ALFAMA
ALFAMA
1 oct 20

DeRank™: 1,28

#new
Electronics and bittersweet singer-songwriter
A. G. Cook - Silver (Official Video)
 
Martello
Martello
1 oct 20

DeRank™: 8,08

6th: IVAN GRAZIANI
In '83 Ivan returns to play confidently, allowing the great Giampiero Reverberi to refine the arrangements, resulting in this Ivan Graziani. First of all, the album marks the evolution of the style from the previous Seni e coseni: on one hand, unforgettable ballads emerge such as Signora bionda dei ciliegi, Navi, and 140 km/h, which acquire a pathos and vigor that slightly diminished in some ballads of the previous album; on the other hand, we have hard and refined rock in the famous Il chitarrista and in the surreal story of Torna a casa Lassie. Throughout all this, the inspiration seems to have returned to the standards of our time, touching on the discovery of sex in Signora bionda dei ciliegi, a love story in the windy Trieste in 140 km/h, winning a night with a girl in a card game in Il chitarrista (which was co-written with Alfredo Rapetti, son of the legendary Mogol), and so on. To balance things out, Palla di gomma is included, where Reverberi's touch becomes almost bothersome, and the closing track Gran Sasso, a ballad with many good ideas but that doesn't captivate. Sales won’t pick up, despite the success of Il chitarrista and participation in various festivals, and like many other albums by Ivan, it will remain in obscurity. Nevertheless, Ivan Graziani is an album that regains the punch of the previous works, amplifying the slower moments while refining the more energetic ones, managing to avoid boredom almost entirely and capturing the listener’s attention with songs that are always original and meticulously crafted.

The gem: Navi
 
Stanlio
Stanlio
1 oct 20

DeRank™: 11,81

In the spring of '75, Bob Dylan crossed the heavy bars of Rahway State Prison in Woodbridge to meet in person Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, unjustly accused of triple murder by an all-white jury, just as the prosecutor was also white.

It was an emotional meeting captured by a famous black-and-white photograph that inspired Bob Dylan to write a song destined for history, a song that from the start achieved such success it was pressed as a 45 RPM, with 4 minutes on each side.

In '75, Bob Dylan also held a benefit concert for Rubin “Hurricane” Carter at Madison Square Garden, accompanied by Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and Allen Ginsberg, where he raised $100,000 for “Hurricane's” lawyers.

Thanks to the collective protest movement greatly influenced by Dylan's song, in 1985, Judge Haddon Lee Sarokin of the Federal Court declared that the trial had been tainted by racial motivations.

On February 26, 1988, all charges against the former boxer "Hurricane" were finally dropped, and he returned to freedom.

After Rubin “Hurricane” Carter's release, Dylan has not performed the song live again, but the memorable lines still resonate today:
“This is the story of Hurricane/
but it won’t be over until they clear his name/
and give back the years he lost/
They put him in a cell but he could have been champion of the world.”

Bob Dylan - Hurricane (Audio)
 
fabriziozizzi
fabriziozizzi
30 sep 20

DeRank™: 7,80

Francesco Guccini - Natale a Pavana
The last time of Guccio. For now.
 
algol
algol
30 sep 20

DeRank™: 17,98

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