Finally, Sanremo is over, everything is over. See you Monday for the big real-time commentary. I won’t say much because there will be a lot to talk about and I’d like to say it all at once, but I’d like to attach a little postscript here: the fact that Truppi didn’t receive any recognition, not even an award at the end of the Festival (Best Lyrics Award to Fabrizio Moro, are you kidding?) from anyone connected to the Festival is further proof that no matter how hard one tries to bring something made solely for artistic purposes and not to be a music merchant, it shows how wrong and lazy the mindset of our entire country has become. We are now forced to see useless characters like Sangiovanni go to Sanremo and receive disproportionate appreciation without even deserving it, while figures like Truppi remain sidelined in general indifference. And I’m absolutely not complaining that Truppi has not found success, that’s not important: it’s the fact that excellence and talent have become the exception in today's musical world (and not just that), becoming external satellites to everything with which they have nothing to do. As Truppi himself said, "better to bore a hundred than to move one" and I wholeheartedly agree with him, but at the same time, I wish these hundred would finally have the desire to listen instead of opting for the easier choice out of laziness. I know this is impossible, but I really wish something of value wouldn’t be thrown away into general mediocrity just because it’s more "difficult." I hope for next year at this point, even though hoping has now become just a wish thrown to the wind.
Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia