Mr_Iko

Ah, the strumming is difficult? But think...

If you want to understand (since you've brought up Plato and are really misstepping on certain topics), go ahead. If you want to dive into rhetoric (which surfaces in your comments), do it, because "rhetoric is the fiction of truth" (Cicero). Have you elevated yourself to the proud defender of Maynard and Co. thinking you’re their only fan? But have you read the comments on the reviews of their two albums? Did you find any negative opinions? And then, why did you SPECIFICALLY avoid responding to my interpretation of your previous comments? Dodging the thorny topic, eh?

Here I am instead with "Max Lateralus": listen dear, you’re not teaching me anything, got it? What matters to me is that you showed up with a terrible line that I’ll quote (so you can feel a bit ashamed): "But do you only go to concerts to smoke and drink beer??? What the f...k!! Stay home and listen to techno or go to raves, that’s better. Leave the music to those who play it and to those who want to hear it without idiots throwing up on them." Then you started to retract your statement (struck in your conscience by the fact that you made a glaring mistake), trying to explain the reasons and the hows. You even dared to invoke Plato (but do you really know his philosophy or just get by with some fragments? A person who writes the things you’ve written doesn’t seem like someone following his philosophy). Do you know what Plato also said (and this will bury you): he said that "a truth (read your quoted phrase that I just mentioned) that requires explanations is nothing but a half-truth." Don’t think you’re the best in the world just because you saw a concert in 1983. Don’t think you have the right to come teach me about civility and respect just because you know a bit of jazz, understood? The greedy are always good at teaching the hungry how to resist hunger.

I can instead say that you've really pissed me off, really! To the swine who insists on not signing his name (swine is a label I feel free to give him, since he doesn't care about his name) I respond like this: I am twenty-eight years old, I have a degree in law, I am about to be registered as a trainee lawyer, I am pursuing a master's degree, I enjoy poetry, philosophy, and neuro-linguistic programming, and, above all, I am not afraid to put my face on my comments. I don’t “break through,” rather I BREAK YOU, got it? You write in a way that makes you the shame of humanity, do you realize that? How can I give any meaning or value to your thoughts if you write them so barbarically? If you don’t care for your own thoughts, how can I take them into consideration when the one who conceives them shows no respect for them? Swine, sign your name. A swine, that's what you are.

What do I think of De André? I think that "His poetry approaches essential truths more than history" (Plato). What comes to mind when I think of De André? That his music is an exact science, like geometry. He has that right tone of speaking to himself to speak to others that brings him close to the great Giambattista Vico. There’s an underlying melancholy, perpetual and contextual to every hint of happiness (but more tangible) that transforms my heart into hell every time. A heavy, recited, depressed tone that turns every moment of life into the three in the morning, when you can’t sleep and, tossing and turning in bed, you reflect on how much you suffer from loneliness, because, even though you’re not physically alone, you are surrounded by people who have no desire to get to know you.

Apologia of De Andrè, edited by Hal, De-Baser edition, 28 pages, 7 euros

If you want to go see the circus and enjoy a thousand sweets, please stay away from music. People like you should steer clear. Thank you... ANOTHER INSOLENT ONE!!! Try saying this sentence to Nash and Crosby, or to Lennon (R.I.P.) or to Bob Dylan rather than to Almamegretta and 98% of the people who play rock and related styles... Hypocrite!

but is it a collection?

To Max, I also play: I play YOU...

I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, you wrote something like "at concerts you have to behave civilly because there are people there to listen to the crystalline purity of the music, so everyone should be quiet (screaming or singing along is forbidden), no moshing, and contemplate the gods. But at the pub with friends, it's okay to puke in someone's face and flick boogers at the bartenders." Right, did I read that correctly? I wouldn’t want to misunderstand your words, but that seems to be the message you posted. Do you really think I'm that kind of person?