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Rating: Massimo Zamboni, Live at Radio Popolare 30/05/2008
There must have been 40 souls the other night, in the splendid Demetrio Stratos Auditorium of Radio Popolare, to see for free a piece of Emilian-Soviet musical history; the shy and balanced "Massimo Zamboni," who I believe was also a bit awkward initially, presented with his band the new album "L'inerme è l'imbattibile," released about a month and a half ago with the CDs of Il Manifesto, an album still orphaned of a review on De-baser (I won't do it, I can't do it).
An hour of live broadcast for the program Patchanka Live (one of the most useful shows on the radio). After a few questions about the new album, which once again features the war in Bosnia, his trips to Mostar, and everything that ensued, he began with an unreleased track, a spoken-song taken from the 50-page booklet included in the Cd-DVD, after which he practically played and sang the new album again except for "Quando se non ora," the only song from the album sung by Nada (absent). A concert played divinely and sung well too, I would have never said it; the lineup included a rhythm and sometimes lead guitarist, a pretty good bassist (not Saro Cosentino, bassist and producer of the album), a fantastic Marina Parente (soprano voice)! I had never heard a soprano live, and on drums, there was a splendid and precise "Gigi Cocchi Cavalli" with an electronic pad and bongos, and of course, him, Massimo Zamboni, who after three books and many cinematic collaborations, has thrown himself back into being a singer-songwriter in his own way, and he's doing it excellently.
A little more than halfway through the performance, there were a series of questions from the Radio Popolare DJ, who finally asked him, "now you want to know how much time you have left? well, you still have 13 minutes." Zamboni replied, "in 13 minutes I could play the whole album again!" and the DJ replied, "The Ramones did 20 songs in 13 minutes!" and Zamboni said, "the only ones who can do 20 songs in 13 minutes are the Ramones and the Mondine di Correggio!" The last song was reserved for nostalgia with a splendid acoustic version of "Nel Mondo" by CSI, and that's where the nostalgia started to emerge. After this song, he said, "Don't ask me for 'Spara Juri' or I'll kill you," and so after the live broadcast ended, he played "Schiava dell'Aria" just for those present, with a spine-chilling Marina Parente!
Too bad he flew away without stopping for a few minutes; I would have liked to exchange a few words, it just so happens it’s been 20 years since I had the chance to talk to him! Another time, maybe.
These Radio Popolare concerts are great; I think I'll go back!
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