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Rating: Ok. Ok. I could have done without it, but the other day I listened to that album again... just to refresh my early teenage years and my limited musical knowledge from back then, which hasn't grown much over the years. But give me a little credit for moving from liga to Marlene Kuntz, Afterhours, Radiohead, and Muse. I think certain bands approach music as art, so nothing to do with the "rocker" from Correggio, increasingly leaning towards music as commerce along with too many colleagues. It is important to emphasize a clear distinction between those who make music and those who sell pseudo-emotions, which are rather weak. I confirm the many completely negative opinions about Luciano, such as: he plays fake rock; fills his albums with useless and very similar tracks; eases his efforts with easy choruses; decidedly poor songwriting; too explicit and not very original; catchy to the point of boredom, etc.
But let's get to the album and my three-star rating. It is the CD that I would throw off the tower last, but I believe I might still do it. "Ho messo via," "I duri hanno due cuori," "Piccola città eterna," however, I find it hard to renounce them... I listen to them again gladly, beyond the memories... the rhythms are not entirely predictable, glimpses of spontaneity can be seen, I find the arrangements not much below decent... In short... liga tries... Yes! It’s the album in which Ligabue shows that, by applying himself, he could have achieved something decent. And the following albums have instead led to all the negativity (entirely justified!) that has surrounded his character. It's a shame.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Ancora in piedi (04:19)
Sopravvissuti a troppi sorrisi avuti
troppe volte senza un perch�
Sopravvissuti alle nostre domande
che son grosse, son tante e spesso ridicole
Sopravvissuti e sopravviventi
cos� e adesso e qui
Sopravvissuti ai nostri progetti
acqua sabbia e paletta e castelli cos�
Persi o no siamo ancora in piedi
Non so chi, ma qualcuno si
Sentir� cos�
Persi o no siamo ancora in piedi
Siamo ancora che, siamo ancora chi
Siamo ancora chi, siamo ancora che ne so..
Sopravvissuti ai nostri pensieri
a consigli, sbadigli, falsi sensi unici
Sopravvissuti alle voci gridate,
come ai troppi silenzi, come ai mormorii
Sopravvissuti e sopravviventi
ma chi? E che ne so...
Sopravvissuti ai sensi di colpa
c'� chi pu� e non ascolta e, cazzo, c'� chi non pu�
Persi o no siamo ancora in piedi
Non so chi, ma qualcuno si
Sentir� cos�
Persi o no siamo ancora in piedi
Siamo ancora che, siamo ancora chi
Siamo ancora chi, siamo ancora che ne so..
E' un mare pieno di zattere
� un mare pieno di salvagenti
� un mare con qualche isola
Sopravvissuti a vecchi e nuovi dolori
che aspettiamo i vaccini, nel frattempo chiss�
Sopravvissuti a tutto questo letame
quanti bagni e profumi e mascherine antigas
Sopravvissuti e sopravviventi
un po' gi�, un po' su, un po' gi�
Sopravvissuti ai '60 e ai '70
e gli '80 finiranno mai pi�?
Persi o no siamo ancora in piedi
Non so chi, ma qualcuno si
Sentir� cos�
Persi o no siamo ancora in piedi
Siamo ancora che, siamo ancora chi
Siamo ancora chi, siamo ancora che ne so..
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By ste84
Lucianone knows he is a survivor but, lost or not, he is "still standing."
"Liga finally advises us not to take it too hard when we feel unlucky because 'Quando tocca a te... tocca a te.'"
By Viva Lì
"At 18, you make great mistakes: and overestimating Liga was a more than sensational mistake."
"Music had an emotional value, and it didn’t matter if it was good or bad: and if I think about it, tears come to my eyes."
By Bleak
Ligabue has never invented and will never invent anything, and one could well ask him, instead of 'how much does it cost to pretend to be a star?', 'how much does it cost to test people’s patience infinitely?'
‘Ancora In Piedi’ almost seems to contradict those reviews that spoke of gloom and melancholy with a stubborn statement of survival.
By ishtarrock
Ligabue decided to scrape the bottom of his drawer full of songs... bringing to light his darker and sadder side.
An album... explicitly anti-aesthetic and hence not very commercial, which indeed did not achieve considerable success in terms of sales.
