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From Patriots to L'Arca di Noé, I really hope everyone acknowledges that it’s from another planet. That was pure genius, a perfect mix of singer-songwriter music, pop, camp, and rock, pure and lucid madness. Unmissable albums (which even topped the charts...). Here we’re talking (I believe) about the second Battiato (or maybe the third...). In this, I place L'Imboscata above all, but I admit that this is a subjective idea, probably tied to very strong personal memories. Then, however, I definitely rank Gommalacca, which I find slightly superior to Ferro Battuto and significantly superior to X Stratagemmi.

I'm sorry that someone didn't appreciate the comparison... but the comments confirm that I was right: Liga is like marinated eel. Too bad no one understood the last sentence, especially the last two words. Ever heard of a key to understanding...? Well, you can't have it all. Anyway, thank you; the comments, even the harsh ones, are nice. It's a shame about the insults, which nine times out of ten serve little to no purpose. One last thing: I'm a lawyer (so you were almost right about the accountant), but I haven't listened to the radio (I haven't even set up the antenna for the stereo...) in ages. There: that's where you missed the mark (and I should also specify, my colleagues don't share my musical tastes... only one, actually, who plays bass with me, but the others really do listen to the radio...).

Question: Are the albums that Britti offers us sufficient to form a non-approximate judgment of him as a guitarist...? Then why does he not have the courage to make a blues or jazz album that would allow us to assess him in that role...? And if we are capable of judging him now, is it because he plays well *roba brutta...?* Perhaps we need to bring a bit of order to the categories of judgment. For Marc Ribot (with a name like that...!), if you don’t know them, I recommend the two albums by Formula3 "Dies Irae" from 1970 and "Formula3" from 1971: there you will understand why Radius was definitely ahead at that time (and for Italy) (on top of that, both albums are entirely composed by Battisti and Mogol, and they consist mostly of unreleased tracks...so if you appreciate the genre...). The later Radius is an honest craftsman trying to get by.

Personally, L'Imboscata by Gommalacca is worth at least three (but that's just my opinion).

beautiful, beautiful: I liked you all. thank you. kisses

a great piece just as great as all of Battiato's work from 1978 onwards. one note: this is the worst version of La Stagione Dell'Amore ever recorded, and in my opinion, the partner here doesn't deliver at all. opinions...

Britti is a technically skilled guitarist who quickly shuffles through pentatonics – in my opinion, with very little soul – and every now and then he tries something falsely atonal to give himself a jazz vibe, with sad results. Just ask any jazz expert, and you'll see they think exactly like I do. One of the two from my school is a tour musician and has played with practically everyone. But that counts for very little: as a stage musician, Keith Richards wouldn’t be able to accompany Pausini. Ebe....????? Anyway, let’s not misunderstand each other; one person can have fun with Django and Kahn, to stick with guitarists...(me), another with Britti (maybe you), others with the sunny music of Casadei... the world is beautiful because it is varied.

well...in this shitty country if you do something you have to hide it, otherwise there are anonymous losers who don't appreciate it. go fuck yourself, you idiot of a bastard who doesn't have the balls to sign your name, and talk about music as a non-anonymous person, assuming you have something to say (and I highly doubt that...) and have a shred of courage for your ideas.

two notes: first... all these Beatlesian sounds, I don't hear them... or I hear them much less, for example, than in Flaming Pie... Second: Wilson is certainly a fundamental figure, as are Dylan and Young (Neil) and many others. I was just saying that no living person wrote Yesterday, or rather, no one else did... The argument I'm making is one of purism of the "song form," and I believe that Macca, in this field, leans more towards Cole Porter than Brian Wilson. It's a long discussion, though. If you want, we can have it...

their own way... bah... the Straits were Knopfler (something he has always maintained). In the last tour, moreover, he took back the historic drummer and mostly plays Dire Straits (identical). Who can say they are dead...?