Viva Lì

Dear Punisher, this time you have been almost too kind. Marco Poletti said.

It's a pity to see Vasco drowning in such a bath of nonsense and trivialities. Now he’s just a ridiculous and laughable figure: megaconcerts, huge earnings thanks to mega ads that hammer us at the rhythm of "How are you, you stand out from the commonplace." It's true that he has earned the monument, but at least let him age with dignity. A bitter disappointment that, even now, struggles not to burn. Marco Poletti Dixit.

I would have liked to write a sharp post, and maybe I would have wanted to make some intelligent observations. But I see that on this review all possible and imaginable trolls have come out. I give the album a 4, because that's the fair rating, but I don't understand why the editors of De-Baser don't take care of deleting all the useless, vulgar, and absurd posts. With all due respect, of course. Marco Poletti Dixit.

The first official album by De André. Many songs have become legendary over time, but the music has aged a bit poorly. No worries, though; if all debut albums were like this, we’d all be enjoying ourselves a lot better. Marco Poletti Dixit.

Here are the grades. Marco Poletti said.

Here it is, you see Jim Morrison, you see your mistake: De André deserves a 5 with eyes closed. No, that’s not right. Each album should be listened to and then, as such, judged. "Vol.8" is undoubtedly very beautiful, it has the merit of containing perhaps the most beautiful song of De André, "Amico fragile," and the collaboration with De Gregori (which yields "Le storie di ieri" and "La cattiva strada") is certainly of the highest quality. Unfortunately, the music is what it is: it's no coincidence, and we should start to reflect on this, that "Creuza de ma," De André's masterpiece, has, in addition to sublime lyrics, also sophisticated and well-studied music. Grasshopper, just to change things up, exaggerates with the ratings and gives it a 5: decorum has now gone to hell. Marco Poletti Dixit.

Let me be enlightened. But does this record really exist or is it just a trick of the reviewer? Marco Poletti Dixit.

5 for this record? For "Creuza de ma," shall we put 15? Think about it; just because De André made it, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s beautiful. Use your reasoning, please. Marco Poletti Dixit.

Come on, let’s be serious. The absolute masterpieces of De André are 3: "Vol.3", "Creuza de ma", and "Anime salve". All the others are just a notch below, but not by much. However, this one, along with "Rimini", is one of the quirkiest and most convoluted. For heaven’s sake, noble intentions, but so much confusion and little homogeneity. "Il bombarolo" is beautiful, but "Storia di un impiegato" is an album that reflects its time, too political, too little dreamy. It was fine thirty years ago, today it seems a bit (actually, a bit too much) dated. For Grasshopper, this is one of the best, well, maybe, coming from someone with musical prejudices like taleban style (he likes everything by Branduardi because it’s refined, while Gianna Nannini is a screamer: hence, Branduardi has never made a mistake in his life. If this is loving music, I am Brigitte Bardot). Marco Poletti Dixit.

One of De André's less convincing albums. It was meant to be, in the words of the singer-songwriter himself, a sort of human and character journey, where all the souls and codes of humanity were to be fragmented, but amidst folk and minstrel rock quotes (including the not-so-great homage to Bob Dylan), we end up understanding little or nothing. Taken individually, many songs are stunning ("Rimini," "Volta la carta," "Coda di lupo"), but the whole is acidic and even a bit worn out. Marco Poletti Dixit.