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These kids, saturated with '90s crossover who don’t know the (seminal) quintet of the Meticci from Amsterdam, are certainly thought-provoking. Unfortunately, this is a site where billions of RATM fans pontificate, knowing only those two or three crossover bands. They might remain in their ignorance if they miss a record like "Life 'n Perspective of a Genuine Crossover," released three years before this one. Life was a great album dominated by the rhythm of the drummer Magic Stick and the solos of guitarist Tres Manos, blending heavy riffs with the madness of the guy who played the turntables, DJ DNA. That element is missing here, and the group loses its streetwise edge, crafting an album for Virgin aimed at the American market. The review doesn’t do justice and does little to pique the curiosity of those who are unfamiliar with them.

Well, Italy looked less distorted because, as a text, the version by the Dik Dik was much more dignified than the original by the French Delpech...

I'm sorry, Paolo, but you're stuck on the old-school equipment; you shouldn't have mentioned a generic tape player, but the legendary eight-track stereos that were used for the compilations of Fausto Papetti and similar artists... And "L'isola di Wight" has little to do with "Il Morto Riconoscente," considering it was the Italian version of the French Michel Delpech, who sang... "Wight is Wight, Dylan is Dylan, Wight is Wight, Viva Donovan... Wight is Wight c'est hippie hippie!"

One of the reasons I’m distancing myself more and more from this site is that most users are people like coolermaster, who confidently claims that no one has ever cared about Rock Bottom. It’s a problem of his own that creates confusion by comparing completely different groups (ranging from Red Crayola to Standells and Chocolate Watchband) to give himself some cred. He puts “Hot Rats” among truly intellectual works, making Uncle Frankie roll in his grave with laughter. Coolermaster gives me the impression of being all talk and no substance, especially if his favorite musicians are Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet, who sing while shaking their butts, not that paralyzed idiot who bombards us with Rock Bottom.

but the even bigger bullshit is that Mudhoney is a band for 16-year-olds. Just open your ears free from preconceptions and hear the difference between the badass version of "Magnolia Cabhoose Babyshit" by Blue Cheer done by Mudhoney on their self-titled album and the homework cover of "Kick out the Jams" by MC5 done by RATM on "Renegades" to understand who the kids are...

Scorsese's gangster film, the Italian-American one, with "a world as realistically close to reality as possible," had already been done twenty years earlier with "Mean Streets" (of which there is a review), and one cannot ignore that. After all, Scorsese began with that film to link music to scenes (De Niro descends all geared up the stairs of the venue as the notes of "Jumping Jack Flash" kick in) with an ironic intent; for instance, here we have Mina singing "Il cielo in una stanza" right in the dirty, smoky atmosphere of the nightclub. More than a truthful film to be taken seriously, this is a deliberately sarcastic and ironic film from a master who this time plays with the genre, slashing the victim, and we hear the protagonist's voiceover dreamily saying, "...I've always wanted to be a gangster."

we practically said the same thing at the same time.......

Indeed, especially considering the fact that we already gave the heads-up about Todo Modo in the other review we did on this film...