Morgan
Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo

Mhhh! Excuse me, but I don't know where to start!!! I love Fabrizio (De André), so anything that comes from him stirs strong emotions in me, and I feel a certain dismay when someone covers him... having said that, I must immediately point out that I don't like Bluevertigo (even though many see or hear something original in them)... Morgan in question is likable to me, but only as a character who from Renato Zero, through the Kiss, ending with M.Manson, makes an art out of the mask... this album faithfully (or almost) follows the original with the blessing of Mrs. Ghezzi... if it weren't for a few instrumental variations, it would be a good karaoke of the mentioned album... I also add that Morgan doesn't do so badly with his voice... BUT (and here the "BUT" falls like an axe on the head of the condemned) there is a consideration to make: if the clone (or cover-album) is so similar to the original, I must be a true fanatic of the genre (one of those who would even buy the farts made by so-and-so or somebody) to pay a total of 17 euros to have such a product... I'm not saying it's a total mess (there's some Italian stuff in this period that really deserves shooting), but the solutions are these:

1) You're a bit older and a die-hard fan of De André, so you add (like me, unfortunately) this CD without shame or glory to your collection of oddities, knowing it won't add anything to your view of things... (maybe you'll listen to it just once, then you'll feel like listening to the original that you haven't heard in years)

2) You're young and you like something by De André, so to look cool you buy this CD and play it to your friends (but remember when striking a pose to assume a serious face and be ready for the worst since among your friends there's always some die-hard fan who bought the CD and made the consideration mentioned in point 1) and thus you risk being embarrassed)

3) You're very young and think De André is old stuff, but maybe you like Bluevertigo, so you buy it, go home, put the CD in the stereo and finally say "damn"; then somewhere, you find that it's all the work of a certain F.De André... so maybe if you're not curious it ends there, but if you follow the second hypothesis you buy the original and realize it's a whole different thing...

Final judgment on this album? Well!!! Beautiful, very beautiful, but only because the original is beautiful, very beautiful, so from a bastard I leave you the hard sentence

* last advice from uncle Ma3X (uncle just for show, I'm 33) maybe go to a trusted record store (please avoid the megastores more akin to a circle of hell at rush hour) find a chair near the stereo... sit down and kindly ask (courtesy is still appreciated in some cases) the guy to let you listen to both... then maybe buy the one that gives you something more.

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