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hi cuin :)

ROCK BOTTOM is wonderful Michele, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding it, they did a very nice reprint not long ago. If you still can’t find it send me a msg and we’ll sort it out. I’ve also looked for TAGO MAGO but to no avail, however my local dealer doesn’t give up :). I like the Japan stuff for the little I’ve heard, while De Gregori... sometimes, I prefer songs like “cercando un altro egitto,” “giorno di pioggia,” “i matti,” “cose” over the more celebrated ones. I find his “Canzone per l'estate” really beautiful. But he’s released too many live albums... “ecchepalle francè” is the exclamation that comes to mind every time. At this point, though, I await some reviews from you to discuss it again. Oops... I forgot: I didn’t know those details about “giugno 73,” thanks.

ah ah ah don’t be fooled, this plastic gadget and its problems are surely the work of the devil incarnated in a guy named Bill... :) hi

Beautiful "June '73," right. If I remember correctly, this song was also written in Portobello di Gallura and tells the story of Faber's relationship with his first wife. It contains one of the most beautiful phrases about the end of a love "it's better to have parted than to have never met at all." As for the rest... just different visions, but all valid. Hi Michele (and authenticate yourself, so we don't have to use a magnifying glass to read you :))))

I believe that the (in truth minimal, very subtle) diversity of our opinions stems from different experiences, because those three words you use ("passion, pain, pity") I see with the same intensity in other works, among all as I already mentioned Creuza de ma. I believe that Sidun, for example, is one of the strongest syntheses of "passion, pain, and pity," even musically, and Jamin-a is one of the most sensual songs ever written. And the narrative magic of the album I find in the common thread of the journey at sea. Thus "Indiano" and "Anime Salve" for different but equally important common threads. But in the end, they are all nuances of mostly coinciding opinions. Because all in all, we think the same way about La buona novella. And to think that when it was released, it was poorly received... You're right about "Storia di un impiegato," perhaps it is little known and contains some beautiful songs. I don’t know if Faber considered it outdated or not, but perhaps it is in some aspects. Maybe it should be listened to thinking about the context in which it was born. Since you mention disamistade, if you get the chance, if you haven't already, listen to the English version by the Walkabouts, because it's a gem. Bye.

oh ... I would save the others too, but it would still be a good compromise :) bye

Yes Michele, you’re right, insults aside, nice site (Registered Ismhael). As for the previous comment, I agree about the passants, but Cohen's pieces in Canzoni (Giovanna d'Arco and Suzanne) don’t seem any less significant to me. And then "Morire per delle idee" by Brassens... Let’s save at least four from the album "canzoni," what do you say? :)

That the "Buona Novella" is a deep work for its themes full of humanity and splendid for the combination of music and lyrics, as well as for its unity, we agree. There's a particular passage in the album that I love very much for the strength of the image created by Faber, the return of Joseph ("and she flew into your arms like a swallow..."), but also the end of "the dream of Mary": "the old ones, when they caress, are afraid of being too strong." Other intense moments are definitely "three mothers" and the conclusion of Tito's testament ("In the compassion that does not yield to resentment / Mother, I have learned love."). But I don't believe the levels reached with "Buona Novella" have not been repeated later. In the following years, there were other "nine albums"... I have a bit of difficulty in ranking them in order of importance, but I don't think "Creuza de ma" is secondary, less inspired, or inferior (in terms of lyrics) to "La buona novella," and I think "Storia di un impiegato" is an equally well-constructed concept album, because it should also be listened to from beginning to end following the narrative. Then there are dozens of songs from 1970 to 1999 that possess incredible expressive force... "La domenica delle salme," "Coda di lupo," "Khorakhamè," "Fiume Sand Creek"... just to name the first ones that come to mind. In other words, in my opinion, "La buona novella" is a beautiful, important part of De André's work, but much of what followed was no less, in my view. Bye!

there's a lot to say here too ... but not at this hour :)

mmmm ... "levels that De André never reached again" ... up for debate, oh yes! But now it's late, another day Michele.