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Genesis Nursery Cryme
Genesis Nursery Cryme
31 aug 05
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On a record like this, their first masterpiece, the progenitor of a long but not excessively long series, one could say much more, but that little isn't too bad.
Genesis We Can't Dance
Genesis We Can't Dance
31 aug 05
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Sweeping away all modern Genesis is quite fashionable: some fanatics even include masterpieces like "A Trick Of The Tail" and "Wind And Wuthering" among the trash simply because they lack Peter Gabriel. However, the decline did happen, and it’s undeniable, although there have been many attempts at a comeback. "We Can't Dance" is one of those: right from the title, there’s an intention to oppose the rampant dance-commercial trend. The intention is good, the results are so-so (but it’s certainly not garbage).
Lucio Battisti La batteria, il contrabbasso, eccetera
Lucio Battisti La batteria, il contrabbasso, eccetera
31 aug 05
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A bold turnaround for the time, especially considering the conservative and somewhat dull world of Italian pop music. Was it a successful turn? For the most part, yes, but some weak points (like "No dottore," "Io ti venderei" pop up here and there). However, Battisti was open to all the best influences circulating at the time, which were not few... An excellent review that rightly highlights the hypnotic character of the very modern (for that era) "Il veliero," one of the most "circular" songs I know.
Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life
31 aug 05
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For reasons of greed, I can't bring myself to buy this CD, even though what I know hints at it being Stevie Wonder's masterpiece (alongside "Talking Book"). Great review, especially for the dismal and petty picture of the music that was played in juke-boxes at the time (coincidentally, I was also a thirteen-year-old, but back then I was more easygoing: I was satisfied with Renato Zero).
Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
31 aug 05
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The lowest point ever reached by Pink Floyd (even The Division Bell is more imaginative). But since they always start from very high levels, there are still some redeeming qualities in this album: for example, the instrumental "Terminal Frost," the beginning of "Yet Another Movie," the ending of the melodic ballad "On The Turning Away." Remnants, leftover pieces of a great past.
Ivan Graziani Firenze-Lugano no stop
Ivan Graziani Firenze-Lugano no stop
31 aug 05
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Regarding this album, which I imagine is a compilation, I don’t know it, but I like the title, which establishes a connection between my city and that of kosmogabri. As for originals, I would recommend Ringo's "Pigro" and "Agnese dolce Agnese." Until recently, all of Ivan Graziani's CDs cost between 4.90 and 6.50 euros: a disgrace, considering that any Cremonini is sold at full price.
Ivan Graziani Firenze-Lugano no stop
Ivan Graziani Firenze-Lugano no stop
31 aug 05
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Every now and then, Debaser uncovers unsuspected and incredible gaps, and the absence of Ivan Graziani is undoubtedly one of them: kudos to those who have filled it, and they did it excellently. However, I must disagree on one point: for me, his falsetto was not a strength but rather a limitation that hindered great songs and a rare, if not unique, guitar technique among Italian singer-songwriters.
Pino Daniele Pino Daniele
Pino Daniele Pino Daniele
31 aug 05
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A little note on Troisi's joke about Mantova and Rovigo that needs to be changed: it's hilarious, but one of the two examples is poorly chosen. Let's stick with Rovigo, an unremarkable Po Valley city known only for fog and garlic, but Mantova is a beautiful city, very cultured and civilized, to the point that it’s one of the few places in the North where the Lega struggles to make its mark. I want to clarify that I'm not from Mantova (and I'm not from the Po Valley either): I say this only for the sake of truth.
Pino Daniele Pino Daniele
Pino Daniele Pino Daniele
31 aug 05
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The comparison between Pino from those years and the current one is ruthless and lacks any history, not to mention Pino from the '90s, perhaps even worse than the present, with his duets with Giorgia and his flabby rap in collaboration with the living Great Boh, Jovanotti. At the end of the '70s and the beginning of the '80s, something really interesting and profound was emerging in Naples, and records like this are the testimony of that, even though in my opinion, Pino's masterpiece is "Nero a metà."
Simple Minds New Gold Dream
Simple Minds New Gold Dream
12 aug 05
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"detto" has nothing to do with it, obviously.
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