luca reed

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DeAge™ : 7887 days • Here since 3 november 2004

Giorgio Gaber Io non mi sento italiano

26 nov 06

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Good review, analytical even though it perhaps overlooks the most important thing: the musical content. Strange and beautiful this "testament," quite painful indeed; it is almost an illusory relief to find an ironic track like "il corrotto" in a world that Gaber left filled with suicides, pain, and psycho-killers ("the monsters we have inside").

Kajagoogoo White Feathers

26 nov 06

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If I think about it, they actually made a nice piece, "the lion's mouth." Honestly, though, if I listen to this stuff that I hated twenty years ago and compare it to the bands now like Blue, Limahl, and friends, they seem like the reincarnation of the Beatles. It's really true that there will never be an end to the worst...

Deftones Around The Fur

26 nov 06

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I don't like your review at all, sorry for my honesty... calling the Deftones "gods of metal," even though this is the hardest album of their career, seems pretentious and folkloric to me; moreover, such an album deserves a deeper exploration. Anyway, I also recommend their latest album, which is really good.

Tom Waits The Heart Of Saturday Night

25 nov 06

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A review that might be a bit too fan-like. Nonetheless, this was my first encounter with Waits' music, this album, and I fondly remember the beautiful cover. A superior album (by no small margin) compared to the previous one; every time I listen to "please call me, babe" or "st. Diego serenade," I still feel intense emotions: splendid.

Tom Waits Franks Wild Years

25 nov 06

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The biggest and most creative album by Waits, you have to try it to believe it... 10 out of 10.

Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards

25 nov 06

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It really seems like a great record... but the packaging is unusual: is it a new album? A concept of three CDs? A collection of released and unreleased tracks? A musical journey? Some sort of semi-bootleg with a totally unreleased part attached? A bit of all these things together...
Since it includes the "what keeps mankind alive" from Brechtian memory, I encourage everyone who hasn't already to get the tribute to Kurt Weill, "Lost in the Stars," which is truly a wonder (tracks where rem, rundgren, waits, lou reed, m. faithfull, psychedelic furs, john zorn, carla bley revisit the figure of the German composer).
Anyway, Waits is always a guarantee, even if "real gone" didn’t manage to excite me like usual.

Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love

25 nov 06

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Album to be reconsidered, with several standout moments (blue collar rock) like "one step up," but unfortunately two tracks are really not much, "tunnel of love" and especially the insignificant "brilliant disguise," which sounds like it was written and sung by any Neil Diamond.
Bruce, you shouldn't have done it...

Tom Waits Closing Time

25 nov 06

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I adore Waits, the review is excellent, but I struggle to get excited about this debut, which I find immature and impersonal. At times, perhaps because of this, it doesn't even seem like him. "Blue Valentine" is something else.

Okkervil River Black Sheep Boy

13 feb 06

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Wonderful record. Thank goodness, there are still people who can make us dream. I might be wrong, but I find some affinities with Xiu Xiu and even with that blessed poet who was (is?) Graham Parker.