Massimo Di Cataldo
Siamo nati liberi

THE REVIEW

Here I am, the SexyAjax, finding myself at home after an hour and a half of May study, putting on a CD that for a long time has lost meaning for me, "Siamo nati liberi" by Massimo Di Cataldo. Many of you may already be checking the notebook titled "Jokes for SexyAjax" for something suitable for the occasion. Stop for a moment and read this review, without any prejudice, without adding those classic jokes filled with laughter. I also address the editors; I don't think I deserve this treatment. Put me on the homepage.
Let's start talking about Di Cataldo's work, which with this album has given all Italian lovers something to talk about, producing 12 tracks of a beauty that captivates not only for the sophisticated and transporting sounds but also for the written composition that in 1995 with the Sony label managed to make a positive impact, showing a growth that is rarely seen on the pop Italian scene.
It is also true that Massimone based the tracklist on the melancholy of good times spent with his ex, but that's just right. Surely the buyers didn't want to see him joyful; they wanted him to be like them, like an ordinary person, like us. Perhaps that's precisely why Massimo was so well-liked; he expressed a sensitivity and simplicity that we all have inside.
So, in '95, when I was watching "Murder, She Wrote" and starting to strum the guitar for the first time, I bought his CD, wanted to grow my hair long, and started wearing his slightly transparent black bourgeois shirts, like Grignani for those who remember. I liked being like him, a simple and in-love guy.
The CD's tracklist, which represents his maturity, is as follows: "liberi come il sole" a track reflecting Cataldo's creative and poetic personality, "lo senti amare" melancholic and definitely well done, "soli" and "sogno" perhaps lacking the most in poetic and musical perspective, yet well done, "un amico vero" a truly meaningful song that marks a break from Cataldo’s central CD theme, then perhaps Cataldo's signature song and certainly the most beautiful of the album "Che ne sara' di me", well done both textually and musically, able to transport you into Cataldo's world of passions as he narrates what it's like to be without his girl, the lingering scents, the dinner that just won't go down, he doesn't know how he'll move on, the fact of having that eternal lump in his throat, that neither goes down nor up like a "hard-boiled egg", dear Massimo to whom will you give your hand?..."to whom will you give your hand?".....I really can't answer you on this because I find myself asking 3000 times a day how it would have been if my exes (all well-endowed) were still with me.
The tracklist continues with "ama gli altri" and "fine corsa" which are two tracks, to say the least, antithetical and with great contradictions,

"but do you want this woman or don’t you??????"

the journey continues within the depths of "unrealized love" with "una ragione di piu'" and "qualcosa cambiera'" that follow the Cataldian style with a pop imprint but also light rock and very little involved with simple yet well-done rhythms, following the surreal trend created by Massimo with "se non avessi te" and "m'innamorero'" that appear as the closure of a discourse, the end of an idea, the conclusion that breaks you, that takes life away definitively.
Massimone now that I see him on "Music Farm" so chubby I almost don't recognize him, but when I saw he had that transparent black shirt I understood that he has remained the same as before, the simple guy unlucky in love, the one everyone wants.
ded to: to those beautiful things you don’t expect and then they come... what a beautiful life..... master..