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Lucio, somehow, managed to enter every home.
Exactly like those relatives who show up every year around Christmas, without knowing precisely who invited them, one day they lay their cold coats on your bed.
I never actually knew who bought his records, but I know that he was somehow present, recorded, maybe overdubbed on Superpila tapes (they existed, believe me!) or borrowed from a friend or colleague.
Even my grandmother had a Battisti record in the house, and when I asked her one day where she got it and why it was there, I remember she was quite vague in her answers.
Anyway, I also found a real album at home, and it was this one, the Amarsi un Po' album, just to be clear, which is also a fabulous song.
I often listened to it on my suitcase record player since I didn't have much better to listen to, and I didn't even know anything about stereo, so much so that when I was interested in buying a real turntable, I had to ask the trusted shopkeeper (that's what they were called back then, otherwise you wouldn't go) where the sound would come from.
In short, Lucio was a bit like one of the family, everyone knew everything about him without ever having bought anything, a great man.
Io Tu Noi Tutti, published in 1977, is one of the four LPs that will see Battisti, steadily at the top of the charts, attempting a brief but not very convincing overseas experience, where the record will be published under the name Images. A Battisti already distant from the spotlight and less introspective compared to his beginnings, who looks at the theme of love in its everyday life, a professional who, although misaligned, manages to win and convince, despite the tumultuous changes happening in the society of the time.
Tracks
Amarsi un po'
L'interprete di un film
Soli
Ami ancora Elisa
Sì, viaggiare
Questione di cellule
Ho un anno di più
Neanche un minuto di "non amore"
Musicians
Lucio Battisti: guitar, vocals
Dennis Budimir: guitar
Mike Melvoin: keyboard, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
Ray Parker Jr.: guitar
Michael Boddicker: keyboard, programming, Fender Rhodes synthesizer
Danny Ferguson: guitar
Scotty Edwards: bass
Ed Greene: drums
Jim Hughart: bass
Hal Blaine: drums
Hugh Bullen: bass
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Amarsi un po' (05:06)
Amarsi un po'
è come bere
più facile
è respirare
Basta guardarsi e poi
avvicinarsi un po'
e non lasciarsi mai
impaurire no
Amarsi un po'
è un po' fiorire
aiuta sai
a non morire
Senza nascondersi
manifestandosi
si può eludere
la solitudine
però
però volersi bene no
partecipare
è difficile
quasi come volare
Ma quanti ostacoli
e sofferenze e poi
sconforti e lacrime
per diventare noi
veramente noi
uniti
indivisibili
vicini
ma irraggiungibili
però
però volersi bene no
partecipare
è difficile
quasi come volare
per diventare noi
veramente noi
uniti
indivisibili
vicini
ma irraggiungibili
05 Sì, viaggiare (06:09)
Quel gran genio del mio amico
lui saprebbe cosa fare,
lui saprebbe come aggiustare
con un cacciavite in mano fa miracoli.
Ti regolerebbe il minimo
alzandolo un po'
e non picchieresti in testa
così forte no
e potresti ripartire
certamente non volare
ma viaggiare.
Sì viaggiare
evitando le buche più dure,
senza per questo cadere nelle tue paure
gentilmente senza fumo con amore
dolcemente viaggiare
rallentare per poi accelerare
con un ritmo fluente di vita nel cuore
gentilmente senza strappi al motore.
E tornare a viaggiare
e di notte con i fari illuminare
chiaramente la strada per saper dove andare .
Con coraggio gentilmente, gentilmente
dolcemente viaggiare.
Quel gran genio del mio amico,
con le mani sporche d'olio
capirebbe molto meglio;
meglio certo di buttare, riparare
Pulirebbe forse il filtro
soffiandoci un po'
scinderesti poi la gente
quella chiara dalla no
e potresti ripartire
certamente non volare ma viaggiare.
Si viaggiare…
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By bogusman
The funky rhythmic structure is perfectly blended with the typically Battistian melodic taste.
One of the best examples of how pop music... can be immediate and singable while at the same time brimming with creativity and intelligence in every note.
By Luciano63
"'Io tu noi tutti' is simply Battisti's best album."
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