Voto:
For 99%, Italian music is SH*T. We are the country of easy listening, of Sanremo, of this kind of trash. On TV, in the various shows dedicated to music and entertainment that air from time to time, when Rock is mentioned, it means Celentano, while Vasco is considered a rebel who makes metal music. From a "cultural" standpoint, we have lost all the movements that changed the world, starting from rock to real metal, passing through glam and grunge; we have missed hip-hop, electronic music, and everything else. We have lost it all. Because since we are a backward country, we tend to shoot down anything that deviates from the melodic love song. The prevailing taste is that of our parents, or rather, our grandparents, and every new proposal today is seen as such. In Italy, it works like this: whoever reaches success holds onto it until death, just like politicians who come to power and don't leave until they die. Music in Italy is also a lobby, unfortunately, and those inside it decide everything, including public taste. Otherwise, it wouldn't explain why if on the same day there are two concerts, for example, the Metallica in Imola and Vasco in San Siro, the news only talks about Vasco despite the fact that there were double the number of people at the Metallica concert coming from all over Italy and even from abroad. Another example: Pearl Jam (a band I would dare to call historic) had 5 dates in Italy last year, selling out everywhere. No one talked about it. Why? Censorship, that's why. There are those who monopolize the scenes, and Baglioni is one of them. You find him everywhere, on national TV, singing the same stupid stuff for 30 years, while quality music is completely bypassed. It’s a matter, I would dare say, of media power. Are there perhaps channels in Italy where an unknown but valid band can have even a little resonance? I don't think so. Despite this, however, people who are passionate about music continue to play what they like, and indeed the Italian underground scene is thriving with valid groups, but they will likely remain forever unknown because someone “above” decides it should be so, or they will achieve success abroad. And don’t be misled by those new proposals that occasionally get launched, because they are artists constructed by those same lobbies, meant to last a few months to maximize profits for the record labels that propelled them, and then they get kicked to the curb. Meanwhile, Baglioni is still there, immortal, infesting the airwaves with these products that are an insult to human intelligence, childish little poems and fake arrangements. Because he doesn’t have to make an effort; he doesn’t have to create a serious album to convince people to buy it: he lives off past successes, has a name, and can always count on publicity from journalists and critics who praise his artistic qualities; after all, the audience, who buys everything, buys the album with their eyes closed and is even convinced they are listening to quality music. I'm sorry, but this makes me sick in an indescribable way, so there's no chance I could even consider changing my judgment. Even if for once Baglioni made a mediocre album (which is already well above his average), I believe it counts for little or nothing. I have other standards. I cannot judge a disgusting album as good just because it is LESS DISGUSTING than what is usually passed off in Italy. It’s a discussion that doesn’t hold water.
