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but what the hell is this...? pity

the eighties of underground...? Come on... in the eighties Great Music sold well, unlike today. Does "La Voce Del Padrone" ring a bell...? "Creuza de Mà"...? "Don Giovanni"...? just to stay in Italy....??? which of these albums, for example, would be produced and distributed like that today...? They say a lot of great clichés about the eighties... unfortunately, this is the reality (and certain pseudo-revisionist nonsense from MTV doesn’t help...)

great technical comment. See that my observations weren't completely unfounded...? That Trane favored high notes is a fact. That he also has a unique and inimitable sound, too. Claiming he had little musical clarity is pure madness. Trane is nothing less than perfect. One can discuss preferences for individual phrases, but never about the absolute and inimitable greatness of the Artist.

I am convinced that the single "Relax" has more than just a sadly media role. In fact, I believe it has an absolutely historic role in revolutionizing the pop-funk-disco language, or whatever you want to call it... the fact is that that music, after "Relax," whether you like it or not, has changed. "The Power Of Love" is the song with which I experienced my first and greatest love. So I suspend my judgment for an excess of elevation...

The judgment of Pino as a guitarist, viewed solely from a "technical" perspective, seems to me (and always has) quite limiting. Otherwise, we would label Richards and BB King as mere hacks and that's that. Pino has proven to be a guitarist of great taste and sensitivity, both as a soloist and (perhaps especially) as an accompanist. I repeat: any competition is senseless. On his own merits, he is excellent. When I spoke of genius, I did so exclusively in reference to that period and that genre. However, we must agree on the premise...: does a masterpiece of genre exist...? Does genius of genre exist...? In singer-songwriter music, for example, I also consider the early Vasco of the first four albums to be genius, but that's just one example...

Dear reviewer, sorry for intervening late regarding the dialogues in my review of the latest (alas...) product. Nice and fair review. One note from a modest musician...: far from being "rather canonical," the blues of "nun me scoccià"... while the solo develops on the classic harmonic line, the singing and the stops live on an original harmony for a blues, even if it might not sound that way to the listener who isn't a musician. It's a wonderful piece in a wonderful album... frankly impossible, however, to distribute qualitative preferences among the records from the second to Ferry Boat, unless they are purely subjective. Pino, back then, was a genius. If you, whom I believe to be young, have noticed this, it means you have an excellent ear (the others can't seem to overcome the generational limit of preferring their own soundtrack above all else... and end up praising stuff like "come un gelato all'equatore"...).

Can one have serenity of judgment with the soundtrack of a thousand blows...? (maybe less... come on... let's be honest...). Bah... it seems beautiful to me, but who knows...

Great review. An important album, also for its absolute fidelity to the themes and the sense of great tranquility that resonates from every note, even though it is officially the album of the "crisi." An important album, although, in my opinion, not among KJ's best.

Thank you for the compliments: in hindsight, perhaps I would be even harsher...

where would one imitate the past, please...? In what chords, in what arrangements, in which compositions...? what are the references...? it's easy to make a bold statement...