too, back in August 2004 when I first joined Debaser, did something similar with Fabrizio De André, flooding the site with reviews of our greatest singer-songwriter. So I completely understand the passion, but it seems (and it doesn’t quite add up) that you start the legend of the airship with DUE, without even a nod to what is considered, not only by me, their debut masterpiece, UNO. Forgivable, especially if you were really born in '91.

Francesco De Gregori Amore Nel Pomeriggio

22 feb 05

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As for "Canzone per l'estate," I haven't talked about it much, partly for space reasons and partly because I already did so regarding "Fabrizio De André - vol. 8." To say it's entirely the work of De André would be inaccurate (and God knows how much I adore De André): like almost everything on Vol. 8, it is the result of a collaboration between the two, unfortunately left without a follow-up. The fact that "Il cuoco di Salò" is produced by Battiato doesn't seem like enough reason to attribute its composition to him as well. In short, De Gregori is still not a ghost walking, even if it's true (and I fully agree on this) that lately he has churned out too many live albums and compilations.

Francesco De Gregori Amore Nel Pomeriggio

22 feb 05

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I don't have the absolute certainties of murmur (first masterpieces, then the end of De Gregori). As I've mentioned in the review, in the more recent albums I also see some gray moments, but in a context that remains of great refinement and good taste. In debaserian terms, many albums score a 4, in short (but "De Gregori", meaning the one with Generale, Natale, Renoir, Raggio di sole, Due zingari, I still consider a masterpiece deserving of a 5, on par with the previous ones).

Francesco De Gregori Amore Nel Pomeriggio

18 feb 05

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It's true, "Caldo e scuro" deserved at least a mention, and for that matter, so did "Sempre e per sempre," in which echoes of "Rimmel" can even be heard. However, I had already significantly exceeded my usual character limit, which is 3600, double what debaser would allow.

Miles Davis Bitches Brew

17 feb 05

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I’m a fan of tailgate plans and double basses, of Miles Davis’s "Kind of Blue," to be clear, and I’m a bit sorry that he put them out to pasture at one point. But the beauty of great musicians lies in their ability to evolve, and the turning point value of this album is huge. The review is also remarkable: it has the usual, irresistible sketch-like language, yet at the same time, it’s a genuine review, where music is discussed. Kudos!