Luca Carboni
Luca Carboni

THE REVIEW

Luca Carboni, or rather, when your own sensations, your own emotions, whether good or bad, become words, become music. Well yes, I admit it, I have a soft spot for the Bolognese singer-songwriter (musically speaking, of course), maybe it's for that melancholic and reassuring voice, for that shy and silent demeanor, for that mixed scent of romance and "anger" that I have always breathed in his albums. Like the one I am about to review now.

"Luca Carboni" is an album from 1987, and it is the third by the musician from Emilia, after "E Intanto Dustin Hoffman Non Sbaglia Un Film" and "Forever". I consider it the album of (his) maturity. Not only because it contains true gems, "Silvia Lo Sai" and "Farfallina", above all, but mainly because of the themes addressed, no longer purely intimate and adolescent, but generational. And excuse the rhyme. "Silvia Lo Sai", we were saying. The opening track of the album. Perhaps, one of Carboni's most beloved and well-known songs. Personally, I would dare to call it, a poetic song. The subject is drugs, a charming and treacherous woman, who can destroy everything, even the healthiest values, like love and friendship. Continuing with the listening, we come across "Caro Gesù" and "Lungomare", the first is a sort of prayer, a divine invocation, while the second is a very sweet ballad, "… Because life is meeting and lighting up the darkness… ", I believe this verse is enough to describe it or at least, to capture its simple beauty.

"Gli Autobus Di Notte" and "Voglia di vivere" are the only two songs I appreciate less from the album in question, they say nothing to me, or almost. And here we are at the seventh track. "Farfallina". This one, on the other hand, tells me everything. It reminds me that loneliness is inside us, everywhere, at all ages. It confides that loneliness and happiness have a face, the same face. That of a butterfly, precisely, which sometimes flies so high that it is impossible even to touch it. The album concludes with "Vieni A Vivere Con Me", a stunning and compelling ballad, and "Chicchi Di Grano", where Carboni talks about a love story, now dead and buried, but which often resurfaces in the memories of those who lived it. In short, for those who don't know or want to get close to the "Carboni Universe", I highly recommend purchasing this album. It is essential.

I end by quoting below, words that somewhat represent the "manifesto" of Luca Carboni:

" ... My generation is a generation without a voice…

confused and silent…

isolated…

My generation has not yet spoken…

Has not made itself heard…

Has never shouted…

Its truth…"