Zarathustra

In short, without irony, let's be serious—what was this record supposed to sound like? One can't expect an old-school musician to completely change their style. Innovations and musical revolutions should be sought in emerging artists, not in retired music legends, who have already made their own revolutions. Criticize it if you don't like it; I totally get that. But please, let's put an end to this story about Pink Floyd.

That's fine, let's keep throwing out enlightening critiques like: "it sounds like a Pink Floyd record." After all, it is simply inconceivable, outrageous, and unacceptable that an album from the lead vocalist and guitarist of Pink Floyd at nearly 60 years old sounds like a record from a band in which he actively participated for 26 years, helping to define its sound... Oh yes, one would expect a revolutionary album from a 60-year-old musician.

Correction: from Six Degrees onwards. My apologies.

Ah, I still don’t understand the flood of criticism regarding the band’s recent works, let’s say starting from Train of Six Degrees onwards. I mean, I consider them great albums, never repetitive and extremely diverse. And don’t come telling me that they’re just simple imitators of 70s prog, because there’s not a great band or a great musician who doesn’t draw from the classic masters. So in this case, no one could have played blues since the 60s... and hard rock would merely be a fast-paced imitation of that music, enriched with riffs. In short, I think we need to be serious when making such evaluations. I could list countless legendary groups that, in a certain sense, have reinterpreted styles already developed by others. One name above all: Led Zeppelin (if we consider their early albums in particular, I, II, III, IV, one in two draws HEAVILY from traditional blues). So if you don’t like them, criticize them, tear them apart, insult them (also because I’m sure they’ll be just fine), but don’t accuse them of copying because no one has had an epiphanic vision and started making music from a “tabula rasa” standpoint.

Yes, the first DVD is very interesting; you can see the band in great form performing tracks from the first album as well as some excerpts from the first. The second one is rather negligible in my opinion. Still nice.

@Genoo: Perhaps I expressed myself too lightly. It was absolutely not my intention to put Masini on the same level as artists like Fabrizio De Andrè, Francesco De Gregori, Pierangelo Bertoli, Luigi Tenco and others that I can’t think of at the moment. Let that be clear. On the other hand, some of his songs (like those on this album) are truly great, the lyrics are fantastic; have you ever listened closely to the words of "Vaffanculo," just to mention the most popular one? That’s what I wanted to convey; maybe I exaggerated also to counterbalance some inexplicably negative judgments that feel very much like a position taken for the sake of taking a position.

Well, it's still good music, even if it's auteur pop, if we really want to classify it that way. After all, I don't think it's much different from the music of their early days, in my opinion. For me, all their albums are a three.

Anyway, I read it again and I must say that the spelling mistakes are very few; the others must have been a dream... Well done.

And another thing: is it possible that nobody likes this album? Or maybe there are those who see music with blinders on? Well, after all, the Latins said "de gustibus non disputandum est." And they were right.

That said, what can I say, great review, aside from the spelling mistakes that you could avoid with a bit of attention.. You write well and develop your arguments nicely, so I don't understand the reason for such harsh criticism against you.. I mean, on this site, there are people who have no idea how to write a music review, prioritizing self-importance and exhibitionism over everything else, and yet they get away with it or even receive praise. You write excellent reviews—maybe a bit long—and they come down on you. Well, you'll be fine anyway, right?