Saputello

I have listened to the first four works by Tim Buckley, up to Blue Afternoon, it seems. He's good, no doubt about it. However, musically, he doesn't strike me as exceptional, at least not superior to people like De Andrè and Tom Waits (who is one of my favorites).

ajejebrazorf, meanwhile to cover my ass I had said "generally." I agree with you on Tom Waits. On Tim Buckley, I don’t. I haven’t listened to the others enough to agree or disagree with you.

THE VAN NORDEN CLASS.
TEACHER: “Today you will show me the free topic essay that was to be done at home.”
FISICUZIA: I wrote mine on Kid A by Radiohead.
ALFIDIPPO: I wrote mine on the vagina.
GIORGINO: I wrote mine on Kid A by Radiohead.
GUIDO LA VESPA: I wrote mine on Kid A by Radiohead.
GIOVANNINO FORESTA VERDE: I wrote mine on Kid A by Radiohead.
ALFONSO PECORARO SCANIO: I wrote mine on birdwatching.
PIRGOPOLINICE: I wrote mine on Kid A by Radiohead.
TEACHER: oh come on...
CHECCO IONI: I wrote mine on Kid A by Radiohead.
TEACHER: And you, Van Norden??
VAN NORDEN: I instead wrote my essay on "the eminent insertion into a sharp-edged historical guitar rock lineage."
TEACHER: Meaning??
VAN NORDEN: About the sounds of a childhood universe.
TEACHER: Van Norden, you’re really pushing it. Can you explain to me what the hell is the subject of your essay?
VAN NORDEN: Ehm… Kid A by Radiohead.

I don't totally agree with you, surferkangaroo. I say this without fearing to utter a heresy: the music in De André's songs is generally far superior to that of any other singer-songwriter I've ever heard. And Bob Dylan is no exception. Without the lyrics, De André's albums wouldn't certainly be masterpieces, and they would lose all their charm, but the music in CDs like "Non al denaro non all'amore ne' al cielo", "storia di un impiegato", "crueza de ma", "anime salve" and partly "la buona novella" is much more than mediocre. Perhaps you are only thinking of the early De André, with just acoustic guitar and voice.

Yeah, I exchanged love, heaven, and money; these days that happens often. :-). In my opinion, yes, the musical arrangements are inferior compared to the later albums. There are still some musically appreciable parts, though.

"But are you really sure that it hasn't been extremely overrated from an artistic-musical point of view?" In my opinion, absolutely not. I mean, the early works were musically nothing special (but with the most beautiful lyrics he has ever written). But from Non all'amore nè al cielo nè al denaro onwards, the other music is beautifully composed as well.

Isis, a vacation, right? Come on, do you want to travel with me? I have to take the train from France to Amsterdam. Are you in? Let me know. And if one day I were to become a famous musician, would you want to come on tour with me? I won’t abandon you dax, I’m close to you... like ticks.

Damn Iside, what's happening to you???

the trucido, show some respect. Giorgia won "the golden gargle."

However, the editors have surely forgotten something in the opening sentence, like...: "some records remain -at the record store-."