•
Rating:
THE REVIEW
ON THE ATTACK!!!!
Back to the roots, back to talking about our national Enzone... but this time not in a good way. A few days ago, I listened to this Jannacci collection released in '98, which I had never managed to find in its entirety. By the end of the listening, I was astonished: the album was soulless, an incredibly commercial collection that over its 80 minutes offers NOTHING. Except for the previously unreleased title track and the wonderful "Il suonatore di contrabbasso", the album offers absolutely nothing, just rearrangements of songs that (aside from "Saxophone" and "L'Armando", which are decently arranged) add nothing to the original songs. Then there's also the third unreleased song, "Già la luna è in mezzo al mare", which has no blessed sense (except for the duet with Dario Fo, bless his soul). But the lowest point is reached by the fifteen-minute version of "Quelli che...", split in two: useless, ugly, and boring.
From Enzo, I expected much more: he’s the one who created pieces like E allora concerto, Il bonzo, and Natalia; it’s not like him to make a collection that seems rushed; effort 0. Oh well, Happy Holidays (since we’re here)
Post scriptum: browsing around the web, I discovered that this collection was imposed by Sony (the major label he had joined at the time), because they wanted to make some dough, while Enzo already wanted to release Come gli aereoplani, the 2001 album. Okay, now it’s all clear to me.
Loading comments slowly
Summary by Bot
This review criticizes Enzo Jannacci's 1998 album 'Quando un musicista ride' as a soulless and overly commercial collection. Except for a few unreleased tracks and decent arrangements, the album fails to add value to his original works. The reviewer expresses disappointment and reveals that the collection was imposed by Sony for profit, not artistic intent.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
01 Intro (00:32)
03 Chi era Jannacci? (00:10)
04 Saxophone (03:20)
05 Ma chi era Jannacci? (00:04)
06 Son sciopàa (05:05)
07 I mestieri (00:09)
10 Il ficus (01:03)
11 No tu no (03:03)
12 Secodo te che gusto c'è (03:33)
13 Chi era l'armando? (00:13)
14 L'armando (02:36)
15 Il suonatore di contrabbasso (04:50)
16 Mexico (00:47)
17 Messico e nuvole (03:15)
18 Due gelati (04:50)
19 Povero Bassi! (00:10)
20 Se me lo dicevi prima (04:22)
21 Quelli che… Aspettano (06:35)
22 Quelli che… Il calcio (08:19)
23 C'è troppo eco (00:35)
24 Quando il sipario calerà (04:01)
25 Già la luna è in mezzo al mare (04:43)
Enzo Jannacci
Enzo Jannacci (1935–2013) was an Italian singer-songwriter, comedian and physician. He blended irony and melancholy in songs about Milan and the marginalized, collaborated with Dario Fo and Giorgio Gaber, and often worked with his son Paolo Jannacci as arranger.27 Reviews
Other reviews
By withor
"When a musician laughs, he puts down his instrument and laughs, and he doesn’t look around and doesn’t fear, he isn’t afraid of his simplicity."
"Always cheerful one must stay!"
