Recalling the brilliant idea of
@[Martello], I would like to pay a kind of "tribute" to a great artist like Antonello Venditti, presenting a ranking of his albums (stopping at Cuore from 1984 and including Theorius Campus with De Gregori) from the least beautiful to the best...
Offside: "Venditti E Segreti" (1986)
It's now established that this marks the beginning of the end for Antonello. However, I would like to take a closer look at this album, and you will understand why.
Eight songs and 34 minutes and 32 seconds of music. About 6 minutes might be salvaged: those of
Giulio Cesare the third track on the list and probably the most famous song of the album. But also Peppino, another fairly known piece, wouldn’t be too bad if it weren’t for a bit too much sweetness here and there in the lyrics. And then there's the rest…:
-A excruciatingly sappy almost-title-track, which begins with the lines "C'è un diavoletto nel tuo cuore / C'è un diavoletto chiuso dentro di te / Lui si nasconde con il sole / La notte poi si prende gioco di te". A nice "fuck off" would fit well here, but I'll refrain.
-The "rock" piece (to say) of the album, the musically and lyrically chilling Rocky Rambo & Sting, probably in the top 5 of the worst things by 'Ntunello.
-The piece that should be the "popular denunciation", Questa Insostenibile Leggerezza Dell'Essere, could also be described as a bucket of cold water on the balls, if not worse. Every time I accidentally hear it in the car, I feel like throwing the radio out the window.
-The song about Rome in the album, C'è Un Cuore Che Batte Nel Cuore Di Roma. If the title doesn’t promise anything good, the piece is even worse. A text written in 4 counted minutes that resembles elementary school musings.
-The last two tracks, Settembre and Esterina, are ugly but not unbearable.
In short, an excellent track and another still salvageable are interspersed with TERRIFYING crap. This is because without that nonsense, the album would have lasted barely 10 minutes. But a "record" of 10 minutes would make even stones laugh, so to stretch it to the "ideal duration" of 35-40 minutes, you have to include all the bullshit that comes to mind! Why Antonello?.. Why?
