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Dear Minister, regarding the mental distortion of left-wing individuals, it seems to me that the word "cretino" has been used only by you.

Hey, Punisher, surely when it comes to distorting others' speeches, you don't hold back either: reread my post and tell me where I said that Bob Dylan won't go down in history: he absolutely will, I was responding to the part of history that will remember "the freewheeling...", for example, and not "Modern Times". In this sense, history sometimes forgets beautiful things. And there are many cases. Want an example? To discover Mozart's horn concertos, I had to read a review by Hal (by the way, where have you been Hal?), because the music histories I came across only talked about the major works. So, essentially: who cares about history? I care little, especially when the character we're talking about is far from a fossil; rather, he is alive, kicking, and in splendid shape. I'll also tell you that one cannot revolutionize a genre with every album: there exists something called skill (much maligned in your reviews if I remember correctly), and when you have it, there’s a good chance you'll keep practicing it (your craft) for as long as you live. A gentleman named P.P. Pasolini once argued that directors always make the same film but in a different way each time. Transfer this discussion to music and the game is done. Now, you might not like Dylan's latest album, but I reiterate that the jump to "take up horse racing" is a stretch... And as for the "never-ending tour" done to forget (what, only he knows), I respond again: "who cares?". Dylan, at over 65, is still on tour and that's enough.

If you are referring to this year's policies, it seems obvious to me that Gaber couldn't have voted... I was referring to the time when Ombretta Colli was elected president of the province of Milan.

He has said it in more than one interview.

Iside, I didn't say anything of my own. I simply recounted what Bennato said. The feeling I experienced that time is similar to what you felt... However, thinking back, whatever the reason why Bennato wrote those songs, his albums from the seventies remain of great value. Bye.

Socrates, not only did Gaber not separate from Colli. He voted for her! And it had been years since he last voted... Iside, Gaber's pieces like "If I Were God" were always revised and updated. So it may be that the text on "Anni Affollati" is different.

The history? But what do you know? And do you even realize how many beautiful things history has forgotten? Let's stay on topic... Bob Dylan has certainly made many beautiful songs and a few questionable ones. In over forty years of career, that seems normal to me. I contest the suggestion for a man who is 65 years old and wears it magnificently to retire. Just look, Bob Dylan has been on a tour for 4-5 years called "Never Ending Tour," where the old songs are played in an ever-changing and mostly unrecognizable style. He also finds time to write new material and publish an album. And you say he’s pathetic? He seems in splendid shape to me. And I’ll add that in lean times like these, if someone like him were to retire, it would be a crime. Bye.

And it doesn't make me sad because Bob Dylan is not, has never been, and will never be pathetic.

Anyway, the song "Io se fossi Dio" is also available for purchase. Just buy "Anni Affollati"...

Your friend who spoke to Edoardo was luckier than I was: two years ago, I met Edo in my city. He was supposed to give a sort of conference. At the last moment, the location changed, and as I crossed paths with him on the street, I dared to ask, "Excuse me, where..." he, incredibly angry, had already passed me by. I was left there like a fish out of water... Anyway... In the end, I found the place, and I must say I was quite perplexed by what Edoardo shared. He retraced over thirty years of his career and claimed that he wrote his first songs, those more serious and interesting ones, just to win over a phantom leftist lobby that dominated the record labels and the radio in the seventies. Then around 1980, things changed, and Edo said: "Sorry, you misunderstood, they're just little songs..." In short, he decided to distance himself from the old lobby to ingratiate himself with another one, this time a right-wing one that appreciated more trivial songs, simpler in structure and in the writing of the lyrics... Now, either that day Edoardo had been drinking, and, I’ll tell you, listening to his speeches, I hope he had been, or he is an author who, rather than being influenced by the reality around him, thinks about his wallet. And I believe his collaboration with Alex Britti should be viewed in this light... With all that said, Alex is an incredible guitarist. Bye.