coolermaster

wow, De André portrayed as a homeless man, who was, however, the son of the owner of Eridania, pampered and spoiled since birth... He and his crew from the affluent Genoa, of which Paolo Villaggio was also a part...
Guys, when I was in London 20 years ago, I slept on the ground high on everything, I even found myself arguing with 4 homeless guys one night in Hyde Park... Then, though, I would go back to sleep in a building right in the city center. What do you say, do I deserve the honor of laurel too?
Oh right, but I didn't write "bocchino da Rosa," the Puttaniere and coglione that comes and goes...
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Look, for me you can laugh, cry, take a dump, do whatever you want. The fact is that the work is chilling. And I also don't need little lessons on music, art history, or other humanities subjects... De André was just one of the most overrated Italian songwriters... At least until "creuza de ma"... And by the way, I've always been indifferent to the lyrics. I prioritize the music... You mention Picasso? Well, it's like judging a Picasso painting by how he signed it...

Dear Vic, your reviews always make me laugh, and I thank you very much; it's a rare thing for me these days. Although I don't agree with a word you've written, you've put me in a good mood. If you accept a little advice from someone who has "a few decades" behind him, leave philosophy aside; it's a very dangerous subject that distances us from "things" rather than bringing us closer. It's clear that you've studied, and you write in an ornate manner, which is in part shareable. The point is to avoid asking questions, to investigate, or to do so too much. Find the good, even where it seems there is only manure. I've always been an anarchist-individualist, and that's why I've never aligned politically. I consider myself an anti-bourgeois (in the Pasolinian sense) and yet I am one. I also hate collective demonstrations, and I believe that the life of an individual is conditioned solely and exclusively by the individual themselves: "Faber (est) suae quisque fortunae"... And in that deep sense, I have always acted, fully aware that "revolutions" are made by the masses (the cannon fodder), but ideologically, economically, socially organized by the elite. It's always been this way, and it always will be. I blindly believe in the Darwinian evolution of society, not in revolution.
It was Adolf Hitler who said: "real revolutions are made WITH the State, not AGAINST the State."
Goodbye.

Fundamental, essential, legendary. A finger in the ass of hippy Rock, progressive, art rock, Zeppelin, and Purple... THE GENESIS of METAL.

The first time I listened to Maggot Brain (the song), and I did it recently (not more than 3 years ago), I almost cried from emotion... Am I crazy?

Myths should not be touched, it's true. However, one must say one thing...
The Doors at the time certainly didn't have the reputation of a "legendary band," so much so that in the '60s they didn't even leave their country and in Europe (especially in Italy) they were virtually unknown.
In the face of giants like Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Dylan, the emerging Hard Rock (Kinks, Cream, Yardbirds, Deep Purple), the nascent Progressive (Van der Graaf, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson), and even lesser-known groups like Love, the very early Chicago, not to mention "little things" like Frank Zappa with the Mothers, Funkadelic, and many others...
The Doors became a myth later, in retrospect, when the aura of "new Baudelaire" stuck to Jim Morrison, aided by the extravagant behavior of the leader (the first modern rock star, compared to him Jagger was a choir boy). Before that, they were just a salida reality of the Californian underground, from that "Summer of Love" that forever changed the course of rock.
We will see in 20 years which bands will be remembered from this period in Italy... Will it be Baustelle or Vibrazioni? The posters hold the difficult sentence.
Best regards.

An extraordinary album, starting with the Title Track and "Respiro," with a vaguely progressive flavor… Great band, that knows how to combine beautiful music and charts, which isn't something everyone can do, at least in Italy. Those who have remained stuck on Vibrazioni I (Dedicato a te, Vieni da me) should start with II, which contains striking examples of good Rock (for me, for instance, Angelica drives me crazy), then proceed with "Officine meccaniche" (perhaps their most challenging and least commercial album) and this one, which is a remarkable synthesis between catchy Rock/pop and musical commitment. The guys can play, and they do it well… And those who are from Milan and followed them when they played in small clubs for a crust of bread know what I mean: their covers of Zeppelin and Purple were extraordinary… Best regards.

The latest album by Le Vibrazioni is on a different musical planet compared to that of Baustelle... If by music you mean four youngsters rocking out with guitars, drums, bass, and vocals, and especially managing to pull it off live with credibility, then Le Vibrazioni are the Pink Floyd in comparison. Of course, that group has never aimed to surround themselves with the post-communist, fake intellectual aura like Baustelle; instead, they revel in being the soundtrack for Moccia’s films. However, as musicians and instrumentalists, they operate on another level, truly another level. I’ve seen them live and as the saying goes, they kill it. Baustelle, if not surrounded by samplers, sequencers, and computers, couldn’t even perform "per Elisa" on the melodica, which is often an exam for middle school...
Baustelle are a product of today, of citationism, of "anti" lyrics that hide the embarrassing poverty of ideas and content, musical and otherwise. They are the classic group built in the studio, using today’s techniques that I know well since I work as a sound engineer. Then you put them on a stage and they stammer like shy children...
This is my thought.
Regards
P.S. That said, some things on the album are catchy and fun, to be fair...

Unmissable, unwithering, fundamental, eternal, regenerating, modern, a masterpiece of jazz, pop, rock, ambient, of all music.
To be listened to strictly at night, in the deepest silence, music for thinking, reflecting...

The classic little group of today, built in the studio, from a single, and that’s it... Live, they perform terribly, and as musicians the much-maligned "Le Vibrazioni" leave them in the dust! Nice songs, fake intellectuals, or pseudo-intellectuals (see Baudelaire on Amen), even IMDO is no exception. Morgan, Moltheni, Baustelle, all these people, you listen to them and think... What have I just listened to? Who knows... Then you think of Battisti, Dalla, De Gregori, from times gone by, Mina, and to really get intellectual, Area, Orme, the first and second Battiato (the third and fourth are unbearable), and you tell yourself: those songs have withstood the test of time... What will happen to Baustelle in 20 years?