Per Grazia Ricevuta
D'Anime E D'Animali

The story that led to the name PGR is very long and full of events. The first band was called CCCP and was inspired by Russian communism, with very strong and inflexible values. With this name, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and company recorded several successful albums, inspired by that punk-rock that made the group famous. Subsequently, the band was called C.S.I. and recorded stunning albums that told stories of different countries, from Mongolia to the city of Sarajevo, to the horses of which Lindo Ferretti feels a unique admiration. And thus after many vicissitudes, we arrive at the name PGR.

PGR because despite everything Gianni, Giorgio, Giovanni resist. They resist even though Ginevra Di Marco and her husband Francesco Magnelli had left the band. The three survivors decided to call the remaining group PGR, which stands for ‘Per Grazia Ricevuta,’ as if they themselves had been granted grace and could continue to play together.

‘D'anime e D'animali’ was written on the spur of the moment, sleeping little and badly, eating bread, cheese, olives, always the soup on the stove boiling over and a bottle of good red wine, always open and quickly emptied. Outside, it was winter, the first days of the year. These are Giovanni Lindo Ferretti's thoughts, which capture the essence of the album, the simplicity of life, the humble things, but which also represent the most beautiful things.

Throughout the album there is a familiar air, as if each one of us listening recognizes ourselves in those words, lives them, and makes them our own. Words of life, teachings of which every person should make a treasure. Thoughts that teach us how to live, to understand how life can sometimes be against us, and sometimes in our favor. Many lyrics of the album make the listener pause for a moment to try to reflect on their life, on their actions.

Opening the album is ‘Alla Pietra‘, which tells of an evening spent by the group drinking, dancing, and transgressing. Being happy and carefree, and especially how nature commands over everything. Indeed, it won’t allow the concert, but we must be happy anyway. ‘Casi Difficili‘ is a careful analysis of the human soul, of how men are difficult cases, as the title suggests. A denunciation of slavery and war with a very direct text. ‘Divenire‘ tells of life, how man is made, which as a beautiful phrase of the song says ‘destined for joy man feeds on boredom’ meaning that each of us, even if we have everything from life always demands more and is satisfied with nothing, and therefore is never happy. The song concludes with the word ‘nothing’ which encompasses the entire meaning of the text. In ‘Orfani e Vedove‘ Lindo Ferretti stands on the side of the weak, of those who have lost their loved ones. He urges to love the Jewish people and becomes the spokesman himself for the values of freedom, brotherhood, and equality. He says he is anti-fascist by nature and Christian, and that we were liberated by the Anglo-American army. ‘Tu e Io‘ has a beautiful text that describes step by step the approach of two people in loving attitudes. The song ends with the theme of the album, with the word ‘animal’ because at the end man is that.

Here we are at the most beautiful song of the album, a gem, a masterpiece, perhaps one of the most beautiful songs ever written by Lindo Ferretti. ‘I Miei Nonni‘ is a unique piece, in which Lindo talks about his ancestors, thanks them, treasures their mistakes, and hopes he can inherit what they have left him. He also says that the world is full of pitfalls, but he is alive, and accepts everything about life. But above all, he also appreciates the difficulties that life puts before him. ‘Io e Te‘ is another piece in which a very passionate love relationship is described. Here is Lindo Ferretti's great passion, the horses described in the track ‘Cavalli e Cavalle‘. There are references to Patroclus, Achilles, the Ides, Caesar, in short, characters who during their lives have had to do with this animal. Instrumentally very hard it is the most rock song of the album, with the guitar upfront. ‘S’Ostina‘ talks about birth, the relationship between a mother and puppies. ‘P.G.G.G.R.‘ is the song written by the three members of the band which signifies that despite everything they resist, they are here, once again. The album closes with ‘Si Può‘ which describes a dream, in which Lindo Ferretti walks in the mountains, wants to study, be better and work. And the dream never ends.

With this album, PGR has written something important, something immense. Words that blend with the instruments and give life to a great masterpiece. A record to learn to live, to understand many things about man's existence, to understand our fragility. A work through which to look at oneself, one's life, one's mistakes.

Treasuring mistakes and trying not to make them again. ‘Divino il suo costo umano il suo prezzo, è un prezzo il suo prezzo lo accetto lo pago l’apprezzo, l’accetto lo pago l’apprezzo, l’accetto lo pago l’apprezzo’.