Vinicio Capossela
L'Indispensabile

THE REVIEW

I am always happy when I talk about Vinicio Capossela. An artist as original as few others, every time I listen to him, he manages to fill me with an indefinable sensory pleasure. Calling him a "Greatest-hits" is a bit forced when considering the character in question: Vinicio is one who does not deserve terms so closely tied to the music business. The first, "Si é spento il sole", is a remake of one of Celentano's early songs dated 1958 and it fits very well with the overall atmosphere of Vinicio's music. Everything that follows is simply sublime: you embark on a journey within a musical culture, one connected to the earth and roots to which Vinicio has accustomed us, which is impossible to define with a single word or expression. You go from "Marajà" to "Il ballo di San Vito", from "Zampanò" to "Che cossé l'amor", from the tango of "Morna" and "Con una rosa" to the mambo of "...e allora mambo", and even brush against delicate feelings of pure love with "Non é l'amore che va via". Worth listening to carefully, for those who haven't done so yet, is "Una giornata senza pretese", which in its simplicity has always been one of my favorites.

Finally, the inside of the booklet is interesting, offering, in addition to all the lyrics in Italian, translations of all the texts first in French and then in German. But enough now because, as I have already said, Vinicio is not a person to be treated with reason laden with technical details but is one of the few who deserves the attention of all our deepest feelings and we must give him all that our heart is capable of giving. Believe me: it's really worth it.
"...in the ashen sky the day sinks into the wave, on the edge of the evening I fear disappearing into the shadow myself, (...) a widow of you..."