Pooh
Un posto felice

With this album, the Pooh could have closed their three-decade career, filled with great successes: from their first, 'Piccola Katy' (1968) to the two classics from three years earlier 'Amici per sempre' and 'La donna del mio amico'.

'Un posto felice' is an enjoyable work due to the mastery the Pooh had at that point in writing well-arranged and well-texted (meaning very well-written lyrics) love songs.

But this is a product that, in my opinion, will not stand the test of time, except for the first two singles that are interesting due to both the music and the lyrics: 'Se balla da sola' which explains how to understand and treat a woman in a relationship (and an unforgettable video in my life) and 'Dimmi di sì', an anthem to a night of fiery sex and beyond, by the most unleashed of the four, Stefano, the drummer.

Among the lesser-known tracks, my favorites are 'Sogno a mezz'estate' and 'Eravamo ragazzi' featuring the wonderful voice of Roby Facchinetti.

This is an album that marked my Summer of 1999 in Calabria, in a masterful version sold under the table by a musical instrument seller: especially following its chart progress on 'Superclassifica' with Vanessa Incontrada, every Sunday at lunch on Italia Uno.

In my opinion, the Pooh could have ended their career in 1999: and I was the one who closed with them, for the present, after that year.

Almost 14 years later, late in the evening of January 3, 2013, browsing on Televideo Rai, the Breaking News that Valerio Negrini, the author of many of the group's great hit lyrics, had passed away.

It was a great pain, surpassed many years earlier by the one for the death of Lucio Battisti.

But the Pooh hadn't been the same since their golden days, which I followed during their time and even before...