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It's not my favorite from Thin Lizzy ("Fighting" or "Bad Reputation" I could listen to endlessly), but I love the passion of this review, as well as the band, for whom I have a huge admiration. Phil was one of the few true poets of rock; I can't fathom how many still consider Thin Lizzy a band for jocks.

But what a wonder! It was needed!!! What happened to the Totem Comics? I’m holding on tightly to the three issues I have.

And I always thought the singer was Milva! It makes me question a bit of my idol…

My childhood nightmares (this, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" and "Suspense" by Jack Clayton). They often aired on private channels even in prime time (different times: today, the showgirls can present a variety of potatoes at dinnertime, but these films are now relegated to late-night slots). As a child, I was convinced that Bette Davis only acted in horror films, to the point that even the video for Kim Carnes' song scared me (even though Davis didn't appear in it).

The opening confused me a bit, but the review is beautiful. And the movie is stunning, able to portray an extremely complex situation without unnecessary embellishments. Morricone's music alone would be worth watching it: I have never understood how they could have denied him an Oscar at the time. Speaking of the juxtaposition between gruesome scenes and ethereal musical commentary: what can we say about the combination of various disembowelments and the beautiful theme by Riz Ortolani in "Cannibal Holocaust"?

Seen once and I don't want to see it again. That said, it's a masterpiece so dense it really hurts. All the power-hungry should watch it and re-watch it in A Clockwork Orange style.

I like the album, there are important songs and as far as I'm concerned, there is no prejudice - or bullshit that Vasco may have done later - that matters.

I may be a bit nitpicky, but I can't stand these leftovers from Valsugana high school starting with the fact that they slap an English and fancy name on themselves, only to not realize that Dioniso in English is Dionysus (if only they had the taste to listen to Rush, who are a trio themselves).

The review, on one hand, piques my curiosity, while on the other, I’m a bit disappointed by the attitude towards Western culture, which certainly has the nasty habit of plundering but also of absorbing, being extremely curious and dissatisfied, greedy for novelty beyond what it can comprehend. A very significant percentage of the musical instruments we use today have Eastern origins and are utilized with a spirit entirely different from that of their lands of origin. However, if in some distant medieval time a European, perhaps returning from the Crusades, had not fallen in love with string instruments, we would not be able to listen to Vivaldi's Seasons today. I understand that a decontextualized sitar might have irritated Ravi Shankar (also because the decontextualizers belonged to the people of the former dominators), but in its small way, I see it only as a manifestation of the desire to push beyond that Western culture has always had, and which surely stands among its virtues.

Beautiful album, in some ways perhaps a bit too tied to Oldfield's previous work, but still enjoyable and captivating. "On Horseback" - the closing track almost in a "little song" form - is one of my favorite melodies, featuring a lovely acoustic guitar progression, whispered vocals, and harmonized electric guitars in a nonetheless restrained and delicate crescendo. It even moves me on rainy days.